[Pookie]

REM is an acronym for rear end men.

[Rob Instigator]

hahahah!


Muddy Waters, born Mckinley Morganfield (sp?) was called Muddy as a kid by his relatives ebcause he liked to play in mud all the time. He changed it to Muddy Water, and then to Muddy Waters.

[LittlePuppetBoy]

the Jesus Lizard-after a common nickname for the basilisk, a species of lizard that can actually run on water

NOFX-pretty much taken from Negative FX, a Boston hardcore punk band

Ramones-one origin of the name is that it was a fake name Paul McCartney would use when checking into hotels while he was in the Beatles (or something like that)

Linkin Park-after Lincoln Park somewhere in California, but the dumbfucks in the band were too stupid to spell it properly

Motorhead-a term for an avid speed user

B-52s-after a 1950's hair style for women

[Glice]

Originally Posted by Cantankerous

no, the smiths probably got it from kerouac. pgmg probably got it from the smiths.

also no. it's from the line in euripedes' tragedy medea and also courtneys mum said "just because you had a bad childhood doesnt mean you can walk around with a big hole inside you"

Seneca's Medea seems more fitting for Courtney. Courtney is very like Medea, methinks. It's all gravy though, we all love Medea, right?

[Glice]

Originally Posted by Everyneurotic

merzbow: from an artist who used trash to make his artwork, one of his works was called merzbau.

Kurt Schwitters.

And the Smiths, to my mind, would probably have got their name from the utter ubiquity of the name 'Smith' in the UK rather than some high-falutin' thing like a (shit) Kerouac book.

[fugazifan]

Originally Posted by Glice

Kurt Schwitters.

And the Smiths, to my mind, would probably have got their name from the utter ubiquity of the name 'Smith' in the UK rather than some high-falutin' thing like a (shit) Kerouac book.

i didnt say they got their name from JK but they got the line pretty girls make graves....
it would be so much easier if you listened

[pbradley]

I've always wanted to play under a band called Broken E Strings after the Unwound song. Mostly because all my guitars are missing the first string because of this very reason.

[atsonicpark]

NOFX stands for "No Fucking straight edge", by the way. I wish I didn't know that.

[batreleaser]

rapeman is from the jap comic book about a superhero who rapes, which is prolly where the big black confusion came from.

the greatful dead name story is the best ive heard so far.

[Death & the Maiden]

Einstuerzende Neubauten - German for "collapsing new buildings".
The Verlaines - From the poet Paul Verlaine. I wanted to call my band The Verlaines (after Tom Verlaine), but I was disappointed to find it had already been taken.

Originally Posted by Pookie

The Jesus and Mary Chain:

The band has said it was taken from an offer on a breakfast cereal packet, to send away for a gold Jesus and Mary chain.

According to a book about them that I've read years ago they got it from a movie when the Reid brothers spent a whole summertime getting stoned and doing nothing but watching tv.

[Death & the Maiden]

I thought The Jesus & Mary Chain's name was chosen for its shock value - not too outrageous, but enough to make people notice.

[SonicBebs]

the B52's thing is from the bomber, not a haircut.

But i may just have 'humour' turned off on this computer today

Originally Posted by Death & the Maiden

I thought The Jesus & Mary Chain's name was chosen for its shock value - not too outrageous, but enough to make people notice.

And you were wrong.

[Pookie]

Originally Posted by atsonicpark

NOFX stands for "No Fucking straight edge", by the way. I wish I didn't know that.

Fat Mike says this on the band's website: "I said NO FX after a band who had put out one record and broken up called Negative FX. Mike agreed that it was the best one so far. There seemed to be a lot of gimmicky bands around at the time. We like to think that our name meant we were against that shit."

[atsonicpark]

weird, guess that was just one of those urban legends then.

[Glice]

Originally Posted by Glice

I'm a prick!

Originally Posted by fugazifan

Prick!

Good call.

[SuchFriendsAreDangerous]

The Click: founded in the bay from the original Most Valuable Players krew, e-40, b-legit and D-shot. Later to be full of yay area rappers the way nwa was all the rappers from compton/watts in the mid-80s, the click is a reference obviously to the word "clique" in reference to "the group that i'm with the click, shiggity shat legit, family oriented gang related its shit," but in spelling it "ick" rather then "que", is a reference to the sound of a handgun being loaded.

 

[uhler]

Originally Posted by atsonicpark

NOFX stands for "No Fucking straight edge", by the way. I wish I didn't know that.

that was just a rumor. the band members have stated in interviews (i don't know why i read nofx interviews) that nofx means, basically, no special effects. just bass, guitar, drums and really shitty singing. i wish i didn't know that.

[uhler]

Originally Posted by Pookie

Fat Mike says this on the band's website: "I said NO FX after a band who had put out one record and broken up called Negative FX. Mike agreed that it was the best one so far. There seemed to be a lot of gimmicky bands around at the time. We like to think that our name meant we were against that shit."

they seem to keep changing their story on how they got the name for the band.