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.
Shannonat 11-24-2009
Girl In A Coma was inspired by a song from The Smiths. It is called "Girlfriend In A Coma"
Martin McClaneat 11-25-2009
What about Nazareth? They took their name from the beginning of the song "The Weight" by The Band. "I pulled into Nazareth, was feeling 'bout half past dead."
Muttleyat 12-12-2009
Seems to have missed out 'Stiff Little Fingers', named after the Vibrators single of the same name.
I know this cos Jake Burns told me!
P.S. wonder where the Vibrators got their name from?
optimisticpessimestat 12-31-2009
i'm pretty sure that Taking Back Sunday got their name from a line in a friend's song