The name for the group, as for any company, is very important. Short, meaningful, desirable - not a noun. But did you know why this or that team called itself that? Of course, fans know everything about their idols, well, if you suddenly still don’t know something, we decided to tell you, or maybe just, to remind you even surprise someone. So, we present you 15 stories about the names of popular groups.
In one answer, Simmons commented that he sometimes wondered how he recognized human flesh. This remark seems to have prompted the idea that the kiss was alienated from the cult of the devil. So when they asked him if he worships the devil, Simmons joked: I refused to answer for several reasons.
The first reason, of course, was that it was a good advertisement. Another reason is my complete disregard for people asking the question. Neither knights, nor ministry, nor Satan. One of the first drum groups, Peter Criss, was called Lips, and the name Kiss was suggested by Paul Stanley; there was only one step from lips to a kiss.
Radiohead
Before signing a contract with EMI in 1991, Radiohead was known as On a Friday (English "on Fridays"). A name was suggested by a representative of the record company, who took the name from one song by Talking Heads (English "talking heads") . Although the name of the group was not their own idea, they liked it - Tom York said that it combines the ideas of alienation and cultural emptiness associated with OK Computer.
The name was written in capital letters to emphasize more, and not because they were abbreviations. Since the resemblance was obvious, this coincidence became provocative. This is because in a German country any symbol associated with Nazi ideology is prohibited. To say that the “Kiss” were the Nazis is not just big words. This is nonsense. How can they be Nazis if both Simmons and Stanley are Jews? The same thing happens with the subject of worship to the Devil. All speculation between Satanism and the New York group was a good and effective commercial strategy to continue selling your brand and its products.
Guns N ’Roses
Guns N ’Roses are the combined names of two preexisting bands, LA Guns (Los Angeles Trunks) and Hollywood Rose (Hollywood Rose). The latter group was named after its frontman, Axel Rose. LA Guns was a rival band from Hollywood whose guitarist Tracy Hans left her to create Guns N ’Roses, which Slash later replaced.
The only relationship that exists between the kiss and Satan is the war pictures used by the demonic Gene Simmons. In the end, the knights were in the service, but not of Satan, but of publicity. The Christians already had the necessary connection, and the lyrics began to be studied using a magnifying glass.
The road to hell can only lead to a place. However, the origin of this name is more associated with Singer than with Satan. It was a spark. Being a good admirer of Satan, at the scene of his crimes, he drew a satanic pentacle, five pointed starbut one day the police found a hat with the band’s logo. Their vocalist, Brian Johnson, categorically denied the inclusion of these messages in the songs: "We have enough for every fucking line to rhyme with the next to make me put satanic messages in the middle."
Snow patrol
For a long time, there were rumors that the name of the group Snow Patrol is associated with cocaine. This was the third name that occurred to Gary Lightbody. Formed in 1994 under the name Shrug (Eng. "Shaking"), they later became the Polar Bear (Eng. "Polar Bear"). So the group was called until mid-1997, until it took the final name Snow Patrol.
Coldplay
Meanwhile, Malcolm Young, the second guitar, said to protect the song, which cost them a headache: We were green. How could it not be otherwise, Highway to Hell was another song considered by Satan to be a short-sighted society. However, Angus Young denied these possible references to the Devil and explained the meaning of what is perhaps the group’s most famous song: We spent four years in a row without a break. One guy asked me how we describe our tours and say, "Like a highway to hell." All we have done is describe what it feels like to spend four consecutive years on tour.
The name Coldplay was "presented" to the band members by their classmate at UCL, who named his own group that way, but decided to abandon this name because he considered it too depressing. If he hadn’t done this, Coldplay could be called Starfish or Stepney Green. Interesting fact: Keane member Tim Rice-Oxley also attended UCL - in fact, he was even invited to join Coldplay, but he refused.
When you sleep with the singer’s socks, believe me, it looks very much like hell. However, the cover of the album of the same name was not much behind criticism. On the other hand, the late Bon Scott's pendant also made it possible to speak. A tentacle appeared on the neck of the singer, depicting white magic.
In order for this pentacle to be cataloged as satanic, it should be indicated. If people were outraged by the horns, tail, and star, how would they react if the original idea was used as the first page? First, the cover of this album was supposed to be a model in which the group climbed into the back seats of the car, and a peculiar guide was reflected in the rear-view mirror: the Devil. But, despite the fact that we were under pressure, we stood firm.
Led zeppelin
Led Zeppelin was called The New York Yardbirds until October 1968, until they changed their name, due to the sarcastic remark of Keith Moon from The Who, who suggested that they would fail with a compound like Lead Zeppelin. At the suggestion of manager Peter Grant, the letter "a" was dropped from the word lead so that "dumb Americans" did not name the group "Leed Zeppelin"
Franz ferdinand
The cover of his next album, Back in Black, also had a second reading. While the suspicious interpreted this “back in black” as a return of darkness, the group paid tribute to the sorrow for the recently deceased Bon Scott. The death knell of the bells with which he began the album with Adana served a double meaning on the silver tray for those who were looking for them. D. "For those who are going to download." Guitarist Angus Young snatched accusations with humor: We are not Satanists and we are not doing black magic or whatever you want to call.
He even went so far as to claim that the beam of the logo was "Satan." Although of all the blessings, the greatest was to find a satanic meaning, hidden from the name of the group. Before these interpretations, Angus Young left in defense of his group: These stupid priests only devote themselves to scaring people. The idea came from Margaret, the sister of Angus and Malcolm Young, to see the acronym in his sewing machine. The name is also attributed to a vacuum cleaner, but it is more romantic to think that it was a sewing machine, since Margaret sewed Angus's first school uniform.
Franz Ferdinand chose their name in honor of the Austrian hergerzog, whose murder provoked an international conflict and caused the First World War. The group chose this name simply because they liked its sound, although in an interview, drummer Paul Thomson said: “I like the idea that if we become famous, Franz Ferdinand will primarily be associated with our group, and not with the historical name personality. "
Outside the group, the name of the group was chosen as a family. The name was short, direct and electric, which excited Angus: "It is connected with electricity, so it seemed that it was suitable." What the musicians did not know was that this name not only offered power and electricity, but also a term with bisexual connotations; therefore, it is not surprising that in the first concerts many members of the public were homosexual.
This confusion created amusing misunderstandings, as the first time Malcolm discovered the ambiguity of the name of the taxi driver’s hand, to which the guitarist replied: “Are you looking for a fight or what?” Agoraphobia is a quintet from Boyro formed by Susana, Aislinn, Sabela, Paula and Lucia. Aislinn and Sabela meet in high school and at the age of sixteen begin to unleash their taste for punk rock and alternative rock.
Oasis
Initially formed as Rain, Oasis changed their name thanks to Liam Gallagher, who was inspired by the Inspiral Carpets poster hanging in his bedroom. One of the venues for the band's performances was the Oasis Leisure Center in Swindon.
The rolling stones
As Susana explains: agoraphobia was born on March 8th. What Eislynn and I did before was an attempt, but we did not agree to the group until Paula, Lucia, and Sabela appeared. The influence that we had, even outside the world of rock, was the key to making the sound that defines us today.
Nevertheless, all this time devoting ourselves to music and almost four years that we have as a group, have made us mature, like music, like people. In the same way, we value every minute invested in creation, reproduction and transmission. Everything that we achieved was legal, no one gave us, and that when you think about it, it is very satisfactory. This album includes seven tracks and a remix of the open cut "Night of the Living Dead". We find lyrics filled with irony and sarcasm, effective rocks, punk rock and heavy riffs that help maintain a crazy pace.
The Rolling Stones "got" their name thanks to Howling Woolf's blues song "Rolling Stone" - Keith Richards was a fan of one version of this composition, recorded by Muddy Waters.
Nirvana
At the very beginning of its formation, Nirvana changed several names, including Skid Row, Pen Cap Chew and Ted Ed Fred. In the end, the musicians settled on Nirvana (Nirvana, a state of complete bliss) in early 1988. Cobain explained this choice: "I wanted a name that would mean something beautiful or sweet, instead of something unpleasant, obscene and punk rock."
Black sabbath
The name of this latter refers to a film of the same name that was shot by Sam Pekkinpach in the year 73, and which has the soundtrack of Bob Dylan, which also acts to make the character Alice. In addition, each trip together, whether in Badajoz or Austin, is an unforgettable experience, because we not only enjoy them, but also learn a lot from each other.
We have very good memories, which we hope to renew with more tours in other places. They decide to start the recycling process in order to finance their next job. They open with a tribute to the movie Toxic Avenger with Melvin. Radiation makes him a monstrous mutant with superpowers, which he uses to rid the city of evil. “Shake” was chosen as a solitary one, it is dumb, with heavy guitars and a destructive choir.
Black Sabbath originally started as the heavy blues-rock band Earth. Gradually, they began to write their occult and horror-inspired lyrics, eventually changing their name to Black Sabbath, taken from one cheap 60s horror film by Boris Karloff, which tells of the “holy day of witchcraft”.
The cure
The Cure was originally called Easy Cure. In 1977, they won a talent contest and won a contract with Hasa Records, the German label, although no singles were released. After a disagreement with the record company, the contract was terminated, which meant that the group would no longer be able to use the name Easy Cure. Then Robert Smith simply shortened it to The Cure.
Blur
Agoraphobia demonstrates an important evolution and maturity in its sound. They leave the ring to clog the boxing bag with strength, determination and strength. Behind every rock band there is a joke, a rumor, a legend that explains that it is called like that. An actor, a cult series, a street sign, a line in a poem can be the trigger of a name, which, perhaps, will be repeated for decades on radio, television, posters, backpacks and shirts.
Grandparents Nothing. This is one of the few cases in the history of rock, in which the group already had a name from the moment it was formed. Without hesitation, Miguel said yes. Meanwhile, he appeared in his brain, and the first thing that jumped up was the phrase that says the character from Leopoldo Marechal's “Holiday of the Northern Archangel”: “The father of lice, the grandfather of nothingness.” From that day on, Abuelo devoted himself to making musicians walk along a rocky road. They were born "Grandparents Nothing."
Like Radiohead, Blur was renamed at the suggestion of a record company. They started as Circus until they changed their name to Seymour. After signing a contract with Food Records, the boss of the label gave them a sheet with the alleged names. One was Blur, the other was Whirlpool.
Kaiser chiefs
Kaiser Chiefs got its name from the South African football club Kaizer Chiefs, played by former Leeds United captain Lucas Radeby. The band members are big fans of Leeds United. Kaizer Chiefs is one of Africa's largest teams, supported by around 16 million fans.
Beastie boys
In the same magazine appeared a comic written by Christ under the title "Garcia and the Machine for Making Birds." Patricio Rey and his Redondito de Ricota. There are almost as many versions as fans of the Round. It is said that the character took it from the cut of the magazine, where a cook named Patricia Rey gave a recipe for preparing Ricotta redondito. It is known that for the first time they were so called in Salta, when it was necessary to put a name for posters. We found in Patricio someone who can support the rock circus with everything that does not bother us, which we consider to be not satisfaction.
According to Mike Dee, the Beastie Boys is an acronym meaning "Boys Entering Anarchistic States Towards Internal Excellence", and the initials B.B. sent to the hardcore band Bad Brains from Washington. One way or another, other members of the group suggested that all these factors were discovered much later.
Text: Oleg "Orange" Bocharov
The name of the Australian legendary rock band was inspired by two hard-to-compatible items: the English band XTC and the local jam producer!
“I saw a TV commercial for jam called IXL,” recalls manager Gary Morris. - And in that advertisement the guy said: “I do everything cool” (“I excel in all I do”). And then impressions from the concerts of the XTC group, which did a tour of Australia, were also imposed - their name was pronounced “ecstasy” and therefore I really liked it. In general, I put all these components together. The goal was to make the name purely letters, but to be read as a meaningful word. After summing IXL and XTC, we got this same INXS ("Overkill"). "
We have someone to send him all this ball, and that he carries it, poor thing, if he wants to be Patricio Rey. They still did not have a name, and he could not find it. Therefore, one fine day, they decided to lock themselves in an apartment with a dictionary, a good supply of alcohol and drugs and not leave until they found it. Each of the five original members chose a name. Democratically, he voted for the best. Sumo won, the Japanese battle, but also something higher, soaring, which has no superiority.
At autopsy, green dwarfs appeared in the round, which no one had seen while photographing. Legend or reality, a friend who was a journalist for the magazine took a note and baptized us with the Green Dwarfs of Puente del Inca. Separated and Las Pelotas It is known that from the remains of Sumo, Separated and Las Pelotas were born. The story goes that the name of these groups came from a report by Tom Lupo in Luke. The journalist asked him if he had seen Sumo members in the future, to which the singer replied: Alto, split up? Balloons!
We will return to Australia again. According to legend, the combination of AC / DC means “bisexuality” on the slang. In reality, the group refutes such an interpretation and officially adheres to the tale of how the sister of the Young family, Margaret, caught sight of these letters on an electric sewing machine that could work on both direct and alternating current. The name immediately charged the group with the right energy and was approved unanimously.
Bersuit Vergarabat. According to Gustavo Corder, who was a singer a few years ago, from the very beginning we decided that we did not want the name of the group to determine our music anyway, and we decided to put the name of the libertarian without any meaning. The words Bersuit Vergarabat mean for us the freedom to do everything we want, without any conditioning.
Thus, they became known as "Pibs 25". Carpo himself recommended him to the young Manuel Kieteo, the leader of one of the main groups of neighboring rock. Seven dolphins. If you join in capital letters, it’s easy to see what the name is. The Lamb of God was the first to announce the Rock poster in the Park. The new gods of hard rock, who first arrive at Rock in the Park. A compulsory and first-class show, no less fiery and wild, as it should be in the group that leads the world's best metal and rock festivals.
The prodigy
For connoisseurs of club and electronic spheres, the name is not a mystery: Liam just remembered the name of his first synthesizer - Moog Prodigy.
Kasabian
Kasabian is the surname of Linda Casabyan, one of the members of the criminal clan Charles Manson, who was the driver of Manson.
Aquarium
Over the years, the name of the group has been overgrown with legends and hidden meaningshowever, in their early interviews, BG and its partners openly admitted the following: “We drove somewhere in Kupchin. We drove such a two-story "glass". It was called the Aquarium. And someone said that - “Aquarium”. And we decided that yes. [This] Somewhere in Sofia or Budapest ... Now there’s a barbecue. "
Linkin park
In fact, Lincoln Park is encrypted under this name, past which members of the group constantly drove on their way to the studio. However, the word Lincoln was replaced by Linkin purely so that you could stake out a domain name on the Internet.
The Russians are extremely worried about the name of this British trip-hop collective. There is an exact answer that the word “milk” was spied on by the participants in the book A Clockwork Orange. The trick is that they did not even know that the word was of Russian origin: in the text of “Orange” many slang terms have Russian-speaking roots, but this was not explained to English readers. Therefore, vocalist Moloko in one of the early interviews naively boasted that after a long search she found the source of the word "milk" in some Greek dictionaries.
The residents
The American avant-garde collective for a long time could not decide on the name, but in the meantime sent out its notes through the labels. As a result, one of the films returned to them with a note “To: The Residents” (that is, “To: residents”). The musicians decided that this is a sign from above.
The cult Boston indie-rock band chose the name by the method of scientific poking, opening the dictionary and poking a finger at the first word that came up. So they turned up the "pixies", that is, "fakes". Moreover, the musicians were particularly impressed by the decoding of the term: "naughty little elves."
Led zeppelin
The origin of the great name Led Zeppelin is clearly documented and originates in a fun drunken discussion between Jimmy Page and drummer and bassist from The Who, who assured that Page's project is doomed and will collapse like a lead balloon. After several manipulations with words and grammar, the ball turned into an airship. Figuratively speaking, Led Zeppelin is the same as “plywood over Paris”.
Duran duran
Dr. Duran-Duran is a character in the cult erotic sci-fi movie "Barbarella" with a leading role. Fans of the group often play a trick: say, thank God that they used the name Duran-Duran, and not Dildano ... Yes, there was such a character in Barbarella!
fall out Boy
To somehow name themselves for the first concert, the group took the name Fall Out Boy from one of the characters in the series The Simpsons. For the second concert, names were already invented more interesting, but someone from the audience began to shout: “Well, no! You are exactly Fall Out Boy! ”To argue was useless.
Green day
Green Day arose in Billy Joe Armstrong's brain when he had been doing nothing more all day than smoking marijuana. As a result, he wrote a song about it, but it seemed to him not enough, and he assigned the group a new (strange and not the most harmonious, to say nothing) name.
The velvet underground
Members of the group lent the picturesque and at the same time menacing phrase Velvet Underground from the cover of a gardenbook that one of them picked up on the sidewalk of New York.
Therapy?
The appearance of not even the word “therapy” (what's so surprising?), But a question mark after it, is funny. At the dawn of his career, the vocalist sent demo tapes to record labels, personally writing out the name of the group. But in the end I did it unevenly, the name went left, but I wanted it beautifully, in the center. Therefore, he added another symbol for symmetry. This seems to be the wildest story in the entire article.
Bring me the horizon
The vocalist of the now popular metal band from Sheffield admitted that he stole a line for the name from the first film “Pirates of the Caribbean”. “Now ... bring me that horizon,” says Johnny Depp's character at the very end.
The word “a-ha” would have sounded great in some song, so one of the musicians put it in a notebook for memory. After some time, when the question arose of the name of the group, it surfaced from the notebook. The band members were hooked by two things: the first is that the word is beautifully spelled and easy to pronounce. Second: in many languages \u200b\u200bof the world this means approval or confirmation. That is, the usual "yeah" in our Russian.
Butthole surfers
The group behaved more eccentricly nowhere and came up with a new name for each show! But at one of the concerts in 1984, the entertainer forgot how to introduce the group, and stupidly uttered the name of one of the songs - “Butthole Surfer”. It so happened that the concert produced a fair amount of resonance, and the name had to be fixed.
Daft punk
Future members of Daft Punk at first were very reverent about the work of The Beach Boys and in 1992 made records under the name Darlin (the name of one of The Beach Boys songs). But in the music newspaper Melody Maker, their activity was doused with a fair amount of dirt, calling the music “a daft punky thrash”. After reading this, the guys were very upset, but in the end they realized that we needed to somehow live on. And they made a curse in the name of their new project. And they won, by the way!
Frankie goes to hollywood
The young group rehearsed in the room where there was once a prison cell. A poster hung on the wall with the words "Frankie Goes to Hollywood," printed at the time he moved from Las Vegas to Los Angeles. In general, as is already clear, the group did not have big difficulties finding a name.
Five finger death punch
The long and juicy name of a fashionable metal band from Nevada was overheard in the movie “Kill Bill,” where a special secret trick guaranteed the death of the enemy from finger movements.
Ramones
Encyclopedias usually write that the members of the group adapted the surname Ramon only because this was the pseudonym of Paul McCartney when he fit into hotels. However, a number of interviews circulate in magazines and books, where the Ramones say that this surname was taken for provocation and intimidation, for in New York in the 70s the townsfolk were very afraid of Latin American youth gangs.
Jethro tull
The group had great problems with concerts in London in the early stages, and in order to be able to play several times in the same club, the musicians constantly changed their name. At one of these stages, the lantern manager issued “Jethro Tull” - the name of some 18th century agronomist. The trouble is that it was under this name that the group received a residence permit in the club, the owner of which they suddenly liked.
Misfits
The name of the group copies the latest film by Marilyn Monroe. And the logo with a skull migrated to the arsenal of the band from the 1946 film The Crimson Ghost.
Nine Inch Nails
Trent Reznor explains that he chose this name only because it is beautifully spelled with the acronym NIN. And, they say, it does not bear the slightest literal meaning.
Boney M.
As you know, the first single Boney M. was recorded not by the group itself, but by producer Frank Farian himself. So he urgently needed to come up with a pseudonym. He described the brainstorming process as follows: “I turned on the TV somehow, and the detective series ended there. I found only the final credits, where it was written Boney. Great name, I thought. Bonnie, Bonnie, Bonnie ... Bonnie M.! That sounds even better! ”
Procol harum
The word Procul Harun denoted a line in the breed of Siamese cats, one of which was owned by a friend of the group manager. The phrase, you see it yourself, is beautiful, perfect for baptizing a group. True, the rule of a damaged telephone intervened, and one letter in the word was still confused.
The word is derived from the original “Opet,” which the group peeped at in the novel by Wilbur Smith, which was the name of a fictional city in Africa.
