Reply With Quotewho cares if a part of your band name is a racist term that is hardly ever used. keep it.
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HELP with band name, plz?
Hello.
We settled on a name for our punkish-grungish new band...we'll see how it turns out to be but so far it seems it's gonna be something usually pretty fast and raw like Nirvana, but songs maybe more Alice in Chains style, we'll see how it turns out...
Anyway the name is 'Spookbox' which came about from we threw a few cover gigs like a 'jukebox' but we thought we were probably scary looking with our ugly mutts and punk aggressive playing...
But now I found out its also a derogatory term, spook I mean, which is not something I want...
So my question is whether the name Spookbox gives you any negative feelings?
I'll post a beta logo soonish...
Dee
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who cares if a part of your band name is a racist term that is hardly ever used. keep it.
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Yeah, thanks, that's what I thought but not being a native speaker of English and living in scandinavia where you seldom even see anybody but scandinavian people I wanted to make sure it's not instantly translated by people as racistOriginally Posted by ragnarpk
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Scary name. I like it.
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/\ Same, I like it.
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Reverend Rawk
I wouldn't think that anybody would immediately have a problem with it . . . unless they're looking to have a problem with something. Unfortunately there are plenty of people like that out there today. That's a pretty archaic term. If push comes to shove, you could replace the "oo" with a u and an umlaut. Actually, that sounds pretty funny.
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OK here's the logo I drew for us:
Hopefully it says 'punkish rock-grunge' at some level.
Dee
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/\ I dunno about "Punkish rock-grunge", but it sure does look cool!
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-anonymous
"We are not nationalities, we are not races, we are not political parties, we are not social classes, we are not cultures, we are not subcultures, and we are not churches, but when all things are said and done, the guns are shot, the riots have died down, one thing is true, and that should preceed all other things, we are, without division: HUMAN BEINGS, is that not good enough an excuse stop shooting people, and letting others starve to death?" -Pie_man_25
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How about "Malice In Pains"?
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How 'bout "Snake River"?
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Man, dee, that's an awesome logo! Looks very 3-D in the pic, w the skull seeming to stand out. Very creative and well done!:
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Thanks! At some point it was very 3-d looking, kind of embossed/with reflections making it look like a raised surface etc. but I decided it was all too 'hi-fi' and clean...I flattened it and want to make it even more black/white and cartoon-like.
I want to get rid of the grays still, find an alternative way of making the skull outlines weaker than the text lines. And it should be a little less wavy etc...something that would be easy to spray on a wall by hand and still recognizable.
EDIT: done that now, the orig. pic has changed.
Last edited by deeaa; August 23rd, 2009 at 05:47 AM.
Dee
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Half a dozen custom built/bastardized guitars all with EMG's, mostly 85's, Ibanez Artwood acoustic & Yamaha SGR bass, Epiphone Prophecy SG, Vox Wah, Pitchblack tuner plus assorted pedals, rack gear etc. for home studio use.
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OK I think this one is better...you don't really need the skull outline or anything there. Simpler and more effective!
EDIT: the 1st one is now the current one.
Last edited by deeaa; August 23rd, 2009 at 05:47 AM.
Dee
"When life's a biatch, be a horny dog"
Amps: Marshall JVM 410H w/ Plexi Cap mod, Choke Mod & Negative Feedback Removal mod, 4x12", Behringer GMX110, Amplitube 3/StealthPedal
Half a dozen custom built/bastardized guitars all with EMG's, mostly 85's, Ibanez Artwood acoustic & Yamaha SGR bass, Epiphone Prophecy SG, Vox Wah, Pitchblack tuner plus assorted pedals, rack gear etc. for home studio use.
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