I mean some name after a person,or someone in the band. then you have some named after food?body parts? or some names you have not a clue how they came up with them.
2006-09-21 04:44:20 · 7 answers · asked by ♥Brown Eyed Girl ♥ 5 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
These days it seems that long and also odd names are in style, but the problem with that is so many bands jump on the bandwagon and do the same thing. Eventually this trend will die out as all trends do.
2006-09-21 06:25:26 · answer #1 · answered by Vinyleyes 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't know about modern bands but the best of all time, The Beatles, were so named because John Lennon was very impressed with the name of Buddy Holly's backing group, the Crickets. A cricket is an insect and also a game played in England. John, together with Stuart Sutcliffe, came up with 'Beetles' and changed the spelling to 'Beatles'. That way it incorporated the insect and also 'Beat', the kind of music they played.
2006-09-21 11:49:18 · answer #2 · answered by quatt47 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Could be taken from a book like for instance Steely Dan
was the name of a dildo in Naked Lunch by William Borroughs
Duran Duran from the movie Barbarella
Acronyms Beastie Boys 'Boys Entering Anarchistic States Toward Internal Excellence'
BONO
The singer with U2, Paul Hewson was inspired by a hearing aid store in Dublin, Ireland called 'Bono Vox'.
DEPECHE MODE
It roughly translates to 'Fashion News', which was the name of a fashion magazine
DIRE STRAITS
It describes the financial situation they were in when forming the band.
DOORS
From a William Blake quote 'If the doors of perception were to be cleansed evry thing would appear to man as it is, infinite'. The Doors were originally called the Psychedelic Rangers
GUNS AND ROSES
From Axl Rose and Tracii Guns' names.
IRON MAIDEN
Named after a medieval torture device
KING CRIMSON
Their original lyricist, Peter Sinfield, thought of it as a synonym for Beelzebub, which is Hebrew for 'Lord of the Flies'. Beelzebub was Satan's chief lieutenant among the fallen angels.
LED ZEPPELIN
Stories vary, but basically Keith Moon told Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones that their new project would go over like a lead balloon, hence, Led Zeppelin. The 'Led' spelling was to make sure people pronounced the name right.
MEGADETH
Dave Mustane was inspired by a government pamphlet after getting kicked out of Metallica. A Megadeath is a military term for one million dead people, so World War II was responsible for 80 Megadeaths. Megadeth is the phonetic spelling for Megadeath
MARILLION
Inspired by J.R.R. Tolkein's 'Silmarillion' and probably modified to avoid copyright problems
MOTORHEAD
Slang for a speed freak (which Lemmy evidently was).
RAMONES
Early in his career, Paul McCartney used to call himself Paul Ramone.
RADIOHEAD
Named after a Talking Heads song called "Radio Head".
SEX PISTOLS
Malcolm Mclaren came up with the name. It was partially inspired by his punk clothing shop called 'Sex'.
some of the ones i can remember
2006-09-21 12:27:24 · answer #3 · answered by Trick Rocks 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What you said... some are named after band members, some after a mere idea. Just depends what they think sounds cool or memorable.
2006-09-21 11:49:40 · answer #4 · answered by Dookiee 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We got our band name from an inside joke between all of us....
2006-09-21 12:06:37 · answer #5 · answered by Mindy H 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The same with rappers too.
I mean, Panic! At the Disco? Disco?! Who uses the word 'disco' anymore.
2006-09-21 11:47:52 · answer #6 · answered by stuckinamoment 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sometimes its a personal experience or is just something random.....green day, taking back sunday, silverstein, atreyu, senses fail.......
2006-09-21 11:47:13 · answer #7 · answered by Trevor B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋