And now for something completely random: Your own band

By Espen André ØverdahlEspenAO. Tuesday, July 19, 2011 9:18:29 AM

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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.

  1. Use Wikipedia to find something random The first random wikipedia article you get is the name of your band.
  2. 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.
  3. Go to flickr and explore the last seven days. Third picture, no matter what it is, will be your album cover.
  4. Use Photoshop or similar to put it all together.

    5. 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!

  5. 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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Comments

Espen André ØverdahlEspenAO Tuesday, July 19, 2011 9:26:48 AM

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:

HenryAOTEAROAnz Tuesday, July 19, 2011 9:38:47 AM

I'm in sherlock

Espen André ØverdahlEspenAO Tuesday, July 19, 2011 9:38:50 AM

Tamil, that match is fantastic. I put it together for you:

HenryAOTEAROAnz Tuesday, July 19, 2011 9:41:36 AM

He looks like the hobo actor guy in Batman Begins.

Zaki RahmanPatooti Tuesday, July 19, 2011 9:46:30 AM

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 p

don't have photoshop though p

TomislavCyberT Tuesday, July 19, 2011 9:48:34 AM

Here's my band! bigsmile

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

It actually doesn't look bad! bigsmile

Espen André ØverdahlEspenAO Tuesday, July 19, 2011 9:49:20 AM

Originally posted by Patooti:

don't have photoshop though

No problem! We can help out with that. smile Here's an attempt at your first album cover:

NicoHellbillyDeluxe Tuesday, July 19, 2011 9:50:42 AM

Awesome, here is mine:

http://files.myopera.com/HellbillyDeluxe/files/cover_band.jpg -

Yeni Setiawansandalian Tuesday, July 19, 2011 9:52:02 AM

I think I got a scary one

http://files.myopera.com/sandalian/blog/random-album.jpg -

Ezequiel AristanEzeAris Tuesday, July 19, 2011 9:52:09 AM

Here's mine... Just had Paint.NET so p

Edit: Thanks to the one that edited my comment to put the image, didn't know that html code works here haha

TobbenTM Tuesday, July 19, 2011 9:52:43 AM


bigsmile

Aleksander AasAleksander Tuesday, July 19, 2011 9:53:58 AM

RDX
you very often get it
Photo

Andries Fikkertacfikkert Tuesday, July 19, 2011 9:54:19 AM

My band:

Amely - fix it's intellectual eye.

Cover:


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

elveti Tuesday, July 19, 2011 9:55:03 AM

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..)

TomislavCyberT Tuesday, July 19, 2011 9:55:26 AM

Originally posted by Aleksander:

RDX
you very often get it
Photo



This looks very good! wink

chilko Tuesday, July 19, 2011 9:55:52 AM

Espen André ØverdahlEspenAO Tuesday, July 19, 2011 9:55:54 AM

Originally posted by CyberT:

It actually doesn't look bad!

Made an attempt at the album cover for you!

TomislavCyberT Tuesday, July 19, 2011 9:56:50 AM

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! smile

KingKrapp Tuesday, July 19, 2011 9:57:41 AM

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 ØverdahlEspenAO Tuesday, July 19, 2011 9:58:41 AM

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!

toonb Tuesday, July 19, 2011 9:58:46 AM

Luukpc-hooligan Tuesday, July 19, 2011 9:59:26 AM

FlyMe
We will not wantonly destroy
Photo

Докучаев КонстантинFoffa Tuesday, July 19, 2011 10:04:03 AM

Navjot Paweranavjotpawera Tuesday, July 19, 2011 10:04:06 AM

Needed that break ..

Espen André ØverdahlEspenAO Tuesday, July 19, 2011 10:05:03 AM

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="" />

Espen André ØverdahlEspenAO Tuesday, July 19, 2011 10:06:24 AM

Originally posted by navjotpawera:

Needed that break ..

That is an amazing composition of randomness.

Aleksander AasAleksander Tuesday, July 19, 2011 10:09:17 AM

Originally posted by acfikkert:

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


Karl Frankskarlfranks Tuesday, July 19, 2011 10:10:05 AM

My attempt that took all of about 30 seconds to put together:

BastiGamewinner3 Tuesday, July 19, 2011 10:12:41 AM

haha^^

toonb Tuesday, July 19, 2011 10:14:14 AM

Originally posted by acfikkert:

My band:

Amely - fix it's intellectual eye.

Cover:


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



here's your album : http://cl.ly/0Q1d3s1P0N2o3y400j0E

Marcel CameloMarcelCamelo Tuesday, July 19, 2011 10:16:51 AM

lol

Zsolt Szilágyizszilagyi Tuesday, July 19, 2011 10:17:17 AM

Paweł Pawlakpafflick Tuesday, July 19, 2011 10:19:13 AM

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

lol

pistolingo Tuesday, July 19, 2011 10:22:11 AM

toonb Tuesday, July 19, 2011 10:22:18 AM

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). p
Album: Everyone liked you except yourself. bigsmile
With the random photo from flickr, the result is:

lol


this could be a real album cover:up:

Morphdreamer Tuesday, July 19, 2011 10:22:19 AM


bigsmile

toonb Tuesday, July 19, 2011 10:24:45 AM

up someone should make a website or something about this bigsmile

darioxxx Tuesday, July 19, 2011 10:30:31 AM

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/

Don vWCreadskel Tuesday, July 19, 2011 10:31:14 AM

Here is mine:

Tõlluste - my way across the room.
Wikipedia
Quote
Flickr

HenryAOTEAROAnz Tuesday, July 19, 2011 10:43:28 AM

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 bigsmile

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.

Danieledarklink88 Tuesday, July 19, 2011 10:48:51 AM

OMG! I love this game!
Here's mine:

Thu Winwikipedian Tuesday, July 19, 2011 10:54:41 AM

Edited using Adobe Fireworks



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

If anybody can make a better pic please do! smile

specialdune Tuesday, July 19, 2011 10:55:15 AM

Here is mine:



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

Wikipedia
Quote
Flickr

Espen André ØverdahlEspenAO Tuesday, July 19, 2011 10:55:23 AM

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:

HenryAOTEAROAnz Tuesday, July 19, 2011 10:56:52 AM

I thought we had to post to our blog. Love you to do mine. up

Espen André ØverdahlEspenAO Tuesday, July 19, 2011 10:58:28 AM

Originally posted by Dosky:

I really do suck at Photoshop o_o

Haha, it's fantastic! LOVE IT!

HenryAOTEAROAnz Tuesday, July 19, 2011 10:59:50 AM

HAHA love it! Thank you Espen up

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