Jimmy Eat World said this and it turned out they’re not alone in doing this sort of thing
Here’s rock band Jimmy Eat World – we seem to remember they were quite big around the start of the century – with a warning to bands trying to think of a decent name.
Advice for new bands: When coming up with a band name, make sure it’s acronym displayed really large on your artwork or t shirts won’t be complicating matters. You’re welcome.
— Jimmy Eat World (@jimmyeatworld) July 27, 2018
The good news for Jimmy Eat World was they were not alone in not thinking things through. But it wasn’t such good news for these people who responded with their own unfortunate tales.
Here are our favourite replies.
1.
Yeahhhh we can never tour in Germany either.
— The Sharp Shadows (@TheSharpShadows) July 28, 2018
2.
Well, at least you aren’t Saves The Day.
— katie (@katietheskatie) July 27, 2018
3.
Easy…
— ㅤSaves The Day (@savestheday) July 28, 2018
4.
I like a band called 'The Music' they have split up now but when they were around it was hard work looking for their stuff on ebay
— Mark Peterborough (@markpeterboro) July 28, 2018
5.
My friend is in a band called No Idea and it confuses people:
-"Who's playing tonight?"
-"No Idea."— Buzz "Lightyear" Aldrin (@TheDancingSlug) July 28, 2018
6.
That's like opening a restaurant called I Don't Care.
"Where do you want to eat tonight?
"I don't care."
No Idea should be their house band. 👍— Danamite (@danar75) July 28, 2018
7.
there was a restaurant in my town called "Someplace"
— Obama's Deep State (@deepstateop) July 28, 2018
8.
There’s a restaurant here in my town called “My Favorite Place”. So when you tell someone yal should eat there you have to say, “let’s go to this restaurant, called my favorite place”. It’s annoying because people think you forgot the actual name.
— jboogey (@jboogey10) July 28, 2018
9.
personally I want a Saves the Day shirt that just says "STD" in gigantic letters and absolutely nothing else
— Toby (@bivouaccc) July 27, 2018
10.
Still no idea why you guys arent called Jimmy Tweet World on Twitter. Unbelievable.
— 🙏 Jackson Ryan (@dctrjack) July 28, 2018
11.
Yes. Just realized this afternoon and we are pissed. https://t.co/vYJDl4j01O
— Jimmy Eat World (@jimmyeatworld) July 27, 2018
12.
Now imagine you start dating a new lady and you eject that out of the car stereo. Got some explaining to do. https://t.co/mg9uVF6OQb
— Jimmy Eat World (@jimmyeatworld) July 27, 2018
13.
See……that’s all we would have had to do. What we’re we thinking? https://t.co/wrQwhMszmi
— Jimmy Eat World (@jimmyeatworld) July 27, 2018
And here’s a bit of extra backstory for dedicated Jimmy Eat World fans (don’t try to pretend you’re not).
A little history on how we came up with the band name: We were rehearsing in my garage (Zach here) and Jim told us we got asked to play a party in the storage room of Name Brand Exchange in Mesa on Southern and Val Vista in Feb of 94. pic.twitter.com/qe5lw5X6CX
— Jimmy Eat World (@jimmyeatworld) July 27, 2018
So we took a break from the garage and huddled around our kitchen island and decided to play the show but at that time, we hadn’t yet sorted out a name so we needed to figure that out ASAP.
— Jimmy Eat World (@jimmyeatworld) July 27, 2018
Tom and Rick (who wasn’t in the band quite yet) played in a band together that would change their name for every show. Me, zach, would go to a lot of those shows and I was there when they called themselves “Jimmy Eat World” and it stuck with me.
— Jimmy Eat World (@jimmyeatworld) July 27, 2018
So I’m not sure who threw that name out but it was brought up and we discussed it for less than 5 min, no shit, we decided to call ourselves Jimmy Eat World so we could play this dumb ass party. My memory was that it was a Valentines Day Party but not sure.
— Jimmy Eat World (@jimmyeatworld) July 27, 2018
So moral of the story: even seemingly small and insignificant decisions can be much bigger than you could imagine. Slow down sometimes and make sure it’s right.
— Jimmy Eat World (@jimmyeatworld) July 27, 2018
And I’m not saying our name is not “right” but when we have to design Merch or artwork I often wish we would have deliberated a bit more. Thanks for listening. Xoxo.
— Jimmy Eat World (@jimmyeatworld) July 27, 2018