Mar 05 2007
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UFO Band Names
Since I’ve been posting UFO inspired music, I thought perhaps I would muse on some good UFO-related names for bands. In the real world, there are many examples: The Foo Fighters, Klaatu, UFO Or Die, and of course the 1970s group simply called “UFO.” Inspired by Jello Biafra’s famous “Names For Bands” routine, as well as a punch-drunk session at a local restaurant after my radio show, here’s a list that budding bands may pick from, royalty-free, in anticipation of their big signing with a major label. Readers are encouraged to add their own ideas to the list!
Operation Trojan Horse
The Abductees
The Walk-Ins
They Know Too Much About Flying Saucers
Betty And The Hills
Men In Black
Philadelphia Experiment
Deadly Orgone
The Mothmen
The Deros
The Electrogravitics
The Occupants
The Aetherians
Crash Retrieval
Simonton’s Pancake
The Ghost Rockets
Airship Mystery
Saucer Nest
…and of course:
Sean David Morton
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March 5th, 2007 at 4:30 am
Mr Cold and his crew of Cosmic Zanies
(though John Keel might ask for a royalty cut on that one).
March 5th, 2007 at 5:06 am
Well, here’s a real one - Adamski. He was a dance musician in the 80s, and did name himself after George.
March 5th, 2007 at 6:08 am
Greg:
You came up with some really great band names. In the interest of fairness my list of ufo related band names has a skeptical bent to it.
Hypnogogia and the false memories
The phoenix flares
Klass act
We’re only owls
Swamp and the gas
Chasing Venus
The ball lightning experience
The skeptical inquisitor
March 5th, 2007 at 6:35 am
UFO wasn’t big here in the States but was pretty large in Europe. I couldn’t understand it’s lack of popularity considering it had Todd Rundgren as a front man ahead of some fairly serious musicians. The band survived well into the video age. Let’s not forget Commander Cody and the Lost Planet Airmen.
Carlos
March 5th, 2007 at 10:01 pm
Oh, this is a fun way to spend time!
Here are some:
The Rectal Probes
The Illegal Aliens
The Tax Consultants from Mars
Flying Sorcerers
Marla and the Venusian Bombshells
The Floating Head of Aura Rhanes
Albert K. Bender and The Men In Black
(With Bender on Fender Strat, no less! With apologies to Johnny Cash!)
Bigfoot’s Flying Saucer
Enoch and the Nephilim
Genetic Manipulation
Richard Doty’s Disinformation Band
Missing Time
Alien Sex Junkie
Mr. Green and the Martians
Marshall Applewhite’s Suicidal Mothership
March 5th, 2007 at 10:45 pm
Carlos,
Unless it was in another dimension, I’m fairly certain Todd Rundgren was never in UFO. Rundgren did, however, have a famous feud in the 70’s with John Lennon, and Lennon of course witnessesed a UFO in NYC from the roof of a haunted house, known as The Dakota Building, which just so happened to be the very same place where Rosemary’s Baby was born. Which shows that Rundgren wasn’t too far removed from a UFO, just one degree of separation. And my rant also shows that John Lennon’s UFO sighting may have somehow been associated with some sort of conjuration (i.e. occult arts) in that the craft in question was associated with the aforementioned haunted house, The Dakota…Now, what was I talking about??? Oh yeah, I’m fairly certain that Rundgren was never with UFO…
March 6th, 2007 at 1:10 pm
Mick,
I didn’t know he took his name from George. I thought it was a coincidence. Ya learn something new every day.
March 6th, 2007 at 1:12 pm
seein’,
Those bands would play at the CSICOP convention, and they’d probably be a bunch of humorless dorks. Perhaps.
March 6th, 2007 at 1:13 pm
Adam,
I particularly liked the last one!
March 6th, 2007 at 5:05 pm
Adam, you’re correct. Rundgren was in the very similiarly themed band, Utopia. Both bands were sort of space rock bands. While I’m a fan of Rundgren’s music, both him and Lennon took themselves way too seriously. I wish the public would get a clue and figure out these self-styled crusading rock stars are just musicians and not a bit wiser than any of the rest of us.
March 6th, 2007 at 8:02 pm
Greg:
Your right any band that would play at a CSICOP convention would have to have humorless dorks as members, which means they probably wouldn’t use any of the band names I listed. They would probably call themselves something like THE ALL UFO SIGHTINGS CAN BE EXPLAINED AS EITHER NATURAL PHENOMENA, MISIDENTIFICATION OF KNOWN OBJECTS OR HOAXES BAND. Of course their front man would have to exude arrogance.
March 6th, 2007 at 9:15 pm
seein’,
I’ve always maintained that “believers” are a lot more fun at parties.
March 6th, 2007 at 10:56 pm
Yeah, a CSICOP Convention or a Raelian Convention. Which would you rather attend?