The Nine Dumbest Inspirations for Band Names
It’s been estimated by the American Federation of Musicians that a new band is formed somewhere in America every 10 minutes. And while cluttered garages continue to find new uses other than stockpiling future eBay merchandise and hiding porn, there is a downside: the proliferation of bad band names. If you are one of these novice musicmakers, heed the mistakes made by these mainstream music monikers.
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By Danny Gallagher
9. Wild Cherry
Some do-gooding, ear protecting parents of the 1970’s might have thought this funk group gave themselves a sexy name to stimulate the contents of young polyester pants to buy their music, but the basis for this sultry sounding name is more clinical than you might think.
Rob Parissi, the band’s lead singer who brought us the drunken wedding reception closer “Play That Funky Music,” had to spend some time in the hospital just after his band came together. The group was stuck for a name, so he held up a box of Luden’s “Wild Cherry” Cough Drops as a joke and the name stuck.
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8. Green Day
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This one might not be as big of a surprise as you might think since most mainstream musicians have snorted, smoked, injected, absorbed and doused their eyeballs in more illicit substances than a drug company testee.
The popular punk group “Green Day” got their name from their early days when they would spend hours at a time listening to their favorite tunes and choking back smoke rings of the wacky-tobacky. They’ve sobered up a bit since those hazy days and don’t spend hours at a pop rolling papers into joints. They probably use $50 bills instead.
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7. Cheap Trick
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It turns out that one of the coolest sounding band names that derives its awesomeness from its simple hipness was concocted by a giant pile of complete bulls***.
The band consulted a psychic and a Ouija board to advise them on their career path (later on, they got actual agents and set up meetings by burning chicken bones in the stomach of a live badger). They asked the board what they should name their band and the “board” spelled out the name “Cheap Trick.”
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