Here are nine bands who make awesome, compelling music — even though ... an REO Speedwagon song. But that name ... sweet Jesus. When the group were bouncing ideas for names around, somebody ...

name": "GPT - Billboard - Slot ... Just as genres and fashions come in and out of style in music, so do conventions that come into play when naming a band. The indie boom of the 2000s and 2010s ...

80s: Golden Era The '80s produced, without a doubt, the best band names in music history. Though some were still named for people, places or things, many others ventured into the realm of ideas ...

Punk music in particular has some really fantastic band names. Here are some of the best in history. This British band formed in London in 1976 after being inspired by The Sex Pistols, which is ...

Books, movies, TV shows, people's names, all of these things and more have offered up ideas for ... is true, the band got its name from someone being mean about their music. Let that be a lesson ...

So, yeah, no, it didn't have any bearing on the music. Was there like a whiteboard or a notebook that had a bunch of potential band names and logos that you were working on? Oh, I've got probably ...

“There might have been other ideas for offshoots at ... For Cragg, some names do signpost specific elements of a band, or their music; “Radiohead suggests geeks, Girls Aloud hints at some ...