The Abe Lincoln Experience as a band name

[Zuni]

discuss :o

[Droopy]

1. Sounds kind of bookish

Would it be a progressive rock band?

[Elidor]

2. Sounds like a bad night of theater.

[asthmaticeog]

3. Set the bottle down and back away slowly.

[New Earth]

4. not good.

not at all.

[tarkus]

5. I actually really like that name.

I love historical names for bands. And I actually am in a progressive rock band...

But yeah, we are called "The Black Hand" because not only did it sound humorously heavy metal, but it had the great historical connection for those who noticed it. And this was before that naff "Franz Ferdinand" arrived on the scene.

[Zuni]

14. I don't think many people will get it

early 20th century serbian nationalist groups are not exactly a hot topic of conversation. But "The Black Hand" was also the enforcer branch of the Sicilian Mafia, and was imported to the US in the 1890s when Italian immigrants came into the US by the hundreds of thousands. I think the Black Hand was also a name for a grouip of Russian assassins, but I am not sure.

[illini]

6. Why "The Abe Lincoln Experience"

How about AbLE for short.

[El Fuego]

7. Sic temper tyrannis.

That's all I have to say.

[Mojambo]

8. There's already a Mr T Experience

Mr T vs Abe Lincoln??

It'd be close but I'm taking Clubber Lang over Honest Abe.

[Robeson]

9. Watch out for coppycat killers. Especially if their name is Booth.

[WhollyHeretic]

10. I think "The ______ Experience" has been overused

[AntiCoup2K4]

11. My favorite had to be "The Sid Presley Experience"

Fuck if I remember any of their music, but I thought the combining three "legendary" names into one was a cool move.

[mitchum]

15. If I recall correctly, some of them went on to form The Godfathers

but I could be wrong

[Tom Kitten]

12. Sounds good in an "Up With People" kinda way...

good luck in finding an audience!

[JVS]

13. If you really wanted to freak out the squares, you'd have...

the Adolf Hitler Experience. That would buck the system

[mitchum]

16. Terrible name

don't use it