# Guess the band by the origin of its name. **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [March 4, 2011, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-band-by-the-origin-of-its-name/573502 "2011-03-04T18:17:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2011, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-band-by-the-origin-of-its-name/573502/101 "2011-03-08T02:57:11Z")
Nope, but sorta almost kinda. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2011, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-band-by-the-origin-of-its-name/573502/102 "2011-03-08T02:58:12Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > 1. Blondie. > > 2. 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. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2011, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-band-by-the-origin-of-its-name/573502/103 "2011-03-08T05:33:35Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > 1. 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??? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2011, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-band-by-the-origin-of-its-name/573502/104 "2011-03-08T05:35:12Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Procul Harum. > > . Yes, Procol Harum was the band that shared a Latin name with a cat ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2011, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-band-by-the-origin-of-its-name/573502/105 "2011-03-08T05:57:05Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > 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. ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2011, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-band-by-the-origin-of-its-name/573502/106 "2011-03-08T13:05:02Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > 1. 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) [QUOTE=tumbledown] 1. This group took its name from the title of a 1960 film starring a famously married couple. [/QUOTE] Fine Young Cannibals (From the Natalie Wood-Robert Wagner film ‘All the Fine Young Cannibals’) 1. This band took its name from a lyric in Mississsippi John Hurt’s “Coffee Blues” 2. This band’s name was inspired by its cramped quarters while rehearsing in Hollywood for its first album ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2011, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-band-by-the-origin-of-its-name/573502/107 "2011-03-08T14:18:56Z")
> [@kidchameleon](#): > > Erasure? Yup. 1. 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. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2011, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-band-by-the-origin-of-its-name/573502/108 "2011-03-08T14:40:05Z")
1. Lovin’ Spoonful 2. The Cramps? 3. This band’s name is said to represent an extremely potent ejaculation. ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2011, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-band-by-the-origin-of-its-name/573502/109 "2011-03-08T14:51:01Z")
> [@42fish](#): > > 1. This band’s name was inspired by its cramped quarters while rehearsing in Hollywood for its first album Crowded House? ---
**Author:** ![willthekittensurvive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/91b2a8/32.png) [@willthekittensurvive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/willthekittensurvive)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2011, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-band-by-the-origin-of-its-name/573502/110 "2011-03-08T14:55:23Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Yup. > > 1. 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. 1. Panic! at the Disco ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2011, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-band-by-the-origin-of-its-name/573502/111 "2011-03-08T15:07:45Z")
1. English band adopted their name from the slogan of well-known Hull shop, Turners’ Furniture. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2011, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-band-by-the-origin-of-its-name/573502/112 "2011-03-08T15:16:06Z")
> [@willthekittensurvive](#): > > 1. Panic! at the Disco Yup. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2011, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-band-by-the-origin-of-its-name/573502/113 "2011-03-08T15:49:19Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > 1. This band’s name is said to represent an extremely potent ejaculation. 10CC ---
**Author:** ![gregorio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/fbc32d/32.png) [@gregorio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gregorio)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2011, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-band-by-the-origin-of-its-name/573502/114 "2011-03-08T15:53:34Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > 1. This band’s name is said to represent an extremely potent ejaculation. **a ha**? **Wham!**? ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2011, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-band-by-the-origin-of-its-name/573502/115 "2011-03-08T15:57:54Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > 1. 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. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2011, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-band-by-the-origin-of-its-name/573502/116 "2011-03-08T16:01:14Z")
> [@Duke](#): > > 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,” ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2011, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-band-by-the-origin-of-its-name/573502/117 "2011-03-08T17:14:55Z")
1. 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. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2011, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-band-by-the-origin-of-its-name/573502/118 "2011-03-08T17:18:13Z")
Two football related groups band names (pretty easy): 1. This group named itself for the extra player many football teams put in their secondary on third down. 2. This band named itself for the style of play favored by the Chicago Bears and New York Giants in the 1980s. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2011, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-band-by-the-origin-of-its-name/573502/119 "2011-03-08T17:22:53Z")
1. Nickelback (ugh) 2. Um… is 4-6 a band? ---
**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2011, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-band-by-the-origin-of-its-name/573502/120 "2011-03-08T17:33:17Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > 1. This band named itself for the style of play favored by the Chicago Bears and New York Giants in the 1980s. Smashmouth? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-band-by-the-origin-of-its-name/573502.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-band-by-the-origin-of-its-name/573502.md?page=7)