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NOFX – guitarist Eric Melvin says that he came up with the name, inspired by the broken up punk band "Negative FX". The name is also meant to symbolize the band's rejection of gimmickry that the band was seeing in music at the time. [231] The Notorious B.I.G. – From a childhood nickname "Big", because he was overweight at the age of 10. [232]
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 ...
5. The Who. The Who started as the Detours, but when they found out there was already another band by that name, they set about finding a new one.
In the rare event two unrelated performers share the same name (for example Embrace (English band), Embrace (American band)) , and they release an album with the same name (example: Embrace), disambiguation will be handled as: "Title of the work (year of release / nationality of the performer / band or singer / name of the performer / type of ...
The Get Up Kids, named from the title of a song by guitarist/vocalist Matt Pryor's previous band, Secular Theory, called "Suburban Get Up Kids" [13] Icehouse, named after a Flowers song, Flowers changing their name to Icehouse thereafter. Jesu, named after the last song on Godflesh's album Hymns.
Anberlin lead vocalist Stephen Christian has stated different origins of the band's name in various interviews, prevalent among which was his claim that he had long intended to name his first daughter Anberlin. Struggling to find a name for the band, Stephen suggested it; "We were all sitting around trying to come up with a name.
Alice Cooper, also known as the Alice Cooper Group or the Alice Cooper Band, was an American rock band formed in Phoenix, Arizona, in 1968.The band consisted of lead singer Vincent Furnier (who adopted the stage name Alice Cooper), Glen Buxton (lead guitar), Michael Bruce (rhythm guitar, keyboards), Dennis Dunaway (bass guitar), and Neal Smith (drums).
After the name was announced, it emerged that it was already being used by an unsigned band from Liverpool. The two bands worked out a settlement, with the American Audioslave paying $30,000 in a deal that allowed each band to use the name. To avoid confusion, the Liverpool band would rename themselves "The Most Terrifying Thing". [92]