Bands Named After Other Band's Songs

Masked Terror #1 · Post by **Masked Terror #1** » Fri Jun 05, 2009 4:57 pm

I know there are a ton.

Godsmack (Alice In Chains song) is unfortunately the first one that comes to mind.

What are some others?

Tribute/cover bands don't count.

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Fri Jun 05, 2009 5:05 pm

rolling stones is the most obvious one

gigolo aunts are named after a syd barrett song

Bones · Post by **Bones** » Fri Jun 05, 2009 5:59 pm

i think silverchaiR, was named after nirvanas 'sliver' and 'angry chair' by aliceinchains

wizeguy · Post by **wizeguy** » Fri Jun 05, 2009 6:17 pm

Urge Overkill are named after a lyric from 'Funkentelechy' by Parliament

catfish hunter · Post by **catfish hunter** » Fri Jun 05, 2009 9:08 pm

first thing that comes to mind is Boris being named after the Melvins song Boris.

Hail Satan

couple of HXC bands too like
Hit The Lights
Trapped Under Ice

Overkill after Motorheads Overkill

Motorhead after Hawkwinds Motorhead

im all out./

Masked Terror #1 · Post by **Masked Terror #1** » Fri Jun 05, 2009 9:21 pm

drizzle wrote:rolling stones is the most obvious one

Muddy Waters, right?

Pretty sure it has to be, since the Dylan song came out after the first Rolling Stones album.

blackaspirin · Post by **blackaspirin** » Fri Jun 05, 2009 10:04 pm

Jesu (from justins previous band godflesh)
Boris (from Melvins)

ummmmmm... more will come to me

malpractice · Post by **malpractice** » Fri Jun 05, 2009 10:32 pm

hangar 18 ;)

b0mbs_of_death · Post by **b0mbs_of_death** » Fri Jun 05, 2009 10:38 pm

Does Earth taking Sabbath's first band name count?

There was a crappy screamo band named New Day Rising (Husker Du).

I think the crap post Jawbox band Burning Airlines is named after an Eno song.

Oh and would Texas is the Reason be named after the Misfit's Bullet.

More bands should have Misfits lyrics as band names though. Just sayin'. Oh and not be a bunch of pansy boy rockers.

catfish hunter · Post by **catfish hunter** » Sat Jun 06, 2009 11:33 am

Hatebreed from misfits Hatebreeders whoah oh ow

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Sat Jun 06, 2009 12:42 pm

Masked Terror #1 wrote:
drizzle wrote:rolling stones is the most obvious one
Muddy Waters, right?

yup

GM Dizzy Skillespie · Post by **GM Dizzy Skillespie** » Sat Jun 06, 2009 2:36 pm

i see these all the time and now that the question is posed... I have no answer.

Money Gripp · Post by **Money Gripp** » Sat Jun 06, 2009 5:08 pm

You guys suck at this. Let me drop knowledge:

Bad Brains from the Ramones' song "Bad Brain"
Supertouch from the Bad Brains song
Sick of it All took their name from the Negative Approach song "Sick of Talk"
Sheer Terror took their name from the Government Issue song of the same name

Damn, that was harder than I thought.

lj · Post by lj » Sat Jun 06, 2009 6:49 pm

drop dead --> siege.

Money Gripp · Post by **Money Gripp** » Sat Jun 06, 2009 9:10 pm

lj wrote:drop dead --> siege.

Whoa. I already like this guy (no homo).

DLG · Post by **DLG** » Sun Jun 07, 2009 11:11 am

Spiral Architect - Sabbath song, metal band from norway
Obscura - Gorguts album, metal band from germany
Textures - Cynic song, metal band from holland

catfish hunter · Post by **catfish hunter** » Sun Jun 07, 2009 11:50 am

lj wrote:drop dead --> siege.

we have a winner

malpractice · Post by **malpractice** » Sun Jun 07, 2009 7:14 pm

DLG wrote:Spiral Architect - Sabbath song, metal band from norway
Obscura - Gorguts album, metal band from germany
Textures - Cynic song, metal band from holland

dude you just geeked the fuck out with those!

wheels · Post by **wheels** » Sun Jun 07, 2009 7:24 pm

death cab for cutie

LilLeftBrain · Post by **LilLeftBrain** » Mon Jun 08, 2009 12:56 am

Radiohead seems to be the most obvious to me

boogie shoes · Post by **boogie shoes** » Mon Jun 08, 2009 10:09 pm

What about Dark Thrown and Emperor and those metal guys who named them selves shit like Frost i think thats all Celtic Frost inspired lyrical content and song names etc. I think there's a lot.

lj · Post by lj » Sun Feb 14, 2010 12:15 pm

2 more ... i think. can anyone confirm?

tragedy <-- wipers
charred remains <-- autopsy

truthaddict · Post by **truthaddict** » Sun Feb 14, 2010 6:43 pm

Wiki: "Beastie Boys were huge Bad Brains fans, and they intentionally selected a name with the initials B.B. because of this."

The Beastie Boys chose their name when they started out as a punk/hardcore band, and they wanted a name that sounded like Bad Brains.. I remembered reading this in an interview I think when their latest album 'To The 5 Boroughs' dropped, and found it on Wikipedia too.

vaporized2 · Post by **vaporized2** » Mon Feb 15, 2010 11:07 am

Eric's Trip (sonic youth song off daydream nation)

CasOne · Post by **CasOne** » Mon Feb 15, 2010 3:32 pm

wheels wrote:death cab for cutie

after a beatles lyrics right?

Masked Terror #1 · Post by **Masked Terror #1** » Mon Feb 15, 2010 3:41 pm

It's from Magical Mystery Tour (the movie), but it's not performed by The Beatles.

TheBigSleep · Post by **TheBigSleep** » Mon Feb 15, 2010 3:45 pm

I used to know a bunch of these off the top but right now the only thing that springs to mind for whatever reason is that Pretty Girls Make Graves was named after a song by The Smiths and according to Wikipedia The Smiths song "was named after a quote from Jack Kerouac's The Dharma Bums, which Kerouac took from a correspondence between Allen Ginsberg and Bob Dylan".

Pronay · Post by **Pronay** » Mon Feb 15, 2010 5:38 pm

Ladytron (Roxy Music)

TheBigSleep · Post by **TheBigSleep** » Mon Feb 15, 2010 6:28 pm

Well this makes it easier:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ba ... s%27_songs

http://rateyourmusic.com/list/knuten/ba ... fter_songs

http://www.listafterlist.com/tabid/57/l ... Songs.aspx