And now for something completely random: Your own band

July 23, 2011 (approximate) · by Espen André Øverdahl

It's time for a bit of fun. We came across this Internet gem today and thought it would be fun to see what kind of bands you could create. Follow these simple instructions and let entertainment happen.

Use Wikipedia to find something random The first random wikipedia article you get is the name of your band.
Go to Random Quotations for a random quote. The last four or five words of the very last quote of the page is the title of your first album.
Go to flickr and explore the last seven days. Third picture, no matter what it is, will be your album cover.
Use Photoshop or similar to put it all together.

If you don't have any image editing tool, just let us know in the comments and we can put the image together for you!

Upload to My Opera and post a comment to your fantastic new band.

Note #1: If you want to embed your picture directly, you can use the following code (copy/paste it and insert the link between the apostrophes):

<img src="" />

Note #2: Check out Pixlr for a free Online photo editor!

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Espen André Øverdahl19. July 2011, 09:26
This is my Wikipedia article. Random quote was "a much-needed gap" and I found a dog on flickr (which happens to look EXACTLY like my own dog). WEIRD. Here is the result all put together:
Tamil19. July 2011, 09:30
Krau Wildlife Reserve
often enough becomes the truth
Photo
Henry19. July 2011, 09:38
I'm in
Espen André Øverdahl19. July 2011, 09:38
Tamil, that match is fantastic. I put it together for you:
Henry19. July 2011, 09:41
He looks like the hobo actor guy in Batman Begins.
Zaki Rahman19. July 2011, 09:46
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demon_core
Quote: http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/1165.html
Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lomokev/5943969571/

Demon Core's newest album, 'Administered with Subhuman Inefficiency' is out

don't have photoshop though
Tomislav19. July 2011, 09:48
Here's my band!

Shadowgraphy - Especially when it's played
http://www.flickr.com/photos/xeero/5942046827/

It actually doesn't look bad!
Espen André Øverdahl19. July 2011, 09:49
Originally posted by Patooti:

don't have photoshop though
No problem! We can help out with that. Here's an attempt at your first album cover:
Nico19. July 2011, 09:50
Awesome, here is mine:
Yeni Setiawan19. July 2011, 09:52
I think I got a scary one
Ezequiel Aristan19. July 2011, 09:52
Here's mine... Just had Paint.NET so

Edit: Thanks to the one that edited my comment to put the image, didn't know that html code works here haha
TobbenTM19. July 2011, 09:52
Aleksander Aas19. July 2011, 09:53
RDX
you very often get it
Photo
Andries Fikkert19. July 2011, 09:54
My band:

Amely - fix it's intellectual eye.

Cover:

Doesn't sound bad, but don't have photoshop
elveti19. July 2011, 09:55
This is actually quite good! Nagore would make a quite nice name for a metal band! (And um, well.. it's a oprah quote, that doesn't quite match the metal-style..)
Tomislav19. July 2011, 09:55
Originally posted by Aleksander:

RDX
you very often get it
Photo

This looks very good!
chilko19. July 2011, 09:55
Espen André Øverdahl19. July 2011, 09:55
Originally posted by CyberT:

It actually doesn't look bad!
Made an attempt at the album cover for you!
Tomislav19. July 2011, 09:56
Originally posted by EspenAO:

Originally posted by CyberT:
It actually doesn't look bad!
Made an attempt at the album cover for you!
Wow! Very nice, thanks!
KingKrapp19. July 2011, 09:57
A friend made one, so I made some absolutely awful music to go with it.

http://soundcloud.com/nurmekund/untitled-multitrack-2

http://soundcloud.com/nurmekund/untitled-multitrack-155
Espen André Øverdahl19. July 2011, 09:58
Originally posted by KingKrapp:

A friend made one, so I made some absolutely awful music to go with it.
Fantastic! Matches the album cover perfectly! A must buy!
Luuk19. July 2011, 09:59
FlyMe
We will not wantonly destroy
Photo
Navjot Pawera19. July 2011, 10:04
Needed that break ..
Espen André Øverdahl19. July 2011, 10:05
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Espen André Øverdahl19. July 2011, 10:06
Originally posted by navjotpawera:

Needed that break ..
That is an amazing composition of randomness.
Aleksander Aas19. July 2011, 10:09
Originally posted by acfikkert:

Doesn't sound bad, but don't have photoshop
Karl Franks19. July 2011, 10:10
My attempt that took all of about 30 seconds to put together:
kxp19. July 2011, 10:10

Sounds like a bad case of rom-com

Sources:
http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/344.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Get_Over_It
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stefanominozzi/5946637928/sizes/o/in/photostream/
Basti19. July 2011, 10:12
haha^^
toonb19. July 2011, 10:14
Originally posted by acfikkert:

My band:

Amely - fix it's intellectual eye.

Cover:

Doesn't sound bad, but don't have photoshop

here's your album : http://cl.ly/0Q1d3s1P0N2o3y400j0E
Marcel Camelo19. July 2011, 10:16
lol
Szilágyi Zsolt19. July 2011, 10:17
Paweł Pawlak19. July 2011, 10:19
I got a band name: "The face of Fear" (it must be a heavy metal or death metal band I guess).
Album: Everyone liked you except yourself.
With the random photo from flickr, the result is:
pistolingo19. July 2011, 10:22
toonb19. July 2011, 10:22
Originally posted by pafflick:

I got a band name: "The face of Fear" (it must be a heavy metal or death metal band I guess).
Album: Everyone liked you except yourself.
With the random photo from flickr, the result is:

this could be a real album cover:up:
Morphdreamer19. July 2011, 10:22
toonb19. July 2011, 10:24
someone should make a website or something about this
darioxxx19. July 2011, 10:30
This is my result:

Unfortunately i'm not very good with photo editing.

Links:
Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zechin
Flickr - http://www.flickr.com/photos/jmtulsa/5934166951/sizes/l/in/photostream/
Creadskel19. July 2011, 10:31
Here is mine:

Tõlluste - my way across the room.
Wikipedia
Quote
Flickr
Henry19. July 2011, 10:43
I don't freakin' believe it!

'Snaz' is the name of a double live album by Scottish hard rock band Nazareth, released in late 1981.

Snaz !! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snaz

http://www.quotationspage.com/random.php3 "let it go by him"

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jackteagle/5937484190/ :LOL:

:COOL: I'll post it soon on my blog. Thanks Espen.
Daniele19. July 2011, 10:48
OMG! I love this game!
Here's mine:
Tyw719. July 2011, 10:54
Edited using Adobe Fireworks

Flag of Saudi Arabia - Hidden in alphabetical order
Wikipedia
Quote
Flickr

If anybody can make a better pic please do!
specialdune19. July 2011, 10:55
Here is mine:

I think it's quite good!
Funny way of making a cover

Wikipedia
Quote
Flickr
Espen André Øverdahl19. July 2011, 10:55
Originally posted by AOTEAROAnz:

'Snaz' is the name of a double live album by Scottish hard rock band Nazareth, released in late 1981.
And here's an attempt at your album cover, everything put together:
Henry19. July 2011, 10:56
I thought we had to post to our blog. Love you to do mine.
Davide19. July 2011, 10:57
I really do suck at Photoshop o_o

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuvelai,_Cunene
http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/37965.html
http://www.flickr.com/photos/denniszhu/5933384996/
Espen André Øverdahl19. July 2011, 10:58
Originally posted by Dosky:

I really do suck at Photoshop o_o
Haha, it's fantastic! LOVE IT!
Henry19. July 2011, 10:59
HAHA love it! Thank you Espen
Tyw719. July 2011, 11:00
Espen how about mine
Patrick O'Reilly19. July 2011, 11:03
Img: http://www.flickr.com/photos/yamanibrahim/5950598483/
Quote: http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/37892.html
Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teun_Mulder