To elaborate further...
I know "favorite band name", in surface level, may appear as question like in Women in Noise podcast a'la favorite icecream, what vegetable you prefer or such, eh eh... but it really is diffferent kind of question.
Some guys, who could call their work as "test drive of ____" (and synthesizer brand), probably won't get it. But no problem. They can do what they do, but noise for a lot of people is vastly different thing. It is almost existential question.
One example on great project names: I always worshipped CEMENT WOMEN. I heard track in mid 90's or so, and the name itself was such a great one. And sound. What the hell was that? Turns out comp track was pulled out of 80's Japanese tape, for 90's German comp CD.
Still 20 years later, I would talk to guy from other side of the world, just to find out he ALSO worships CEMENT WOMEN, first and foremost the name, but also the sound! And having no idea who it is, when and where it was made. Things you can find out these days very easily. Back in the 90's vastly different. These days, I feel almost cautios to mention it, as it feels it will leak out from obscurity to name posers drop when they want to talk about forgotten Japanese noise. Sure, when tape was made, I was little kid other side of world, but as a teenager merely hearing track and reading name had life altering quality.
The name, was perhaps born from same idea as sound, which sets something like CEMENT WOMEN, as artists who multiple guys around the world look up as bizarre anomaly among all irrelevant sound makers. While I know who and what Cement Women is, and occasionally feel tempted to contact about possibility of further reissue opportunities.... In other hand, that you got like few minutes accessible material and THE name, it may be enough.
More names.
Think of if Bizarre Uproar was called Strange Noise? Would not be even surprisingly from that part of scene that spawned projects like "Weird Vision"!
And actually, now as I mentioned it, I have this vague recollection that this name was invented by Eric Wood of MITB. I'd have to ask for it, but how I remember it, there was mr. Aunt Mary who had even more brutal noise made, and Eric Wood suggested name. And what a name that was! In theory, such a simple, but at the same time charmingly odd. Word Bizarre always having erotic undertone. Anyone familiar with vintage pornography, and as soon as word bizarre appear, you know it's worth it.
There is fairly recent cases, when Finnish artist contacted with material. And I told, yeah, material is really good, but I would never put out release from artist called ____. Few days later, there is a new name. Better name.
Some artists may not think the name matters, and probably doesn't matter to them. Those guys, we probably don't have too many LP's or CD's in our shelves, appearing again and again on stereos.
