Names of bands I’ve been in from the 1980s to today

My 1980s band at Stanford first changed names at every gig, including Ask Andrew, The Bears, and The Sound and The Furry (one five-word name). Then we settled on Petting Zoo. Everyone else left town after graduation, but I stayed in Palo Alto for a year and formed Onomatopoeia. Asked what genre we played, I'd say, "Means what it sounds like." After not having bands in Philadelphia or Berlin, my short-lived band in Saarbrücken was Psychic Sidekicks. In Basel, my acoustic folk trio Human Shields had  a great run from 2006 to 2017. After a few years of hibernation, I hope to resurrect Human Shields with a new duo in 2025. (Andrew Shields, #111Words, 26 November 2024)