RHCP so called as they had some chilli flakes on an amp

Choose one that suits your temperament, personality or musical style. My band is called Artifact because we are all a little older.

Maybe 'Needlessly insecure' might suit because most band names are crap we just go with it because we like the music :)

'Needlessly insecure' I quite like that. I always liked 'Red shift' but it's taken. I once came across a super heavy band that simply called themselves 'Nuclear bomb'. Brutal lol. We'll keep thinking...

Always a bugger that one! Personally, I would say firstly, what genre of music are you playing? Link the name ti the Genre or even to a mixed bag - thats. a name in itself right there. If you did covers across multi-genres, you could have "The Blenders" - again, the name speaks for itself! Hope that helps!

The method is simple really.
Classic mistake concentrate on a name for identity when the music is the identity.
I mean cmon, the kooks? Korn, slipknot, all poor names and yet amongst many others they all made it.
Don't try to stand our being a name be memorable!

@Midnightmike - so the secret is to pick a word with 'K' in it? :-)

Most names are cheesy until people get to know it.

One idea is to look at the titles of books that reflect the sort of things reflected in your music.

Use a foreign language then it will sound more unusual e.g. the eurovision winners have a danish name which means moonlight.

Back in the 70's
We had a great name
So I thought
"Rebel Rabi and the Begal Boys"
Still unused.

If you're a metal band you could always use one of my reserve names for that genre a bit like spinal tap....how about Anal leakage?

We're called We Be Spies

Some interesting ideas. Not sure Anal leakage is the way forward! How about Passive discharge?

Sphincter of Drizzle

Pylon Wildlife

I-Beam Guano

I am literally calling out stuff I'm driving past on the motorway

Coming up with a band name often leads to a lot of head-scratching and once one has been agreed upon, it's probably wise to hit Google to make sure that someone hasn't beaten you to it (chances are, you weren't the first to come up with that killer band name, so it's back to Square One).

I remember a friend's band back in the early 80s were called Plus Support on the premise that every gig taking place by every band would state the name of the headline act...Plus Support! I think he viewed it as a bit of free advertising back in pre-internet days!