Band Names - Why

[Decker]

I was reminded this evening that the name of one of my favourite teenage bands was taken from a novel title, namely, Sad Caf, being taken from

Carson McCullers - The Ballad of the Sad Caf

... trivia away!

On a more gruesome note - My Bloody Valentine

On a more gruesome note - My Bloody Valentine

Steely Dan - William Burroughs' 'Naked Lunch'
Deacon Blue - Steely Dan's 'Deacon Blues'
Duran Duran - from the film 'Barbarella'
Fairport Convention - from Simon Nicol's parents' home

Paul

(knowledge of any of these bands' names is not necessarily to be taken a personal endorsement of said outfit)

Steely Dan - William Burroughs' 'Naked Lunch'
Deacon Blue - Steely Dan's 'Deacon Blues'
Duran Duran - from the film 'Barbarella'
Fairport Convention - from Simon Nicol's parents' home

Paul

(knowledge of any of these bands' names is not necessarily to be taken a personal endorsement of said outfit)

Joy Division - from the novella House of Dolls

Everything but the Girl - slogan from what looks like a classy 80s store in Hull, the slogan in turn coming from a 30s B-movie, 'The Daughter of Shanghai'.

Teardrop Explodes - from a Daredevil comic book

Public Image LTD - from the Muriel Spark Novel, 'The Public Image'

KLF/The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu - from the name of a subversive sect in the Illuminatus! Trilogy

Joy Division - from the novella House of Dolls

Everything but the Girl - slogan from what looks like a classy 80s store in Hull, the slogan in turn coming from a 30s B-movie, 'The Daughter of Shanghai'.

Teardrop Explodes - from a Daredevil comic book

Public Image LTD - from the Muriel Spark Novel, 'The Public Image'

KLF/The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu - from the name of a subversive sect in the Illuminatus! Trilogy

T'Pau - Spocks mum from Star Trek.

T'Pau - Spocks mum from Star Trek.

Originally posted by jaguarpig
T'Pau - Spocks mum from Star Trek.

Don't want to be geekie, but Spock's mum was human.

T'Pau was a Vulcan High Priestess, first seen , I believe in an origianl serires episode called Amok Time.......

I've said too much [:#]

Originally posted by jaguarpig
T'Pau - Spocks mum from Star Trek.

Don't want to be geekie, but Spock's mum was human.

T'Pau was a Vulcan High Priestess, first seen , I believe in an origianl serires episode called Amok Time.......

I've said too much [:#]

The Doors - a poem by William Blake or a book by Aldous Huxley
The Fountains of Wayne - a garden centre in New Jersey
Jethro Tull - the inventor of the seed drill
Lynyrd Syknyrd - a gym teacher
UB40 - dole form

The Doors - a poem by William Blake or a book by Aldous Huxley
The Fountains of Wayne - a garden centre in New Jersey
Jethro Tull - the inventor of the seed drill
Lynyrd Syknyrd - a gym teacher
UB40 - dole form

The Killers - named after fictional band 'The Killers' on the video for New Orders - Crystal

The Killers - named after fictional band 'The Killers' on the video for New Orders - Crystal

Aswad - from the Arabic for 'black'

Frankie Goes to Hollywood - from sticking a pin into a newspaper to find a band name and hitting a sstory about Sinatra going.....

Aswad - from the Arabic for 'black'

Frankie Goes to Hollywood - from sticking a pin into a newspaper to find a band name and hitting a sstory about Sinatra going.....

Originally posted by Slipperman

Originally posted by jaguarpig
T'Pau - Spocks mum from Star Trek.

Don't want to be geekie, but Spock's mum was human.

T'Pau was a Vulcan High Priestess, first seen , I believe in an origianl serires episode called Amok Time.......

I've said too much [:#]

Ooooops[:I]

Originally posted by Slipperman

Originally posted by jaguarpig
T'Pau - Spocks mum from Star Trek.

Don't want to be geekie, but Spock's mum was human.

T'Pau was a Vulcan High Priestess, first seen , I believe in an origianl serires episode called Amok Time.......

I've said too much [:#]

Ooooops[:I]