I love this more than anything. Not quite as extreme but my boys are Eddie (Iron Maiden) and Ronnie James (Dio). I want to be friends with this mum she sounds awesome 🤘
I showed this to a friend of mine who is really into metal to suggest as names for his future pugs (he doesn’t want kids).
This was his response:
“I like the spirit of this. Names aren't cute enough though 🥺. It's inspired me though, I'll look in my metal record collection and share a better one ”
and then when he was inspired he came up with ones that would shorten to good nicknames:
“Judas Priest (Judy)
Suicidal Tendencies - (Sue)
Coroner - (Cory)
Abattoir - (Abby)
Flotsam and Jetsam (Flo and Jet, for two names in on)
Fury Road is one of my fav movies of all time. It's so good. If I am that kickass as that director, and his wife who edited it - I will be very happy. I love this for you, Kat. And for Max.
When I changed my name legally i couldn’t think of a good middle name, so I just threw my favorite metal band in there. Middle name is August after August Burns Red. I fully support this mom.
My stepsister has four children with idiosyncratic themed names and it’s always my trump card to pull out when ‘kooky baby name’ conversations happen. Except for the last time when a workmate was like “my cousin works with a woman and her four kids are called…” and of course it was the same family because New Zealand 🤪
highly recommend reading the lists of names that were rejected in nz. found “Mafia No Fear” on the list a few years ago which is my favourite thing ever
My kids all have weird names because I felt like it would be character building hahaha. Their middle names are Radio (after Radio Sloan from The Need) and Sonic (Sonic Youth). My oldest's first name is after a band from Auckland in the 90's that I loved. If they wanna change them when they're older they have my full support, but at this time they are quite fond of their names.
Slayer Scott has a really nice ring to it. I was almost certain I didn’t want to reproduce (and I don’t think this would fly if I adopted), but now I’m reconsidering EVERYTHING.
“Awww…I can feel little Slayer kicking. Do you want to feel my belly?” Can’t think of a better way to terrify folks in the spirit of good fun.
Oooh David, you're opening a can of (web)worms there - baby naming can be so subjective! When I decided to name my son after a famous Catalán surrealist artist, I had a very heated conversation with a German coworker who thought that unusual names should never be used as they were too difficult for non-English-speakers to pronounce 🙄 But it's a name I really like, and I personally think it suits him. I've also come across a number of other kids with the same name locally, which is cool. He was almost named Kerouac, and I was very tempted to add Octopus as a middle name, so he probably got off lightly! He has a more usual middle name which we gave him deliberately so that he would have the option if he preferred to use it later on.
"I guarantee someone in New Zealand reading this newsletter will know her". For those not from NZ, I guarantee that EVERYONE living in NZ is within 3 degrees of separation (knows someone who knows someone who knows someone) of this awesome wāhine and her whānau!
I love this more than anything. Not quite as extreme but my boys are Eddie (Iron Maiden) and Ronnie James (Dio). I want to be friends with this mum she sounds awesome 🤘
You took a slightly more subtle approach which I also greatly respect
I also wanna be friends with this mum 🤘
I can't wait for my child Impaled Nazarene to play with Pig Destroyer in a school yard someday.
My second child Cradle of Filth will join in, too
I showed this to a friend of mine who is really into metal to suggest as names for his future pugs (he doesn’t want kids).
This was his response:
“I like the spirit of this. Names aren't cute enough though 🥺. It's inspired me though, I'll look in my metal record collection and share a better one ”
and then when he was inspired he came up with ones that would shorten to good nicknames:
“Judas Priest (Judy)
Suicidal Tendencies - (Sue)
Coroner - (Cory)
Abattoir - (Abby)
Flotsam and Jetsam (Flo and Jet, for two names in on)
Sadus (Sadie)”
I watched Fury Road the night before I went into labour, and now I have a kid named Max. You do you, Metal Mum!
Fury Road is one of my fav movies of all time. It's so good. If I am that kickass as that director, and his wife who edited it - I will be very happy. I love this for you, Kat. And for Max.
This comment makes me happy too haha. And now it also forms part of Max's origin story!
When I changed my name legally i couldn’t think of a good middle name, so I just threw my favorite metal band in there. Middle name is August after August Burns Red. I fully support this mom.
My stepsister has four children with idiosyncratic themed names and it’s always my trump card to pull out when ‘kooky baby name’ conversations happen. Except for the last time when a workmate was like “my cousin works with a woman and her four kids are called…” and of course it was the same family because New Zealand 🤪
those kids don't need to worry about being bullied when their mother is wielding a crossbow
Very true.
"I had Pantera play at my school. They played handball, mind you"
highly recommend reading the lists of names that were rejected in nz. found “Mafia No Fear” on the list a few years ago which is my favourite thing ever
Pray tell, where is this list? And what is wrong with "MAFIA NO FEAR"?!
theres lists with names from the last few years too but this is the biggest one from 1995 to 2016
truly such a shame Mafia No Fear got rejected, wish i knew what the parents ended up going with
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/no-you-cant-call-your-baby-v8-almost-500-rejected-kiwi-name-requests-revealed/VI7A5XFSY4GIOINTBAGECCINJ4/
My kids all have weird names because I felt like it would be character building hahaha. Their middle names are Radio (after Radio Sloan from The Need) and Sonic (Sonic Youth). My oldest's first name is after a band from Auckland in the 90's that I loved. If they wanna change them when they're older they have my full support, but at this time they are quite fond of their names.
This is kickass, Kiki.
I was at a ice hockey game in Canada about 6 years ago and on the jumbo screen there was a birthday message for a kid called Linkin 🤦🏻♀️
I disapprove of this
I recall seeing a shout-out on What Now a few years back for a kid on the West Coast called Sinsemilla 😱
🤘
Slayer Scott has a really nice ring to it. I was almost certain I didn’t want to reproduce (and I don’t think this would fly if I adopted), but now I’m reconsidering EVERYTHING.
“Awww…I can feel little Slayer kicking. Do you want to feel my belly?” Can’t think of a better way to terrify folks in the spirit of good fun.
I wonder if they have nicknames too? I’m trying to imagine calling out “Slayer” at the playground...🤔
It would have to be screamed in the playground (whilst throwing the horns)
Oooh David, you're opening a can of (web)worms there - baby naming can be so subjective! When I decided to name my son after a famous Catalán surrealist artist, I had a very heated conversation with a German coworker who thought that unusual names should never be used as they were too difficult for non-English-speakers to pronounce 🙄 But it's a name I really like, and I personally think it suits him. I've also come across a number of other kids with the same name locally, which is cool. He was almost named Kerouac, and I was very tempted to add Octopus as a middle name, so he probably got off lightly! He has a more usual middle name which we gave him deliberately so that he would have the option if he preferred to use it later on.
Fuck yeah to Octopus! Mine would have to be Kraken Octopus Cephalopod Slayer 🤘
Octopus is one of the best names I've ever heard 😍
"I guarantee someone in New Zealand reading this newsletter will know her". For those not from NZ, I guarantee that EVERYONE living in NZ is within 3 degrees of separation (knows someone who knows someone who knows someone) of this awesome wāhine and her whānau!