A couple weeks ago when two bulletins appeared on myspace within a span of a minute, it got me thinking about 'really long band names'. The first bulletin was from 'trail of dead' announcing their Houston show in mid-April and the second was from 'triumph of lethargy' about upcoming releases they had planned. It is up to you to decide whether the length of a band's name should be determined by actual 'characters' and/or actual 'words'.
Active bands:
...and you will know us by the trail of dead (Austin)
Casiotone for the Painfully Alone (Chicago)
Dark Meat/Vomit Lasers Family Band/Galaxy (Athens)
I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness (Austin)
Margot and the Nuclear So and So's (Indianapolis)
The Presidents of the United States of America (Seattle)
Sebastien Grainger & The Mountains (Toronto)
Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin (Springfield, MO)
Thao with The Get Down Stay Down (dc/sf)
The Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players (New York)
The Triumph of Lethargy Skinned Alive to Death (Seattle)
Wooden Wand and the Vanishing Voice (Brooklyn)
r.i.p.:
The Bad Luck 13 Riot Extravaganza (Philly)
Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine (UK) - FOR CLINT!!
The Jon and Spencer Booze Explosion (Seattle)
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion (New York)
My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult (Chicago)
The Plot to Blow Up the Eiffel Tower (San Diego)
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band (SF?)
Honorable Mention:
Black Moth Super Rainbow (Pittsburgh)
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (Los Angeles)
The Brian Jonestown Massacre (San Francisco)
The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster (UK)
Gibby Haynes & His Problem (Austin)
Godspeed You! Black Emperor (Montreal)
The Phantom Family Halo Band (Louisville)
A Place to Bury Strangers (Brooklyn)
Pretty Girls Make Graves (Seattle)
Queens of the Stone Age (Palm Desert)
Shooting at Unarmed Men (UK)
The Show is the Rainbow (Omaha)
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists (D.C.)
This Moment in Black History (Columbus)
Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza (tenn)
When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (Austin)
Update: Always updating.
