Band Name Origins: Stories Behind Band Names
Did you know that the Bee Gees were named after the initials of a DJ called Bill Gates? Did you know that the real story behind the origin of the name of the rock band 10cc is much more trivial and boring than the urban legend that surrounds it? Did you ever wonder why the hell would someone choose to name his band Chumbawamba? Here you can widen your knowledge by learning about the origins or rock bands names and pop artists pseudonyms.
0cc: an urban legend claims that the band who wrote the hit I m Not in Love has chosen her name as a gesture to the average man ejaculation, which is estimated as 9cc of sperm. As a
...placed in a box, untouched for ages, collecting dust.If you are interested in finding old sheet music, you can still see many of them in music stores. You can even find them in several web sites that offer them in ...
Alice in Chains: Lane Stanley and Jerry Cantrell had intended to form a heavy metal band that will perform covers of Slayer while wearing dresses. Although there plan did not come out, the name of the band remained. Alice in Chains is a take off on Alice in Wonderland with an S and M twist. Bee Gees: The Gibb brothers first had in mind the name The Rattlesnakes as a name of their band.
Later they have come up with the idea of honoring the initials of both Brothers Gibb and their
...the theory behind the music and the chords and chord progressions that form the music is almost like teaching a surgeon to cut without understanding the human anatomy and it's interrelated parts. The student will be able to play the ...
Chumbawaba: apparently, one of the band members had a strange dream, in which he could not decide which public toilet door he should enter since the Men and Women signs were replaced with Chumba and Wamba signs.
The Doors: formerly named Psychedelic Ranger, inspired by a William Blake quote: If the doors of perception were to be cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is, infinite. Elvis Costello: was born as Declan Patrick McManus. When he had started his musical career, he adopted an alias created by a combination of Elvis Presley and Lou Costello, mainly because
...of learning this chord structure.I didn't have to really read what he wrote. I just played it. And I was hooked! Here was something I could learn quite easily. And I could learn it in all 12 keys - just ...
The Fall: taken from the title of a novel authored by Albert Camus.
Grateful Dead: originally named The Warlocks. The origin of the cult band final name was inspired by an old English folk tale, which themed around a traveler who is saved by the spirit of a dead person who is grateful for the travelers generosity and his willingness to pay the deads man debts in order for him to be buried.
The Happy Mondays: Shaun Rider was inspired by the happy Mondays he and the other members of the band were having as unemployed who were spending the day that follows the weekend in sleeping while the other people were off to
...voice. Little a compliment is noted here and an experimental play with a Prince s idea of a high pitched vocal also, surprisingly, works. So, in deep thought, we understand the need to come down to Earth in slow motion ...
Ice T: the controversial gangsta rapper has chosen to name himself after Iceberg Slim, a famous pimp who later became an author of books that describe gangsta living. Johnny Rotten: the Sex Pistols leader was born as John Lydon. He received a stage name that was found more suitable for an anarchist punk with a set of rotten teeth.
Kraftwerk: the pioneer electronic band adopted the German translation of the term Power Station.
L. LL Cool J: James Todd Smith pseudonym is an Acronym for Ladies Love Cool James.
Marilyn Manson: the bandleader pseudonym mixes two of Americas favorite celebrities: Marilyn Monroe and Charles Manson. Other members of the band are using the pseudonyms Ginger Fish, Twiggy Ramirez and Madonna Wayne Gacy.
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...is the link between African and African Americans?Yaya Diallo - African Americans are Africans from the village and sadly they just don't know it! When you listen to the music you can find out. Kool and The Gang played Funky ...
The Orb: in Woody Allens Sleeper, there is a silver ball that causes people who touches it to react in strange ways. This device was called The Orb.
The Pogues: originally named Pogue Mahone, which is Kiss my Ass in Gaelic, the band shortened the name to avoid airplay censorship.
Queen: one word that catches both transvestite and royalty connotation was the perfect band name in the eyes of Freddie Mercury.
The Replacements: according to the myth, the punk rock band adapted the name after replacing a missing band in a gig, an incident that made them introduced themselves as The Replacements.
Sex Pistols: Malcolm Mclaren is responsible for the choice of the
...time, Dorsey?s songs were mostly unwelcome in some U.S. churches.To date, there are composers and performers of gospel music all over the world.Gospel music is ever-changing and has evolved over several years. Gospel ensembles and quartets came to life in ...
TLC: the initials of the band members nicknames T Boz, Left Eye and Chilli. It also suggests the acronym for Tender Loving Care.
UB40: the politically oriented band was named after a type of British unemployment form.
Velvet Underground: named after the title of an unknown sex book that one of the band members has found lying on the sidewalk Weezer: the band front man was nicknamed Weezer in high school since he was a geek who suffered from asthma that caused him to make wheezing sounds.
XTC: this punk band was formed in 1976 long before the usage of
...first chord in the song, play it in different positions on your piano and in different combinations.4. Practicing chord progressions on the piano. Take a couple of bars of the song and practise to play the progressions over and over ...
Yeah Yeah Yeah: according to Karen O, the inspiration to the hip band name came from the New Yorker phrase, which means something like whatever.
ZZ Top: there are two versions related to the origin of the band name. According to the first one, the name of the band is a spoof on the name of the blues musician ZZ Hill. According to the second version, the name relates to a combination of two popular brands of cigarette rolling papers: Zig Zag and Tops Rolling papers.
Jack Reider is a collector of pop music records and
...piano music. The process to play something with my fingers and and then try to notate the music on manuscript paper was so to speak a reversed sight reading exercise.What about manuscript paper?Notating sheet music is very cheap or very ...