- The best band name format is X and the Ys
- The worst band name format is just the name of the band leader
- Every band should have a theme song (e.g., Devo Corporate Anthem, We're the Unicorns, the literal Monkees theme song)
- If you can do a Dove: The Band of Love, then you should have to have a Dove: The Band of Love
- You should have to put out a concept album and it should be clear to a lay person that it's a concept album
- You should have to put out an alternate version of at least one album (be it a taylor's version, an acoustic/electric version). If you don't you should at least have to label one of your albums Ultra Low Frequency Edition
- You should have to put out an album in another genre. This could be your alternate version of an album
- You should have to put out an (alternate) soundtrack to a film
