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| A combination of a recipe that the band's manager read in a book and the band's fascination with the occult. | |
| Guitarist Ritchie Blackmore's grandmother liked this Bing Crosby song. | |
| While taking suggestions for a new name, someone noticed that the band members were already so hard of hearing that they kept saying this. | |
| While trying to think of a name that would show that the band had three lead singers, they nearly settled on 'Tricycle.' | |
| Taken from the Bob Dylan tune 'The ballad of Frankie Lee and...' | |
| Named after Robert E. Lee High school gym coach who punished founding members Gary Rossington and Bob Burns several times for breaking the school's strict dress code. | |
| Their name was inspired by the Byrds, who were a big influence on them. | |
| They began as Mighty Joe Young, until they learned a Blues musician was already using that name. Fascinated by the logo for the motor oil additive STP. | |
| Named after a 1963 horror movie starring Boris Karloff. | |
| Taken from a 1972 movie starring Jeff Bridges. | |
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| British guitarist Mick Jones started the band in New York and chose this name. | |
| Named after a medieval torture device. | |
| The made-for-TV band was given an animal name to sound like so many other mid-60s groups. The moniker was supposed to reflect the group's mischievous on-screen behavior. | |
| Popular rumor says that the name is an allusion to guitarist Lesley West's large size. | |
| Name was inspired by two American blues artists | |
| In honor of Paul McCartney, who, early in his career, used to call himself Paul... | |
| The working title of the Beatles song 'A Little Help From My Friends'. | |
| Drummer Stewart Copeland, whose father worked for the CIA, named his band before some other members joined. | |
| Their name describes the financial situation they were in when forming the band. | |
| The band took their name from the title of a book by Aldous Huxley, The...of Perception. | |
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