List of bands named after other performers' songs
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This is a list of bands whose names are taken from songs by other artists where both artists in question have articles on the English Wikipedia.
Exact matches
- 10 Seconds of Forever, after Hawkwind's "10 Seconds of Forever"
- A Day in the Life (now known as Hawthorne Heights), after the Beatles song "A Day in the Life".
- ABC, after The Jackson 5's "ABC"
- After Forever, after Black Sabbath's "After Forever"
- All American Rejects after the Green Day song Reject
- All Time Low, from the lyrics 'and it feels like I'm at an all-time low' from New Found Glory song, "Head on Collision"
- Aqualung, after Jethro Tull's "Aqualung"
- Between the Buried and Me, in the song "Ghost Train" by Counting Crows The lyrics say "Fifty Million feet of earth between the buried and me"
- Big Country, after talking heads's "The Big Country"
- Blonde Redhead, after the DNA song "Blonde Redhead"
- Bonded by Blood, after Exodus's "Bonded by blood".
- Boom Boom Satellites, after Sigue Sigue Sputnik's "Boom Boom Satellite" from their album Dress for Excess
- Boris, after Melvins' "Boris" from their album Bullhead
- Bury Your Dead, after The Haunted's "Bury Your Dead"
- Con Funk Shun, after New Birth's "Con-Funk-Shun" [1]
- Cross-Eyed Mary, from Jethro Tull's 1971 album Aqualung
- Death Cab for Cutie, after Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band's "Death Cab for Cutie" on their album Gorilla[2]
- Deacon Blue, after Steely Dan's "Deacon Blues" on their album Aja
- Deep Purple, after Peter DeRose's "Deep Purple" (most notably performed by Nino Tempo & April Stevens)
- DumDum Boys, after Iggy Pop's "Dum Dum Boys"
- Dum Dum Girls, after Iggy Pop's "Dum Dum Boys" as well as The Vaselines album "Dum Dum"
- Ella Guru, after Captain Beefheart's "Ella Guru"
- Eric's Trip, after Sonic Youth's "Eric's Trip"
- FireHouse, after Kiss's "Firehouse"
- Fuck the Facts, after Naked City's "Fuck the Facts"
- Funeral for a Friend, after Planes Mistaken for Stars's "Funeral for a Friend" (although some believe it's after Elton John's "Love Lies Bleeding (Funeral for a Friend)")
- Head Like a Hole, after Nine Inch Nails' "Head Like A Hole"
- Hello Goodbye, after The Beatles' "Hello, Goodbye"
- Hit the Lights, after Metallica's "Hit the Lights"
- Hunters & Collectors, after Can's "Hunters and Collectors" from the Landed album
- In Fear And Faith, after Circa Survive's "In Fear And Faith"
- Jet, after Wings' "Jet"
- Kashmir after Led Zeppelin's "Kashmir"
- The Kooks, after David Bowie's "Kooks" from his album Hunky Dory
- Ladytron, after Roxy Music's "Ladytron"
- Little Birdy, after Ween's "Little Birdy" from the album Pure Guava
- The Living End, after The Stray Cats' "The Living End"
- Madness, after Prince Buster's "Madness"[3]
- Merciless Death, after Dark Angel's "Merciless Death"
- Mr. Big, after Free's "Mr. Big"
- The Musical Box, after the Genesis song on the 1971 Nursery Cryme album
- Nickel Creek, after Byron Berline's "Nickel Creek"
- Nine Below Zero, after Sonny Boy Williamson II's "Nine Below Zero"
- Oceansize after Jane's Addiction's "Ocean Size"
- The Ordinary Boys, after Morrissey's "The Ordinary Boys"
- Overkill, after Motörhead's "Overkill"
- Powderfinger, after Neil Young's "Powderfinger"
- Pretty Girls Make Graves, after The Smiths' song by the same name.
- Regular John, after Queens of the Stone Age's "Regular John"
- Riders on the Storm, after The Doors's "Riders on the Storm"
- Right Said Fred, after Bernard Cribbins' single by the same name
- Roxette, after Dr. Feelgood's "Roxette"
- Ruins, after Henry Cow's "Ruins"
- Scary Kids Scaring Kids, after Cap'n Jazz's "Scary Kids Scaring Kids"
- Seether, after Veruca Salt's "Seether"
- Shakespears Sister, after The Smiths's "Shakespeare's Sister"
- Shook Ones, after Mobb Deep's "Shook Ones"
- The Sisters of Mercy, after Leonard Cohen's "Sisters of Mercy"
- Spiral Architect, after Black Sabbath's "Spiral Architect"
- Spoon, after the 1970s German avant-garde band Can's song "Spoon"
- Stars of Track and Field, after Belle and Sebastian's "Stars of Track and Field"
- Starsailor, after Tim Buckley's "Starsailor" from his album of the same name
- Stiff Little Fingers, after The Vibrators's "Stiff Little Fingers"
- Strung Short, after Shabutie's "Strung Short"
- Sweet Thing, after Van Morrison's "Sweet Thing" [4]
- The Sunshine Underground, after The Chemical Brothers' "The Sunshine Underground"
- Uh Huh Her, after PJ Harvey's unreleased song "Uh Huh Her" that was cut from the album Uh Huh Her
- Velocity Girl, after Primal Scream's "Velocity Girl"
- Winds of Plague, after Unearth's "Endless"
- Wow & Flutter, after Stereolab's "Wow and Flutter"
Approximations and partial matches
- All Time Low, after a line from New Found Glory's "Head on Collision"
- The Black Angels, after Velvet Underground's "The Black Angel's Death Song"
- Bad Brains, after The Ramones' song "Bad Brain"
- Boredoms, after Buzzcocks' "Boredom" from Spiral Scratch
- The Boy Least Likely To, after Morrissey's "The Girl Least Likely To"
- Burning Airlines, after Brian Eno's "Burning Airlines Give You So Much More"
- A Certain Ratio, after a line from Brian Eno's "The True Wheel"
- Candlebox, after a line from Midnight Oil's "Tin Legs and Tin Mines": "boxed in like candles"
- Canned Heat, after Tommy Johnson's song "Canned Heat Blues" from 1928.[5]
- Curved Air, after Terry Riley's "A Rainbow in Curved Air"
- Dizzy Mizz Lizzy, after Larry Williams' "Dizzy Miss Lizzy"
- Dovetail Joint, after a line in The Beatles' "Glass Onion"
- Felt, after a line in Television's "Venus": "How we fell...t"
- The Get Up Kids, after The Cure's "Suburban Get Up Kids"
- Gigolo Aunts, after Syd Barrett's "Gigolo Aunt"
- Girl in a Coma, after The Smiths' "Girlfriend in a Coma"
- Judas Priest, after Bob Dylan's "The Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest"[6]
- The Killers, after the name of the fictional band in the music video for the New Order song "Crystal".[7]
- Lady Gaga, after Queen's "Radio Ga Ga"
- Lockgroove, after Stereolab's "Lock-Groove Lullaby"
- Mayhem, after Venom's "Mayhem with Mercy"
- Mob Rules, after Black Sabbath's "The Mob Rules"
- Motörhead after Hawkwind's "Motorhead"
- the Mountain Goats after Screamin' Jay Hawkins' "Yellow Coat"
- The Naked and Famous after The Presidents of the United States of America's "Naked and Famous"
- Nazareth after a line from The Band's "The Weight"; "I pulled into Nazareth, Was feelin' about half past dead..."[8]
- Nightmare of You after The Cure's "Kyoto Song", which starts off "A nightmare of you"
- Old 97's after Johnny Cash's "The Wreck of the Old 97"
- Panic! at the Disco after The Smiths' "Panic"
- Pretty Things, after Bo Diddley's "Pretty Thing"
- Raveonettes, after Buddy Holly's "Rave On"
- Radio Birdman, from a line in The Stooges' "1970"
- Radiohead, after the Talking Heads' "Radio Head"
- The Rolling Stones, after Muddy Waters' "Rolling Stone"
- Sepultura, after Motörhead's "Dancing on Your Grave" (Sepultura is Portuguese for grave)
- Shakespears Sister, after The Smiths' "Shakespeare's Sister"
- Silverchair, a misspelling of Nirvana's "Sliver" and You Am I's "Berlin Chair"
- Sister Machine Gun, after a line from Skinny Puppy's "Tin Omen"
- Stukas Over Bedrock, after The Dickies song "Stukas Over Disneyland"
- Suburban Kids with Biblical Names, after line from Silver Jews' "People"
- Texas Is the Reason, after a line from The Misfits' "Bullet"
- Through the Eyes of the Dead, after Cannibal Corpse's "Staring Through The Eyes of The Dead"
- Warsaw (later became Joy Division), after David Bowie's "Warszawa"
Incorrect associations
- BarlowGirl is not named after Superchick's "Barlow Girls". In fact, the song was recorded as a tribute to the band.
- I Set My Friends On Fire was not named after Aiden's "I Set My Friends On Fire". They stated on the Myspace blog that "(They) didn't even know that it was an Aiden song until it was too late."
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