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Are you aware that the Bee Gees were named after the initials of a DJ called Bill gates? Are you aware that the real story behind the origin of the name from the rock-band 10cc is much more trivial and boring than the urban legend that surrounds it? Did you ever ask yourself why the hell would someone choose to name his band Chumbawamba? Here you are able to widen your knowledge by researching the origins or rock bands names and pop artists pseudonyms.
10cc: a metropolitan legend claims that the band who wrote the hit I am not in Love has chosen her name like a gesture to the average man ejaculation, which is estimated as 9cc of sperm. Ought to be fact, this guitar rock band name is originated in an aspiration the band manager, Jonathan King, been on which he was building a band by the name of 10cc
Alice in Chains: Lane Stanley and Jerry Cantrell had meant to form huge metal band which will perform covers of Slayer while wearing dresses. Although there plan did not come out, the specific band remained. Alice in Chains is a take off on Alice's adventures 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 their band.
Later they have develop the thought of honoring the initials of both Brothers Gibb as well as their good friend and one of their first supports, DJ Bill Gates, who has absolutely nothing to do with the founder mof Microsoft.
Chumbawaba: apparently, among the band members had a strange dream, in which he couldn't decide which public toilet door he should enter since the Women and men signs were substituted for Chumba and Wamba signs.
The Doors: formerly named Psychedelic Ranger, inspired with a William Blake quote: If the doors of perception may be cleansed every thing would appear to man because it is, infinite. Elvis Costello: was created 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 precise opposite of another Elvis.
The autumn: obtained from the title of the novel authored by Albert Camus.
Grateful Dead: originally named The Warlocks. The origin of the cult band final name was inspired by a classic English folk tale, which themed around a traveler who's saved through the spirit of the dead person who is grateful for the travelers generosity and his willingness to pay the deads man debts in order for him to become buried.
The Happy Mondays: Shaun Rider was inspired through the happy Mondays he and also the other members of the band were having as unemployed who have been spending your day that follows the weekend in sleeping while 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 a writer of books that describe gangsta living. Johnny Rotten: the Sex Pistols leader was created as John Lydon. He received a stage name that was found more suitable to have an anarchist punk with a set of rotten teeth.
Kraftwerk: the pioneer electronic band adopted the German translation from the term Power Station.
L. LL Cool J: James Todd Smith pseudonym is an Acronym for girls Love Cool James.
Marilyn Manson: the bandleader pseudonym mixes a couple of Americas favorite celebrities: Marilyn Monroe and Charles Manson. Fellow members from the band are using the pseudonyms Ginger Fish, Twiggy Ramirez and Madonna Wayne Gacy.
Nine Inch Nails: inspired through the nails that attached Jesus to 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, that is Kiss my Ass in Gaelic, the band shortened the name to avoid airplay censorship.
Queen: a 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 a missing band in a gig, an incident that made them introduced themselves as The Replacements.
Sex Pistols: Malcolm Mclaren accounts for the choice of the name, partly to assist promote the garments shop called Sex owned by Vivien Westwood who was once his girlfriend at that time.
TLC: the initials of the band members nicknames T Boz, Left Eye and Chilli. It also suggests the acronym for Love and attention.
UB40: the politically oriented band was named after a kind of British unemployment form.
Velvet Underground: named after the title of the unknown sex book that one from the band members finds lying around the sidewalk Weezer: the band front man was nicknamed Weezer in high school since he was a geek who suffered from asthma that caused him to create wheezing sounds.
XTC: this punk band was formed in 1976 long before using the drug was popular. This guitar rock band had changed its original name Star Park after watching a Jimmy Durante clip by which according to him: Im in ecstasy!
Yeah Yeah Yeah: according to Karen O, the inspiration to the hip band name originated from the brand new Yorker phrase, which means something similar to whatever.
ZZ Top: there's two versions associated with the origin from the band name. According to the first one, the specific band is really a spoof around the name of the blues musician ZZ Hill. Based on the second version, the name pertains to a combination of two popular brands of cigarette rolling papers: Zig Zag and Tops Rolling papers.
