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 Everyone knows Im sure - Led Zeppelin, named by Keith Moon of the Who, said the band would go over like a lead ballon.
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Originally posted by Citanul Citanul wrote:

Originally posted by MikeEnRegalia MikeEnRegalia wrote:

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Shadow Gallery - From the Alan Moore comic/graphic novel V For Vendetta

You mean the V in Room V? I thought it was simply because it was their fifth album.


Sorry about that, maybe I should have been a little clearer.  The comic book is called V For Vendetta, and has a mention of a place called the Shadow Gallery, which is where the name comes from.

Ah, I see ...
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Originally posted by MikeEnRegalia MikeEnRegalia wrote:

Originally posted by Citanul Citanul wrote:

Shadow Gallery - From the Alan Moore comic/graphic novel V For Vendetta

You mean the V in Room V? I thought it was simply because it was their fifth album.


Sorry about that, maybe I should have been a little clearer.  The comic book is called V For Vendetta, and has a mention of a place called the Shadow Gallery, which is where the name comes from.
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Originally posted by Citanul Citanul wrote:

Shadow Gallery - From the Alan Moore comic/graphic novel V For Vendetta

You mean the V in Room V? I thought it was simply because it was their fifth album.
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Originally posted by riversdancing riversdancing wrote:

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If I remember correctly, Rush was about to play at some coffee place (I dunno...) and they still didn't have a name. They were in the basement and some guy named them Rush.


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The name 'Marillion' comes from the famous book The Silmarillion written by J. R. R. Tolkien.

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Apparently the name Hawkwind came from Nik Turners tendancy to clear his throat all the time, in a coarse, mucus producing manner (hawking) and his frequent breaking of wind. I dont think he was even in the band at the time, just a hanger on.
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Shadow Gallery - From the Alan Moore comic/graphic novel V For Vendetta
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Hatfield and The North - the name comes from a traffic sign indicating the motorway goes on to Hatfield and the north (country). I think this is correct.
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Los Canarios (The Canaries); because the main members are from Canary islands.
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Originally posted by Arsillus Arsillus wrote:

If I remember correctly, Rush was about to play at some coffee place (I dunno...) and they still didn't have a name. They were in the basement and some guy named them Rush.

I guess they were in a RUSH to find a name
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Originally posted by spectral spectral wrote:

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Quote Dream Theater was taken from a book by jackie collins based on a teenage girl who gets lost in the woods near her home and has to survive on her dreams alone by pretending that her hands are in fact puppets on a broadway stage.


Actually no it wasn't. If you check DTFAQ.com it mentions that Mike's father told them to use the name after a recently torn down theater with the name that was a bit of an icon to them. Also, there original name was Majesty but was changed when another band requested them to stop using it since they had already beaten them to it.

sorry dude, you are totally wrong there, it was definitely taken from a jackie collins novel - Uncle Portnoy told me.

You should tell your uncle to change the info on his website then
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Originally posted by Lyzarrd Lyzarrd wrote:

Quote Dream Theater was taken from a book by jackie collins based on a teenage girl who gets lost in the woods near her home and has to survive on her dreams alone by pretending that her hands are in fact puppets on a broadway stage.


Actually no it wasn't. If you check DTFAQ.com it mentions that Mike's father told them to use the name after a recently torn down theater with the name that was a bit of an icon to them. Also, there original name was Majesty but was changed when another band requested them to stop using it since they had already beaten them to it.

sorry dude, you are totally wrong there, it was definitely taken from a jackie collins novel - Uncle Portnoy told me.
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Osanna: the singer opened the Italian dictionary and the first word found was just Osanna...
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Originally posted by BaldFriede BaldFriede wrote:

Originally posted by BleedingGum BleedingGum wrote:

DURAN DURAN was taken from the movie Jane Fonda's Barbarella. I think it was the robot's name [?]

DJAM KARET is taken from Indonesian word, means: Rubber Time

GENESIS was taken from the Bible

YES was taken from English Dictionary




Genesis wanted to name themselves "Revelation" first, but another band had already taken that name (whatever became of them???). Hence their first album title.
The mad scientist in Barbarella was named "Duran Duran"

It was the other way: the band wanted to be called "Genesis" (a name given by Jonathan King, their producer), but they discovered that there was a band from the U.S. called "Genesis", which released an album in Mercury Records in 1968 (they also had a female lead singer). So, they changed to "Revelation" for a short time, so the name of their first album was "From Genesis to Revelation". This is mentioned in the original inner sleeve notes of this album. See http://www.genesismuseum.com/ , click on the "Vynil" section link, then click on the "From Genesis to Revelation" link.
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Quote Dream Theater was taken from a book by jackie collins based on a teenage girl who gets lost in the woods near her home and has to survive on her dreams alone by pretending that her hands are in fact puppets on a broadway stage.


Actually no it wasn't. If you check DTFAQ.com it mentions that Mike's father told them to use the name after a recently torn down theater with the name that was a bit of an icon to them. Also, there original name was Majesty but was changed when another band requested them to stop using it since they had already beaten them to it.
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Points: 21203 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 21 2005 at 15:35

And here's another idea on ZZ Top:

zz top
  
It's a word play on two of the more popular brands of rolling papers, Zig-Zag and Top...
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There was a band in the early eighties called Naked Lunch which proves that Burroughs provided sources for band names after the Prog Era,

Jefferson Airplane are named after a fictious blues musician called Blind Dog Jefferson Airplane..

Somebody mentioned Talking Heads, but what about the Brian Eno song called "Kings Lead Hat" which is an anagram of Talking Heads? On the new wave era, Joy Division were named after prostitution rings in WWII concentration camps, while New Order is a dodgy name when you think of it...
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Originally posted by BaldFriede BaldFriede wrote:

Originally posted by BleedingGum BleedingGum wrote:

Originally posted by BaldFriede BaldFriede wrote:

Originally posted by BleedingGum BleedingGum wrote:

DURAN DURAN was taken from the movie Jane Fonda's Barbarella. I think it was the robot's name [?]

DJAM KARET is taken from Indonesian word, means: Rubber Time

GENESIS was taken from the Bible

YES was taken from English Dictionary




Genesis wanted to name themselves "Revelation" first, but another band had already taken that name (whatever became of them???). Hence their first album title.
The angel in Barbarella was named "Duran Duran", if I remember right.

You might be right on that angel name. I just do not recall it clearly.

Wasn't sure myself and looked it up, and I was wrong. See my corrected post.


Yes, I saw your updated post. Hm... maybe the scientist was an angel named Duran Duran??
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Points: 21203 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 21 2005 at 15:29

Here's an improved version for the Mothers:

MOTHERS OF INVENTION - Frank Zappa's highly experimental band was originally just called the Mothers, their record label asked them to change it (because it could be taken as an obscenity) and out of necessity they added "of Invention" since "Necessity is the mother of invention."

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