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Did you know that the Bee Gees were named after the initials of the DJ called Bill Gates? Did you know that the real story behind the origin of the name of the rock-band 10cc is a lot more trivial and boring compared to urban legend that surrounds it? Did you ever wonder why the hell would someone decide to name his band Chumbawamba? Here you can widen your knowledge by researching the origins or rock bands names and pop artists pseudonyms.
10cc: a metropolitan legend claims the band who wrote the hit I am not for each other has chosen her name as a gesture towards the average man ejaculation, that is estimated as 9cc of sperm. As a matter of fact, this guitar rock band name is originated from a dream the band manager, Jonathan King, had in that they was managing a band by the name of 10cc
Alice in Chains: Lane Stanley and Jerry Cantrell had meant to form huge metal band that will perform covers of Slayer while wearing dresses. However, there plan did not emerge, the name of the band remained. Alice in Chains is really a take off on Alice in Wonderland by having an S and M twist. Bee Gees: The Gibb brothers first had in mind the name The Rattlesnakes as a name of the band.
Later they've develop the idea of honoring the initials of both Brothers Gibb as well as their close friend and something of their first supports, DJ Bill Gates, who has nothing to use the founder mof Microsoft.
Chumbawaba: apparently, one of the band members had a strange dream, in which he couldn't decide which public toilet door he should enter because the Men and Women signs were replaced with Chumba and Wamba signs.
The Doors: formerly named Psychedelic Ranger, inspired by a William Blake quote: If the doors of perception may be cleansed every thing would seem to man because it is, infinite. Elvis Costello: was born as Declan Patrick McManus. When he had started his musical career, he adopted an alias developed by a mix of Elvis Presley and Lou Costello, due to the fact he represents the exact opposite of the other Elvis.
The autumn: obtained from the title of the novel authored by Albert Camus.
Grateful Dead: originally named The Warlocks. The foundation of the cult band final name was inspired by a classic English folk tale, which themed around a traveler who is saved by the spirit of a dead individual who is grateful for the travelers generosity and the willingness to pay the deads man debts in order for him to be buried.
The Happy Mondays: Shaun Rider was inspired through the happy Mondays he and the fellow members from the band were having as unemployed who have been spending your day that follows the weekend in sleeping as the other people were off to work.
Ice T: the controversial gangsta rapper has chosen to name himself after Iceberg Slim, a famous pimp who later became an author of books that describe gangsta living. Johnny Rotten: the Sex Pistols leader was born as John Lydon. He received a stage name which was found more suitable to have an anarchist punk having a set of rotten teeth.
Kraftwerk: the pioneer electronic band adopted the German translation of the term Power Station.
L. LL Cool J: James Todd Smith pseudonym is an Acronym for Ladies Love Cool James.
Marilyn Manson: the bandleader pseudonym mixes a couple of Americas favorite celebrities: Marilyn Monroe and Chapman. Fellow members from the band are utilizing the pseudonyms Ginger Fish, Twiggy Ramirez and Madonna Wayne Gacy.
Nine Inch Nails: inspired through the nails that attached Jesus towards the cross
The Orb: in Woody Allens Sleeper, there is a silver ball that triggers individuals who touches it to react in strange ways. This device was called The Orb.
The Pogues: originally named Pogue Mahone, which is Kiss my Ass in Gaelic, the band shortened the name to prevent airplay censorship.
Queen: one word that catches both transvestite and royalty connotation was the perfect band name within the eyes of Freddie Mercury.
The Replacements: according to the myth, the punk rock-band adapted the name after replacing military services weapons band inside a gig, an incident that built them into introduced themselves as The Replacements.
Sex Pistols: Malcolm Mclaren accounts for the choice of the name, partly to assist promote the clothes shop called Sex of Vivien Westwood who used to be his girlfriend at the time.
TLC: the initials of the band members nicknames T Boz, Left Eye and Chilli. Additionally, it suggests the acronym for Love and attention.
UB40: the politically oriented band was named after a type of British unemployment form.
Velvet Underground: named after the title of an unknown sex book that certain of the band members has found lying on the sidewalk Weezer: the band front man was nicknamed Weezer in high school since he would be a geek who experienced asthma that caused him to make wheezing sounds.
XTC: this punk band was formed in 1976 well before the usage of the drug was popular. This guitar rock band had changed its original name Star Park after watching a Jimmy Durante clip in which according to him: Im in ecstasy!
Yeah Yeah Yeah: according to Karen O, the inspiration to the hip band name came from the New Yorker phrase, which means something similar to whatever.
ZZ Top: there's two versions related to the foundation from the band name. Based on the first one, the specific band is a spoof around the name of the blues musician ZZ Hill. According to the second version, the name relates to a combination of two popular brands of cigarette rolling papers: Zig Zag and Tops Rolling papers.
