Where DID they get that name from?
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Hootie and the Blowfish
The band got together at the University of South Carolina in 1986. Bryan and Rucker originally paired up as a duo in college under the name The Wolf Brothers playing cover tunes. When Felber joined the duo, they renamed themselves Hootie & The Blowfish (named for two of Darius Rucker's friends).
Hootie and the Blowfish
The band got together at the University of South Carolina in 1986. Bryan and Rucker originally paired up as a duo in college under the name The Wolf Brothers playing cover tunes. When Felber joined the duo, they renamed themselves Hootie & The Blowfish (named for two of Darius Rucker's friends).
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The Doors
The story I heard was that Jim Morrison and Ray Manzarek came up with this name after seeing/reading an Aldous Huxley book called "The Doors of Perception".
The story I heard was that Jim Morrison and Ray Manzarek came up with this name after seeing/reading an Aldous Huxley book called "The Doors of Perception".
CLANNAD - The band members were all from a large family that lived in Gweedore in the county of Donegal (Northwest Ireland). CLANNAD is a contraction of "Clann as Dobhar", which means "the family from Gweedore".
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Yes ----------remembered another one - just had to check it hadn't been done already
UB40
Named after the form that you were given when unemployed and had to sign on for unemployment benefit. The band members were all unemployed when they formed.
UB40
Named after the form that you were given when unemployed and had to sign on for unemployment benefit. The band members were all unemployed when they formed.
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Saoirse said:Dire Straits
It describes the financial situation they were in when forming the band.
Is that true?
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DLL said:
Whose name was Leonard Skinner...
heres more.....
3 Doors Down
the name came from when one day the band was walking down a street and this door had a piece on wood across the door that said "doors down" and the time there was 3 in the band so they called there band 3 Doors down..
Anthrax
Scott ian got the name "anthrax" from his biology class in high school. he thought it was a cool name. although they got alot of backlash during the anthrax attacks of late 2001.
The Calling
2 months before the record came out he said "this is our calling"
Creed
Creed is from the former bassist, Brain Mashall, and he was in a group before CREED and it was named Madox's Creed and they were playing around with the word creed and their names. They finaly settled on just Creed. Or this......
They got their name from a book by Steven King titled "Pet Cemetary".Creed was the family's last name.
The Doors
Singer jim morrisson and organ player ray manzarek got it from an aldous huxley book called the doors of perception.
Five For Fighting
Name is from the major penalty given in hockey for not playing well with others: that is, five minutes for fighting.
Fugazi
It's a word that soldier used in Vietnam (similar to FUBAR and SNAFU) and it means "Fucked up, got ambushed, and zipped in" to describe a soldier that wasn't careful and ended up getting killed and zipped up in a body bag.
Gin Blossoms
Gin Blossoms are a symptom of severe alcoholism by which your nose's veins become visible.
Grand Funk Railroad
There was a train overpass in thier hometown of Flint, Michigan which read Grand Trunk Railroad.
Incubus
One day the guy's were thinking of names and Mike was reading a book that mentioned an Incubus and the band liked it. Later they read a dictionary and found out it means an Evil male spirit that violates sleeping women.
An Incubus was supposedly some mythological creature that would come into villages at night and impregnate the women without anybody knowing.
Iron Maiden
The band was named after a medieval torture instrument. The actual iron maiden was a coffin which had metal spikes on the inside. The prisoner was placed inside it and skewered to death when the iron maiden was closed.
Metallica
A friend of Lars Ulrich's was starting a metal fanzine. He was debating between two names for the 'zine-"Metallica" and "Metal Mania". He asked Lars for his oppinion, and Lars told him that he should definately go with "Metal Mania", because he thought Metallica was the perfect name, and wanted it for his band (who at the time went by such lame names as Red Vette and Blitzer). And thus explains the story behind the name of my all-time favorite band...METALLICA!
Motorhead
Lemmy Kilmeister originally wanted to name his band "Bastard" but was advised against it, so he named it after the song he wrote for his old band Hawkwind. "Motorhead" was 70's American slang for someone on speed.
Oasis
The band saw a poster advertising in lead singer Liam Gallagher's room about the Inspiral Carpets playing at a club called "The Oasis". The band also learned that the Beatles played their and chose that name. They were originally called "Rain".
Orgy
Much to the dismay of popular belief, Orgy's name is not meant to be portrayed in a sexual way, rather the band believe's their sound is an "orgy of sounds".
Primus
Les used to have a primus grill. (No doubt still does) But when it comes to fish they don't get no fresher than cookin' them bastards right up on the shore. One day he ran out of gas about one minute into cooking a fish, and he had just said "now you're cookin with Primus, you Bastard" His buddy Gnomer never let him live it down, so it stuck like glue, so it goes.
Prodigy
Supposedly, all the band members are SAT full scorers (i.e., 1600ers)
The Ramones
The Ramones were all big fans of 60's British Invasion rock and roll (Beatles, Who, Kinks, etc.). Paul McCartney's brother was in a band called Scaffold. To give himself an original identity he called himself Mike McGear. When big bro Paul would appear on Scaffold records he would call himself "Paul Ramone." Being big fans, the Ramones name is a nod to Macca himself.
3 Doors Down
the name came from when one day the band was walking down a street and this door had a piece on wood across the door that said "doors down" and the time there was 3 in the band so they called there band 3 Doors down..
Anthrax
Scott ian got the name "anthrax" from his biology class in high school. he thought it was a cool name. although they got alot of backlash during the anthrax attacks of late 2001.
The Calling
2 months before the record came out he said "this is our calling"
Creed
Creed is from the former bassist, Brain Mashall, and he was in a group before CREED and it was named Madox's Creed and they were playing around with the word creed and their names. They finaly settled on just Creed. Or this......
They got their name from a book by Steven King titled "Pet Cemetary".Creed was the family's last name.
The Doors
Singer jim morrisson and organ player ray manzarek got it from an aldous huxley book called the doors of perception.
Five For Fighting
Name is from the major penalty given in hockey for not playing well with others: that is, five minutes for fighting.
Fugazi
It's a word that soldier used in Vietnam (similar to FUBAR and SNAFU) and it means "Fucked up, got ambushed, and zipped in" to describe a soldier that wasn't careful and ended up getting killed and zipped up in a body bag.
Gin Blossoms
Gin Blossoms are a symptom of severe alcoholism by which your nose's veins become visible.
Grand Funk Railroad
There was a train overpass in thier hometown of Flint, Michigan which read Grand Trunk Railroad.
Incubus
One day the guy's were thinking of names and Mike was reading a book that mentioned an Incubus and the band liked it. Later they read a dictionary and found out it means an Evil male spirit that violates sleeping women.
An Incubus was supposedly some mythological creature that would come into villages at night and impregnate the women without anybody knowing.
Iron Maiden
The band was named after a medieval torture instrument. The actual iron maiden was a coffin which had metal spikes on the inside. The prisoner was placed inside it and skewered to death when the iron maiden was closed.
Metallica
A friend of Lars Ulrich's was starting a metal fanzine. He was debating between two names for the 'zine-"Metallica" and "Metal Mania". He asked Lars for his oppinion, and Lars told him that he should definately go with "Metal Mania", because he thought Metallica was the perfect name, and wanted it for his band (who at the time went by such lame names as Red Vette and Blitzer). And thus explains the story behind the name of my all-time favorite band...METALLICA!
Motorhead
Lemmy Kilmeister originally wanted to name his band "Bastard" but was advised against it, so he named it after the song he wrote for his old band Hawkwind. "Motorhead" was 70's American slang for someone on speed.
Oasis
The band saw a poster advertising in lead singer Liam Gallagher's room about the Inspiral Carpets playing at a club called "The Oasis". The band also learned that the Beatles played their and chose that name. They were originally called "Rain".
Orgy
Much to the dismay of popular belief, Orgy's name is not meant to be portrayed in a sexual way, rather the band believe's their sound is an "orgy of sounds".
Primus
Les used to have a primus grill. (No doubt still does) But when it comes to fish they don't get no fresher than cookin' them bastards right up on the shore. One day he ran out of gas about one minute into cooking a fish, and he had just said "now you're cookin with Primus, you Bastard" His buddy Gnomer never let him live it down, so it stuck like glue, so it goes.
Prodigy
Supposedly, all the band members are SAT full scorers (i.e., 1600ers)
The Ramones
The Ramones were all big fans of 60's British Invasion rock and roll (Beatles, Who, Kinks, etc.). Paul McCartney's brother was in a band called Scaffold. To give himself an original identity he called himself Mike McGear. When big bro Paul would appear on Scaffold records he would call himself "Paul Ramone." Being big fans, the Ramones name is a nod to Macca himself.
Fleetwood Mac
Peter Green formed Fleetwood Mac after leaving John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers. At that time on the British music scene Green was seen as a “Guitar God”, Green who hated that designation wanted to downplay his role in the new group and named it after his favorite rhythm section—drummer Mick Fleetwood and bass player John McVie. Even after naming the group Fleetwood Mac it took some convincing to get John McVie to join because he didn’t want to leave the “steady paying gig” with the Bluesbreakers. But once John Mayall diverted a bit too much from the pure blues by including horns in the group, McVie left them and joined Fleetwood Mac.
Foo Fighters
“Foo Fighters” was a nickname that Allied forces gave to basketball sized unidentified glowing spheres they used to see floating in the air over the battlefields during WWII. Both sides thought the globes came from the other side and were some sort of spy device. UFO researchers consider the globes to be of extra terrestrial origin as many “abductees” have reported seeing similar objects.
Peter Green formed Fleetwood Mac after leaving John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers. At that time on the British music scene Green was seen as a “Guitar God”, Green who hated that designation wanted to downplay his role in the new group and named it after his favorite rhythm section—drummer Mick Fleetwood and bass player John McVie. Even after naming the group Fleetwood Mac it took some convincing to get John McVie to join because he didn’t want to leave the “steady paying gig” with the Bluesbreakers. But once John Mayall diverted a bit too much from the pure blues by including horns in the group, McVie left them and joined Fleetwood Mac.
Foo Fighters
“Foo Fighters” was a nickname that Allied forces gave to basketball sized unidentified glowing spheres they used to see floating in the air over the battlefields during WWII. Both sides thought the globes came from the other side and were some sort of spy device. UFO researchers consider the globes to be of extra terrestrial origin as many “abductees” have reported seeing similar objects.
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Aerosmith
A popular myth is that the name came from a respelling of the title of the Sinclair Lewis novel “Arrowsmith”. But in the group’s autobiography “Walk This Way” Joey Kramer tells the story of how when he was still in school he was sitting around with his girlfriend one day listening to Harry Nilsson’s “Aerial Ballet” and he and his girlfriend started thinking of cool band names that had “aero” in them, he thought up “aerosmith” and liked the way it sounded. He loved the name so much he used to write it all over his school books. But the band he was with at the time didn’t want to use it--so fast forward to a little after he had joined Joe Perry and Steven’s band. They used to sit around and watch old Three Stooges reruns, stoned. One day they had a band meeting after the “Stooges” to try and come up with a name, Kramer remembered the word he used to compulsively write on his schoolbooks. The band didn’t like it at first because they thought it was the title of the Sinclair Lewis novel they were forced to read in high school but Joey said “No, no, A-E-R-O” and it stuck because they liked the connotation of power and the lift their music gave off.
A popular myth is that the name came from a respelling of the title of the Sinclair Lewis novel “Arrowsmith”. But in the group’s autobiography “Walk This Way” Joey Kramer tells the story of how when he was still in school he was sitting around with his girlfriend one day listening to Harry Nilsson’s “Aerial Ballet” and he and his girlfriend started thinking of cool band names that had “aero” in them, he thought up “aerosmith” and liked the way it sounded. He loved the name so much he used to write it all over his school books. But the band he was with at the time didn’t want to use it--so fast forward to a little after he had joined Joe Perry and Steven’s band. They used to sit around and watch old Three Stooges reruns, stoned. One day they had a band meeting after the “Stooges” to try and come up with a name, Kramer remembered the word he used to compulsively write on his schoolbooks. The band didn’t like it at first because they thought it was the title of the Sinclair Lewis novel they were forced to read in high school but Joey said “No, no, A-E-R-O” and it stuck because they liked the connotation of power and the lift their music gave off.
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Nice one, AA ..... good to see you again!
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The Who (Source: Book Of Useless Info)
The Who members (not yet called The Who) were looking for a band name, lots of people (thinking they had good names) would go up to one of the members and tell them their idea. Whenever there was a particuarly strange name, they would say 'the who?' After awhile, someone just suggested that should be the name and it stuck.
The Who members (not yet called The Who) were looking for a band name, lots of people (thinking they had good names) would go up to one of the members and tell them their idea. Whenever there was a particuarly strange name, they would say 'the who?' After awhile, someone just suggested that should be the name and it stuck.
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Led Zeppelin
Keith Moon and John Entwistle of the Who were hanging out with Richard Cole (The Yardbirds road manager) one night at the disco “Salvation” in New York. Moon and Entwistle were burned out on the whole scene with The Who and were talking about the desire to form a band with Jimmy Page and Steve Winwood. And Entwistle said “Yeah. We’ll call it Lead Zeppelin. Because it will go over like a fucking Lead Balloon.” Laughter followed and Cole told Jimmy about the discussion later. So when the time came to change the band’s name from The New Yardbirds they finally settled on “Led Zeppelin” after short stints as “Mad Dogs” and “Whoopee Cushion”. They changed the spelling of lead to “Led” so that people wouldn’t mispronounce the groups name as “Leed Zeppelin”.
Led Zeppelin
Keith Moon and John Entwistle of the Who were hanging out with Richard Cole (The Yardbirds road manager) one night at the disco “Salvation” in New York. Moon and Entwistle were burned out on the whole scene with The Who and were talking about the desire to form a band with Jimmy Page and Steve Winwood. And Entwistle said “Yeah. We’ll call it Lead Zeppelin. Because it will go over like a fucking Lead Balloon.” Laughter followed and Cole told Jimmy about the discussion later. So when the time came to change the band’s name from The New Yardbirds they finally settled on “Led Zeppelin” after short stints as “Mad Dogs” and “Whoopee Cushion”. They changed the spelling of lead to “Led” so that people wouldn’t mispronounce the groups name as “Leed Zeppelin”.
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Moby
Born Richard Melville Hall, Moby took his name from the book his great great grand uncle Herman Melville wrote, called "Moby Dick". When he was young, his parents decided that a name like Richard is to big for a baby like him, so they gave him the nickname of Moby, and it stuck .....
Born Richard Melville Hall, Moby took his name from the book his great great grand uncle Herman Melville wrote, called "Moby Dick". When he was young, his parents decided that a name like Richard is to big for a baby like him, so they gave him the nickname of Moby, and it stuck .....
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Black Sabbath
They originally called their jazz-blues band Polka Tulk, later renaming themselves Earth, and they played extensively in Europe. In early 1969, they decided to change their name again when they found that they were being mistaken for another group called Earth. Butler had written a song that took its title from a novel by occult writer Dennis Wheatley, Black Sabbath, and the group adopted it as their name as well.
They originally called their jazz-blues band Polka Tulk, later renaming themselves Earth, and they played extensively in Europe. In early 1969, they decided to change their name again when they found that they were being mistaken for another group called Earth. Butler had written a song that took its title from a novel by occult writer Dennis Wheatley, Black Sabbath, and the group adopted it as their name as well.
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Foo Fighters
David Grohl was fascinated by the Roswell incident and sci-fi in general. He decided to name his new project after a slang expression used in World War II by US pilots to describe the alien-looking fireballs they sometimes saw over Germany (specifically, betueen Hagenau in Alsace-Lorraine and Neustadt an der Weinstrasse in the Rhine Valley). Foo is a mutation of the French word for fire, "fue".
David Grohl was fascinated by the Roswell incident and sci-fi in general. He decided to name his new project after a slang expression used in World War II by US pilots to describe the alien-looking fireballs they sometimes saw over Germany (specifically, betueen Hagenau in Alsace-Lorraine and Neustadt an der Weinstrasse in the Rhine Valley). Foo is a mutation of the French word for fire, "fue".
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GWAR
GWAR (an acronym for God What an Awful Racket). GWAR was formed at a college in Virginia as an experiment in marketing strategy by several musicians, art students, and dancers. The group claims to consist of all-powerful interplanetary warriors, descended from aliens stranded in Antarctica and initially created from the lowest filth in the universe, who have come to Earth to sexually enslave and/or slaughter the human race.
Yeah, leave it to me to bring up metal on this thread. LOL
GWAR (an acronym for God What an Awful Racket). GWAR was formed at a college in Virginia as an experiment in marketing strategy by several musicians, art students, and dancers. The group claims to consist of all-powerful interplanetary warriors, descended from aliens stranded in Antarctica and initially created from the lowest filth in the universe, who have come to Earth to sexually enslave and/or slaughter the human race.
Yeah, leave it to me to bring up metal on this thread. LOL
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Iron Maiden
Named after a medieval torture instrument. The actual iron maiden was a coffin which had metal spikes on the inside. The prisoner was placed inside it and skewered to death when the iron maiden was closed.
Named after a medieval torture instrument. The actual iron maiden was a coffin which had metal spikes on the inside. The prisoner was placed inside it and skewered to death when the iron maiden was closed.
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emerson, lake & palmer
named after three books of the old testament apocryopha
The Book of Emerson, named after its principal hero, combines specifically Jewish piety and morality with oriental folklore in a fascinating story that has enjoyed wide popularity in both Jewish and Christian circles. Prayers, psalms, and words of wisdom, as well as the skillfully constructed story itself, provide valuable insights into the faith and the religious milieu of its unknown author. The book was probably written early in the second century B.C.; it is not known where.
The opening verses of the Book of Lake ascribe it, or at least its first part, to Lake, the well-known secretary of the prophet Jeremiah. It contains five very different compositions, the first and the last in prose, the others in poetic form. The prose sections were certainly composed in Hebrew, though the earliest known form of the book is in Greek.
The Prayer of Palmer is an apocryphal writing which purports to give the prayer referred to in 2 Chronicles 33:13, 18-19. Its original is Greek.
*crossing fingers*
named after three books of the old testament apocryopha
The Book of Emerson, named after its principal hero, combines specifically Jewish piety and morality with oriental folklore in a fascinating story that has enjoyed wide popularity in both Jewish and Christian circles. Prayers, psalms, and words of wisdom, as well as the skillfully constructed story itself, provide valuable insights into the faith and the religious milieu of its unknown author. The book was probably written early in the second century B.C.; it is not known where.
The opening verses of the Book of Lake ascribe it, or at least its first part, to Lake, the well-known secretary of the prophet Jeremiah. It contains five very different compositions, the first and the last in prose, the others in poetic form. The prose sections were certainly composed in Hebrew, though the earliest known form of the book is in Greek.
The Prayer of Palmer is an apocryphal writing which purports to give the prayer referred to in 2 Chronicles 33:13, 18-19. Its original is Greek.
*crossing fingers*
