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Banda Origin of name: Stories behind the names of the group

Did you know that the Bee Gees were named after the initials of a DJ named Bill Gates? Did you know the real story behind the origin of the name of the rock band 10cc is much more mundane and boring that the surrounding urban legend? Have you ever wondered Why would someone choose to name his band Chumbawamba? You can then expand their knowledge through learning to know the origins or names pseudonyms rock bands and pop artists.

10cc: An urban legend claims that the band wrote the hit I'm Not in Love has chosen her name as a gesture to average male ejaculation, which is estimated as 9cc sperm. In fact, the group's name comes from a dream of the group manager, Jonathan King, where he was managing a 10cc band called

Alice in Chains: Lane Stanley and Jerry Cantrell intention to form a heavy metal band who perform covers of Slayer while dresses. Although the plan did not work out, the name of the band remained. Alice in Chains is a parody of Alice in Wonderland with an S and M twist.

Bee Gees: The Gibb brothers first had in mind the name of the snakes bells as the name of his band. Later, he came up with the idea of honoring the initials of the brothers Gibb and his close friend and a of their early material, DJ Bill Gates, who has nothing to do with the founder of Microsoft.

Chumbawamba: apparently, one of the band members had a strange dream, in which it could not decide which public toilet door, which is to come, because men and women signs have been replaced with Chumba and Wamba signs.

The Doors: Psychedelic Rangers before, inspired by a quote from William Blake: If the doors of perception to be cleaned all that seems to man as it is, infinite.

Elvis Costello was born Declan Patrick McManus. When he began his musical career, has adopted an alias created by a combination of Elvis Presley and Lou Costello, mainly because represents exactly the opposite of Elvis and others.

The Fall: taken from the title of a novel by Albert Camus.

Grateful Dead: originally called The Warlocks. The name of the final group was inspired worship in an old English folk tale, with themes about a traveler who is saved by the spirit of a dead person who is grateful for the generosity and willingness of travelers to pay the debts so that the dead are buried.

The Happy Mondays: Shaun Rider was inspired by Happy Mondays, he and other members of the band as unemployed had spent the day following the weekend to sleep while others were on their way to work.

Ice T: the controversial gangsta rapper chose to name himself after Iceberg Slim, a famous pimp who later became an author of books describing gangsta life.

Johnny Rotten: the Sex Pistols leader was born as John Lydon. Received a stage name that was found most suitable for a punk anarchist with rotten teeth.

Kraftwerk: the pioneer electronic band adopted the German translation of the term power plant.

L. LL Cool J: James Todd Smith, a pseudonym is an acronym for Ladies Love Cool James.

Marilyn Manson: The alias of the mixture of two of the celebrities driver Americas Favorites: Marilyn Monroe and Charles Manson. Other group members are using the pseudonyms Ginger Fish, Twiggy Ramirez, Madonna Wayne Gacy.

Nine Inch Nails: inspired by the nails that pinned Jesus to the cross

The Orb: Woody Allen bed, there is a silver ball that makes people touching to react oddly. This device is called The Orb.

The Pogues: originally named Pogue Mahone, which is Gaelic Kiss my ass, the band shortened the name to avoid censorship antenna.

Queen: a word that catches two transvestite and royalty connotation was the perfect band name in the eyes of Freddie Mercury.

The Replacements Strength: According to the myth, the punk rock group adopted the name after the replacement of a missing group in a concert, an incident that occurred as a force.

Sex Pistols, Malcolm McLaren, is responsible for selecting the name, partly to help promote clothing shop called Sex owned by Vivien Westwood who used his little girlfriend at the time.

TLC: the initials of the band members nicknames T Boz, Left Eye and Chilli. It also suggests the acronym for Tender Loving Care.

UB40: The band of political orientation on behalf of a form of unemployment rate in Britain.

Velvet Underground: named after the title a book you know the sex of group members was found lying on the sidewalk

Weezer: man before the band Weezer was nicknamed in high school since I was a geek who suffers from asthma I was doing the wheezing breath sounds.

XTC: The punk band formed in 1976, long before drug use was popular. The group changed its original name Star Park after watching a clip of Jimmy Durante, in which he states: I am in ecstasy!

Yes Yes Yes according to Karen O, the inspiration of the group's name came from the hip of the term of the magazine The New Yorker, which means something like it.

ZZ Top: two versions of the origin of the band name. According to the first, the band's name is a parody on the name of blues musician ZZ Hill. In the second version the name refers to a combination of two popular brands of cigarette rolling papers: Zig Zag rolling papers and Tops.

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Joseph McNamarra is a collector of pop music records and books. In addition, Joseph contributes to the internet casinos magazine that provides online casino gambling and poker news, articles and reviews.

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