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About
Name My Band is a series of recurring threads in the /b/ (random) board on 4chan. Each post typically begins with a group photograph and a request for viewers to give the subjects an appropriate band name, to which other users respond with jokes mocking the those pictured in the photo.
Origin
The earliest known "name my band" thread was submitted to 4chan on October 25th, 2010, featuring a group photo of four young teenagers (shown below).
Spread
On March 27th, 2011, a photograph of four teenage girls with caption "hey guys! name my band!" was posted to 4chan (shown below).
On April 8th, 2012, a "name my band" thread featuring a photo of the 1960s English rock band The Beatles was posted on 4chan (shown below).
On June 2nd, a Facebook[5] page titled "I like the sound you make when you shut the fuck up" created a gallery of "name my band" thread screenshots. On October 4th, an entry for "Name My Band" was created on the Internet culture wiki Encyclopedia Dramatica.[6] On December 6th, 2013, a screenshot of a "name my band" thread was submitted to the /r/4chan[4] subreddit (shown below).
Search Interest
External References
[1] Google Search – 4chan name my band
[2] Imgur – Why you never ask 4chan to name your band
[3] Funnyjunk – Never let 4chan name your band
[4] Reddit – Name my band faggots
[5] Facebook – 4chans name my band
[6] Encyclopedia Dramatica – Name My Band
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