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Looking for a name for a band

Band names break the rules of business names. Specifically: weirder is better. The best band names are nouns and adjectives that have no business being together.
  1. Two nouns that don't go together rule
    Arcade Fire. Vampire Weekend. Cigarettes After Sex.
  2. A verb + the noun rule
    Drive Like Jehu. Why? Because it's fun.
  3. A definite article + an unexpected plural rule
    The Strokes. The Yeah Yeah Yeahs. The National.
  4. A specific cultural object rule
    Belle and Sebastian (a children's book). Iron & Wine (a hardware-store sign).
  5. A misheard phrase rule
    Steely Dan. Red Hot Chili Peppers. Most band names started this way.
  6. A made-up word rule
    Beyoncé. Radiohead. Coldplay.
  7. A name that sounds like a person but isn't rule
    Frank Turner is a person. Joanna Newsom is a person. Stage names work too.
  8. Avoid 'Project' or 'Collective' rule
    Unless you're an actual collective.
  9. Avoid 'The Such-and-Such Experience' rule
    Hendrix earned it. You haven't.
  10. If it makes a fifteen-year-old groan, you're close rule
    Cheesy is the genre.