Band names: Origins and Meanings

[manimanc]

Doves.
After a certain name of a narcotic that makes you dance a bit.

 

[JASR]

Ned’s Atomic dustbin - a spike Milligan sketch

 

[Bill Walker]

Fleetwood Mac......When Mick Fleetwood bought a Big Mac

 

[bigstanhibbert]

10cc.........the amount of semen in the average male ejaculation.

As is The Loving Spoonful

 

[Gareth Barry Conlon]

This single was the origin of the rolling stones:

 

[Protein Junkie]

Uriah Heep was a character in one of the Dickens books.

 

[OB1]

Van Halen - were called Mammoth but when lead singer David Lee Roth joined he said they should change the name and use the brothers' surname. Very smart boy Mr Roth.

 

[mexico1970]

Oasis-Named after a famous soft drink
Tavares-Named after an Arsenal footballer
U2-Named after a famous Scottish argument
Happy Mondays-Named after a popular day of the week
Wet Wet Wet-Named after a Michael Barrymore party

 

[manclad]

Squeeze , an album by The Velvet Underground.
Deacon Blue, a song ( Deacon Blues) by Steely Dan.

 

[crazyg]

Bowie, as The Monkees had Davy Jones as their lead singer, he changed his name from Jones to Bowie, after the knife.

Should have changed it to Stanley, then more dippers would have liked him.