Talk:List of musician and band name etymologies

message: * The "etymology" given for this band name is very (c)rudely worded with no sources cited or given.  I think it should be removed from the list until more reliable and less vulgar information can be provided.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by TMadison (talk • contribs) 17:36, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lamb Of God Etymology

message: http://www.amiright.com/names/bandnameorigins.shtml
* This is an unreliable source with its entries unreferenced and submitted by anonymous users. Please refer to Wikipedia's guidelines for verifiable sources:WP:V. I removed all entries that referenced the site. Also, do not copy and paste to Wikipedia from other sources. The referenced material must be paraphrased.--Catch153 (talk) 05:36, 25 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Current list of band name origins 

message: As of 05 January 2008 17:13 SAST, the article states: Atreyu — Contrary to common belief, NOT named after a character in The Neverending Story. It does not cite a source for this fact. The Atreyu article mentions the name does in fact come from the character in The Neverending Story and cites a 2005 interview with an Atreyu band member confirming it. -- Marcelvr (talk) 15:15, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Atreyu band name etymology contradiction 

message: These need checking. When a reliable source is found please move into the article. SilkTork *What's YOUR point? 11:59, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: * An 1982 article from Illinois Entertainer features some Al's bandings about the name, but it does not mention Lang's Ministry of Fear. The version w/ the movie-inspired name is supported by Greg Prato in Al's profile on AllMusic, though. Gleb95 (talk) 08:15, 29 November 2017 (UTC)

text: * Ministry's current keyboardist John Bechdel has mentioned in a 2008 interview that Al could borrow the name from a movie. Gleb95 (talk) 14:22, 3 December 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unverified names 

message: * M83 — Named after the galaxy Messier 83
* Madness — Named after a track by ska musician Prince Buster
* Mando Diao — The name has no meaning at all, but rather appeared to band member Björn Dixgård in a dream.
* Manes — Named after the spirits of the dead in Roman mythology
* The Manic Street Preachers — When James Dean Bradfield was busking on the streets a homeless man called him "The manic street preacher".
* The Mars Volta — Cedric Bixler-Zavala stated in an interview: "The Volta is taken from a Federico Fellini book about, what he characterizes as a changing of scene, to him is called Volta. And Mars, we're just fascinated by science-fiction."
* Masada — Jazz band featuring (saxophonist) John Zorn, (trumpeter) Dave Douglas, (contra-bassist) Greg Cohen, and (drummer) Joey Baron named after a romanization of the Hebrew ????, Mitzada, from ?????, metzuda, "fortress."
* The Matches - Originally called "The Locals", they were forced to change their name because of an existing band of the same name.
* MDFMK — KMFDM spelled backwards. The band included several KMFDM members including Sascha Konietzko; rumors that MDFMK stood for "More Dollars For Mister Konietzko" were untrue.
* Melvins — Melvin was a grocery clerk at the grocery store where band member Buzz Osborne worked.
* The Mercury Program — Named for the first human spaceflight program in the United States.
* Mest — While drinking a can of Milwaukees Best, he made a Spoonerism of the name (Bilwaukee's Mest).
* Meshuggah — Took their name from the Hebrew/Yiddish word for "crazy".
* Metallica — As told in K.J. Doughton's book Metallica Unbound, fanzine editor Ron Quintana approached drummer Lars Ulrich to solicit his opinion of a list of possible 'zine titles. On the list was the name Metallica. Ulrich recommended Metal Mania and kept the name Metallica for himself.
* Ministry — Named after a 1944 film noir called Ministry Of Fear by Fritz Lang.
:* An 1982 article from Illinois Entertainer features some Al's bandings about the name, but it does not mention Lang's Ministry of Fear. The version w/ the movie-inspired name is supported by Greg Prato in Al's profile on AllMusic, though. Gleb95 (talk) 08:15, 29 November 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: * Ministry's current keyboardist John Bechdel has mentioned in a 2008 interview that Al could borrow the name from a movie. Gleb95 (talk) 14:22, 3 December 2017 (UTC)
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message: In the last revision I edited, I found duplicate named references, i.e. references sharing the same name, but not having the same content. Please check them, as I am not able to fix them automatically :) 
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*The Band They were originally known as The Hawks, after their original lead singer Ronnie Hawkins.  While working with Bob Dylan in the 1960s, they decided to change their name, but were unable to agree on a new name.  They finally decided to simply call themselves "The Band." <ref>The Last Waltz (1978) - Memorable quotes
** "Origins of Band Names A-E". Heathen World. Retrieved on November 20 2007.
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thread_title:  Bot report : Found duplicate references ! 

message: I didn't put that in there. All I did was to remove the bolding and hide the unwikilike unhidden warning at the top. I have never heard of Plastic Leech and have no idea why it did that. Wikipedia seems to be messing with a lot of coding the last few days. I wonder-mixed my edit with another.--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 13:50, 18 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Plastic leech? Huh? 

message: Black eyes peas
Maroon 5  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.103.67.236 (talk) 05:03, 5 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  What about those bands. ? 

message: Steely Dan is not the only band name inspired by the work of author William S. Burroughs. Soft machine is a reference to the male organ and Clem Snide is the name of a character in several Burroughs novels. Even the genre designation Heavy Metal can be attributed to Burroughs. Examples for literary references to other authors are british band Benny Profane (a character from Thomas Pynchon's novels), Shipping News (title of a novel by E. Annie Proulx), or Ellen James Society (inspired by a John Irving novel). -- 84.159.82.180 (talk) 11:01, 28 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  WSB had quite an impact 

message: Many people believe the lead singer is named 'Blondie'. Bottle-blonde, Deborah Harry has a solo act and would be sued if she ever billed herself as "Blondie." However, the band does still perform. The name comes from Harry being whistled and jeered at, 'hey blondie!'  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 23.16.217.103 (talk) 17:52, 11 April 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: I dunno that herself or Chris Stein, the 2 people with the strongest rights to the name, would sue her. Chris and Deborah were once lovers, and are still very close friends. Still, good point about people mistaking the band for Deborah herself, as if she's "Blondie" and they're just some session guys or old drug addicts who've been following her round for nearly 40 years. Time flies! If your reason is correct, you'll need a citation somewhere, an old magazine article or interview would be good. Good luck finding that! 188.29.164.78 (talk) 22:27, 14 December 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Blondie 

message: Quoting - "The Offspring — Band members Dexter Holland and Greg K decided to form a band after attending a Social Distortion concert. The band was called Manic Subsidal, who suddenly changed their name to The Offspring in 1986.[131][132]"
So... they were called X for Y reason... then changed to their current name suddenly and for no given reason! So that doesn't explain anything! Just a factoid on a previous name before they became famous. This should be deleted. I'd do it myself, but obviously that's futile on this thing, somebody who's "friends" with the relevant sub-humans can do it. If they give a shit. 
188.29.164.78 (talk) 22:23, 14 December 2015 (UTC)
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message: I don't have it with me and thus can't verify this, but I've read Alice Cooper's autobiography (Golf Monster), and I'm like 85% certain that's where it discusses how they came up with the name Alice Cooper: Not that it sounded like someone's grandmother, but because it sounded like a nice girl-next-door with a bit of an edge to it, like she's hiding an axe behind her back.  It's meant to be disarming to people who aren't familiar with the band.
I don't recall ever hearting the Ouija board explanation, though it certainly sounds like the sort of thing that band spreads around as a kind of kayfabe, the "in-universe" explanation for things. Kilyle (talk) 08:46, 24 August 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Alice Cooper's autobiography disagrees 

message: For anyone looking to expand this list, here are useful general sources I found:
*"Rock Band Name Origins: The Stories of 240 Groups and Performers" (Book)
*"What's in a Name?: The Book of Bands" (Book)
*"50 Stories Behind Band Names You Probably Don’t Know", NME
*"The Band Name Game", Rolling Stone (already used as a ref once in list, but lots more examples in article)
*"What's In A Name? The Origins Of 10 Famous Band Names", WAAF (FM)
*"Making the Brand: The 40 Greatest Band Names of All Time", Spin (magazine)
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message: Should solo musicians be included in this article? Eminem and Skrillex were removed for being "not a band" (by User:WikiArticleEditor, who seems to be a self-declared deletionist), but others are still there—Lights and deadmau5 at least. I don't know of another list for them. We could move this article to a name that indicates it's okay to include solo musicians, or just add a note to the top of the article stating it also includes them. Thoughts? – PointyOintment ❬‽ · ✍❭ 01:51, 3 December 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: I've WP:BOLDly added some, but I don't want to put in too much effort if they're just going to get deleted again. Here are some more I happened to find whose etymologies are already known to Wikipedia, for addition to this or a separate list when a decision is reached. Obviously I skipped those who just go by their birth name. Please add to this list if you want to. – PointyOintment ❬‽ · ✍❭ 09:44, 3 December 2018 (UTC)
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message: Removed these
* Aerosmith — Name invented by the band's drummer Joey Kramer
*Amber Run — Originally known as Amber, the band changed their name to avoid confusion with a German musician of the same name.
* Arctic Monkeys — The name was made up by the guitarist, Jamie Cook, while at school.Aren't fooling around Prefixmag.com
*Blur — The band had been known as "Seymour" until they were signed to Food Records in 1990. The label disliked the band name and suggested the group pick a new one from a provided list, from which "Blur" was eventually chosen.
*Crime — The band was originally The Space Invaders who looked glam, but played primitive original material in the garage. They turned to a JV look and shortened the name to The Invaders. Tony Greene, who published a short lived SF punk zine No Exit convinced them to change their name to Crime.
* Dingo — Originally named Sous-Pierre, which was shortened to Soho. However, a band in London was already using the name Soho, so founding member Pertti "Neumann" Nieminen came up with the name Dingo instead.
* Emarosa — Previously known as Corsets are Cages, the band made up the current name.
*Mayday Parade — Members Alex and Jake decided on the name while recording their first EP.
* Night Ranger — Originally formed as Stereo by Jack Blades, Kelly Keagy and Brad Gillis, the band changed the name to simply Ranger after adding keyboardist Alan Fitzgerald and guitarist Jeff Watson. Due to a copyright infringement claim by a country band calling itself The Rangers, the band changed the name to Night Ranger.Night Ranger
* OneRepublic — Originally called "Republic", the name was changed after Columbia Records mentioned that the name might result in legal action from other, similarly-named bands.
* Staind — The band was originally called "Stain". They added the D when they found another group, which then became Kilgore Smudge and Lit, already had the name.
* Styx — In 1972 the band members decided to choose a new name when they signed to Wooden Nickel Records after being spotted by a talent scout at a concert at St. John of the Cross Parish in Western Springs, Illinois (James "JY" Young's hometown). Several suggestions were made and, according to DeYoung, the name Styx was chosen because it was "the only one that none of us hated".
* Violent Femmes — According to bassist Brian Ritchie, he came up with the name of the group as a fake band name when one of his bandmates questioned his assertion that his brother was also in a band—he and percussionist Victor DeLorenzo liked the name, so they used it for themselves.
because they explain nothing. (Who cares why they are not called something else?) Reasonable people may disagree. —Tamfang (talk) 02:31, 3 April 2023 (UTC)
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replies: text: List of band name etymologies →  – Since some individual musician names have snuck into this article, and there is currently no article for individual artist stage names. Blubabluba9990 (talk) (contribs) 23:25, 9 August 2023 (UTC)
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