Goodtunes discussion

Anyone come across a group name over the years that had you scratching your head wondering why they chose that name or what it means? I've always wondered about these:

UB40
Hoobastank
The Go-Go's
Duran Duran
Violent Femmes
Bread
Radiohead
50 Cent
Concrete Blonde
REO Speedwagon
Depeche Mode
Akon
Ace of Base
Las Ketchup
Everlast
The Beastie Boys

Eugenia wrote: "Duran Duran is from a character in Barbarella, the movie from the 60's with Jane Fonda."

I didn't know that. Thanks for the info :)

Totally off the top of my head:

Split Enz
The Donnas
Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash
The Be Good Tanyas
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Cat Power (a singer, not a group)
Freakwater
16 Horsepower
Grinderman
The Drive-By Truckers
The Pogues
The Handsome Family

The Pogues, now there's a weird one.

Queens of the Stone Age
Alien Ant Farm
Cut Off Your Hands
Birds of Tokyo
Fine Young Cannibals
Architecture in Helsinki (a brilliant band!)
Fleetwood Mac
Eagles of Death Metal
Daft Punk
Bluejuice
The Doors (is this a reference to something?)

I always though Kajagoogoo was a odd name :)

About Radiohead: At the request of EMI, the band changed their name to Radiohead, inspired by the title of a song on Talking Heads' True Stories album.

If I remember correctly UB40 was the name of some unemployment form.

I just thought the Go-Gos named themselves after go-go dancing/dancers. Sort of fun, bouncy music, all-girl-band music.

What the heck does Pearl Jam mean?

Fleetwood Mac would be after two of the founders of the group, Mick Fleetwood and John McVie.

Southern Culture on the Skids
Black Lung
Skull Fuckers Inc (defunct local WI band)
KMFDM (Kein Mehrheit Für Die Mitleid which loosely translated means: no pity for the majority)
The Revolting Cocks
Squirrel Nut Zippers
The Soup Dragons
Right Said Fred
Kinky Friedman and the Texas Jewboys
Chumbawamba
Disco Tex & His Sex-O-Lettes

just to name a few anyway, anymore I don't find anything strange about a band name.

Fine Young Cannibals, now there's a strange one.

Daft Punk sounds like it should have a German meaning.

Didn't know that about KMFDM or Fleetwood Mac

I'm pretty sure there's a maning behind Pearl Jam but I can't remember what 8-)

Goo Goo Dolls. Even they hate it. :)

Auntee wrote: "Fleetwood Mac would be after two of the founders of the group, Mick Fleetwood and John McVie."

It still always makes me think of Big Macs though. It's also funny how they names the band after the two of them (Fleetwood also is not crazy about the name, by the way), and yet the two of them have never been the "stars". In the early days it was all about Peter Green, and then in the 70's it was all about Nicks (mainly) and Buckingham.

...and here I was all these years thinking that KMFDM was short for "Kill Mother Fucking Depeche Mode". I did hear that somewhere.

The Doors took their name for a William Blake poem, "The Marriage of Heaven and Hell":

"If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite"

Chris wrote: "...and here I was all these years thinking that KMFDM was short for "Kill Mother Fucking Depeche Mode". I did hear that somewhere.

The Doors took their name for a William Blake poem, "The Marriage..."

That was the rumor for years with them. I thought it was funny when they reformed, or did the second band with Tim Skold (formerly of Shotgun Messiah) and named themselves MDFMK. Guess that threw the meaning out the window completely!

Does anyone know what Tree 63 or Building 429 stands for?

That reminds of the group "Level 42" --wonder what that refers to too???

Insane Clown Posse
Yaz
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Hot Tuna
Leftover Salmon
String Cheese Incident
Widespread Panic

What the hell does Hoobastank mean? That just sounds nasty.

I believe it is "whose butt stinks" is where they got it.

Gross.

Yup. I don't think they like it anymore. :)

Well, it's stupid. Now when I hear that one song of theirs I know I'm going to think of sweaty asses.

Everytime I hear the name Pearl Jam I think of something dirty.

An in similar fashion, we can't forget The Butthole Surfers....

I hated the group name Butthole Surfers. I heard the lead singer was one.

Eastofoz wrote: "That reminds of the group "Level 42" --wonder what that refers to too???"

42 is the answer to life, according to trilogy. But the original question was forgotten :)

the cramps
roches

My daughter is bassist in a group called "mental reservations", the t-shirts they created have people in straight jackets wandering around a desert. very silly. and they realllly suck, so I'm sure no one will ever hear them

Butthole Surfers have a couple of VERY good tunes though.

I just remember that "Pepper" song, which sounded too much like Beck.

What about 'Seven Mary Three'

Here is my fave Butthole Surfer song, "Human Cannonball":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcVF8q...

Thinker wrote: "What about 'Seven Mary Three'"

Isn't that a throwback to CHiP's, remember the old TV show?

The band sez the Hoobastank doesn't mean anything.
I LOVE YAZ and Alison Moyet, she has some great lungs!!
Yep 7M3 came from Chips.

recently heard
We Were Promised Jetpacks

How about TingTings (like them)
Big Head Todd and the Monsters
The Airborne Toxic Event
Toad the Wet Sprocket (love them also)
Theory of a Deadman
EBNOZN

Chips... great tv show,anyway I like Cumbersome.

But what about 'Total Coelo' , 'Finger', 'Bell, Book and Candle'?

Dream Theater probably sounded pretty corny before everyone knew John Petrucci could take over the world with his guitar if he wanted to.

Marisella wrote: "Eastofoz wrote: "That reminds of the group "Level 42" --wonder what that refers to too???"

42 is the answer to life, according to trilogy. But t..."


Interesting...in a very weird kind of way ;)

Has anybody mentioned

Supertramp

10cc

Veruca Salt

Supertramp --hmmm.

Isn't Veruca Salt a character from Roald Dahl's children's boook Charlie and the Chocolate Factory? I think she was the not so nice rich girl.

I think you're right about Veruca Salt, Eastofoz.

Concrete Blonde--I think Michael Stipe gave the group this name. He was talking to the group about their sensitive but hard sound and I guess the two opposing words explained them to a "T."

That would make sense for Concrete Blonde Tressa.

Oingo Boingo - What does it mean?

They Might Be Giants
Limp Bizkit
The Reverend Horton Heat
Men Without Hats
The Beat Farmers
The Meat Puppets
Frankie Goes to Hollywood

How about:

The The
The Dead Kennedys
Faster Pussycat
Haircut 100
Kajagoogoo
Velvet Underground
Sex Pistols
Devo
Yes
Blind Melon
Mott The Hoople

Oh, you could just go on and on...lol

I forgot all about Haircut 100. Er...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_msHp...

I totally remember that song! lol

Or should I say....I like totally remember that song! lol

That drummer looked a little effeminate in his sweater and pleated pants with his hair parted on the side.

The tide of years can totally erase the cute- and awesomeness of a group.

Tressa wrote: "That drummer looked a little effeminate in his sweater and pleated pants with his hair parted on the side.

The tide of years can totally erase the cute- and awesomeness of a group."

They were even geeky then! lol

Oingo Boingo and Blind Melon --yup very "odd" names there 8-)

But I don't remember Haircut 100 being geeky. The preppy look was in and that's how most males dressed back then.

Tressa wrote: "But I don't remember Haircut 100 being geeky. The preppy look was in and that's how most males dressed back then."

Not all of them, I for one (and a child of the 80's) thought it was geeky. But that could've been me.