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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).
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Name | Origin | Submitted by: | ||
| Rush | Rush was a cool sounding name, also what we called crystal back in the early 70's. Nothing to do with Satan... the pentagram logo didn't come until the 4th album. | Another Scott | ||
| Rush | I heard it was from the Hebrew word for 'noise' which is pronounced 'raash' (long 'a' there). | Menotno | ||
| Rush | The name RUSH never had anything to do with Satan. A Rush is "a good vibe or feeling," according to an interview on Rockline of lead vocalist/bassist, Geddy Lee. The supposed "pentagram" appeared first on the cover of 2112, and is actually "the Red Star of the Solar Federation," the oppressive government drummer/lyricist Neil Peart conjured for his conceptual lyrics about the year 2112. A later image of a man resisting entering the star represented man's struggle against oppression. | Chris | ||
| Rush | The story you've already got is utter rubbish. According to the official band biography 'Visions' the band got their name from a band member's brother days before their debut gig. They liked the sense of energy associated with it. | Jim Annison | ||
| Rushing Waters | The name came from a supernatural encounter that was of Biblical proportion and could only refer to the presence and voice of the almighty God. | theo dalton | ||
| The Rustie Lee Revue | Rustie's early band wasn't just about performing songs, they did sketches and others forms of on-stage entertainment - hence the self-explanatory "revue" in their name. | Tittikaka | ||
| The Rutles | Eric Idle, after Monty Python, made a TV series called Rutland Weekend Television, which was a spoof on London Weekend Television. Rutland is the smallest county in England. From there it's a small step to The Rutles. | sloftslime | ||
| The Rutles | 'Rutland' isn't the smallest town in England, it's the smallest county. The Rutles were a regular feature in an ITV show called Rutland Weekend Television - allegedly the local broadcast of the forgotten county of England. | Jon Dafydd Finney-Moore | ||
| The Rutles | This Beatles parody band's name is a cross between The Beatles and the smallest town in England, Rutland. | Mr. Bun |
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