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Originally posted by Lewian Lewian wrote:

For a very short time my first band was called Athabasca, which is a place in Canada none of us had ever been to. We just took it randomly from a map, but fairly quickly for I don't remember what reason we didn't like that name anymore.

Because of the tar sands, maybe?Wink


You remind me of the Québécois band Ungava... they were from Montréal. 
Same province, though. 




Edited by Sean Trane - July 13 2022 at 04:38
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keep our sand-castle virtues
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For a very short time my first band was called Athabasca, which is a place in Canada none of us had ever been to. We just took it randomly from a map, but fairly quickly for I don't remember what reason we didn't like that name anymore.


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Plaistow were from Switzerland, although I'm not 100% sure whether their name has other reasons than the existence of a London suburb of that name. (In fact many examples could exist of band names for which one can find a small place somewhere, but let's say in this case I'd give it a subjective probability of around 50% that they called themselves after that place.)
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The band who did my current number one album of 2022 is called Weserbergland, which is a region in Germany, and they're from Norway.
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Black Sea are from Brazil.

Bremen are from Sweden.
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Antigua y Barbuda are from Spain.

Arctic Plateau is from Italy.
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There was a glam/hair metal band called London, but they were from the USA.   They wernt one of the more famous glam/hair metal bands, but they did appear in an 80s documentry called The Decline of Western Civilisation: The Metal Years

I tried looking up the rock band Presidents Of The United States Of America, but they cant count as they are from the USA.
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Originally posted by Lewian Lewian wrote:

Leningrad Cowboys (Finland)

Nice one! As hailed by Aki Kaurismaki Clap

I always remember the story of Flamborough Head (Ned) playing for CRS in Rotherham on the Saturday, before being taken for a day out to see FH before they flew back.. Smile
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How could i have not thought of Trans Siberian Orchestra, considering i have 4 of their albums on CD and one of them on vinyl.   I didnt realise Portishead was a location.   Its nice that a fair amount of others have replied. I was actually afraid that this thread idea might not have atracted genuine interest.
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Kazachstán are from the Czech Republic 

Krakow and Kaukasus are both from Norway.
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America (consisted of US nationals but was founded in the UK)
Frankie Goes To Hollywood (UK)
Big In Japan (UK)
French TV (USA)
Kensington (Netherlands)

Perhaps relevant in a broader sense: "Satanique Samba Trio" is a quintet which doesn't play samba and isn't particularly satanic either.
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Mostly real places, some fictional:

Beirut (Santa Fe)
Cleaners From Venus (Essex, UK)
Of Montreal (Athens, Georgia)
Nile (Greenville, South Carolina)
Phoenix (Versailles, France)
Apollonia 6 (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
Orleans (Woodstock, New York)
Bermuda Triangle (New York)
Atlantide (France)
Cirith Ungol (Ventura, California)
Zoviet France (Newcastle upon Tyne in north east England)
Mouse on Mars are two Berlin based Germans
...and Portishead are from Bristol
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Originally posted by Easy Money Easy Money wrote:

Originally posted by HolyMoly HolyMoly wrote:

Sun Ra is actually from Saturn, not the Sun.
Or Birmingham Alabama.
same thing.
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Originally posted by HolyMoly HolyMoly wrote:

Sun Ra is actually from Saturn, not the Sun.
Or Birmingham Alabama.

Edited by Easy Money - July 12 2022 at 17:01
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Sun Ra is actually from Saturn, not the Sun.
My other avatar is a Porsche

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London Underground (Italy)
Mekong Delta (Germany)
Trans-Siberian Orchestra (USA)
Alaska Range (Switzerland)
Alcatraz (Germany)


Edited by progaardvark - July 12 2022 at 15:31
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