Who can name 6 bands from the last 15 years or so, that have stolen another bands name from the 60's or 70's?

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Am I the only one that's noticed this? There are so many bands that have done this, and I realize that sometimes it's of their own ignorance and they don't know any better. But most of the time they are fully aware. Can't they think come up with a name on their own?

Nice try Oaid 123, but the bands names you've mentioned were INFUENCED by another bands name. ie. Dread Zeppelin / Led Zeppelin.
I'm looking for an exact match ie. Rip Off / Rip Off.

Conie - I'll give you one example; 'Skid Row'.
They were a late 60's early 70's Irish heavy blues rock band featuring Gary Moore on guitar, and at one time featured Phil Lynott (Thin Lizzy) on bass and vocals.
There are plenty others. I'll enlighten you in a few days!
mrgrieves7 - Yes you're correct, Nirvana was a great late 60's pop/psych band from the UK.
They were quite well known overseas in the later part of the 60's. Their best album in my opinion was 'Local Anaesthetic'(released in 71). It had a much heavier progressive sound than their previous work and sort of sounded like a cross between early 'Ten Years After' and 'Slade' I guess. Worth checking out if you're into that stuff. Their earlier material was pure psych/pop, great stuff too!
There's 1 for the scoreboard!

Jerkyburp - Yes you are correct! Bush were a great band to watch live. The late Dominic Troiano was one hell of a guitarist. As a fellow Canadian, I saw the same show on Much Music.
Bush played at my high school in Toronto back in 1970 or thereabouts, along with many other Canadian bands, including Mainline, Crowbar, Steel River, Thundermug etc.

Answer 1

The british band BUSH (of "Everything Zen" fame) stole their name directly from a Canadian band called BUSH. There were lawsuits aplenty back in the mid 90s.....In fact, Bush (the copycats) had to release their CDs under the name BUSH-X (in Canada) until just recently when they payed off the original Bush-ers in an out-of-case settlement to buy the name. I have their first 3 CDs from Canada, bought them on a vacation, just to have them listed as Bush-X. Pretty weird. I asked the store clerk why they were called Bush-X, he told me the story.....I later saw a story about it on "Much Music", the Canadian version of Mtv, confirming the whole deal.

Hope this is one that you were looking for, if not, add it to your list!

Cheers,
TEKNO

Answer 2

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Answer 3

dont really know most of these new groups, however, most of the music is stolen from 60's and 70's songs! That is a fact.

Answer 4

i know there was another band called nirvana well before kurt cobain's nirvana. thats the only one i can think of tho

Answer 5

i've seen bands choose their names from other bands' song titles (radiohead, godsmack, death cab for cutie, pretty girls make graves). but i dont think ive noticed any band names to band names. enlighten me!

Answer 6

buck cherry, stolen from chuck berry, dead zeppelin, stolen from led zeppelin, red hot chili peppers, stolen from the red hots the chili wilis and the peppers, yellow floyd, stolen from pink floyd...thats all i can think of right now

Answer 7

lol -points up- i dont know