Song-Inspired Band Names: Old 97's
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Old 97'sInspired by Johnny Cash's 'Wreck of the Old '97'
Ken Bethea and Murry Hammond were desperate to come up with a group name "lest we be forever dubbed 'The Rhett Miller Band," Bethea once joked about their frontman. One idea was Up the Junction (from the Squeeze title) before being inspired by Johnny Cash's version of this country standard. Said Bethea, "Murry sold us on Old 97's by saying, 'Numbers are cool.'" Download Old 97's Songs
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BlackSunshineat 4-02-2009
What about the Sunshine Underground? their name is similar to the chemical Brothers' tune from Surrender.
p curleyat 9-12-2009
There also was a group called the Underground Sunshine who recorded a songle version of the Beatles' White Album track "Birthday".
pcfriar66at 4-04-2009
I'm showing my age here, but in 1961 there was a big hit called "When We Get Married" by the Dreamlovers, whose name was inspired by the Bobby Darin 1959 hit, "Dream Lover"
aceromediamondat 4-05-2009
the band hellogoodbye comes from the beatles song of the same same
Rod Spunkat 4-07-2009
Hey...how come the cool punk kids don't listen to this band? :P
ewskydogat 4-08-2009
Candlebox came from a line in a Pink Floyd tune.