Naming a band is an act of concentrated creative expression. Since 2010, Square Pig in a Round Hole has been rewarding five favorite band names each week. Winners are (usually) listed alphabetically.
Selection is wholly unscientific and subject to whim, with a bias toward wordplay, humor, and local flavor. In most cases, I won’t know anything about the bands at the time of selection. Thanks to the Stranger’s Everout nightlife listings for abundant source material!
I was disappointed to learn that our recent spate of warm, sunny weather was only false spring. I know March can be fickle, but I am really ready to be done with winter. Regardless, band names are popping up like crocuses to cheer our days.
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The Color of Coffee
Fitting name for a Seattle band, and a descriptor that is more a spectrum than a single hue. (I was not able to turn up any online presence at all.)
Conservative Military Image
Subverts the authority-questioning punk stance.
Freak Slug
Local flavor even if not a local act. Even the mollusks refuse to conform.
Hockey Teeth
Defined by what isn’t there.
Vanishment
When a leader is so bad, it isn’t enough to exile them to a remote island. They have to completely disappear.
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Karen Eisenbrey 