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Strangest Band Names |
Strange Band Names |
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Bands Named From the Movies, Books & TV: Bad Company - 1972 movie of the same name Black Sabbath - A Boris Karloff classic Duran Duran - Named after the bad guy in 1967's campy Barbarella Heaven 17 - A fictional band originally mentioned in A Clockwork Orange Level 42 - A Hitchicker's Guide to the Galaxy They Might Be Giants - From George C. Scott's Don Quixote T'Pau - Star Trek TOS Veruca Salt - 1971's Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory Steely Dan - From William S. Burrough's Naked Lunch Mugwamps - also From William S. Burrough's Naked Lunch |
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1. the Strawberry Alarm Clock - oddly, had two top 40 hits! 2. Hoobastank 3. the Electric Prunes - a two hit wonder 4. Squirrel Nut Zippers 5. Hootie and The Blowfish 6. Procol Harum 7. 10,000 Maniacs - Hershel Gordon Lewis made a movie in the early 60's called 2000 Maniacs. That is the basis for the name of my band. - Steven Gustafson, 10,000 Maniacs 8. Iron Butterfly - Heavy Metal band, best known for In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida 9. Foghat 10. Meat Loaf - Real Name: Marvin Lee Aday, once weighed in at 320 pounds. 11. Wang Chung 12. Martha Reeves and the Vandellas - What is a "Vandella"? 13. Tommy James and the Shondells - What is a "Shondell"? 14. Edie Brickell & New Bohemians - Not "the" New Bohemians? 15. The Ides of March - Watch out for these guys! 16. The Crazy World of Arthur Brown - Arthur was the god of hellfire, and he brought us... Fire! 17. Twisted Sister 18. ? and the Mysterians - Little is known about these guys from Michigan, all born in Texas. 19. Psychedelic Furs 20. Mike + the Mechanics - Mike Rutherford from Genesis, and four other musicians 21. Men Without Hats 22. Mott the Hoople 23. Glass Tiger 24. Weezer 25. Big Bad Voodoo Daddy |
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26. Jimmy Eat World 27. Sam The Sham and the Pharoehs 28. Everything But The Girl - These guys had it all. A Number one hit single, and a girl lead singer. The band got their name from a store that was called "Everything but the Girl". Everything in the store was for sale, except the girl. - Reyna 29. Haircut One Hundred 30. Barenaked Ladies 31. The The 32. Fine Young Cannibals 33. Alice DeeJay - oh, like a girl could be a DJ! 34. Toad the Wet Sprocket 35. Disco Tex & His Sex-O-Lettes 36. Soup Dragons 37. 30 Seconds To Mars 38. Chumbawamba 39. the Trashmen 40. Led Zeppelin 41. Ugly Kid Joe 42. Right Said Fred 43. Kentucky Headhunters 44. Butthole Surfers 45. Def Leppard 46. Gnarls Barkley 47. Smash Mouth 48. Death Cab For Cutie 49. Violent Femmes 50. Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band |
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51. Kajagoogoo 52. The Dead Milkmen 53. The Flying Burrito Brothers 54. The Cuff Links 55. Timex Social Club 56. Somethin' Smith & the Redheads 57. Gerry and the Pacemakers 58. Plain White Tees 59. Kinky Friedman and the Texas Jewboys 60. Alien Ant Farm 61. Panic! At the Disco |
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*PS - Don't confuse Kris Kross with Christopher Cross. Many people get them mixed up, and they hate that. | ||
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