New Subscriber / Use of the name The Paranoids

[Dedalus]

Let's not forget:
"Tubefreaks"
"Isaiah Two Four"
"A Nation of Moms"
 and my personal favorite, if you're a scatological goth/ambient band:
"Gotta Shit Throbs of Fear"

Mark Wright AIA wrote:

> Howdy
> "The Paranoids" seems a common sort of name in the end anyway.
> Lets all play:
> "Disgusting English Candy"
> "White Visitation"
> "Iron Toad"
> "Merkin"
> "Blatherard Osmo"
> "Osbie Feel"
> "Gin Marshmallow"
> "Brigadier Pudding"
> "Uri & The Venturis"
> "Cockades of Lead"
> "AsB4"
> "Last Delta T"
> "Mares' Milk Qummys"
> "Banana Breakfast"
> "Champagne Split"
> "Basher St. Blaise"
> "Pirate's Condition"
> "Poisson Distribution"
> "Ellipse of Uncertainty"
>
> U.S.W.
> Mark
>
> --- PeepSmersk at aol.com wrote:
> > Hello -
> >
> > My name's J.P. Cyr, and I'm new to the list.  I've got a specific
> > question that I'm hoping somebody can help me with (yes, i'm here 2
> > minutes and already bugging y'all for info) . . .
> >
> > I am forming a band and, though we have a great 45 minute set
> > together, naming the entity has been troublesome.  The three members
> > have all agreed
> > that we'd love to name ourselves The Paranoids;  however I seem to
> > recollect reading somewhere that old Thomas grew quite annoyed at
> > someone who'd previously tried to do the same, to the extent of
> > legally "blocking" the use of the name.
> >
> > Am I correct on that count?  I would not want to take the name if it
> > were to draw the ire of Mr. Pynchon . . . I've also searched the web
> > at great length
> > looking for someone else who's used the name, and have found nothing
> > - leading me to suspect that my remembrance is indeed true.  Yet I
> > can't seem to find any info on the subject.
> >
> > If any of you know definitively of a case like that mentioned above,
> > please let me know.  If not, that's fine as well.  I'd really
> > appreciate any info you on the subject!
> >
> > Glad to be here,
> > JP
> >
>
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