Anyone who knows me knows that I am crazy for wikis. I have a wiki devoted to my family’s genealogy. I have a wiki that I use for collaborating with coworkers. I even have a wiki that I use to keep notes on my various half-baked screenplays. So recently when I came across this Wikipedia band name game, well, you can imagine my excitement!

Sufjan Stevens, if you are reading this, I think I have your next concept album.

This has been circulating around a number of forums recently. I’m not sure where it originated. I certainly can’t take any credit myself. Therefore let us assume that, like Wikipedia, this is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.

Here is how it works…

1. Go to Wikipedia. Select “Random article”.
This is your band name.

2. Select “Random article” again.
This is your album title.

3. Select “Random article” fifteen more times.
Those are your track titles.

This is what mine looks like:

Band Name:
Govind Swaroop

Album Title:
Sangihe Scops Owl

Track Listing:

1. Lauren Taylor

2. Seminole County, Georgia

3. Calera y Chozas

4. Climax (narrative)

5. Huthwaite

6. Hebron

7. Jekyll and Heidi

8. La Haute-Côte-Nord Regional County Municipality, Quebec

9. USS Pickens (APA-190)

10. M’Chigeeng First Nation

11. Ryan’s Rock Show

12. Hattiesburg (Amtrak station)

13. Captain Paul Ames

14. Sydney cockle

15. Colorado School of Mines

Enjoy!

About The Author - My name is Stirling McLaughlin. I am married. I am an Art Director, Designer and Illustrator. I work at Atmosphere BBDO. I have lots of ideas. I have a baby girl named Nika Bean. I live in New York City. When I was in college, they put me on TV because I wore a mask and yelled at people. I have a reality show that I wil be starting… any day now. - See My Portfolio