Apparently, the boys didn't like this suggestion.
My kids love Parks and Rec, so i suggested Rat Mouse. Or the Jerry Gary Gergiches. Or 10,000 candles in the wind. Or Little Sebastian.
My wife came up with the winner, though. Fart Attack. These are fifth-eighth grade boys. Can you tell?
The sudden urge to start a band came after I took my boys to WO-Stock* over the weekend. My youngest was head bangin' and dancing around. He loved the face-melting rock and roll.
He's played the violin since he was six.
"What instruments are going to be in your band?"
"Well," he answered, "Nora is teaching herself to play the guitar. Cam has a drumset in his basement. Isaiah plays the Euphonium, but we think maybe he could play the cowbell or something."
"And, you're playing your violin?" I like folk music, but that wasn't what we heard at WO-Stock this weekend.
"No, I'm the lead singer," he proudly stated.
"And where are you practicing?"
"In Nora's basement," he said.
"Does Nora's mom know this?" my wife asked.
"Ye-ah," he said as only a teenager can make this word two syllables, "she cleaned the basement so we could."
It would be great if they actually followed through on this. I love the idea of a neighborhood band performing around town. I'll let you know if they end up calling themselves Fart Attack.
Do you have any other great names for a band?
*WO-Stock is a music festival at my school. Local bands (including students) perform to raise money for a student group who travels to Cameroon every other year in order to build and maintain computer labs for students.