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Rock Band Name Origins: The Stories of 240 Groups and Performers


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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 about the act's history and place in the rock music pantheon, the year the act was formed, the names of original members and later members of note and the act's best known hit. The book lists bands alphabetically to give the casual reader the opportunity to open it to any page and read at leisure, the historian the ability to easily pinpoint the subject of his or her research, or the die-hard rock fan the chance to learn from A to Z the name origins of the biggest acts in rock and pop music history.

Table of Contents:
Table of Contents Acknowledgments      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 Rats      David 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 Dimension      Firefall      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 42      Loverboy      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 League      Quarterflash      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      Sugar Ray      Supertramp      The Supremes      Survivor      (The) Sweet      Talk Talk      Talking Heads      Tears for Fears      The Temptations      10cc      10,000 Maniacs      Tesla      Thin Lizzy      Third Eye Blind (3eb)      .38 Special      Thompson Twins      Three Dog Night      Toad the Wet Sprocket      Toto      Traveling Wilburys      The Troggs      The Tubes      The Turtles      Shania Twain      Twisted Sister      U2 / Bono / The Edge      Uriah Heep      The Velvet Underground      Vertical Horizon      Village People      The Wallflowers      Wang Chung      War      The Who      Stevie Wonder      XTC      Yes      ZZ Top      Appendix 1: Pervious Names      Appendix 2: Names Considered and Rejected      Index     

About the Author :
Attorney Greg Metzer lives in Edmond, Oklahoma.

Review :
“entertaining volume”—Booklist; “engaging...a well-constructed resource...highly entertaining...an ideal source for music fans”—ARBA; “enjoyable”—Reference & Research Book News.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780786438181
  • Publisher: McFarland & Co Inc
  • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Co Inc
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 256
  • Returnable: Y
  • Spine Width: 13 mm
  • Weight: 345 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0786438185
  • Publisher Date: 04 Jun 2008
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • No of Pages: 256
  • Returnable: Y
  • Sub Title: The Stories of 240 Groups and Performers
  • Width: 152 mm


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