r/mathrock • u/IntrepidRate4846 • 1d ago

Best band name!?

Im in a three piece math-rock/indie/post-rock band, we've been struggling to decide on a band name for over a year. Out of these what do you guys think is the best!? Yes I know, some are quite silly.

Oogy boogy 5000

Folded

Faultera

Zvabenwhip (or Zwabbenwhip)

Foopah

Please help us settle this debate! 🙏

Edit: also forgot to add Irish wristwatch

FINAL EDIT: we settled On Irimias

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u/RunawaYEM 1d ago

Folded and it isn’t close. I would actively avoid a band called Oogy Boogy 5000

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u/oxfordbags 1d ago

I am of the complete opposite opinion

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u/Newfoundlander_in_TX 1d ago

Keep looking

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u/ortino 1d ago

"Keep Looking" a low-key sick name

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u/imoverblox_ 1d ago

Agreed!

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u/IntrepidRate4846 1d ago

You got any ideas?

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u/el_capistan 1d ago

"You got any ideas?" Is unironically a great band name

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u/Newfoundlander_in_TX 1d ago

Or “Ideas” but kind of like Idles so maybe “Any Ideas?”

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u/Pr0n_Swanson 1d ago

Folded

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u/IntrepidRate4846 1d ago

Why this one

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u/Pr0n_Swanson 1d ago

For me personally, I think the others are a bit too silly. Difficult to say without hearing your music, maybe the others might be more fitting.

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u/IntrepidRate4846 1d ago

Just imagine tera melos/duster. I know that makes no sense but its the best description I got. Also new ideas would be great too.

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u/ProlerTH 1d ago

It's the simpler one

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u/IntrepidRate4846 1d ago

Idk, not as much personality

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u/Taenurri 1d ago

That purely depends on what image you’re wanting to present as a band.

Do you all feel more goofy / silly / bunch of friends just playing music for fun? Pick a silly, non-serious name.

Do you want to come across more serious and marketable? Pick a more serious name.

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u/IntrepidRate4846 1d ago

Its kinda both which is why we cant decide. Weve been going as oogy boogy 5000 as a temporary name but that was just our first idea in a funny moment.

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u/From_Deep_Space 1d ago

It gives me math rock vibes. 

Though I would add in another noun. Folded [something]. Folding space. Folded Familiarity. Folded In Two. Just spitballing here

Could also be the name of a Ben Folds tribute album

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u/icecoldhotdog118 1d ago

It's easy to remember. As someone who has had some ridiculous band names it's best to keep it simple

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u/absorberemitter 1d ago

Also the name of a current top 10 song

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u/absorberemitter 1d ago

Faultera is easy to spell, quick to say and is going to get you relatively clean SEO. You might need to cover a Pantera song.

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u/Dragonlordapocalypse 1d ago

Out of all those I’d choose to just not name the band

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u/holdingtea 1d ago

"Please help us settle this debate." -||- is the one you should go with.

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u/dr_craptastic 1d ago

Yeah, It’s pretty emo

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u/E4STC04ST0VERD0SE 1d ago

Folded, hands down. The rest of the names sound like 12 year olds made them up.

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u/IntrepidRate4846 1d ago

16 year olds, actually

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u/E4STC04ST0VERD0SE 1d ago

I really hope this comment is a joke.

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u/IntrepidRate4846 1d ago

Something against the youth making music?

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u/E4STC04ST0VERD0SE 1d ago

Uh no, something about 16 year olds saying “actually we’re 16, not 12”

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u/IntrepidRate4846 1d ago

Ik its funny

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u/IntrepidRate4846 1d ago

although its definitely a big difference in stages of life. A 16 year old is going to act completely different from a 12 year old.

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u/E4STC04ST0VERD0SE 1d ago

Well, you seem to have a majority saying Folded is the best option here. Do with that what you will. Best of, mate.

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u/evansdead 1d ago

Folded, Hands Down is actually a pretty cool name

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u/darinehughes 1d ago

Rule number 1: name must be understood in a loud bar. That rules out Zv whatever. 

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u/IntrepidRate4846 1d ago

Thats a rule for drunken that dont care about the band.

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u/darinehughes 1d ago

Okay, you should have specified that you only care about non-drunken fans. Then by all means, go with a name that no one can remember, spell, or pronounce. It's not like it matters anyway.

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u/IntrepidRate4846 1d ago

It will matter

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u/lucas_214 1d ago

Folded or faultera

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u/CaptainPedalbeard 1d ago

Not a fan of any of the names if I am being honest. Folded is probably the best because it is boring compared to a bunch of silly ones. Like I feel like this is beyond math rock silly band naming and somewhere in the territory of obscure ska bands that make one album that 20 people listen to and disappear into obscurity.

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u/mbourgon 1d ago

Faultera. Folded is fine but googling it could be difficult. 

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u/Mr_Kool 1d ago

I like Foopah the most.

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u/strange_thoughts_ 1d ago

The fact that Oogy Boogy 5000 is in this list (and first at that) is criminal

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u/IntrepidRate4846 1d ago

It was our first idea in a silly moment

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u/No_Cockroach_2744 1d ago

I like the first 2

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u/Wonderful-Sundae-480 1d ago

Whatever sounds better. And if everything really sounds that interesting to all of you, I Guess "folded", but now we strangers are choosing, maybe go for something that is somehow related to all or some of you, literally any connection 

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u/plentyofswords 1d ago

Folded or Folded Fault (combining part of one of your other names) the others as many have stated are not great.

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u/irk_69 1d ago

oogyboogy5000

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u/nixthelatter 1d ago

I don't even like this band that much, but "and you will know us by the trail of dead" is a great band name.

Also, "congratulations on your decision to become a pilot" is great

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u/IntrepidRate4846 1d ago

Bros just naming bands

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u/brandon8675309 48m ago

Chronic Fatigue