Doxologist ContentHelp Us Name The New (or re-organized) Mars Hill Bands!…
Forming and maintaining a worship band is a complicated endeavor, particularly the way we do it at Mars Hill. We strive for musical distinction while maintaining accessibility. We work to redeem the music of the world while maintaining some sort of transcendence as we labor for the glory of God rather than ourselves. We value original music but need to stay connected to the historical music of the Christians who have gone before us.
When it comes to naming something that tries to navigate between all these opposing perspectives and ideas it can be difficult. Most names tend to either sound to “churchy” and over-spiritual or too pretentious and arrogant sounding.
In the last 6 weeks I have re-formed my band and we have been debating and arguing over a name the whole time. We have come up with a few ideas but I would like to hear yours. I would also say that I am not the only one in this boat right now. There are 2 other bands, Team Strike Force and E-pop that are also going through major changes in their lineups and looking for names as well.
So throw out your ideas and we’ll see where it goes. I don’t promise to take any of your suggestions but it should be entertaining.
the mayflower, the litter G’s, all my dead children, or slained. haha, i really just have a request for rockin klezmer band or a straight edge menonite thrash metal band.
Well, for TSF, I still vote for Team Discovery Channel. It’s the next logical step.
The Arminian Calvinists
The more random the better. My band at Riverview Church in East Lansing, MI is Blue Eyed Tuesday. We always get asked what it means, and we always respond with a shrug.
Here are my top five recommendations:
5) Soylent Fuchsia
4) The Latchkey Kids
3) Cloud Fourteen (that’s five better than Cloud Nine!)
2) Spoonhammer
and my personal suggestion for you:
1) Sweet Fancy Moses
“Hosea and the Sacred Raisin Cakes” (Hosea 3:1). I’m just kidding. That’s awful. But I DID want to name my band that when I was 16. Other than that you could seek more randomized help (aka just laughs) here: http://www.bandnamemaker.com/
In going with the Calvinist Theme, how about “4.5″?
Since Team Strike Force (may) be a early Simpsons reference, why not go with that same theme.
“Any Key” would be my vote.
One of them should be called Queen Cover Band. Because then people would show up and be like “Hey do that one song” but you would tell them about Jesus instead. That would really cheese people off. Either that or they would get saved, so it’s probably a good idea either way.
The Kirsty Alley Exchange!
or the Cain Abel Overdrive (CAO)
or “Repent, or You’re Going to Hell”; that way people can say, I’m going to see “Repent, or You’re Going to Hell” and have shirts with the same title!!!
genuflect
The Freebirds
This first one is for Chris Bristol - how about the Gumdrop Thrashers!
I think it would be cool for them to have names that feel really random, but have a great theological meaning behind them!
Suffering and the Hideous Saints.
I’m still digging Repentara (spelling? Repantera?). I’m like Fox news. I report, you decide.
Better decide quickly. http://www.theonion.com/content/news_briefs/report_only_7_band_names
Go here:
http://www.marysgreatideas.com/archives/2004/09/christian_band.html
If that’s no go - this link would be my second suggestion:
http://www.fakebands.com/
Favorites from that list - Chippington Skylark and His Noah’s Arkestra and The Crucifolks
Definitely The Crucifolks…
> The Gospel Copter
> God-zilla
> Meat Snack
> The Sunday Morning Praise and Hallelujah Worship Chorus Singers
My top three ideas:
Zion’s posse
Optimus Prime
Diet of Worms
post tenebras lux
how about “Ex nihilo”?
What about…”The Entry” or just “Entry”.
or…
- Barthian
- The Five-Way Boys
- InSoFar
- Consider Lilies (from luke 10 i think)
- Trees of Lebanon (hos 14: 5,6)
- Knapsack Kids
- DownPour
- Avid Nightengales
I don’t know these might be pretty dumb. Well, I hope this helps.
Whatever the band’s name is, the first album should be titled:
“Open Your Hymnals And Skip The Third Verse”.
Ok… So after endless laughing at random names on the site Adriel suggested — it actually kicked out this:
Portable Breath
I like it…
What about The Perichoretics (taken from the word perichoresis), Saint John of the Cross, or The Golgothics?
In theology, perichoresis, Latinized and borrowed into English as circumincession or circuminsession, is a term used to express the existence of multiple divine persons in one another, such as the Holy Trinity of Christianity.
John of Damascus, in the 8th century, used the Greek term πεÏιχώÏησις (perichoresis, literally: circuition, going around, or more precisely for John of Damascus’ meaning envelopment) to signify this, in his explanation of the text, “I am in my Father, and my Father is in me.”
http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/Perichoresis
Meat Candy
Bacon for Sanctification
…Why Not?
I always liked “Benny Hinn’s Hair”, some friends of mine wanted to use that, but thought there might be legal action.
My brain may have gone a bit sideways, but I had fun. Thanks for the question.
PARSLEC BOSTOC
Personification of Adopted, Redeemed,
Spirit-Led, Educated children; Bringing
OurSelves To Our City
or
SOBRIQUET C-WAC
Alias: City Within A City
Happy Friday!
Hey Pastor Tim–
I was thinking for your band something like
Heart’s Cry, or Heart’s responce, or Responding Heart, because you all are always about our responce to God when He talks to us from his word through the teacher. Something with the word heart in it would be good.
The other two are a little harder for me because i dont know them as well, but you want a name that describes you not so much worry about trying to fit it into something. Sometimes it can be a little arrogant. But you dont want paralisis of analisis where you wont do anything because you obsess over everything. Just toss out a bunch of names and if you find you dont liek the name, choose another. No biggie.
How about for Team Strike Force,
Joshua Take’s the Land
The two Spies
God’s Hammer
Bloodied on the Cross
Scoffer no more
Maybe the two other bands would like to post a little about themselves in this thread so we can toss out better names.
I was mostly just dinking around the member site. Threads like this are fun.
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Hey Tim,
for the Parsons:
The REsponse (I liked Sarah’s idea, plus keeping with the RE: theme)
Marvel
Of the Saints
Sojourners
for TSF:
The Kit
Surreal
Cry of Rocks/Stones
Sackcloth to Joy
for E-pop:
via Him
Pieces
Far Evening
That was fun!
Haulin’ Oats!
i know im late with this, but i think i good new name for team strike force would be the new strike force on the block. :)
I’ve always loved the name “Teachers of the Law”. Cause that’s metal. Or “Bonarges”(is that spelled right?), that’s got a little metal in it also. Or “balls”.
Hey Tim,
Maybe this sounds a little too Canadian, but… how about “Pelican Crash?” A couple of others that I thought of were Dizzy Up Sunday, Assured?, A Boy Named Theo (Theo=God, Jesus was the boy named “Mighty God” in Isaiah 9), and Straight-Edge Mennonites… because it just makes me laugh a little.
Hope these help, unless I’m hopelessly late with this.
-SeanRice.