Nope, but sorta almost kinda.
Right and wrong.
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???
Yes, Procol Harum was the band that shared a Latin name with a cat
Correct.
Jefferson Airplane
(From actual blues singer Blind Lemon Jefferson to Blind Jefferson Airplane to Jefferson Airplane)
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- This group took its name from the title of a 1960 film starring a famously married couple.
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Fine Young Cannibals
(From the Natalie Wood-Robert Wagner film ‘All the Fine Young Cannibals’)
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This band took its name from a lyric in Mississsippi John Hurt’s “Coffee Blues”
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This band’s name was inspired by its cramped quarters while rehearsing in Hollywood for its first album
Yup.
- 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.
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Lovin’ Spoonful
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The Cramps?
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This band’s name is said to represent an extremely potent ejaculation.
Crowded House?
- Panic! at the Disco
- English band adopted their name from the slogan of well-known Hull shop, Turners’ Furniture.
Yup.
10CC
a ha? Wham!?
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.
- 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.
Two football related groups band names (pretty easy):
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This group named itself for the extra player many football teams put in their secondary on third down.
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This band named itself for the style of play favored by the Chicago Bears and New York Giants in the 1980s.
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Nickelback (ugh)
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Um… is 4-6 a band?
Smashmouth?