Groups named song titles from other artists
Stiff Little Fingers -- by The Vibrators
Motorhead - By Hawkwind
Deacon Blue By Steely Dan ( Deacon Blues )
sid presley experience ..named after Sid Vicious , Elvis or Reg Presley and Jimi Hendrix , Noel Reading and Mitch Mitchell ( aka the experience )
Led Zeppelin..... lead balloon named after German Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin
Groups named after people not in the group
Jethro Tull ................ after the 18th-century agriculturist
Franz Ferdinand ............ after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria
Pink Floyd .....The name is derived from the given names of two blues musicians whose Piedmont blues records Barrett had in his collection, Pink Anderson and Floyd Council
and people who are no longer in groups with their name in them
Sensational Alex Harvey Band ............. carried on after Alex Harvey died
Guns 'N' Roses ................................ Tracii Guns left or was fired
LA Guns ................................ Tracii Guns left or was fired
Texas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8oAbxlhrQo
LA Guns
little river band
spiders from mars ......with and without Ziggy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOPLt_m5o-0
Joolz Holland
David Essex
ethiopians
back street boys
Miami sound machine ...............Gloria Estefan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pN-RQg3DFAE
london ss .............mick jones from the clash
geordie .................................Brian Johnson later of AC/DC
Northside