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Do you know why a band picked out it's name? Feel free to let us know.
I can't verify all of these stories, so do take them with a grain of salt. I try and delete the ones that I know to be bogus, but I don't know the origins of every band name (and some bands intentionally tell different stories about picking their band name).
The 20 most recent entries are listed below. There are 4552 Band Name Origin entries on the site.
Name | Origin | Submitted by: | ||
| Narsha | Korean language- "To fly" | Robert D. Arndt Jr. | ||
| Silicone Baby | From Russian porn star Tassa Deez and her breast implants. Tassa is short for Natasha, Deez for DD cup size. She sings a song in one her adult films called "Bounce"!!! (Editor's note: next time you make a submission, first make sure it's not already in there. I do not accept duplicate entries, so don't waste my time or yours.) | Robert D. Arndt Jr. | ||
| Mind Benders | This 60's band that appeared as themselves in the film "To Sir, With Love" was named after a 1962 British horror movie. | Robert D. Arndt Jr. | ||
| Monster Magnet | 1) Dave Wyndorf, lead man in Monster Magnet, collects sci-fi/Horror collectibles, one is a model called "The Monster Magnet" 2) The Mothers of Invention's first LP Freak Out has that title as its first track. | Robert D. Arndt Jr. | ||
| Nobody's Angels | Inspired by the U.S, TV series and later film Charlie's Angels | Robert D. Arndt Jr. | ||
| The Replacements | Legend has it that they were given a gig after another band failed to show - when asked who they were they replied "We're the Replacements". | Robert D. Arndt Jr. | ||
| Skid Row | Slang for a rundown inner city neighborhoods where alcoholics, junkies, street people can afford to live. | Robert D. Arndt Jr. | ||
| Speedball | A deadly drug cocktail mix of heroin and cocaine | Robert D. Arndt Jr. | ||
| 10,000 Maniacs | extension of an old horror movie called "2000 Maniacs" | Robert D. Arndt Jr. | ||
| 10 CC | the average amount of ejaculate from a healthy male | Robert D. Arndt Jr. | ||
| 311 | "One of P-Nut's friends (Jim Watson) was arrested, cuffed (naked) and taken home to his parents. He was issued a citation for a code 311 (indecent exposure). We thought this was funny, so we took it as our band name. After the humor of the name wore off - we still kept it because we liked that it was just abstract and that it did not define us in anyway. The name did not describe our sound or our politics, it just let the music speak for itself. Since most interviewers always ask us "What does 311 mean?", we have come up with lots of different answers over the years. Some include.... Nick - "five friends making music", Tim - "a number dictated to me by a higher intelligence", P-Nut - "knowing a little numerology and studying a little magic, which I do; in some factions, three is man and 11 is magic. So 311 is like male magic." from their official site http://www.311music.com | Robert D. Arndt Jr. | ||
| Urge Overkill | The name of a Parliaments' funk song | Robert D. Arndt Jr. | ||
| White Snake | from a white albino ball python snake owned by David Coverdale while in DEEP PURPLE | Robert D. Arndt Jr. | ||
| Yo La Tengo | translates to "I have it" from Spanish - said to be the phrase called out by Hispanic baseball players when fielding a pop fly ball. Singer/guitar player Ira Kaplan got the expression from a book he was reading about baseball called The Five Seasons. | Robert D. Arndt Jr. | ||
| Big Bad Voodoo Daddy | This neo-swing band takes its name from what legendary bluesman Albert King wrote as an autograph for the band's leader, Scotty Morris... "To the big bad voodoo daddy." | Robert D. Arndt Jr. | ||
| Eriam Sisters/EriAm Sisters | Stands for Eritrean American Sisters | Robert D. Arndt Jr. | ||
| Lt. Dan Band | Gary Sinise named his band after his character from "Forrest Gump". | Brian Kelly | ||
| Ex-Vivian | Krysten Ritter's supposed ex-girlfriend/lover... (spec) in interview b/c her parents would be reading it. Ex is definately HER ex and it's a girl's name. Krysten Ritter only sings about her life and her experiences with this band she put together... | Robert D. Arndt Jr. | ||
| Of Mice & Men | John Steinbeck's novella of the same title. | Anonymous | ||
| Letlive. | John Steinbeck's novella of the same title. | Anonymous |
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