Rock band name origins : the stories of 240 groups and performers / Greg Metzer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Metzer, Greg, 1960- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rock groups--Names--Dictionaries.

Rock groups.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 p.)

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, [2008]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book details the origins of the names of 240 musical acts, focusing on the most popular groups (and a few individual performers) from the 1960s through today. Even casual music fans will recognize almost all of the acts discussed. A few one-hit wonders are included simply because their name is so unusual (Mungo Jerry, for example) that they warrant a place in the study. Each entry focuses on the meaning and/or origin of the act's name, what it had been called previously, and any other names that were considered and rejected during the naming process. Also included are facts and figures ab

Contents:

Cover; Acknowledgments; Table of Contents; Preface; Introduction; ABBA; AC/DC; Ace of Base; Aerosmith; a-ha; Alice in Chains; The All-American Rejects; The Amboy Dukes; Ambrosia; America; The Animals; Art of Noise; Asia; The B-52's; The Babys; Backstreet Boys; Bad Company; Bad English; Badfinger; Bananarama; The Bangles; Barenaked Ladies; Bay City Rollers; The Beach Boys; The Beatles; The Bee Gees; Berlin; Big Brother & the Holding Company; The Black Crowes; Black Sabbath; Blind Melon; blink-182; Blondie; Blood, Sweat & Tears; Blue Öyster Cult; Blues Traveler; Blur; Jon Bon Jovi / Bon Jovi

The Boomtown RatsDavid Bowie; The Box Tops; Bread; Buffalo Springfield; Bush; The Byrds; The Cars; Cheap Trick; Chubby Checker; Chic; Cinderella; The Clash; Coldplay; Collective Soul; Commodores; Alice Cooper; Elvis Costello; Counting Crows; The Cranberries; Cream; Creed; Creedence Clearwater Revival; Culture Club; The Cure; Bobby Darin; Deep Purple; Def Leppard; Depeche Mode; Derek and the Dominos; Devo; Dire Straits; Dr. Hook; The Doobie Brothers; The Doors; Duran Duran; Bob Dylan; The Eagles; Earth, Wind & Fire; Electric Light Orchestra (ELO); Eurythmics; Evanescence; Fastball

The 5th DimensionFirefall; Five for Fighting; The Flaming Lips; Fleetwood Mac; Foghat; Foo Fighters; Foreigner; Frankie Goes to Hollywood; Frankie Valli & the 4 Seasons; Garbage; Genesis; Gin Blossoms; Go-Go's; Goo Goo Dolls; Grand Funk Railroad; Grateful Dead; Green Day; The Guess Who; Guns n' Roses; Heart; Herman's Hermits; The Hollies; The Honeydrippers; Hoobastank; The Hooters; Hootie & the Blowfish; The Human League; Icehouse; Billy Idol; INXS; Jefferson Airplane; Jethro Tull; Jimmy Eat World; Elton John; Journey; Keane; Chaka Khan / Rufus; The Kinks; Kiss; Kool & the Gang; Led Zeppelin

Level 42Loverboy; The Lovin' Spoonful; Lynyrd Skynyrd; Madness; The Mamas & The Papas; Marilyn Manson; Maroon 5; matchbox twenty; Meat Loaf; Metallica; Milli Vanilli; Moby; The Moody Blues; The Mothers of Invention; Mötley Crüe; Mott the Hoople; Mungo Jerry; Naked Eyes; New Order; Nickelback; Night Ranger; Nine Inch Nails; Nirvana; No Doubt; Oasis; Ohio Players; Oingo Boingo; The O'Jays; Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark; The Outfield; Pablo Cruise; Parliament / Funkadelic; Pearl Jam; Pet Shop Boys; Phish; Pink Floyd; Poco; The Pretenders; Procol Harum; Psychedelic Furs; Puddle of Mudd

Pure Prairie LeagueQuarterflash; Queen / Freddie Mercury; ? & the Mysterians; Radiohead; Rage Against the Machine; Ramones; Red Hot Chili Peppers; R.E.M.; REO Speedwagon; Paul Revere & the Raiders; The Righteous Brothers; Smokey Robinson & the Miracles; The Rolling Stones; Roxette; Roxy Music; Rush; Savage Garden; Scorpions; Scritti Politti; Sex Pistols; Simple Minds; Siouxsie & the Banshees; Sixpence None the Richer; Skid Row; Smash Mouth; Smashing Pumpkins; Soundgarden; Spice Girls; Spin Doctors; Spinners; Steely Dan; Steppenwolf; Cat Stevens; Sting / The Police; Stone Temple Pilots; Styx

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Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-7864-5531-4