Not really... Do like Sigur Ros though...

Level 42 - from the Answer from Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Steely Dan - The name of a steam powered sex toy from Barbarella
Led Zepplin - From Keith Moon's comment that the band's sound "would go over like a f***ing lead balloon
Lynyrd Skynnyrd - a play on the name of one of the coaches at the high school the Van Zant brothers went to.
.38 Special - After having to break into the house they used to rehearse in ('cause someone forgot the keys) and seen by a nosy neighbor, what the police were pointing at them as they came out.

/just a few more classics

I've always wondered where Bruce Springsteen got their name from.

Surely everyone knows where My Morning Jacket, Manic Street Preachers, and Kasabian got their names from.

biobot: I've always wondered where Bruce Springsteen got their name from.

Hillary Clinton gave it to him shortly after finding a cure for AIDS and cancer.

The Melvins?

Hetfield:
Hillary Clinton gave it to him shortly after finding a cure for AIDS and cancer.

I don't believ that for a second. Everybody knows Hillary Clinton didn't find the cure for AIDS and cancer. She is the cure for AIDS and cancer.

/Unfortunately, she is also the source of a worldwide pandemic of erectile dysfuntion, so it kinda evens out.

Without looking at the article, I'll venture a guess that Kasabian is named for the chick involved with the Manson family.

Hoorah!!


/feels validated for the day.

LonMead
Steely Dan - The name of a steam powered sex toy from Barbarella

WRONG. It's a sex toy in the novel "Naked Lunch".

Not one single mention of Toad The Wet Sprocket?

zappaisfrank: LonMead
Steely Dan - The name of a steam powered sex toy from Barbarella

WRONG. It's a sex toy in the novel "Naked Lunch".

So sorry. My bad.

Duran Duran from Barbarella.

/slap me with a limp bizkit

submitter: Ever wondered where My Morning Jacket got their name from? How about the Mars Volta? Sigur Ros? Manic Street Preachers? Kasabian?

Dave Clark Five? Boston?

Fountains of Wayne is named for http://www.fountainsofwaynenj.com/ (pops)

Kyosuke: Not one single mention of Toad The Wet Sprocket?



Lol.
What about Portishead?

Echo and the bunnymen is taken from CLOCKWORK ORANGE, they are one of the band listed on the wall
In the record store when he picks up 2 chicks

Back in my day, band names meant something:

Beatles! Trogs! Strawberry Alarm Clock! 1910 Fruit Gum Company! Leonard Cohen!

Wait: Band names have always been pretentious & stupid.
Nowadays they're just stupider & pretentiouser.

Carry on.

..Also I like to point out to Pearl Jam fans that they are worshipping a band named after *cum*


/and don't tell me your "but its eddie's grandma who used to make jam with magic mushroom and that's wh...." Its cum

I don't know about you, but if I saw MMJ stitched on a garment, I would immediately think "my morning jacket." What a crock.

Ever wondered where My Morning Jacket got their name from? How about the Mars Volta? Sigur Ros? Manic Street Preachers? Kasabian?

I might, if I had ever:
A. Heard of any of them before,
B. Listened to their music,
C. *LIKED* their music, and
D. Was an obsessive fanboy.

None of those apply, however.

QUADRAPHONIC OCTOPUS. (a name I created in jr. high when I was obsessed with 1960's psychedelic music. I finally got to use it 20 years later... link to the cd).

DjangoStonereaver: Back in my day, band names meant something:

Beatles! Trogs! Strawberry Alarm Clock! 1910 Fruit Gum Company! Leonard Cohen!

Electric Prunes! Blues Magoos! Cat Mother and the All Night Newsboys! And local favorites Huckleberry Mudflap!

Them was the days.

Isaac Brock, not Jason. Sheesh.

I had heard that Modest Mouse's name came from phrases practiced to help "cure" stuttering.

Sigor Ros can be hauntingly beautiful. Love their guitar sound....freaking big...like if God could play guitar he would this way. Not fats, just big enough to make the world shake.

As for names...I heard something about what a Limp Biscuit was and nearly gagged at the idea of a bunch of guys.....yuck. Anyways never really liked that band anyways.

Virginia Woolfe... I farked her.

Ever wondered where My Morning Jacket got their name from? How about the Mars Volta? Sigur Ros? Manic Street Preachers? Kasabian?

nope.

So where did Chicago and Boston get their name from?


I think we all know that Pink Floyd, Jethro Tull, and Molly Hatchet were all named after band members.

/I win!

i love MMJ, mars volta, sigur ros, vampire weekend and modest mouse! the other bands on there i have not heard of nor do i really care to investigate

like you didnt already know...

FeedTheCollapse: I think we all know that Pink Floyd, Jethro Tull, and Molly Hatchet were all named after band members.

Bzzzzt.

Syd Barrett named the Band, 'The Pink Floyd Sound' (later shortened of course) after blues musicians, Pink Anderson and Floyd Council.

I'm pretty sure you're wrong about the other two, as well.

A few there that aren't on the Wiki page yet.

Cletus from Canuckistan: I'm pretty sure you're wrong about the other two, as well.

it was a joke. A very funny one, at that.

HappyHarryHardOn: Echo and the bunnymen is taken from CLOCKWORK ORANGE, they are one of the band listed on the wall
In the record store when he picks up 2 chicks



first I've heard of this. I had heard the Echo part was named after their drum machine and the Bunnymen part was just a joke.

Cletus from Canuckistan: I'm pretty sure you're wrong about the other two, as well.

Your sarcasm meter is broken.

HappyHarryHardOn: Echo and the bunnymen is taken from CLOCKWORK ORANGE, they are one of the band listed on the wall
In the record store when he picks up 2 chicks

I'll have to look closely next time I viddy that. I knew that was where Heaven 17 came from.

"Death Cab for Cutie" was a Bonzo Dog song but V. Stanshall said it was a headline in one of the London tabloids that John Lennon had also seen, hence its inclusion in Magical Mystery Tour.

But, you know, with guys like Stanshall and Lennon you had to take everything with a very large grain of salt.

FeedTheCollapse: Cletus from Canuckistan: I'm pretty sure you're wrong about the other two, as well.

it was a joke. A very funny one, at that.

HappyHarryHardOn: Echo and the bunnymen is taken from CLOCKWORK ORANGE, they are one of the band listed on the wall
In the record store when he picks up 2 chicks



first I've heard of this. I had heard the Echo part was named after their drum machine and the Bunnymen part was just a joke.

Yup, me too. The "Bunnymen" were supposed to the four band members.

/Even though I now know where it comes from, !!! is a dumb-ass name for a band
//Great music, though

I_Love_Cheesecake: Yup, me too. The "Bunnymen" were supposed to the four band members.

I thought I could find a cap from the "Top Ten" but instead I found a fellow who has way too much time on his hands and has done what is practically a frame-by-frame analysis of that scene:

Clicky ^

Alexisonfire, a fantastic band that has achieved mainstream success here in Canada, was named after a lactating, contortionist, stripper/prostitute/adult film actress named Alexis Fire.

/Alexisonfire: theonlybandever.com (new window)
//Lactating, contortionost stripper Alexis Fire: alexisonfire.com (NSFW) (new window)

Spiny Freak: Kyosuke: Not one single mention of Toad The Wet Sprocket?



Lol.
What about Portishead?

Unless I'm mistaken, that's an easy one: Portishead is the town where the band is either from, or near where the band is from. (Portishead, Bristol, Avon, UK) Also in the vincinity is where both Massive Attack and Tricky are from. Pretty good area to have lived about 15 years ago if you're into trip hop.

Of course I could be mistaken but that's what fark threads are for: presenting opinion as fact.

OldManDownDRoad: I_Love_Cheesecake: Yup, me too. The "Bunnymen" were supposed to the four band members.

I thought I could find a cap from the "Top Ten" but instead I found a fellow who has way too much time on his hands and has done what is practically a frame-by-frame analysis of that scene:

Clicky ^

that was amazing

You know guys, I could have sworn that It was echo, now not so 100% now... dont know why I was convinced of that fact, now I doubt myself, and the fact that its not mentioned on the wiki page is starting to make me wonder.

OK, guys, did my research, looks like i was wrong, im sorry:



The Top 10 List in the ACO Record Shop

Top 10 List
SONG Artist
1. MASS IN G Goggly Gogol
2. REALLY PLAY Johnny Zhivago
3. SWEATY CLUB The Humpers
4. INSIDE The Heaven Seventeen
5. DOGS AND CATS Bread Brothers
6. SWITCH ME ON The Sharks
7. DOWNY The Blow Goes
8. JELLY ROLL The Legend
9. BLACK CHRISTMAS Cyclops
10. ART NOVEAU Comic Strips

HappyHarryHardOn: that was amazing

Pretty farkin' amazing, I thought. A perfect example of what Teh Intratubes is for.

Seeing those album covers made me feel like I was back in kollidge again, walking through The Record Bar. I was knocked out to see Tim Buckley, John Fahey and early Floyd. The "2001" soundtrack was a nice touch, as was the possibility of Kubrick himself looking at a smutty magazine.

You know guys, I could have sworn that It was echo, now not so 100% now.

No biggie. I misremember stuff all the time. I've learned to hit Wiki for a refresher.

DjangoStonereaver: Back in my day, band names meant something:

Beatles! Trogs! Strawberry Alarm Clock! 1910 Fruit Gum Company! Leonard Cohen!

Wait: Band names have always been pretentious & stupid.
Nowadays they're just stupider & pretentiouser.

Carry on.

Pretentious? How so? Are sports teams pretentious too?

Like would it be less pretentious to say "Live at the Hollywood Bowl, Jim Morrison, a buddy from film school and a couple other dudes play rock and roll!" ... or "The Baseballers from St. Louis vs. The Baseballers from Milwaukee at 8:00 CDT!"

WaltzingMathilda:
Pretentious? How so? Are sports teams pretentious too?

Like would it be less pretentious to say "Live at the Hollywood Bowl, Jim Morrison, a buddy from film school and a couple other dudes play rock and roll!" ... or "The Baseballers from St. Louis vs. The Baseballers from Milwaukee at 8:00 CDT!"

Jim Morrison was the apotheosis of the pretentious rock star,
and the origin of the name of the group came from an Aldous
Huxley book title. That's just as pretentious as a lot of
the bands quoted on the list. The difference being that in the
early days of rock & roll, they could be pithy and pretentious,
wheras latter day groups have to employ longer names.

As far as sports team names: not germaine to this conversation.



"Hey, man! Leave my name out of this! I've got enough problems!"

Honest Bob and the Factory to Dealer Incentives FTW.

7thVeil: Isaac Brock, not Jason. Sheesh.


You beat me to it.

/MM FTW!

This headline brought to you by Dr. John Dorian, Wikipedia and the number 1+1=2.

dittybopper: Ever wondered where My Morning Jacket got their name from? How about the Mars Volta? Sigur Ros? Manic Street Preachers? Kasabian?

I might, if I had ever:
A. Heard of any of them before,
B. Listened to their music,
C. *LIKED* their music, and
D. Was an obsessive fanboy.

None of those apply, however.

Hehe you don't like them and you have never heard them, you should keep bragging about your ignorance.

From_The_Year_2000: dittybopper: Ever wondered where My Morning Jacket got their name from? How about the Mars Volta? Sigur Ros? Manic Street Preachers? Kasabian?

I might, if I had ever:
A. Heard of any of them before,
B. Listened to their music,
C. *LIKED* their music, and
D. Was an obsessive fanboy.

None of those apply, however.

Hehe you don't like them and you have never heard them, you should keep bragging about your ignorance.

This. All four are hardly obscure - the Mars Volta are Rush for under 30-year-olds, My Morning Jacket are like Radiohead crossed with Wilco and just as good, Kasabian are a bit too Primal Scream-y but still wildly popular, and Manic Street Preachers have had more top 40 hits than most bands in history whilst still being one of the strangest rock bands ever to hit the mainstream.

no..no i did not, thanks though

danduran: From_The_Year_2000: dittybopper: Ever wondered where My Morning Jacket got their name from? How about the Mars Volta? Sigur Ros? Manic Street Preachers? Kasabian?

I might, if I had ever:
A. Heard of any of them before,
B. Listened to their music,
C. *LIKED* their music, and
D. Was an obsessive fanboy.

None of those apply, however.

Hehe you don't like them and you have never heard them, you should keep bragging about your ignorance.

This. All four are hardly obscure - the Mars Volta are Rush for under 30-year-olds, My Morning Jacket are like Radiohead crossed with Wilco and just as good, Kasabian are a bit too Primal Scream-y but still wildly popular, and Manic Street Preachers have had more top 40 hits than most bands in history whilst still being one of the strangest rock bands ever to hit the mainstream.


You bite your tongue, sir. The Mars Volta holds no candle to Rush. Rush is Rush for under 30-year-olds, as is evidenced by me. :D