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- AC/DC. If you’re a real fan of this band and you see a sewing machine and instantly think of them, then you know the story behind the name of AC/DC. Yes, it stands for the electrical parlance abbreviation “Alternating Current/Direct Current.”
- Aerosmith. Drummer Joey Kramer and his girlfriend were listening to Harry Nilsson’s “Aerial Ballet” and started combining names that had “aero” in them.
- The Beatles. The Fab Four were big fans of the Buddy Holly’s backing group called the Crickets, and that’s where the inspiration for their name came from.
- Black Sabbath. The band’s first name was Earth Blues Company and was changed to Earth. Although, another band was already using it so they settled for Black Sabbath after the 1963 film starring Boris Karloff.
The band took their name from the title of a book by Aldous Huxley, The Doors of Perception, which was in turn borrowed from a line in The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, a poem by the 18th century artist and poet William Blake: "If the doors of perception were cleansed, every thing would appear to man as it is: infinite". DOVELLS - ClassicBands.com
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Mar 22, 2023 · The Band – Rick Danko, Garth Hudson, Richard Manuel, Robbie Robertson and Levon Helm – first made their rounds in the music industry as the backing band for many notable musicians. Between ...
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Jun 25, 2022 · Musicoholics reports that it was in 1964 when The Detours had to ascertain a different band name. Despite pressure to pivot, the guys didn't seem too daunted. In fact, the new name would come to Pete Townshend in the middle of the night while jesting back and forth with his friend Richard Barnes. After a long night spent conversing and ...
The sessions with Dylan ended in October 1967, with Helm having rejoined the group by that time, and the Hawks began writing their own songs at Big Pink. When they went into the recording studio, they still did not have a name for themselves. Stories vary as to the manner in which they ultimately adopted the name "The Band".
Jul 28, 2018 · Jimmy Eat World fans got a brief history lesson on Twitter on Friday night (July 27) as drummer Zach Lind offered some insight into how the band came up with their name -- and how it's created...
