Bloodless Coup

Clearly it is four:
The-Flam-ing-Lips

Although, I should perhaps reconsider that: Led Zep-lin and Pink-Floyd.

There's also the issue of Blood-less-Coup, which in addition to being the name of this delightful endeavor, is also the name of my on-and-off band since about 1986.

i vote for 4:

throw-ing mus-es

fif-ty foot wave (premier full-length CD hit the street yesterday -- damn, gotta buy that)

duran duran.

heh.

of course, the beatles are three.

I wonder if it depends on whether or not there is a definite article at the start of the name. Or if there is an "and" in it. I think the ideal number depends on the structure of the band name.

Though if you can exclude the "the" and "and" bands I think that if you can find just the right word it's probably one, something like Yes or Air, or, alternatively, four (given my personal tastes Elastica, Death Cab for Cutie and Franz Ferdinand would be good examples).

Four does seem to be a good generally acceptable number. Though the one syllabus names have a certain amount of elegance.

Oooh, the teacher comes out! That might be a good professor-band name: Syllabus. But with umlauts. Somewhere.

what makes you think umlauts would want to be in the band.

umlaut would be a good band name too.

but in keeping with four syllables, how about:

"misplaced umlaut." or maybe "misused umlaut." or just "missing umlaut."

also, randomly, "miscegenate."

how about GOP-her. you know, like G.O.P. her, except it also looks like gopher, so that's actually two syllables and four syllables AT THE SAME TIME!!!!

damn i'm good.

where's morris when you need him? how about "no w.m.d."

i'm killing myself over here.

and btw, binky, i don't know what godawful regional dialect you grew up in, but it's Led Zep pe lin, four syllables.

silly.

Joshua,
Like your name, the perfect band would have three syllables. Besides The Beatles and Led Zeppelin, there's Fleetwood Mac, Talking Heads, Simple Minds, Third Eye Blind, Concrete Blonde, and Counting Crows. And Violent Femmes would count too, as long as I use a regional slur. Then again, if I use a regional drawl, throwing muses could turn into like seven or eight syllables, at least.

I say Vi-lent. Just like Zep-lin.

Oh my goodness... mark your calendars... Morris and I have agreed on something.

I'm a fan of the minimalist band name: one word, one syllable. Case in point: Tits (up and coming San Fran-based band).

Is there a band named "No"? I thought that one might work well.