Can you name the bands from the origin of their names?

created by zeppelinoid
  • Enter a Band Name in the box below
  • Correctly named Band Names will show up below
  • Answers do not have to be guessed in order
  • Source: Various including DigitalDreamDoor
  • The brief descriptions summarise where it is believed each band derived its name
  • This quiz has not been verified by Sporcle
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Origin of NameBand Name
Ghost thanks man for paying his funeral costs
Title of a Hermann Hesse novel
Steam powered dildo in 'Naked Lunch'
Villain in 60's film 'Barbarella'
Unidentified fireballs seen by WW2 pilots
Slang term for male ejaculate
English siblings in Tintin comics
Spirit revealed via a ouija board
Character in 'To Kill a Mockingbird'
1950's beehive hairstyle
Piano wire death dance in Nazi prison
From JRR Tolkein's unfinished final novel
Talking Heads song of same name
Surname pseudonym of Paul Mccarney
Acronym of member's first names
Muddy Waters song of same name
Marijuana cigarette (fraternal)
Unlit liaison rooms in gay discos
UK unemployment registration form
Group of sex slaves used by Nazis
Beano character based on Model-T Ford nickname
Origin of NameBand Name
Boris Karloff 1963 horror movie
French magazine 'Fashion Update'
Moon/Entwistle joke on 'doomed supergroup'
Small change returned by Starbucks barrista
Title of a William Burroughs novel
1890's physical/musical instruction
Cool Mods of diminutive stature
Term for TV shot of the top part of a presenter
The gang in a Woodie Guthrie novel
19th Century English agriculturalist
Average amount of male ejaculate
Vulcan high priestess
50's Aldous Huxley novel/Blake quote
Slang for stimulent drug Dexedrine
S & M magazine title
Initials of brewery 'Mitchells & Butlers'
SanFran college matchstick spliff holder
Corruption of name of school gym coach
Power supply on a sewing machine
The band's undersized LA accommodation
Town nearest to a pin stuck in a US map
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Band Name Origins Quiz

  1. by zeppelinoid
  • Created Dec 14, 2010 in Music
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