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!
This Saturday, November 22, 10 am — 3 pm, I will be selling signed copies of all my books with four other local authors in the Author Event Network booth at the Outdoor Holiday Arts Market, east of 5th Ave NE on 165th St. NE in Shoreline, WA. In spite of the name of the event, we scored an indoor spot, inside the Drumlin Pub. If you’re in the area, come check out all the vendors and finish your gift shopping early!
Meanwhile, let’s be thankful for band names! If you are able, please buy these bands’ music and merch. And … hit the subscribe button at the lower right to never miss a post.
The Ancient Robotz
Automatons from out of the deep past, time traveling to our day. Will they save us from ourselves or join our AI overlords?
Bonginator
“I’ll be back,” they intone as they head out to the weed store.
Friendship Commanders
That one friend who always decides what the group is going to do and keeps everyone organized, or else the whole expedition will be a failure.
Guitless
I suspect this may have been a typo in the listings, but I hold out hope that this is a real group, just shy because they lost all their guitars before they could record anything.
Post Stardom Depression
The downside of fame: how will you feel if you go back to being a nobody? I like how the rhyme with a real condition is hidden by the spelling until read aloud.
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Karen Eisenbrey 