Friday, February 27, 2009
Here's a useful meme to generate not only your band name, but your first album cover! It's kind of like Making Your Porn Name 2.0. Commence with the time suckage!
1 - Go to Wikipedia, hit “Random Article.”
The first random Wikipedia article you get is the name of your band.
2 - Go to The Quotations Page, hit “Random Quotes.”
The last four or five words of the very last quote of the page is the title of your first album.
3 - Go to Flickr and click on “Explore the last 7 days.”
Third picture, no matter what it is, will be your album cover.
4 - Use Photoshop/MS Paint or similar to put it all together.
5 - Host it and post it the comments, mother hubbards!
My band is Emperor Go-Mizunoo and our first album is "When Secretary Generals Are White." We've kind of got an early '90s, Better Than Ezra/Toad the Wet Sprocket/Gin Blossoms alterna-pop vibe. Only with more auto-tune.
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PatrickJoseph (Patrick Giroux) says...
Malta at the 1928 Summer Olympics
with our album "Suddenly it's about 'doing'"
We're a art-rock band with a sardonic sense of humor. (judging from our name)
February 27, 2009 at 9:48 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
tony88 (anonymous) says...
Choi Kwang-Do:
"The Convenience of the Hour"
We play very Zen instrumental ambient improvisation, a la Fripp & Eno.
February 27, 2009 at 11:23 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
smerdyakov (anonymous) says...
Nabataean, "The Way of All Flesh" (album art: http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd... )
Still working on our sound--but it will be indescribable, like nothing else you've ever heard, and/or mellow funk.
February 27, 2009 at 11:38 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
alm77 (anonymous) says...
The Little Street "Better Eat and Be Pleasant"
http://www.flickr.com/photos/20428112...
You tell me what this sounds like....
February 27, 2009 at 1:31 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
alm77 (anonymous) says...
smerd, that's an awesome picture. Did you *really* get that randomly??
February 27, 2009 at 1:33 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
gavon (Gavon Laessig) says...
alm77, I could ask you the same question regarding your near-perfect album cover. It looks like something released by a Dave Matthews cover band. Lovely.
And smerdy's is indeed pretty awesome.
February 27, 2009 at 1:53 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
smerdyakov (anonymous) says...
Yes'm, followed the rules and everything. There were actually even better photos on the flickr explore page I was given—notably the sunset silhouette of a rather ripped, shirtless man cradling a baby.
I did like your shot, too... "Over the Rainbow and Dreaming" perhaps.
February 27, 2009 at 2:05 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
lindzow (anonymous) says...
Arthur R. Kelly, "And I Dare To Do So A Little More As I Grow Old"
http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/...
R. Kelly's older brother's latest attempt to rectify the family name. The right way.
February 28, 2009 at 10:08 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
frankt (Frank Tankard) says...
Announcing Jerome D'Souza's new album, "Revenge Has A Killer Body"
http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index...
(Must have MySpace to view, I guess.)
On his solo album debut, D'Souza combines the sitar sounds of his native India with elements of American glam rock to create an elegantly layered Kenny G meets David Hasselhoff on Acid vibe that can only be described as uniquely Jerome D'Souza.
February 28, 2009 at 10:43 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
frankt (Frank Tankard) says...
Here's my album cover on a public site (It may not be pretty, but I've invested a lot of time on this and I'll be damned if nobody can see it): http://picasaweb.google.com/ftankard/...
February 28, 2009 at 10:56 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
alm77 (anonymous) says...
Dup, I think "There When It Goes Off" works. Kind of leaves that wonderment of what does it mean?
Frank, your cover is BEAU-tiful.
Smerd, my "*really*" was a "WoW! Really??" not an accusatory "oh, really?" just so you know.... I'm astounded that you got a picture of a guy and a freaking guitar.
Which leads me to ask, why have none of us come up with a cover of some gawdawful party pic or the obligatory shirtless dude taking his picture in the bathroom mirror with his cell phone??
February 28, 2009 at 12:07 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
matt (Matt Armstrong) says...
This is soooo stupid. But I do want to play keyboards for a band called Tank Wars.
http://s10.photobucket.com/albums/a12...
February 28, 2009 at 10:11 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
godjilla (Jill Ensley) says...
Alm, for that to happen, we'd have to get random pics from MyFace, Spacebook if you will.
I came out with some Lillith Fair fare.
http://s51.photobucket.com/albums/f38...
March 1, 2009 at 1:50 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
alm77 (anonymous) says...
Yeah, after I asked that, I realized it says: Explore / Interestingness / Last 7 Days
I would suppose "interestingness" would indicate above average photos.
March 1, 2009 at 3:17 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
that_will_do_pig (Jenny Kratz) says...
Musee national Eugene Delacroix, with our debut album "It is very easy to say yes"
album cover: http://www.flickr.com/photos/goljadki...
I suppose we're a... delightful french electro-pop outfit. and we like carla bruni very much.
March 1, 2009 at 11:37 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
fearoflight (anonymous) says...
Diomidis Spinellis, with our album "...the wisest might err".
album cover: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v72...
acid jazz. probably.
March 28, 2009 at 4:06 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
gavon (Gavon Laessig) says...
Ha! Very nice, fearoflight. Thank you for keeping this thread undead.
March 28, 2009 at 4:56 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Astrapto (anonymous) says...
Lathlain (a suburb in Western Australia)
Album: Wise Enough to Rule Others" (from Edward Abbey)
Check out the album cover: http://shorl.com/dagygrudrysysy
April 9, 2009 at 11:33 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )