Guess the band by the origin of its name.

[Sr Siete]

1 -This band got their name from the title of a song appearing in a Beatles movie, but not performed by the Beatles.

2 - This band's name was originally the name of an alien cabal intent on controlling mankind.

3 - This band got their name by taking a word out of an Inspiral Carpets poster hanging on the room of two of their members.

[BDoors]

3 - This band got their name by taking a word out of an Inspiral Carpets poster hanging on the room of two of their members.
Has to be Oasis, since Noel Gallagher was a roadie for them.

4. This band was named after a government form issued to jobless people.

[mcgato]

The answer to #4 is UB-40.

[glowacks]

2 - This band's name was originally the name of an alien cabal intent on controlling mankind.


Attempting to find a band on Google with "Xenu" in its name led me to a myspace page of "Lord Xenu and the Thetans". I would find it hard to believe from that page that they actually would be known by anybody though.

[Sr Siete]

Has to be Oasis, since Noel Gallagher was a roadie for them.

That's right! In the poster you could read "Oasis Leisure Centre in Swindon." as one of the venues.

Attempting to find a band on Google with "Xenu" in its name led me to a myspace page of "Lord Xenu and the Thetans". I would find it hard to believe from that page that they actually would be known by anybody though.

No. But now I have to find some music by them.

Maybe the clue is a bit obscure: the cabal I was talking about is fictional, and was part of the poems their manager was writing at the time. But the name is similar to the one you found.

[Yeticus Rex]

5. Anderson's and Council's first names combined make the name of this band.

[astorian]

5. Anderson's and Council's first names combined make the name of this band.

Pink Floyd



6. This band originally named itself after a local brewery that sponsored them. When the sponsorship fell through, the band kept the same initials but took a new name based on a Slim Harpo song.

[Attack from the 3rd dimension]

7 This band was originally named "Rainbow Butt Monkeys"

8 First called The Warlocks, their definitive name was picked out of a dictionary

9 Also called The Warlocks, then The Falling Spikes, and finally they took the title from a book about the 'secret sexual subculture of the early sixties'.

[MPB in Salt Lake]

7 This band was originally named "Rainbow Butt Monkeys"

8 First called The Warlocks, their definitive name was picked out of a dictionary

9 Also called The Warlocks, then The Falling Spikes, and finally they took the title from a book about the 'secret sexual subculture of the early sixties'.

#8---Grateful Dead


10---This band took it's name from the peyote cactus preserves that the lead singers Native American grandmother used to make.

[Sr Siete]

10---This band took it's name from the peyote cactus preserves that the lead singers Native American grandmother used to make.

Oh, please, not even a challenge: Pearl Jam.

[astorian]

11. This band was named after a fictional character who evolved from unctuous, butt kissing law clerk to ruthless, villainous lawyer.

12. This band was named after a movie about a man who thinks he's Sherlock Holmes.

13. This band was named after a song on Bob Dylan's "John Wesley Harding" album (hint: they once recorded a song about Bob Dylan, written by one of Bob's former lovers).

[faithfool]

14. This band supposedly got their name from a ouija board that channeled a 17th century witch.

15. This band got it's name from the movie Barbarella.

[Obeseus]

15. This band got it's name from the movie Barbarella.

Duran Duran

[Gatopescado]

Answer #11- Uriah Heep?

#16: Easy one: This band started life as "Soft White Underbelly"

[Súil Dubh]

Number 2: Blue Öyster Cult

The name came from producer/manager Sandy Pearlman's poetry and was later developed into the concept album "Imaginos"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imaginos

[Súil Dubh]

#16: Easy one: This band started life as "Soft White Underbelly"

Number 16: Blue Öyster Cult

The name "Soft White Underbelly" also came from Sandy Pearlman.

LOL!

[Yorikke]

4. This band was named after a government form issued to jobless people.

Dude, this is the SDMB. We all watched Jeopardy last week, too...

Joe

[Smapti]

13. This band was named after a song on Bob Dylan's "John Wesley Harding" album (hint: they once recorded a song about Bob Dylan, written by one of Bob's former lovers).

Judas Priest.

14. This band supposedly got their name from a ouija board that channeled a 17th century witch.

Alice Cooper.

17. This group took its name from that of a fictional band in a music video by New Order.

[astorian]

Gatopescado got #11 right- Uriah Heep was a phony, smarmy law clerk in Dickens' David Copperfield.

And Smapti was right about Judas Priest- they took their name from Dylan's "The Ballad of Frankie Lee & Judas Priest." They also did a cover of Joan Baez's "Diamonds and Rust," a song she wrote about Dylan.

[needscoffee]

#1. Death Cab For Cutie, from Magical Mystery Tour.

[astorian]

18. This band named itself after a Western that co-starred Jeff Bridges.

19. This band adopted its name because their idol burst onto the musical scene almost exactly a decade before the group played its first gig together.

[Oakminster]

20. This band allegedly took their name from a teacher said to despise long hair and rock music....

[Smapti]

20. This band allegedly took their name from a teacher said to despise long hair and rock music....

Lynyrd Skynyrd. The real Leonard Skinner passed away recently.

21. This band took its name from a slang term for a meth addict - which its founder and frontman was at the time.

[BDoors]

Dude, this is the SDMB. We all watched Jeopardy last week, too...

Joe
I didn't, largely due to the fact that Jeopardy doesn't air in this country.

[Peremensoe]

10---This band took it's name from the peyote cactus preserves that the lead singers Native American grandmother used to make.

Well... allegedly. Do people really believe that?

[njtt]

19. This band adopted its name because their idol burst onto the musical scene almost exactly a decade before the group played its first gig together.

19= Ten Years After

22. This band took its name from a Monty Python sketch never actually shown in the Monty Python T.V. shows or movies.

[Sr Siete]

Well... allegedly. Do people really believe that?

That's the story I've always heard.


22. This band took its name from a Monty Python sketch never actually shown in the Monty Python T.V. shows or movies.



Toad the Wet Sprocket, from an Eric Idle sketch in a MP album.

[Peremensoe]

That's the story I've always heard.

1. Nobody has heard of peyote jam in any other context. (Try to find a recipe.)

2. The name means semen.

[astorian]

19= Ten Years After




Correct- the band was formed in 1966, almost exactly "ten years after" Elvis Presley introduced rock and roll to millions of kids.


The only question of mine that's still unanswered is #6. I'll expand it a teeny bit

6. In the early Sixties, this band originally named itself after a popular beer company in Birmingham, England, in order to get a sponsorship. When the sponsorship fell through, the band kept the same initials but took a new name based on a Slim Harpo song.

[astorian]

1. Nobody has heard of peyote jam in any other context. (Try to find a recipe.)

2. The name means semen.


I can't vouch for the origin of the name- I CAN tell you that, even if the peyote jelly story was bogus, it was presented as true on "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" in the Regis Philbin days.

[BDoors]

The only question of mine that's still unanswered is #6. I'll expand it a teeny bit

6. In the early Sixties, this band originally named itself after a popular beer company in Birmingham, England, in order to get a sponsorship. When the sponsorship fell through, the band kept the same initials but took a new name based on a Slim Harpo song.
Well, the list of famous Birmingham bands isn't that long, and it can't be Duran Duran, Ocean Colour Scene or the aforementioned UB40. I tried to get ELO to work, but they emerged form The Move, I think, so that doesn't work. Which leaves the Moody Blues?

[Diogenes the Cynic]

21. This band took its name from a slang term for a meth addict - which its founder and frontman was at the time.
Motorhead.

23. This band got both its name and a new musical direction after watching a late night Vincent Price movie on telly.

24. The drummer for this band stole the name from a friend who was starting a rock magazine and was running potential titles by him. The drummer steered him to another name and kept the good one for his band.

25. This band was named after a mechanical sex toy in William S. Burrough's [i]Naked Lunch.

[Diogenes the Cynic]

12. This band was named after a movie about a man who thinks he's Sherlock Holmes.
They Might be Giants.

[bmoak]

25. This band was named after a mechanical sex toy in William S. Burrough's [i]Naked Lunch.

Steely Dan.

26) This band took their name from a French fashion magazine.

[42fish]

Originally Posted by Vaious People:

9 Also called The Warlocks, then The Falling Spikes, and finally they took the title from a book about the 'secret sexual subculture of the early sixties'.

18. This band named itself after a Western that co-starred Jeff Bridges.

26) This band took their name from a French fashion magazine.


9. Velvet Underground

18. Bad Company

26. Depeche Mode


New Ones:
27. This band named itself after a 1963 Boris Karloff film

28. This band was named after an 18th century inventor of farming equipment

29. This band's name was shortened from the Gaelic for 'kiss my ass'

[Hennessy]

27. Black Sabbath
28. Jethro Tull
29. Who is Great Big Sea?

[mcgato]

28 = Jethro Tull

[Sr Siete]

30 - This post-punk band got their name from a board game introduced in the States during the 70's.

31 - This band name was originally the title of a French kiddie book.

[ZenBeam]

30: Husker Du.

[gregorio]

29. The Pouges

31. Stephen "Tin Tin" Duffy?

32. This band was named after an American expansionist slogan.

[Sr Siete]

30: Husker Du.

Yeah.

31. Stephen "Tin Tin" Duffy?

No.

[Mister Rik]

32: Go West?

[Labtrash]

33. This band's name came from the members' early sustenance on food giveaways from the local King Soopers grocery store.

[Yorikke]

I didn't, largely due to the fact that Jeopardy doesn't air in this country.

Then, coincidentally, that was a clue on Jeopardy last week...

Joe

[Hoopy Frood]

17. This group took its name from that of a fictional band in a music video by New Order.

17. The Killers

[RickJay]

Oh, please, not even a challenge: Pearl Jam.
Also a completely fictional story, I might add.

[Smapti]

33. This band's name came from the members' early sustenance on food giveaways from the local King Soopers grocery store.

Guessing here: Bread?

34. A lesbian sex act provided the name for this group.

[MPB in Salt Lake]

Also a completely fictional story, I might add.

That may well be---I just remember reading this explanation in Rolling Stone, back in the late 80's sometime.....

[An Gadaí]

29. is indeed the Pogues as gregario already said. "Póg mo thóin" = "kiss my ass" in Irish.
34. Scissor Sisters



35. Named for a character in The Chronicles Of Narnia.

[Smapti]

35. Named for a character in The Chronicles Of Narnia.

Silverchair is named after an object in Narnia, but I doubt that's the answe you had in mind.

36. This one-man band is named for a type of penalty used in professional hockey.

[Attack from the 3rd dimension]

7 This band was originally named "Rainbow Butt Monkeys"

8 First called The Warlocks, their definitive name was picked out of a dictionary

9 Also called The Warlocks, then The Falling Spikes, and finally they took the title from a book about the 'secret sexual subculture of the early sixties'.

8 and 9 are solved, but #7 still remains. They're a Canadian band, but their album reached #6 in the US Hot 100.

[needscoffee]

nm

[bmoak]

Silverchair is named after an object in Narnia, but I doubt that's the answe you had in mind.

36. This one-man band is named for a type of penalty used in professional hockey.

Is it Five for Fighting?

[Labtrash]

33. Guessing here: Bread?

nope!

[Labtrash]

8 and 9 are solved, but #7 still remains. They're a Canadian band, but their album reached #6 in the US Hot 100.


7. Finger Eleven

[Attack from the 3rd dimension]

7. Finger Eleven

Yup. Well done.

[Smapti]

Is it Five for Fighting?

Indeed.

37. This supergroup got its name when an intoxicated MC mispronounced the name of its frontman.

[sisu]

37. Akorn

[sisu]

38. Originally called Flowers, changed name to same as first album.

[Hennessy]

33. The Samples

38. Icehouse

I should quit, I'm real good with google... Is it okay to use search engines?

[Smapti]

37. Akorn

Nope.

[astorian]

Well, the list of famous Birmingham bands isn't that long, and it can't be Duran Duran, Ocean Colour Scene or the aforementioned UB40. I tried to get ELO to work, but they emerged form The Move, I think, so that doesn't work. Which leaves the Moody Blues?

YES- they briefly got a sponsorship from the M & B brewery by calling themselves the MB5.

After they lost the sponsorship, they no longer saw any reason to plug the brewery, so they kept the initials but adopted the name Moody Blues.

[astorian]

12. This band was named after a movie about a man who thinks he's Sherlock Holmes.
They Might be Giants.

correctomundo

[astorian]

My only unsolved question:

18. This band named itself after a Western that co-starred Jeff Bridges.

I will tell you that it's an English band, and that the Western was made VERY early in Jeff's career.


39. This band named itself after a disfiguring medical condition often suffered by heavy drinkers (like W.C. Fields).

[Mister Rik]

39: Gin Blossoms

[Smapti]

My only unsolved question:

18. This band named itself after a Western that co-starred Jeff Bridges.

I will tell you that it's an English band, and that the Western was made VERY early in Jeff's career.


Bad Company.

40. This group prefixed their name with their nationality after finding out about an American band with the same name as themselves.

[Sr Siete]

Bad Company.

40. This group prefixed their name with their nationality after finding out about an American band with the same name as themselves.

Mmmh... The English Beat?

[Smapti]

Mmmh... The English Beat?

Correct.

41. This group got its name from a pseudonym Paul McCartney once used to check in to hotels.

[tumbleddown]

41. This group got its name from a pseudonym Paul McCartney once used to check in to hotels.

The Ramones

42. This group took its name from the title of a 1960 film starring a famously married couple.

[eunoia]

32. This band was named after an American expansionist slogan.


Also Canadian!

[Sr Siete]

43 . This band named themselves after a public art work in one of the parks in their hometown.

44. According to the band members, the item they misspelled to use as a name made an unscheduled appearance in a sex act performance they watched at a party. Although that story is probably apocryphal and the name likely just the result of listing random words and picking one.

45. This band used the name of a deceased friend of the families of two of the members who took care of them when children as an homage.

[Súil Dubh]

40. This group prefixed their name with their nationality after finding out about an American band with the same name as themselves.

Mmmh... The English Beat?

Number 40:

Also, X Japan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_Japan)!

By 1992 the band's success in Japan made an international breakthrough appear likely enough to warrant the renaming of X to X Japan, in order to distinguish the group from the American punk band X.

[Labtrash]

33. The Samples



yes!

[multimediac17]

46. This British female group have a name that is a direct reaction to a different British female group who had been extremely successful a few years earlier. (This is, however, only one of a few stories about how the group got their name. I think it is the most likely)

47. Named after a form of Greek dance.

48. A word made from the first letter of each member's first name.

49. A word made from the last letter of each member's first name.

Extra hint/push in the right direction: all of these are pop groups/bands.

[astorian]

Okay, my last two posts have been solved:


The Jeff Bridges Western was Bad Company,


And Gin Blossoms is a slang term for rosacea, the condition that gives many alcoholics big, bulbous noses.

[astorian]

48. A word made from the first letter of each member's first name.

.


ABBA

[mcgato]

49 is NSYNC

[Sr Siete]

49 is NSYNC

Now, the question you have to answer is... how did you know?

[astorian]

50. This group was named after a blind piano tuner whose business card they found lying around in their rehearsal studio.

[astorian]

51. This band named itself after an early model of pickup truck, one that became very popular among fire departments in the 1930s.

[Smapti]

51. This band named itself after an early model of pickup truck, one that became very popular among fire departments in the 1930s.

REO Speedwagon.

51. This all-girl group took its name from the street on which their first rehearsal space was located.

[Really Not All That Bright]

51. All Saints

[Really Not All That Bright]

52. Supposedly, this duo got its name when an engineer employed by their label marked their demo tape for deletion.

[Smapti]

51. All Saints

The answer I was looking for was Sleater-Kinney, but wikipedia informs me that this is also correct. Partial credit.

52. This California-based group borrowed part of its name from an old slogan for Olympia beer.

[astorian]

Smapti got #51- it is REO Speedwagon.

[Mister Rik]

52. This California-based group borrowed part of its name from an old slogan for Olympia beer.

I'm really curious about this one. I grew up in Olympia Beer territory (even toured the brewery once, as it was located in the same city where my aunts lived), and I'm familiar with the slogans "It's the Water" (the oldest, most well-known slogan) and the "I seen 'em" campaign based on the fictional race of Artesians (derived from the artesian spring water supposedly used to make the beer). But neither of those rings a bell as far as band names.

[astorian]

54. This band was named for a member's cat, whose name was Latin for "Beyond those things."


55. This group took its name from a recurring Junior Sample sketch on "Hee Haw."

[gregorio]

32. This band was named after an American expansionist slogan.


54-40. The slogan was 54-40 or fight, which according to wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Allen_(governor)) was an anti-expansion slogan put forward by opponents of US senator William Allen and the Western Democrat expansionists.

He suggested that the United States should be prepared to go to war with the United Kingdom in order to annex the entire Oregon Country up to Russian-owned Alaska at latitude 54°40′N (fifty-four forty). This position ultimately produced the famous line "54 40 or fight!", coined in 1846 by opponents of such a policy (not, as popularly believed, a slogan in the Presidential campaign).

[Duke]

Love this thread.

56. This featherweight Britpop band was named after the phrase a sitcom character used to answer the phone at work.

57. This Scottish band was named when their lead singer explained why so many high school boys started bands. At their first concert the promoter refused to announce their name, so the band quickly changed the second word of their name to something that didn't refer to female genitalia.

[Smapti]

I'm really curious about this one. I grew up in Olympia Beer territory (even toured the brewery once, as it was located in the same city where my aunts lived), and I'm familiar with the slogans "It's the Water" (the oldest, most well-known slogan) and the "I seen 'em" campaign based on the fictional race of Artesians (derived from the artesian spring water supposedly used to make the beer). But neither of those rings a bell as far as band names.

I can confirm that "It's the water" is the slogan the band took part of their name (the middle part) from.

[Smapti]

54. This band was named for a member's cat, whose name was Latin for "Beyond those things."

Procul Harum.

58. The frontman of this group says it was named for his penis, though they'd have had to go with a different name if he were not a Caucasian.

[Really Not All That Bright]

58. Whitesnake.

[kidchameleon]

52. Supposedly, this duo got its name when an engineer employed by their label marked their demo tape for deletion.

Erasure?

[ZenBeam]

I can confirm that "It's the water" is the slogan the band took part of their name (the middle part) from.The The???

ETA: No, that's just stupid...

[Smapti]

I can confirm that "It's the water" is the slogan the band took part of their name (the middle part) from.

That is to say, the middle part of the band's name comes from the slogan.

[Mister Rik]

32. This band was named after an American expansionist slogan.


54-40. The slogan was 54-40 or fight, which according to wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Allen_(governor)) was an anti-expansion slogan put forward by opponents of US senator William Allen and the Western Democrat expansionists.

Interesting. I was thinking of these guys (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xl3PYk_s4Kk) when I gave my answer (Go West), but a quick search of YouTube showed me these guys (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEjmQGyYILY) (54-40).

I can confirm that "It's the water" is the slogan the band took part of their name (the middle part) from.
Still drawing a blank. Maybe the band is in a genre I've just never listened to...

[silenus]

50. The Marshall Tucker Band


59. This band took its name from the father of Irish republicanism.

[silenus]

60. Named for the comic strip, not the lead singer.

61. This band got their name from a blended version of the Gaelic for "the family from Dore."

62. This band took its name from a parody name for a blues musician a friend came up with.

[Smapti]

60. Named for the comic strip, not the lead singer.

61. This band got their name from a blended version of the Gaelic for "the family from Dore."



60. Blondie.

61. The Wolfe Tones.

Re: 52. My clue may have been too oblique, so i'll simplify it.

This California band derived its three part name from the first name of a friend of the band, a slogan for Olympia beer, and its' members' renewed commitment to the band after early struggles.

[Mister Rik]

62. This band took its name from a parody name for a blues musician a friend came up with.

WAG: Blind Melon?

[silenus]

Nope, but sorta almost kinda.

[silenus]

60. Blondie.

61. The Wolfe Tones.

Re: 52. My clue may have been too oblique, so i'll simplify it.

This California band derived its three part name from the first name of a friend of the band, a slogan for Olympia beer, and its' members' renewed commitment to the band after early struggles.

Right and wrong.

[astorian]

50. The Marshall Tucker Band





Correct- Marshall Tucker was a blind piano tuner whose business card inspired a band's name.


For Olympia beer.... the only band I can think of with "water" in the middle is...

Creedence Clearwater Revival???

[astorian]

Procul Harum.

.


Yes, Procol Harum was the band that shared a Latin name with a cat

[Smapti]

Correct- Marshall Tucker was a blind piano tuner whose business card inspired a band's name.


For Olympia beer.... the only band I can think of with "water" in the middle is...

Creedence Clearwater Revival???

Correct.

[42fish]

62. This band took its name from a parody name for a blues musician a friend came up with.

Jefferson Airplane

(From actual blues singer Blind Lemon Jefferson to Blind Jefferson Airplane to Jefferson Airplane)



42. This group took its name from the title of a 1960 film starring a famously married couple.

Fine Young Cannibals
(From the Natalie Wood-Robert Wagner film 'All the Fine Young Cannibals')

63. This band took its name from a lyric in Mississsippi John Hurt's "Coffee Blues"

64. This band's name was inspired by its cramped quarters while rehearsing in Hollywood for its first album

[Really Not All That Bright]

Erasure?
Yup.

65. This band took its name (though not the weird punctuation in its name) from a lyric in a song by mostly unknown punk band Name Taken.

[silenus]

63. Lovin' Spoonful

64. The Cramps?



66. This band's name is said to represent an extremely potent ejaculation.

[Duke]

64. This band's name was inspired by its cramped quarters while rehearsing in Hollywood for its first album

Crowded House?

[willthekittensurvive?]

Yup.

65. This band took its name (though not the weird punctuation in its name) from a lyric in a song by mostly unknown punk band Name Taken.

65. Panic! at the Disco

[kayaker]

67) English band adopted their name from the slogan of well-known Hull shop, Turners' Furniture.

[Really Not All That Bright]

65. Panic! at the Disco
Yup.

[Mister Rik]

66. This band's name is said to represent an extremely potent ejaculation.
10CC

[gregorio]

66. This band's name is said to represent an extremely potent ejaculation.


a ha? Wham!?

[Duke]

67) English band adopted their name from the slogan of well-known Hull shop, Turners' Furniture.

I thought at first this might be Kitchens of Distinction, but then only about three people remember them and what are the chances that two of them are on the SDMB? No, it was Everything But The Girl.

[kayaker]

I thought at first this might be Kitchens of Distinction, but then only about three people remember them and what are the chances that two of them are on the SDMB? No, it was Everything But The Girl.

Yep.
The store had originally built a window sign that read, "for your bedroom needs, we sell everything but the girl,"

[astorian]

69. This vocal group was calling itself the Kingsmen when another band with that name scored a #1 hit with "Louie, Louie." They needed a new moniker, and chose to name themselves after the brand of tissue and toilet paper they found in their hotel bathroom.

[astorian]

Two football related groups band names (pretty easy):

70. This group named itself for the extra player many football teams put in their secondary on third down.

71. This band named itself for the style of play favored by the Chicago Bears and New York Giants in the 1980s.

[Really Not All That Bright]

70. Nickelback (ugh)

71. Um... is 4-6 a band?

[kidchameleon]

71. This band named itself for the style of play favored by the Chicago Bears and New York Giants in the 1980s.

Smashmouth?

[silenus]

10CC

Correct

[astorian]

Yes- an extra pass defender is called the nickel back (because he' s the #5 defensive back on the field, and a nicklel is 5 cents)..

And Smash Mouth was named for the style of offense tressed by the Bears and Giants teams of the Eighties.

[tumbleddown]

Fine Young Cannibals
(From the Natalie Wood-Robert Wagner film 'All the Fine Young Cannibals')
Correct!

Still Outstanding:
23. This band got both its name and a new musical direction after watching a late night Vincent Price movie on telly.

24. The drummer for this band stole the name from a friend who was starting a rock magazine and was running potential titles by him. The drummer steered him to another name and kept the good one for his band.

31. This band name was originally the title of a French kiddie book.

43 . This band named themselves after a public art work in one of the parks in their hometown.

44. According to the band members, the item they misspelled to use as a name made an unscheduled appearance in a sex act performance they watched at a party. Although that story is probably apocryphal and the name likely just the result of listing random words and picking one.

45. This band used the name of a deceased friend of the families of two of the members who took care of them when children as an homage.

46. This British female group have a name that is a direct reaction to a different British female group who had been extremely successful a few years earlier. (This is, however, only one of a few stories about how the group got their name. I think it is the most likely)

47. Named after a form of Greek dance.

55. This group took its name from a recurring Junior Sample sketch on "Hee Haw."

56. This featherweight Britpop band was named after the phrase a sitcom character used to answer the phone at work.

57. This Scottish band was named when their lead singer explained why so many high school boys started bands. At their first concert the promoter refused to announce their name, so the band quickly changed the second word of their name to something that didn't refer to female genitalia.

59. This band took its name from the father of Irish republicanism.

69. This vocal group was calling itself the Kingsmen when another band with that name scored a #1 hit with "Louie, Louie." They needed a new moniker, and chose to name themselves after the brand of tissue and toilet paper they found in their hotel bathroom.

72. This band's lyricist derived their name as a a synonym for the anglicized name of the prince of demons.

[astorian]

72. This band's lyricist derived their name as a a synonym for the anglicized name of the prince of demons.


The answer sought is King Crimson. But...

Actually, that's the explanation Robert Fripp has always given. But A few years ago, I saw an interview with Pete Sinfield in which he was asked whether the Crimson King was, in fact, Satan/Beelzebub.

His answer went something like this (this isn't an exact quotation, but it's fairly accurate): "Let me see, how shall I answer this is gently and delicately as possible. NO! That's a load of rubbish."

When asked what the song DID mean, Sinfield said it was, essentially, a collection of images that came from a number of sources... from the Bible, from Bob Dylan, and from various fantasy and science fiction stories he liked.

Am I saying Fripp is lying about what the name means? Not necessarily- he may honestly believe the story he's been telling. He may have inferred that meaning on his own. Or Sinfield may have told him that story once upon a time.

At any rate, Sinfield co-wrote that song with Ian McDonald months BEFORE the two of them hooked up with Michael Giles and Robert Fripp, so Fripp wasn't present when the song came to being anyway.

[silenus]

69. The Statler Brothers


Nobody has gotten this one either:



61. This band got their name from a blended version of the Gaelic for "the family from Dore."

I'm going to give Smapti credit for 59. He just misnumbered his answer.

[astorian]

69. The Statler Brothers








Yes, it was the Statler Brothers.

[astorian]

73. This band was named after a Louis L'amour novel.

[sisu]

69. The Statler Brothers


Nobody has gotten this one either:



61. This band got their name from a blended version of the Gaelic for "the family from Dore."

I'm going to give Smapti credit for 59. He just misnumbered his answer.

Clannard?

[silenus]

Clannad.

[mcgato]

73. isn't that the New Riders of the Purple Sage?

[Mister Rik]

44. According to the band members, the item they misspelled to use as a name made an unscheduled appearance in a sex act performance they watched at a party. Although that story is probably apocryphal and the name likely just the result of listing random words and picking one.
Phish? (WAG)

[sisu]

23. This band got both its name and a new musical direction after watching a late night Vincent Price movie on telly.:

Well it could have been Usher from the movie The fall of the House of Usher, but not likely.

[42fish]

43 . This band named themselves after a public art work in one of the parks in their hometown.




Soundgarden

[42fish]

73. isn't that the New Riders of the Purple Sage?

They're named after a Zane Grey book, not Louis L'Amour

[astorian]

They're named after a Zane Grey book, not Louis L'Amour

Rats- I KNEW that and I STILL wrote the wrong author.

Sorry, everybody.

[etv78]

Soundgarden

Yup. The wind going through the sculpture makes a whistling noise.

[Johnny Q]

23. Black Sabbath?

73. This band supposedly took their name from a friend's estimation of their chances of success as a band.

[Manwich]

57. This Scottish band was named when their lead singer explained why so many high school boys started bands. At their first concert the promoter refused to announce their name, so the band quickly changed the second word of their name to something that didn't refer to female genitalia.


This one is fun to guess about. Although they came to mind first, I am pretty sure it isn't Teenage Fanclub. But it could be:

Big Country
The Pastels
Simple Minds

[tumbleddown]

72. This band's lyricist derived their name as a a synonym for the anglicized name of the prince of demons.


The answer sought is King Crimson. But...
That is both correct and may be the most, uh, expansive answer in SDMB game history. :D

[Sr Siete]

Phish? (WAG)

Nope. But good guess.

Soundgarden


Exactly.

[astorian]

23. Black Sabbath?

73. This band supposedly took their name from a friend's estimation of their chances of success as a band.

Led Zeppelin ("This'll go over like a lead balloon.")

[Peter Morris]

74. The matriarch of a logical society.

75. This real band took its name from a fictional band mentioned in a movie about an experimental criminal rehabilitation method.

[kidchameleon]

75. This real band took its name from a fictional band mentioned in a movie about an experimental criminal rehabilitation method.

Tolchok?

[silenus]

74. T'Pau

[Peter Morris]

Tolchok?

No, that's not what I was thinking of. I've never heard of them and it might fit my description, but it's not the one I meant.

74. T'Pau

Correct.

[silenus]

76. This band was forced to change their name to follow their label's marketing ploy, as radio DJs kept announcing their record with the phony "credit."

77. This band took their name from an album by classical minimalist Terry Riley.

[Dead Cat]

57. This Scottish band was named when their lead singer explained why so many high school boys started bands. At their first concert the promoter refused to announce their name, so the band quickly changed the second word of their name to something that didn't refer to female genitalia.Without googling (or indeed being very sure whether they are even Scottish!), I'm going to guess at "Simply Red". If I'm right, it certainly worked out the way they planned :).

[Ludovic]

76. This band was forced to change their name to follow their label's marketing ploy, as radio DJs kept announcing their record with the phony "credit."
Alan Parsons ProjecT?

[mcgato]

75 is Heaven 17, taken from Clockwork Orange

[silenus]

Alan Parsons ProjecT?

Nope.

[sco3tt]

24. The drummer for this band stole the name from a friend who was starting a rock magazine and was running potential titles by him. The drummer steered him to another name and kept the good one for his band.

I seem to remember hearing this story about Lars Ulrich re: Metallica.

47. Named after a form of Greek dance.

Eurythmics? (just a SWAG)

55. This group took its name from a recurring Junior Sample sketch on "Hee Haw."

BR-549

[astorian]

BR-549


Yes- on the old "Hee Haw" show, Junior Sample regularly played a used car salesman who did his own cheapo commercials. At the end of each commercial, he'd hold up a cardboard sign with his phone number, which was...

BR-549.

[Smapti]

77. This band took their name from an album by classical minimalist Terry Riley.

Upon looking at Riley's discography, i'm going to guess either Rainbow or Anthrax. (Side note: "Baba O'Riley", by the Who, was named after Terry Riley.)

78. This band was initially named after a major metripolitan transit agency, and was forced to shorten their name when the agency itself sued them.

[etv78]

Upon looking at Riley's discography, i'm going to guess either Rainbow or Anthrax. (Side note: "Baba O'Riley", by the Who, was named after Terry Riley.)

78. This band was initially named after a major metripolitan transit agency, and was forced to shorten their name when the agency itself sued them.

78.Chicago

[kayaker]

79) This band took its name from a David Byrne/Talking Heads single.

[Duke]

Without googling (or indeed being very sure whether they are even Scottish!), I'm going to guess at "Simply Red". If I'm right, it certainly worked out the way they planned :).

They are Scottish, but it's not Simply Red.

[kidchameleon]

80) This band named itself after a particular dessert product but had to change it's name when it was sued.

[Dead Cat]

They are Scottish, but it's not Simply Red.Damn - it seemed to fit so well!

A new (and very easy) one, but I don't think it has appeared yet for some reason:

81. This band was supposedly named after the band members' repeated responses to all the suggestions for a good name that were thrown into the discussion.

[silenus]

Upon looking at Riley's discography, i'm going to guess either Rainbow or Anthrax. (Side note: "Baba O'Riley", by the Who, was named after Terry Riley.)

Nope, but oh so close.

[Duke]

Damn - it seemed to fit so well!

I should mention that it's not Big Country either.... :p

[Really Not All That Bright]

81. This band was supposedly named after the band members' repeated responses to all the suggestions for a good name that were thrown into the discussion.
Yes?

[Intergalactic Gladiator]

80) This band named itself after a particular dessert product but had to change it's name when it was sued.

Green Jello/ Green Jelly

[kidchameleon]

Green Jello/ Green Jelly

Correct, I'll give you the last one without the umlauts. ;)

[Mister Rik]

Green Jello/ Green Jelly

Correct, I'll give you the last one without the umlauts. ;)

Any truth to the assertion I heard that the umlaut over the y (ÿ) gave the y an "o" sound, so that despite the spelling change, it was still pronounced "Jello"?


82. This band, already the answer to another clue in this thread, originally named itself after a NBA player, but had to change names when they learned the player's name was trademarked.

[Fiddle Peghead]

82. Pearl Jam was at one time called Mookie Blaylock.

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83. This band got its name from a grocery store often visited for snacks during recording sessions.

84. This band was named after a song on a Muddy Waters album.

[kayaker]

84. This band was named after a song on a Muddy Waters album.

Rolling Stones!

[mcgato]

84. Rolling Stones

[Mister Rik]

82. Pearl Jam was at one time called Mookie Blaylock.

Yes!

[Mister Rik]

85. The members of this country act, while still performing in bars and restaurant lounges, decided to shorten their name to its current form after too many instances of being mistaken for the dinner special rather than the entertainment.

[Fiddle Peghead]

Rolling Stones!

And only 84 bands in!

86. And continuing the obvious, this band's name was inspired by Buddy Holly's Crickets.

[mcgato]

86. Beatles

[gregorio]

87. Speaking of dessert, this English band is named after one.

[kayaker]

87. Speaking of dessert, this English band is named after one.

Humble Pie? (guess)

[gregorio]

87. Speaking of dessert, this English band is named after one.

Humble Pie? (guess)

Nope. An actual real dessert, not that I haven't deserved humble pie before.

[astorian]

83. This band got its name from a grocery store often visited for snacks during recording sessions.



Big Star?

[Fiddle Peghead]

Big Star?

Correct.

88. This band took its name from the military and commercial aviation radio voice acronym for "Will Comply."

89. This "prehistoric" band had to add "Jr." to its name because the original was already taken.

[President Johnny Gentle]

Correct.

88. This band took its name from the military and commercial aviation radio voice acronym for "Will Comply."

89. This "prehistoric" band had to add "Jr." to its name because the original was already taken.

88. Wilco

89. Dinosaur Jr.

[Fiddle Peghead]

Yeah, President, I figured those would go pretty fast.

[President Johnny Gentle]

Yes, well... :)

A relatively tough one, but one I'm amused by:

90. In trying to decide on a name, this band allegedly took psychedelic mushrooms. When they recovered from the trip, their notepad only had these words legible.

[bup]

Nickelback was named after the amount of change Mike Kroeger often gave when he worked at Starbucks. Here's one cite (http://www.kidzworld.com/article/1392-nickelback-biography).

[pravnik]

35. Named for a character in The Chronicles Of Narnia.Aslan.

91. This band took its name from a 1932 movie starring Bela Lugosi.
92. This band once changed their name to something extremely strange at every show, then were accidentally introduced at their largest show yet as the title of one of their songs and subsequently got good press coverage, causing the name to stick.
93. This band is a type of basilisk.

[Peter Morris]

94. named after a fictional pair of brothers, that aren't actually brothers.

[Kamino Neko]

94 - The Thompson Twins, named for Thomson and Thompson from Tintin.

[silenus]

91. White Zombie

Nobody has gotten these yet:

76. This band was forced to change their name to follow their label's marketing ploy, as radio DJs kept announcing their record with the phony "credit."

77. This band took their name from an album by classical minimalist Terry Riley.

[Cell Guy]

91. White Zombie

Nobody has gotten these yet:

76. This band was forced to change their name to follow their label's marketing ploy, as radio DJs kept announcing their record with the phony "credit."

77. This band took their name from an album by classical minimalist Terry Riley.

76. The Guess Who.

[Yookeroo]

87. Speaking of dessert, this English band is named after one.

Blancmange

[bmoak]

85. The members of this country act, while still performing in bars and restaurant lounges, decided to shorten their name to its current form after too many instances of being mistaken for the dinner special rather than the entertainment.

The Dixie Chicks, who were originally called the Dixie Chickens, after the Little Feat song.

[bmoak]

Aslan.

91. This band took its name from a 1932 movie starring Bela Lugosi.
92. This band once changed their name to something extremely strange at every show, then were accidentally introduced at their largest show yet as the title of one of their songs and subsequently got good press coverage, causing the name to stick.
93. This band is a type of basilisk.

I believe 92 is the Presidents of the USA.

[gregorio]

Blancmange

Yep.

[ZenBeam]

94. named after a fictional pair of brothers, that aren't actually brothers.

94 - The Thompson Twins, named for Thomson and Thompson from Tintin.The Blues Brothers would also fit the clue.

[Peter Morris]

Would it? How so?

In the Tintin books there is a pair of detectives, sometimes called The Thompson Twins. Except that they aren't actually twins at all. The joke is that all Englishmen look and act the same. Their names are slightly different, (one has a p in the middle). And their appearance is slightly different, there's a subtle difference in their moustaches.

The Blues Brothers, though, actually ARE brothers in the movie. In the movie they are called The Blues Brothers because 1) they are brothers and 2) their surname is Blues. And when the actors performed concerts as "the Blues Brothers" you could say that they are named after a pair of fictional brothers, but the part "who aren't really brothers" wouldn't apply.

[ZenBeam]

I don't think they are actual brothers in the movies. This page (http://www.bluesbrotherscentral.com/profiles/dan-aykroyd/) gives a fictitious biography:
While Elwood was at the orphanage, he met Jake Papageorge. Jake had a bad influence on Elwood, who was originally a quiet, shy student. [...]

On March 23, 1962 Elwood changed his name to 'Elwood Jake Blues', and Jake changed his name to 'Jake Elwood Blues'. I don't know if that's an "authentic" biography, or just some fanwank, but that's roughly what I was thinking.

ETA: Fanwank (http://www.bluesbrotherscentral.com/forum/blues-brothers/2219-jake-elwood-related.html#post16639), but based on Blues Brothers Private (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blues_Brothers:_Private).

[atlantic]

45. This band used the name of a deceased friend of the families of two of the members who took care of them when children as an homage.

Keane - a shortened version of Cherry Keane, a family friend.

[Fiddle Peghead]

95. This band took its name from a prostitute who allegedly mutilated and decapitated her clients.

[astorian]

95. This band took its name from a prostitute who allegedly mutilated and decapitated her clients.

Molly Hatchet

[Fiddle Peghead]

Molly Hatchet

Yes.

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96. At one time this duo had the same name as a well-known cartoon featuring a cat and mouse.

This is not exactly in the spirit of the thread, but what the hell.

[etv78]

Yes.

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96. At one time this duo had the same name as a well-known cartoon featuring a cat and mouse.

This is not exactly in the spirit of the thread, but what the hell.

96. Simon and Garfunkel stared out as Tom & Jerry

97. Got their name by randomly opening the dictionary.

[Mister Rik]

97: The Commodores

[Ponch8]

97. Got their name by randomly opening the dictionary.

Grateful Dead?

98. This band got its name from Jon's radio call name on CHiPs

[etv78]

97 still not guessed.

[Mister Rik]

97 still not guessed.

Well, maybe not the band you were thinking of, but The Commodores fit the clue:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Commodores

The Commodores originally called themselves the Jays, but had to change their name because of the similarly named O'Jays. To choose a new name William King opened a dictionary and randomly picked a word. "We lucked out," he remarked with a laugh when telling this story to People (magazine). "We almost became The Commodes!"

I heard the story many many years ago back when Casey Kasem was doing the American Top 40 countdown, though, not from Wikipedia :p (Actually, this may have been the very first band name origin story I ever heard.)

[etv78]

I was going for REM.

[irritant]

A relatively tough one, but one I'm amused by:

90. In trying to decide on a name, this band allegedly took psychedelic mushrooms. When they recovered from the trip, their notepad only had these words legible.

Too Much Joy



98. This band got its name from Jon's radio call name on CHiPs

Seven Mary Three

[Dead Cat]

Yes?No :). This means that this one:

81. This band was supposedly named after the band members' repeated responses to all the suggestions for a good name that were thrown into the discussion.

...is still open.

[Smapti]

81. This band was supposedly named after the band members' repeated responses to all the suggestions for a good name that were thrown into the discussion.


The Who.

99. This band was originally named after a popular fantasy movie released in 1996. When they found out another band had the same name, they changed theirs to that of a game released for the Sega Saturn the same year.

[President Johnny Gentle]

Too Much Joy



Correct.

[Dead Cat]

The Who.Correct!

[Really Not All That Bright]

99. This band was originally named after a popular fantasy movie released in 1996. When they found out another band had the same name, they changed theirs to that of a game released for the Sega Saturn the same year.
I'm guessing Dragonforce?

[Peremensoe]

95. This band took its name from a prostitute who allegedly mutilated and decapitated her clients.

More precisely, this band allegedly (http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=588447) took its name from a prostitute who... (etc.)

[Smapti]

I'm guessing Dragonforce?

Correct. The original name was Dragonheart, if you were wondering.

100. This band named itself for the site of an infamous triple-murder that had occured near their hometown in 1960.

[Ibanez]

101. This rock band named itself after a character from a Bruce McDonald film.

Awesome band btw.

[Ibanez]

100. This band named itself for the site of an infamous triple-murder that had occured near their hometown in 1960.

Children of Bodom.

[Kamino Neko]

101. This rock band named itself after a character from a Bruce McDonald film.

Awesome band btw.

Billy Talent, named for Billy Tallent, from Hard Core Logo.

[RetroVertigo]

44. Korn ?

[Smapti]

Children of Bodom.

Very good. I'm making these too easy. :P

102. This band named itself after a form of augury referred to in a song on their debut album.

[Infovore]

103. This band was named after a movie brat who was a "bad egg."

[Smapti]

103. This band was named after a movie brat who was a "bad egg."

Veruca Salt.

[sco3tt]

Very good. I'm making these too easy. :P

102. This band named itself after a form of augury referred to in a song on their debut album.

Counting Crows

[Infovore]

Veruca Salt.

Yep!

[kidchameleon]

104. This band, originally named Christmas, got their name in a mash-up between an apt colloquialism describing the band members and a brand name of beer.

[Sr Siete]

44. According to the band members, the item they misspelled to use as a name made an unscheduled appearance in a sex act performance they watched at a party. Although that story is probably apocryphal and the name likely just the result of listing random words and picking one..



44. Korn ?

Yeap.