TheGreek Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 Oasis....Midnight at the.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobthedog Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 Were Millie Vanilli named after the song Just one Cornetto ( Yes, I know - O Sole Mio)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Dragon Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 Stiff Little Fingers-The Vibrators. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZilchWoolham Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 There's Shakespears Sister named after Shakespeare's Sister, I'd argue the best single by The Smiths. In turn named after A Room of One's Own, the essay by Virginia Woolf with which it seems to have little in common. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_5 Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 On 05/02/2019 at 09:02, casapete said: Deacon Blue (Steely Dan) Steely Dan in turn took their name from a dildo in William S. Burroughs’ ‘Naked Lunch’. Not a song, but still interesting. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unknown_User Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 I think a band from the early noughties called Pretty Girls Make Graves were apparently named after a Smiths song. I don't know anything about the Smiths though so I might be wrong! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jus Lukin Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 (edited) - Edited March 3, 2022 by Jus Lukin 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 The majority of Grateful Dead tribute bands name themselves after song lyrics. I was in Wildflower seed (from Frankllin's tower) for a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keeponehandloose Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 14 hours ago, TheGreek said: Oasis....Midnight at the.... That was the underground market in Manchester. Not underground as in 'covert' but underground as in 'the basement.' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmo Valdemar Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 Godsmack took their name from an Alice In Chains song. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike f Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 Lightning Seeds after a misheard lyric in Raspberry Beret by Prince and the Revolution. ”Thunder drowns out what the lightning sees”. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unknown_User Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 6 minutes ago, mike f said: Lightning Seeds after a misheard lyric in Raspberry Beret by Prince and the Revolution. ”Thunder drowns out what the lightning sees”. Is that genuine? I was a big fan of the Lightning Seeds in my formative years and I (obviously mistakenly) thought Prince sang "lightning seeds" in that song. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicko Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 18 minutes ago, Unknown_User said: Is that genuine? I was a big fan of the Lightning Seeds in my formative years and I (obviously mistakenly) thought Prince sang "lightning seeds" in that song. Simple Minds not quite named after the lyric to Jean Genie (So simpe minded....) Again not a lyric, but he Killers are named after a fake band in video of the New Order 's song Crystal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 15 hours ago, Little Dragon said: Stiff Little Fingers-The Vibrators. Curses, you got there before me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest oZZma Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 (edited) Blonde Redhead, named after the DNA song. Not sure if the Cherubs are named after the Butthole Surfers song, but it's likely... Edited February 6, 2019 by oZZma Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartelby Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 Boris are named after a Melvins song Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
still-young Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 The Black Angels are named after the Doors 'Black Angels Death Song'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 No Quarter 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverfoxnik Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 Good thread.. 😊 Late 80s Rock/Rap band The Chiefs of Relief took their name from a lyric in the Grandmaster Flash song 'It's Nasty Genius of Love)'.. And Stephen 'TinTin' Duffy's group The Lilac Time took inspiration for their name from lyrics in the chorus of Nick Drake's song 'River Man'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
howdenspur Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 Think Flock of Seagulls are named after part of the lyric from Toiler on the Sea by the Stranglers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoham Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 When I was a lad, I named my first band ‘The Eccentrics’, after the line in She’s Electric by Oasis. A great name I thought....we played a few school shows before going out separate ways. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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