Kansas (Jayhawks)
Chicago, then.
Well, before joining the Beatles, Ringo was the drummer for Rory Storm & the Hurricanes.
Cam we also count Canned HEAT?
On its biggest hit, 1971’s “Indian Reservation,” the band was billed as just the Raiders.
Ravens: Baltimore football team/40s R&B vocal group that had hits with “Old Man River” and “Count Every Star,” kicked off the bird trend in doo-wop group names
Orioles: Baltimore baseball team/one of the groups inspired by the Ravens, had hits with “It’s Too Soon To Know” and “Crying in the Chapel”
These are a little weak, but there’s the bands Angel and Kings X.
The Del Vikings.
Poison were briefly the title sponsors of a NASCAR team in like 2002.