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Hello All--
So if you were wondering why I wasnt posting for a couple weeks, it was because I had forgotten my username and password. Normally, it signs me in automatically, so I didnt memorize them. But, I got signed out somehow, and therefore, I had to try and recover them, by typing in all the usernames I ever had, and all the passwords. Didnt work. I mean, I didnt do this in one day. I tried a few every so often. But then , I realized how you can recover it through email. SO that is what I did, and I changed my password to something I would def remember, a password used for many other things of mine. So its all good now.


Anywho...
This post is going to be kinda random. But, the other day, my friend and I were talking about different bands we are into. The convo then moved to the crazy names these bands had, and why in the world someone would want that as a band name. Its funny how we look from the outside in, and ask, What made them think of that? But all bands have a reason as to why their name is the way it is. Take The Distillers for instance.

"I saw it one this distillery in Melbourne; I'm from Australia originally. I lived in Geelong when I was 16, which is this small, industrial beach town. It's an hour outside of Melbourne, so you had to catch the train and one day I went by this distillery. It was falling down and looked like it was haunted by some cypress trees-it said The Distillers on the top, like 1878. I thought it was a great name for a band, so I always kept it."

Who wouldve thought that little thing triggered the name.

Or, another example, where did The Killers get their name?

"The band took their name from a New Order video titled 'Crystal'. It was featured on the bass drum of a fictional band in the video."



Here are some really awkard band names I know, and wonder how they came up with it :
I can make a mess like nobody's business
bloc party
Ted Leo and the pharmacists
Hot Hot Heat
Ozma
Death Cab for Cutie
The Click Five
Built to Spill
Weezer
Red Hot Chili Peppers
The Flaming Lips
...and the list can go on

Its almost as if some people just decided to have their name the first thing they saw, or thought of. Like Orange Cone, or Wood Chair. Woah, sometimes....

-Ambular