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

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
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Origin of Name	Band Name
Unidentified fireballs seen by WW2 pilots
S & M magazine title
Slang for stimulent drug Dexedrine
Town nearest to a pin stuck in a US map
Slang term for male ejaculate
1890's physical/musical instruction
Group of sex slaves used by Nazis
UK unemployment registration form
Title of a Hermann Hesse novel
Piano wire death dance in Nazi prison
Vulcan high priestess
Moon/Entwistle joke on 'doomed supergroup'
The band's undersized LA accommodation
From JRR Tolkein's unfinished final novel
The gang in a Woodie Guthrie novel
Surname pseudonym of Paul McCartney
Small change returned by Starbucks barrista
Spirit revealed via a ouija board
Corruption of name of school gym coach
Beano character based on Model-T Ford nickname
Marijuana cigarette (fraternal)

Origin of Name	Band Name
Term for TV shot of the top part of a presenter
Initials of brewery 'Mitchells & Butlers'
SanFran college matchstick spliff holder
Muddy Waters song of same name
French magazine 'Fashion Update'
Average amount of male ejaculate
Steam powered dildo in 'Naked Lunch'
Villain in 60's film 'Barbarella'
Power supply on a sewing machine
19th Century English agriculturalist
Ghost thanks man for paying his funeral costs
Talking Heads song of same name
50's Aldous Huxley novel/Blake quote
Title of a William Burroughs novel
English siblings in Tintin comics
Cool Mods of diminutive stature
Unlit liaison rooms in gay discos
1950's beehive hairstyle
Character in 'To Kill a Mockingbird'
Boris Karloff 1963 horror movie
Acronym of member's first names

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Band Name Origins Quiz

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Created Dec 14, 2010 in Music
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	Ibarez:	Jun 29th, 2011 at 02:12 GMT		3 points
	The one about 10cc is, I think, disputed by some. Some of these are 100% true, but the one about the Grateful Dead is questionable. I believe the band name comes from the Egyptian Book of the Dead. Though how it was extracted from that text I'm not sure. Some of these I was unaware of and, if true, are very interesting.

	zeppelinoid:	Jul 2nd, 2011 at 08:39 GMT		2 points
	@Ibarez: Lol Creme confirmed that the 10cc rumour was correct in an April 1988 interview with Pulse magazine and it is also confirmed by Graham Gouldman in the 10cc World website. It is further confirmed in the 10cc Fan Site. The full story is that Jonathan King had a dream in which he saw a band with the name 10cc. The average amount of make ejaculate is actually 9cc and so 10cc were 1cc more potent. The story has been disputed by Kevin Godley and Jonathan King, but the latter's veracity could be questioned.

	zeppelinoid:	Jul 2nd, 2011 at 08:50 GMT		1 point
	@Ibarez: According to Phil "Jerry Garcia picked up an old Britannica World Language Dictionary and said "Hey, man, how about the Grateful Dead?". The definition there was "the soul of a dead person, or his angel, showing gratitude to someone who, as an act of charity, arranged their burial." This is based on an old English folk story which in turn derives from older stories fron across Europe. Most other stories relating to the name origin are similar. There is the following phrase on the Egyptian Book of the Dead: "In the land of the night the ship of the sun is drawn by the grateful dead." However, not of the sources relating to bank member's explanations attribute the name to this origin.

	rats60:	Aug 10th, 2011 at 22:46 GMT		1 point
	The Lovin Spoonful took their name from John Hurt's Coffee Blues. The Jefferson Airplane took their name from Blind Melon Jefferson. Also, both Cheap Trick and Alice Cooper got their names from an ouija board.

	AtomicIce:	Sep 16th, 2011 at 03:29 GMT		2 points
	1) Can't believe how many people missed the TV shot one, considering the ANSWER IS ON THE PAGE already. 2) mad that I missed the LA accommodation one the first time, considering I saw the pop-up video about them just a few weeks ago.

	LacsiraxAriscal:	Mar 18th, 2012 at 23:59 GMT		2 points
	The 10cc one is definitely disputed, but any quiz that includes 10cc is worth 5 globes to me. :)

	itsacon:	Jul 15th, 2012 at 02:40 GMT		0 points
	I'd have to question the Thomson Twins one, because in Tintin the two detectives from Scotland Yard are Thomson and Thompson, not Thomson and Thomson.

	zeppelinoid:	Jul 15th, 2012 at 14:20 GMT		2 points
	@itsacon: That is part of the joke. Thomson and Thompson are identical but have different surnames. The Thomson Twins are more than 2 and do not look anything like each other.