Led Zeppelin (“This’ll go over like a lead balloon.”)
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The matriarch of a logical society.
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This real band took its name from a fictional band mentioned in a movie about an experimental criminal rehabilitation method.
Tolchok?
- T’Pau
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.
Correct.
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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.”
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This band took their name from an album by classical minimalist Terry Riley.
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 :).
Alan Parsons ProjecT?
75 is Heaven 17, taken from Clockwork Orange
Nope.
I seem to remember hearing this story about Lars Ulrich re: Metallica.
Eurythmics? (just a SWAG)
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.
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.)
- 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
- This band took its name from a David Byrne/Talking Heads single.
They are Scottish, but it’s not Simply Red.
- This band named itself after a particular dessert product but had to change it’s name when it was sued.
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:
- 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.
Nope, but oh so close.
I should mention that it’s not Big Country either… 