Aslan.
94 - The Thompson Twins, named for Thomson and Thompson from Tintin.
Nobody has gotten these yet:
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.”
This band took their name from an album by classical minimalist Terry Riley.
Blancmange
The Dixie Chicks, who were originally called the Dixie Chickens, after the Little Feat song.
I believe 92 is the Presidents of the USA.
Yep.
The Blues Brothers would also fit the clue.
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.
I don’t think they are actual brothers in the movies. This page gives a fictitious biography:
I don’t know if that’s an “authentic” biography, or just some fanwank, but that’s roughly what I was thinking.
ETA: Fanwank, but based on Blues Brothers Private.
Keane - a shortened version of Cherry Keane, a family friend.
Molly Hatchet
Yes.
This is not exactly in the spirit of the thread, but what the hell.
Simon and Garfunkel stared out as Tom & Jerry
Got their name by randomly opening the dictionary.
97: The Commodores
Grateful Dead?
97 still not guessed.