How did bands acquire their names?

[jay66uk]

Led Zeppelin - after Keith Moon told them they would go down like a lead...they started off as New Yardbirds.

yeah, he said they would go down like a lead balloon, but they changed the name to "led" to stop the yanks mis-pronouncing the band name

That's what wiki writers who dislike West ham would have you believe ;-)

 

[Tell The King]

The Libertines - after Marquis de Sade's The Lust Of The Libertines.
The Clash - after joe strummer read an article about a riot. ' a clash between rioters and police'

 

[Knight1979]

No one's done Joy Division??

Named after Hitler's prostitute brigade


Metallica: A friend of Lars Ulrich's was trying to start up a metal magazine and he was bouncing ideas off Lars of what it should be called, Lars took Metallica from him.

My Bloody Valentine: Horror B Movie I think

Pink Floyd: Combination of two old blues guys put together, someone can confirm the names

Brian Jonestown Massacre: Combination of Brian Jones from the Rolling Stones and the Jonestown cult massacre in California

 

[Hip Hop Uwe]

Dickless, pic may explain it.

 

[scowy68]

How about,Judas priest?I've just seen the maddest cover i've ever seen on their latest album.Not into the music or anything,can't even remember if i've ever heard them at all.But that Nostradamus album cover is awesome.

 

[blue jim]

Pogues, taken from póg mó hoin, kiss my arse, and turned into a name Pogue Mahone, then just Pogues.

 

[manclad]

Just remembered one of the obvious ones-

Agnetha
Benny
Bjorn
Anni-Frid

All first names of the group.

 

[DT King of all Geordies]

Not sure if it urban myth but the name of the family who lived next door to Ian Brady were called the Smiths.

 

[blue47766]

Pogues, taken from póg mó hoin, kiss my arse, and turned into a name Pogue Mahone, then just Pogues.

also Radio2 DJ Mark Radcliffes band is called Pogue Mahone. What about The Saw Doctors named after the men who went round Ireland sharpening knifes and saws or anything else. The name was only meant to be tempory but stuck

 

[barryo]

The Macc Lads got their name cos they were Lads from Macc(lesfield)