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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.
"Awesome" is a band from Tennessee, self-described as "Part band, part art collective." [ 1 ] Although they rejected the "rock band" label, Lane Czaplinski, artistic director of On the Boards remarked, "If they are not rock musicians, there is rock payoff."
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 band's deliberately silly moniker also earned it a spot in the 2006 edition of The A.V. Club's tongue-in-cheek feature The Year in Band Names. [25] Andrea Swensson of City Pages said "they play with a seriousness that sharply contrasts the silly nature of their music."
"Go Away" is a song by Cuban American singer and songwriter Gloria Estefan. It was released in April 1993 as the fourth and last single worldwide and third to the United States from her fourth solo album and second compilation, Greatest Hits (1992).
"Gone Away" is a song by American rock band the Offspring. Written by the band's singer, Dexter Holland, it is the seventh track on the band's fourth studio album, Ixnay on the Hombre (1997), and was released as its second single. It also appears as the sixth track on Greatest Hits (2005).
The Fresh Beat Band ("The Fresh Beat Band!") – Matter Music (Sung by Yvette Gonzalez-Nacer, Thomas Hobson, Shayna Rose/Tara Perry, and Jon Beavers) Fresh Beat Band of Spies – Peter Zizzo; The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air ("Yo' Home to Bel-Air") – DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince; Friday Night Dinner – ("Animal") – Miike Snow