Band Names, where do they come from
Posted by: seagull on 20 November 2002
Reading through the posts in this Forum you come across many strange names chosen by the beat combos to uniquely identify themselves. But where do the ideas for band names come from?
A few examples I can think of...
Van Der Graaf Generator - after the static generating machine, although the band name is spelt differently to the inventor.
Hatfield and the North - named after a road sign in London
Led Zeppelin - after a comment by Keith Moon (I think) about them going down like a lead balloon.
Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young - not a lot of thought went into that one did it? But why are their names in that order?
If laughter is infectious, is that why they're called The Cure?
A few examples I can think of...
Van Der Graaf Generator - after the static generating machine, although the band name is spelt differently to the inventor.
Hatfield and the North - named after a road sign in London
Led Zeppelin - after a comment by Keith Moon (I think) about them going down like a lead balloon.
Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young - not a lot of thought went into that one did it? But why are their names in that order?
If laughter is infectious, is that why they're called The Cure?
I.e. Michael Jackson 
Wasn't he left "holding the baby"?
