Rock band names. Origin and meaning. Part Two
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The history of popular pop, rock and electronic band names. What abbreviations and words in the names mean. Let's remember the bands...
Read the first part first...
Duran Duran
The guys took the name of a character from the cult erotic-fantasy film Barbarella, starring Jane Fonda. The character the band was inspired by was a scientist doctor named Durand-Durand. In addition to him, there were many other characters with funny names in the film, such as Dildano! Fans of the band often joke about this: "it's a good thing they chose Durand-Durand instead of Dildano!".
Fall Out Boy
The band was inspired by a character from the American cartoon "The Simpsons". And they took the name as a temporary name: only for the first concert. When it was time for the second show, they changed the name, but the crowd didn't accept the change and started shouting for them to bring back "Fall Out Boy".
Green Day
It's simple: guitarist, vocalist and founder of the band Billie Joe Armstrong smoked weed all day long. The weed is green, so it was a green day. What does that mean? - We should write a song about it. What else does it mean? - We should name the band after it! That's a good idea!
The Velvet Underground
Someone in the band found a book on "S&M" on a pavement in New York City. The book had a colourful cover with the "unsafe" phrase "Velvet Underground" written on it.
A-Ha
The easy-to-pronounce word was written down by one of the members for further use in songs. When the band started looking for a name, the notebook, which was full of ideas, came to the rescue. The word "a-ha" was easy, simple, and most importantly, it meant agreement in most languages of the world, so it was very positive and approving in itself. In fact, this is what we can hear in A-Ha's songs.
Daft Punk
The French duo are practically gods in electronic music. But few people know that at the beginning of their journey the guys performed with a different name, namely "Darlin". They were named after a song by their favourite band from the 60s, The Beach Boys. But they were destined for a different fate: critics gave them shit, characterising their music as "a daft punky thrash". The boys took the blow honourably and took the name from that swear word. Where are the critics and where is Daft Punk?
Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Fate itself gave the band the answer. Rehearsals were held in a former prison cell, on the wall of which there was a colourful poster with the phrase: Frankie Goes to Hollywood. The poster was left from the time of Frank Sinatra himself, namely when he moved from Las Vegas to Los Angeles. The collective was happy to take the honourable phrase.
Ramones
There are two versions. The first one says that the band took Paul McCartney's pseudonym, which he used when checking into hotels. According to the second version, in the 70's in New York the inhabitants were afraid of Latin Americans, especially when they went in gangs. That's why the band was called by the intimidating nickname "Ramones".
Jethro Tull
The band constantly changed their names in order to perform in the same club. The thing is that at that time there were problems with concerts, and clubs rarely invited the same members, except when the band was already popular and crowds of fans came to see it. One day the band's manager gave out the name of some 18th century agronomist - "Jethro Tull". The irony of fate was that just that time the owner of the club noticed the guys: he liked them very much! That was the name they had to live with!
Misfits
The band took its name from the film of the same name with Marilyn Monroe "The Misfits" (1961). In English, the film is called "Misfits". This is not the only work the band was inspired by: the skull was taken from the 1946 film "The Crimson Ghost".
