What's In A Name? Is A Name Change Needed?

lonewolf · Post by **lonewolf** » Saturday Jun 26, 2010

Despite a lighted sign with 1 foot letters that spell out "THE VERGE", it seems like the name has some trouble catching on. Here is a typical scenario:

"Man, you guys ROCK!!!! What's your name again?"

{lonewolf points to sign 9 feet above the drum set, surrounded by moving head spotlights}

"Oh, The Verge....what's that about?"

{lonewolf explains that its like the old saying "on the verge of...."}

"Oh, OK....well, which one's Verge? Are you Verge?"

{lonewolf's veins pop out in frustration}

So, I was wondering that even after 3-1/2 years of going by THE VERGE, do you think we should change our name?

Considering the local support we have received in the past, I thought this might be appropriate:

Chopped Liver And The Fava Beans

We could give out shots of chianti

Or perhaps we are already on the verge with the name The Verge and should stick with it?

Discuss.

RFBuck · Post by **RFBuck** » Saturday Jun 26, 2010

Had this problem, too. I think it has to do with the fact that by the time people get drunk enough to loosen up, their brain cells are on vacation for the night. That's why we hand out stickers. That way when they wake up and say "damn, who was that band again?" and they look in the mirror, they see the sticker stuck to their forehead and go "Yeahhhhhhh....that's it!"
Actually, the stickers seem to end up on chick's asses 90% of the time.

timemoney0 · Post by **timemoney0** » Saturday Jun 26, 2010

I'd lay 10-to-1 odds that the name Verge Inn would stick

lonewolf · Post by **lonewolf** » Saturday Jun 26, 2010

timemoney0 wrote:I'd lay 10-to-1 odds that the name Verge Inn would stick

Actually, we were thinking of printing T-shirts that say:

I'M A VERGEN...

I rock to...

THE VERGE

Maybe we could hand out some cards that say that. Of course, there has to be somebody to hand them out to.

BDR · Post by **BDR** » Saturday Jun 26, 2010

Change your name to "Skroke." Been trying to pawn that one off for years ...

BDR

Bag · Post by **Bag** » Saturday Jun 26, 2010

Skrote, would be better...

timemoney0 · Post by **timemoney0** » Saturday Jun 26, 2010

I might just be a little wierd here...... but "I'm a vergen" sounds like you only eat vergetables

RamRod 1 · Post by **RamRod 1** » Saturday Jun 26, 2010

"Oh, OK....well, which one's Verge? Are you Verge?"

{lonewolf's veins pop out in frustration}

I know it's frustrating but that's the game. I think "The Verge" is one of the better band names. I've never heard anyone else use it, it's to the point and it's cool but I do understand.

I used to play in "White Shadow". People used to say, "Hey, them "White Shadow's" are really good."

"Andy and the RamRods", I used the name "RamRod" because my last name is Rhody and I thought it was send a sublininal message but most chicks interpeted it as a sexist message. As a result, most chicks hated us before they even heard us and if the chicks don't like you, you're DEAD!

You can never win. I'd stay with "The verge".

Flaw · Post by **Flaw** » Saturday Jun 26, 2010

If you like the name and you had it for a while you might as well keep it. Changing your name is like starting over, you have to re promote your band all over again, probably now stating ex-verge on everything. That is just too much work if your already established. If people really bug you with questions about what your band means or whatever, just make something up that has nothing to do with the band name. You know how many times i had to explain why one of my bands names was Bambi's Bullet? I just started lying about it, and making up off the wall stories behind it. Am i a bad person for it I ask? NO don't ask me dumb questions.

If too many people are asking you dumb questions about your band, i think it would be easier to set up IQ tests through out the place. Who ever fails, i would just stay away.

bassist_25 · Post by **bassist_25** » Sunday Jun 27, 2010

Flaw wrote:If you like the name and you had it for a while you might as well keep it. Changing your name is like starting over, you have to re promote your band all over again, probably now stating ex-verge on everything. That is just too much work if your already established. If people really bug you with questions about what your band means or whatever, just make something up that has nothing to do with the band name. You know how many times i had to explain why one of my bands names was Bambi's Bullet? I just started lying about it, and making up off the wall stories behind it. Am i a bad person for it I ask? NO don't ask me dumb questions.

If too many people are asking you dumb questions about your band, i think it would be easier to set up IQ tests through out the place. Who ever fails, i would just stay away.

This.

songsmith · Post by **songsmith** » Sunday Jun 27, 2010

23 years later, my mom still thinks it's "The Thin Ices." That's all I'm going to say.

--->JMS

moxham123 · Post by **moxham123** » Sunday Jun 27, 2010

We have been The Conniptions for 9 years now and thankfully people remember the name due to longevity.

However, a true story that happened to us about 7 years ago. We were on the stage setting up to play at the Forest Hills Festival in St. Michael. There was an elderly guy who insisted on being the stage announcer. No matter who the bands were, he always messed up their names. He even introduced the Jerry Intihar Band as Jerry In A Car.

By then, we were somewhat known in the area and were advertised all over for the festival. The guy kept saying he was going to introduce us and we were concerned he would foul up our name; so, we told him the name of the band is "The Conniptions" several times and even handed him a business card with the name on it so he could just read it.

Well, as fate would have it, he got up and said, "Here is our next band, "Top Connection". We started to laugh and from that point on we said to the audience that day and others since, "If you like our band, we are "The Conniptions" and if you don't like our band, we are "Top Connection".

RFBuck · Post by **RFBuck** » Sunday Jun 27, 2010

Vergetables are the fans and groupies LOL.

Banned · Post by **Banned** » Sunday Jun 27, 2010

Yins Verge. That should go over ok from here to Pittsburgh.

edit: Or how about Verge Yins.

Banned · Post by **Banned** » Sunday Jun 27, 2010

How about "The Band Formerly Known As THE VERGE"....

Hey, only shut-in's who don't frequent bars or people who only go out once a month(SSI, sell some food stamps) DON'T know who you guy's are... Leave your name alone....it's who you are. The Verge...that alone is a GREAT band name...IMO...LATER!!
Rock the WALK !!!!

CCdrums · Post by **CCdrums** » Sunday Jun 27, 2010

How about..."Vergeyna"?

If not that, here are some suggestions...

1) The Futtbuxx
2) Deep Poophole (You could be the houseband at Escapade!)
3) Balloon knot
4) Tommy Tittie and the nipples
5) Homer Sekshul and the hiney biters

Just kiddin' brother. I'd say keep your name. We get it and it's cool.

Banned · Post by **Banned** » Sunday Jun 27, 2010

CCdrums wrote: 1) The Futtbuxx

...or the BuxFutt...LMFAO!

Post by **Jim Price** » Sunday Jun 27, 2010

Based on how a lot of people in this part of the world seem to think, if you change your name to something else, people will then start referring to you as The Verge. It will then take them another 10 years at least to start remembering your new name.

KeithReynolds · Post by **KeithReynolds** » Sunday Jun 27, 2010

CCdrums wrote: Deep Poophole

DUDE....I just laughed my ass off at that band name. THANK YOU, that was hilarious. I just may suggest that name at practice tonight.

CCdrums · Post by **CCdrums** » Sunday Jun 27, 2010

Ha ha....that was thought up many years ago during a Front road trip. I never laughed so hard in my life man....my ribs are still sore! That's what I miss most about those days. We had a bunch of names but that one was my favorite. Glad you liked it!

Back when the Engine Room was still around (It's data music services now) there was a side room where I got a little creative with a marker. We had various drawings and blurbs...one being a section where we made fun of local band names and clubs, ours included. We liked to make fun of ourselves too. Two of my favorites were...
Pile of greenies (Pellegrines)
The Fabulous Fudgepacks (the fabulous flashbacks)

sunsetbass · Post by **sunsetbass** » Sunday Jun 27, 2010

CCdrums wrote:Ha ha....that was thought up many years ago during a Front road trip. I never laughed so hard in my life man....my ribs are still sore! That's what I miss most about those days. We had a bunch of names but that one was my favorite. Glad you liked it!

Back when the Engine Room was still around (It's data music services now) there was a side room where I got a little creative with a marker. We had various drawings and blurbs...one being a section where we made fun of local band names and clubs, ours included. We liked to make fun of ourselves too. Two of my favorites were...
Pile of greenies (Pellegrines)
The Fabulous Fudgepacks (the fabulous flashbacks)

please stop. your killing me tooooooo funny.

Craven Sound · Post by **Craven Sound** » Monday Jun 28, 2010

CCdrums wrote:Ha ha....that was thought up many years ago during a Front road trip. I never laughed so hard in my life man....my ribs are still sore! That's what I miss most about those days. We had a bunch of names but that one was my favorite. Glad you liked it!

Back when the Engine Room was still around (It's data music services now) there was a side room where I got a little creative with a marker. We had various drawings and blurbs...one being a section where we made fun of local band names and clubs, ours included. We liked to make fun of ourselves too. Two of my favorites were...
Pile of greenies (Pellegrines)
The Fabulous Fudgepacks (the fabulous flashbacks)

My favorite was the caricature of Kooks that was drawn on the wall.

CCdrums · Post by **CCdrums** » Monday Jun 28, 2010

Yeah, when the walls were pristine, I just drew one small little "kook" on the wall. Then we got more ideas and drew more kooks. Soon it was kook mania. There were alot of funny ones. It turned into the band party room pre and post gig. What a blast! For those of you who don't know who "Kook" was, he was a well known bar/club owner from back in the day who was a dead ringer for Mr. Food. Or should I say Mr. Food was a dead ringer for him! Anyway, he was easy to draw and it soon got carried away....."Kook de ville"...a "Kookbook"...and my favorite, a drawing of John Lennon spitting out this glob of chewed up food with Kook's face intermingled in it. The caption read "Kook-kook be chewed!" We howled over that one for hours!

HurricaneBob · Post by **HurricaneBob** » Monday Jun 28, 2010

HAHA, love that wall, i check it every time im at Daves studio..

CCdrums · Post by **CCdrums** » Monday Jun 28, 2010

Dave saved most of it, but part of the original wall is gone. The original Kook drawing is gone, as well as some of the other crazy stuff. He did his best to preserve it though, God bless him! I'm pretty sure if you scrape the resin off of the walls and door in that room, you could still probably catch a buzz!