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Many notable bands originally went by different names before becoming successful. [1] This list of original names of bands lists former official band names, some of them are significantly different from the eventual current names. This list does not include former band names that have only minor differences, such as stylisation changes, with ...
After Gallagher joined the group, the band's name was changed to Oasis, which was inspired by a place where Inspiral Carpets played, the Oasis Leisure Centre in Swindon. [235] Odesza – the band's name was taken from the name of Harrison Mills' uncle's sunken vessel, which itself was named after the Ukrainian city of Odesa.
Bands such as Def Leppard, Mötley Crüe, Bon Jovi, Quiet Riot, Europe, Ratt, Twisted Sister, Poison, Whitesnake, and Cinderella were among the most popular acts of the decade. The 1980s saw the emergence of wildly popular hard rock band Guns N' Roses and the successful comebacks of Aerosmith and Alice Cooper in the late 1980s.
The 1980s produced chart-topping hits in pop, hip-hop, rock, and R&B. Here's a list of the best songs from the time, ranging from Toto to Michael Jackson.
Dead or Alive, also from Liverpool, was another popular dance-pop band in the mid-1980s. It was fronted by lead singer Pete Burns . Probably the most successful British pop band of the era was the duo Wham! with an unusual mix of disco , soul , ballads , and even rap , who had eleven top ten hits in the UK, six of them number ones, between 1982 ...
A few years before he became an iconic piano man on the pop charts, Billy Joel played in a couple of hard-rocking psychedelic bands. One of them, Attila, was a duo featuring Joel playing distorted ...
Bleachers (band) Blended 328; Blood on the Dance Floor (band) Bloodstone (band) Blue Foundation; Bo Donaldson and The Heywoods; Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans; Bones (band) The Boswell Sisters; Boy Krazy; Boyce Avenue; Boyz II Men; Boyz N Girlz United; The Brass Ring; Brazzaville (band) Brit & Alex; Brox Sisters; Bullet (American band) Burnham (band)
The debut record to be released by the band was "Wham Rap!" in June 1982. The song charted at only No. 105. [15] In September 1982, "Young Guns (Go for It)" was issued. Initially, it also stalled outside the UK Top 40 but the band got lucky when the BBC programme Top of the Pops scheduled them after another act unexpectedly pulled out of the ...