More Book Titles That Would Make Great Band Names

A while back, I shared a list of book titles that would make great band names. That one was based on books on my own bookshelves, but every time I visit friends who live nearby, I take a look at their shelves and marvel at all the great band-names-that-could-be. Check it out: Love & Toil Haj to Utopia (awesome Muslim-fronted riot grrl) Captain Swing No Straight Lines (queer pop-punk) 117 Days Eve and the New Jerusalem (like Florence & the Machine but even weirder) The Captive Mind Old Men in Love (a Rat Pack tribute group) Bread Givers The House of Mirth Between the Woods and the Water (a cross between the Decemberists and pan-flute-heavy nature-folk) Neck Deep Ball & Hammer Peacocks, Chameleons, Centaurs (David Bowie-in-Labyrinth-style mythical glam) Rewilding FAT!SO? (fat-acceptance hardcore) The Sigh (breathy acoustic something or other) Landscape for a Good Woman (lesbian folk) When the World Was Whole (either a nostalgic back-to-nature band or a music group used only in Whole Foods advertising) Sweetness & Power (Him & Her but protest music) Born to Kvetch (Jewish alternative—from the other Brooklyn) Naked Economics Speaking with Vampires (goth, obviously) Useful Toil Citizen, Invert, Queer A Liberal Descent London Under (a The Clash cover band) — Obviously, not every book title would make a great band name (not so much, Civil Engineering Reference Manual). But a surprising number do, indeed. Are there any on your shelves that should grace a band’s name sometime soon? ____________________ Book Riot Live is coming! Join us for a two-day event full of books, authors, and an all around good time.