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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 ...
Black Country, New Road are an English rock band formed in Cambridge in 2018. The original founders of the band consisted of Tyler Hyde (vocals, bass), Lewis Evans (vocals, flute, saxophone), Georgia Ellery (violin, backing vocals), May Kershaw (vocals, keys), Charlie Wayne (drums, backing vocals) and Isaac Wood (guitar, lead vocals); they added their then-seventh member, guitarist Luke Mark ...
Bachman–Turner Overdrive – A combination of band members' last names and the magazine Overdrive. The band's name had previously been "Bachman-Turner". All band members agreed that Bachman-Turner Overdrive sounded cooler. [citation needed] Backstreet Boys – After a flea market in Orlando, Florida. [47]
Love is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1965. Led by Arthur Lee , the band's primary songwriter, they were one of the first racially diverse American rock bands. Their sound incorporated an eclectic range of styles including garage , folk rock , and psychedelia . [ 2 ]
The name Black Country Communion was not finalised until May 2010, [4] after the threat of legal action from another band prevented the group from using the name Black Country. [5] Hughes later revealed that the band in question, from Baltimore, Maryland , reportedly demanded $500,000 for the right to use the name Black Country, a move which he ...
Booti Call" and "Before I Let You Go" were both Top 40 hits, with "Before I Let You Go" hitting the Top 10. In 1996, they released their second album Another Level . It was a breakthrough success due to the top single " No Diggity " (with Dr. Dre ), which was a No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 in November 1996.
This alphabetical list of country rock bands and artists covers a wide variety of subgenres. The year following the artist's name is the first year of the artist's musical career. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
Early innovators in this new style of music in the 1960s and 1970s included Bob Dylan, who was the first to revert to country music with his 1967 album John Wesley Harding [101] (and even more so with that album's follow-up, Nashville Skyline), followed by Gene Clark, Clark's former band the Byrds (with Gram Parsons on Sweetheart of the Rodeo ...