Help Me Name My Band's Music!
March 26, 2010 12:05 PM Subscribe
Let's name a music that has never existed before.
It's like Celtic Punk, but instead of being rooted in punk rock, it's rooted in American (and, for the matter, Irish) garage rock from the 60s. What would we call such a style of music that would be memorable?
This isn't a hypothetical. I need to figure out what to call the music my band makes.
It's like Celtic Punk, but instead of being rooted in punk rock, it's rooted in American (and, for the matter, Irish) garage rock from the 60s. What would we call such a style of music that would be memorable?
This isn't a hypothetical. I need to figure out what to call the music my band makes.
Celt Rock.
I like the definition of Celt: If you describe someone as a Celt, you mean that they are part of the racial group which comes from Scotland, Wales, Ireland, and some other areas such as Brittany.
posted by nitsuj at 12:11 PM on March 26, 2010
I like the definition of Celt: If you describe someone as a Celt, you mean that they are part of the racial group which comes from Scotland, Wales, Ireland, and some other areas such as Brittany.
posted by nitsuj at 12:11 PM on March 26, 2010
Erm. When I first read the definition, I thought it said radical group. So, uh. But... Celt Rock still has a nice ring to it.
posted by nitsuj at 12:12 PM on March 26, 2010
posted by nitsuj at 12:12 PM on March 26, 2010
Cunk!
posted by WinnipegDragon at 12:14 PM on March 26, 2010
posted by WinnipegDragon at 12:14 PM on March 26, 2010
Shamrockcore.
posted by jbickers at 12:17 PM on March 26, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by jbickers at 12:17 PM on March 26, 2010 [1 favorite]
Clut
posted by fire&wings at 12:19 PM on March 26, 2010
posted by fire&wings at 12:19 PM on March 26, 2010
Cunk!
Hah!
ÉireStomp
Careful, though. Self-naming a musical genre can be risky. You can end up defining yourself into a corner. We've come up with a joke/serious genre for our band that we don't share with the world at large: rapalachicana.
posted by otolith at 12:28 PM on March 26, 2010
Hah!
ÉireStomp
Careful, though. Self-naming a musical genre can be risky. You can end up defining yourself into a corner. We've come up with a joke/serious genre for our band that we don't share with the world at large: rapalachicana.
posted by otolith at 12:28 PM on March 26, 2010
Garáiste ('garage' in Gaeilge)
posted by griphus at 12:28 PM on March 26, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by griphus at 12:28 PM on March 26, 2010 [1 favorite]
I don't know...Celt Rock makes me think of Thin Lizzy. (Which may not be what you're going for.) Anyone know the Celtic word for "garage"? Is there one?
posted by JoanArkham at 12:29 PM on March 26, 2010
posted by JoanArkham at 12:29 PM on March 26, 2010
Bands don't create genres, listeners and critics do.
posted by scruss at 12:32 PM on March 26, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by scruss at 12:32 PM on March 26, 2010 [1 favorite]
Shamrock.
posted by Robot Johnny at 12:37 PM on March 26, 2010 [4 favorites]
posted by Robot Johnny at 12:37 PM on March 26, 2010 [4 favorites]
What do your fans call it? Genre names often arise when someone says "play us some of that ___ music."
posted by i_am_joe's_spleen at 12:48 PM on March 26, 2010
posted by i_am_joe's_spleen at 12:48 PM on March 26, 2010
Loch 'n' Load
St. Patrick-roll
I got nothing
posted by jquinby at 12:51 PM on March 26, 2010 [1 favorite]
St. Patrick-roll
I got nothing
posted by jquinby at 12:51 PM on March 26, 2010 [1 favorite]
Response by poster: Bands don't create genres, listeners and critics do.
Actually, there's a stories tradition of bands self-naming their sound, such as Allison Wolfe naming Riot Grrrl and Earl Palmer defining his music as funk. Pretty sure Eugene Hütz coined Gypsy Punk, too.
posted by Astro Zombie at 1:41 PM on March 26, 2010
Actually, there's a stories tradition of bands self-naming their sound, such as Allison Wolfe naming Riot Grrrl and Earl Palmer defining his music as funk. Pretty sure Eugene Hütz coined Gypsy Punk, too.
posted by Astro Zombie at 1:41 PM on March 26, 2010
Celtic Garage... which could also be the name of your next album.
posted by Pallas Athena at 1:51 PM on March 26, 2010
posted by Pallas Athena at 1:51 PM on March 26, 2010
ROCK AND REEL.
posted by i_am_joe's_spleen at 2:25 PM on March 26, 2010
posted by i_am_joe's_spleen at 2:25 PM on March 26, 2010
Gael force
Bog-rock
Celt fusion
Riot skrrrl
Erin go garagh
posted by newmoistness at 2:31 PM on March 26, 2010 [1 favorite]
Bog-rock
Celt fusion
Riot skrrrl
Erin go garagh
posted by newmoistness at 2:31 PM on March 26, 2010 [1 favorite]
Carraig rock or craig rock or carraig unless you want to be redundant redundant for emphasis emphasis.
(rocket88 had it)
posted by bukvich at 3:39 PM on March 26, 2010
(rocket88 had it)
posted by bukvich at 3:39 PM on March 26, 2010
Gobsmack.
Whether it's the audience or the band that ends up gobsmacked...
posted by hangashore at 8:17 PM on March 26, 2010
Whether it's the audience or the band that ends up gobsmacked...
posted by hangashore at 8:17 PM on March 26, 2010
well, since I apparently named your sound, can I request that you cover Garageland as "Gaelageland"?
We're a Gaelage Band (Oh Oh Oh)
We come from Gaelage Land (Oh Oh Oh)
posted by namewithoutwords at 3:53 PM on March 28, 2010
We're a Gaelage Band (Oh Oh Oh)
We come from Gaelage Land (Oh Oh Oh)
posted by namewithoutwords at 3:53 PM on March 28, 2010
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That sounds descriptive enough to me. Let the journalists worry about coming up with a pithy label for your genre-bending sound.
posted by ludwig_van at 12:08 PM on March 26, 2010