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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.
Correct!
Still Outstanding:
*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.
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The Statler Brothers
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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.
Yes, it was the Statler Brothers.
- This band was named after a Louis L’amour novel.
Clannard?
Clannad.
- isn’t that the New Riders of the Purple Sage?
Phish? (WAG)
Well it could have been Usher from the movie The fall of the House of Usher, but not likely.
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43 . This band named themselves after a public art work in one of the parks in their hometown.
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Soundgarden
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.
Yup. The wind going through the sculpture makes a whistling noise.
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Black Sabbath?
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This band supposedly took their name from a friend’s estimation of their chances of success as a band.
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
That is both correct and may be the most, uh, expansive answer in SDMB game history. 
Nope. But good guess.
Exactly.