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Band Origin of name: stories behind Band names

Did you know that the Bee Gees were named after the initials of a DJ named Bill Gates? Did you know that the real story behind the origin of the name of the rock band 10cc is much more trivial and boring than the urban legend that surrounds it? Have you Ever wonder why the hell would someone choose to name his band Chumbawamba? You can expand your knowledge, learning about the origins or names bands of rock and pop artists pseudonyms.

10cc: an urban legend claims that the band who wrote the hit I'm Not in Love has chosen her name as a gesture to the average male ejaculation, which is estimated as 9cc of sperm. As a matter of fact, the band's name originates from a dream the band manager, Jonathan King, where he was managing a band by the name of 10cc

Alice in Chains: Lane Stanley and Jerry Cantrell had intended to form a heavy metal band carried out covers of Slayer while wearing dresses. Although the plan did not work out, the name of the band remained. Alice in Chains is a take off on Alice in Wonderland, with a S and M twist.

Bee Gees: The Gibb brothers first had in mind the name of rattlesnakes as the name of his band. Later has arrived with the idea of honoring the initials of the brothers Gibb and his close friend and one of its supports, first, DJ Bill Gates, who has nothing to do with the founder of Microsoft.

Chumbawamba: apparently one of the members of the band had a strange dream, which could not decide which public toilet door should come as man and woman were signs replaced with Chumba and Wamba signs.

The Doors: formerly Psychedelic Ranger, inspired by a quote from William Blake: If the doors of perception were to be cleaned every thing would appear to man as it is, infinite.

Elvis Costello: was born as Declan Patrick McManus. When he started his musical career, he adopted an alias created by a combination of Elvis Presley and Lou Costello, mainly because it represents the exact opposite of the other Elvis.

The Fall: taken from the title of a novel Author: Albert Camus.

Grateful Dead: originally named The Warlocks. The origin of the cult band final name was inspired by an old English folk tale, with issues surrounding a traveler who is saved by the spirit of a dead person who is grateful for the generosity of passengers and their willingness to pay the debts man dead to be buried.

The Happy Mondays: Shaun Rider was inspired by the Happy Mondays, he and other band members were having on the strike that were spending the day following the weekend in the dorms, while others went to work.

Ice T: the controversial gangsta rapper himself has chosen same name after Iceberg Slim, a famous pimp who later became an author of books describing life gangsta.

Johnny Rotten: the leader Sex Pistols John Lydon was born. He received a stage name that was considered more appropriate for an anarchist punk rotten teeth.

Kraftwerk: the pioneer band e, adopted the German translation of the word Power Station.

L. LL Cool J: James Todd Smith pseudonym is an acronym of Ladies Love Cool James.

Marilyn Manson: the bandleader pseudonym mixes two of Americas favorite celebrities: Marilyn Monroe and Charles Manson. Other band members are using pseudonyms Ginger Fish, Twiggy Ramirez and Madonna Wayne Gacy.

Nine Inch Nails: inspired by the nails that attached Jesus to the cross

The Orb: Woody Allen in Sleeper, is not a silver ball that makes people react oddly touching. This device is called The Orb.

The Pogues: originally named Pogue Mahone, which Kiss my Ass is in Gaelic, the band shortened the name to avoid censorship airplay.

Queen: one word that catches both transvestite and royalty connotation was the perfect band name in the eyes of Freddie Mercury.

The Replacements: according to the myth, the punk rock band adopted the name after replacing a band missing a concert, an incident occurred that made them such as The Replacements.

Sex Pistols: Malcolm Mclaren is responsible for the choice of name, partly to help promote clothing shop called Sex owned by Vivien Westwood who used to be his girlfriend at the time.

TLC: the initials of the band members nicknames T Boz, Left eyes and chiles. It also suggests the acronym for Tender Loving Care.

UB40: The group of political orientation on behalf of a way of unemployment rate British.

Velvet Underground: the name of the title of a book of unknown sex that one of the band members has found lying on the sidewalk

Weezer: front man was nicknamed Weezer band in high school since I was a geek who suffered from asthma that led him to make whistles.

XTC: This punk band formed in 1976 long before the use of the drug was popular. The band had changed its original name Star Park after watching a Jimmy Durante clip in which he states: Im in ecstasy!

Yeah Yeah Yeah: according to Karen O, the inspiration for the band name came from the phrase hip New Yorker, which means something like whatever.

ZZ Top: there are two versions based on the origin of the name of the band. Under the first, the band's name is a parody on the name of bluesman ZZ Hill. According to second version, the name refers to a combination of two popular brands of cigarette rolling papers: Zig Zag and Tops Rolling papers.

José McNamarra is a collector of pop music CDs and books. In addition, José contributes to the magazine online casinos offering online casino games and poker in the news, articles and reviews.

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Joseph McNamarra is a collector of pop music records and books. In addition, Joseph contributes to the internet casinos magazine that provides online casino gambling and poker news, articles and reviews.

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