Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Many notable bands originally went by different names before becoming successful. [1] This list of original names of bands lists former official band names, some of them are significantly different from the eventual current names. This list does not include former band names that have only minor differences, such as stylisation changes, with ...
Frontman Billie Joe Armstrong wrote a song called "Green Day" about his first experience with the drug, and it soon replaced "Sweet Children" as the band's name. [164] Gukurahundi – The band's name "Gukurahundi" comes from the Shona language meaning "Cleansing rain" and a series of mass killings that took place in Zimbabwe.
8. Buffalo Springfield. Before he became a successful solo act, Neil Young was a member of the folk-rock group Buffalo Springfield alongside Stephen Stills of Crosby, Stills, and Nash.
The group had no official name in its early years, and when the name the Wrecking Crew was first used is a subject of contention. The name was in common use by April 1981 when Hal Blaine used it in an interview with Modern Drummer. The name became more widely known when Blaine used it in his 1990 memoir, attributing it to older musicians who ...
Conventional wisdom suggests that you need at least three people to start a band. You might require four or five depending on the sound you’re trying to achieve, and a lot more if you want to ...
If a performer releases two or more songs of the same name, use the year of release, or the year and name of the artist ("Heaven" (1977 Bonnie Tyler song) and "Heaven" (1998 Bonnie Tyler song)) You may include the name of the film or musical a song was released on ("Almost There" (The Princess and the Frog song)), or the studio which owns its ...
The Husker Du-like anthemic power of songs like “The House That Heaven Built” turned the duo into a critically acclaimed band that has toured around the world. 14. Tenacious D
Black Sabbath took their name after writing the song of the same name, which in turn was named after the 1963 film of the same name. Blue Murder, after a song on their first album. Butthole Surfers, in the early years of band, they performed under a different name every show. In a gig, the announcer forgot their name so he used a title of one ...