"Pinmonkey" and "The Lost Trailers".... what are these guys doing to themselves?  Don't they get how to name a Nashville approved Country band? 

One method is to use the last names of the key members of the band (Brooks & Dunn, Archer Park, Montgomery Gentry).  This can be good because Country radio prefers solo acts, so they may get confused and think the band is actually a guy.  "Can you imagine bein' named Montgomery... nyuk... nyuk... nyuk... it musta took his mother an extra syllable or two to call him in for dinner... well, here he is for the fourth time this hour on FM 100 K-R-A-P... Your home for the hitz!"  With Brooks & Dunn, they no doubt benefited from some folks thinking that Brooks was THE Brooks, Mr. Chris Gaines himself... Garth.  Archer Park sounded kind of like a place name but it didn't work.  The moral of the story here is to name that band "Chesney McGraw".  Can't miss!  Or maybe even "Twain Strait".  Don't worry if you don't have those names in the band... just hire some properly named tambourine shakers and off you go!

Now there are some other methods for naming bands, I'm not denying that.  We've got Rascal Flatts, Little Big Town, Hometown News, Confederate Railroad, Sugarland, Trick Pony, Emerson Drive, Blackhawk, Diamond Rio, The Mavericks, et al.  They just all made it unnecessarily tough on themselves.

If you do insist on going the tough route, make sure you combine elements of what works. For example, the "Drive By Truckers" don't win many CMA awards.  "Blackhawk" and "Diamond Rio" do, so go with "Black Diamond".  Nashville won't be able to resist.  It will not only remind them of two unit moving dynamos but also a stripper.  If by the time you read this "Black Diamond" is taken go with "Rio Sugarflatts".