![]() There is no Derek in Derek & the Dominos. Got its name from the UFOs and various aerial phenomena that were reported byĪllied aircraft pilots in World War II, which were known collectively as It’s the best they came up with, and for some reason, it stuck. As a young garage band trying to get a deal, they had a gig that night and needed a name. Goo Goo Dolls picked their name from a True Detective ad for a toy called, of course, a Goo Goo Doll. They chose the name “Alice Cooper” largely because it sounded innocuous and wholesome, in humorous contrast to the band’s image and music. Furnier also believed that the group needed a gimmick to succeed, and that other bands were not exploiting the showmanship potential of the stage. In 1968, the band then called Nazz, learned that Todd Rundgren also had a band called Nazz, and found themselves in need of another stage name. Rumor has it that their group was called Darius the Black Guy & the Two Ugliest Dudes on campus.Īlice Cooper was born Vincent Damon Furnier. “Hootie” because he looked like an owl, and “Blowfish”, cuz, well, he looked like a blowfish. Hootie and the Blowfish, with singer Darius Rucker choosing the name of two college friends. Monroe, an actress, was one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s and continues to be a major icon over 50 years later, while Manson, a cult leader, was responsible for the murder of actress Sharon Tate, as well as several others and served a life sentence on murder and conspiracy charges until his death in 2017. Marilyn Manson, real name Brian Hugh Warner, is formed by a juxtaposition of two opposing American pop cultural icons: Marilyn Monroe and Charles Manson. A second rumor has it that George said that the name came from the 1953 Marlon Brando film The Wild One.īono (Paul Hewson) and other U2 members had six potential names before choosing “U2” for its ambiguity and open-ended interpretations, and because it was the name that they disliked the least. After a few gigs, they stuck with The Silver Beatles before becoming the Beatles. During the first months of 1960, they were known as The Beatals but tried other names as Johnny and the Moondogs, Long John and the Beetles. One rumor on how The Beatles got their name was that John liked Buddy Holly’s rock & roll band The Crickets, so they named their own band after another insect, the beetle. ![]() Skinner also allowed the band to use a photo of his Leonard Skinner Realty sign for the inside of their third album. Despite their high school acrimony, the band developed a friendlier relationship with Skinner in later years and invited him to introduce them at a concert in the Jacksonville Memorial Coliseum. The more distinctive spelling “Lynyrd Skynyrd” was being used at least as early as 1970. Skinner was notorious for strictly enforcing the school’s policy against boys having long hair. At drummer Bob Burns’ suggestion, the group settled on Leonard Skinnerd, a mocking tribute to P.E. ![]() Lynyrd Skynyrd, known as The One Percent in 1969, leader Ronnie Van Zant sought a new name after growing tired of taunts from audiences that the band had “1% talent”. At Tony Kenning’s suggestion, who was the original drummer in the group, the spelling was slightly modified in order to make the name seem less like that of a punk band. He then figured that “king is going at the top” which brought him to “ZZ Top.”ĭef Leppard vocalist, Joe Elliott, proposed the name “Deaf Leopard” which was originally a band name he thought up while writing reviews for imaginary rock bands in his English class. Hill and thought of combining the two into “ZZ King”, but considered it too similar to the original name. The band had a little apartment covered with concert posters and he noticed that many performers’ names used initials. The band name, ZZ Top, was frontman Billy Gibbons’ idea. According to biographer Kirk Blows, “Dickens’ name being everywhere around Christmas ’69 due to it being the hundredth anniversary of his death.” According to Dave Ling’s 2001 autobiography of the band, Wizards and Demons: The Uriah Heep Story, though the “Uriah Heep” moniker was chosen in December 1969, the band continued to play gigs as “Spice” until Ken Hensley joined in February 1970. The band known as Spice was later changed to Uriah Heep in reference to the well-known character from David Copperfield. Ever wondered where rock groups got their names? Ever heard of Jethro Tull? Uriah Heep?
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