Today the Square Pig celebrates 22 years as a Seattle homeowner! Back then, Seattle was just starting to get on the pop music map. Trends come and go, but creative band names go on forever.
Agent 86
Would you believe . . . ? The "Get Smart" reference won my heart. This name reveals a sense of humor and pop-culture savvy. If I had one, my shoe phone would be off to this group.
Defenestrator
One of the local young people took a language arts class a few years ago in which students created superheroes. A hero requires a nemesis, of course, so our young hero created a super villain with the power to throw people through the nearest window. His name: The Defenestrator. Obviously, we're not the only ones who love this word.
Garage a Trois
The perfect relationship in the garage-band capital. Way to pull off a foreign-language pun! (I'm also amused that the band is a four-piece).
Poke the Squid
You're gonna get inked.
Why Are We Building Such a Big Ship?
A delightfully overlong name, and a question, at that. This name hints at a narrative that could go in all kinds of directions. Is it an ark? A spaceship? A space ark? Why, indeed?
Naming a band is an act of concentrated creative expression. Square Pig in a Round Hole exists to reward five favorite band names each week. Winners are listed alphabetically. Selection is wholly unscientific and subject to whim, with a bias toward wordplay, humor, and local flavor. In most cases, I won't know anything about the bands at the time of selection. Thanks to the Seattle Times club listings for abundant source material!
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