The New Name is "Drugs & Gum"

Posted on | April 1, 2010 | Comments Off on The New Name is "Drugs & Gum"

The new band name is “Drugs & Gum”. No this isn’t an April Fool’s joke.

Some of you will hate this name. In fact, I’m pretty sure most of you already do. This name was chosen after a lengthy deliberative process, and several good names were rejected in favor of this one for many reasons, but the main reason is that when I think of my band’s name, I think primarily about saying it on stage to an audience of people, and how each name feels in that context. “Drugs & Gum” is kind of silly, but it has a lively energy to it, and is VERY easy to remember and to spell. I simply can’t see performing a song about vibrators and then saying my name is “A Noble Army” or somesuch. I’d prefer to have a slightly silly name, and then surprise people with serious songs, than to have a serious name and play songs about sluts or something.

Just for fun, here are some of the other names I considered:

A Noble Army
Two Noble Armies
Auburndale
Never a Mother
Fifty Heads and a Hundred Hands
The Trumpets
Combat Flavor Exchange
The Ponderous Earth

Most, as you can see, are kind of serious. I wanted something less serious. I went against almost everyone’s advisement (thank you Heather and Anka for supporting “Drugs & Gum”). So I figure that’s probably the best idea.