weslgarlic Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weslgarlic Posted August 27, 2013 Author Share Posted August 27, 2013 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DropDown Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 Cousteau - band named after the great oceanographer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sagittarius Rising Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 Interesting about Pink Floyd, for years I thought that was a reference to a whales penis. Tracii Guns must be a real asshole to either have to leave or be fired from two of his own groups. It would be akin to Jeff Beck getting fired or leaving the Jeff Beck Group. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pottedplant Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 Interesting about Pink Floyd, for years I thought that was a reference to a whales penis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAS Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 Lynyrd Skynyrd - Band's gym teacher. Marshall Tucker Band - Blind piano tuner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plantpothead Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 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 firedWeren't they called The Pink Floyd Sound? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Duck Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 Lynyrd Skynyrd - Band's gym teacher. Marshall Tucker Band - Blind piano tuner. I didn't know that about Lynyrd Skynyrd. I assume the gym teacher's actual name has the more conventional spelling; i.e. Leonard Skinner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles J. White Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 BTO: Bachman Turner Overdrive Between 1991 and 2005 I believe Randy Bachman was no longer in the band Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strider Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 I didn't know that about Lynyrd Skynyrd. I assume the gym teacher's actual name has the more conventional spelling; i.e. Leonard Skinner. Yes, his name was Leonard Skinner and he was the Phys Ed teacher at Robert E. Lee High School in Jacksonville, FL., where he was known to strictly enforce the school's 'no long hair on boys' policy. He passed away three years ago. http://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/sep/21/lynyrd-skynyrd-teacher-dies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the chase Posted August 28, 2013 Share Posted August 28, 2013 J. Geils is no longer in The J. Geils band... Molly Hatchet Tesla Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the chase Posted August 28, 2013 Share Posted August 28, 2013 Weren't they called The Pink Floyd Sound? yes but Syd Barret did name the band after 2 Jazz Artists.. Pink Anderson and Floyd Council..(just like Mr Garlic said) A couple others ... Van Der Graaf Generator and uh..... Led Zeppelin.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weslgarlic Posted August 29, 2013 Author Share Posted August 29, 2013 Marilyn Manson -- Named after Marilyn Monroe & Charles Manson Alice Cooper - Named after a witch from the Salem witch trials Jane's Addiction - Named after a hooker with a drugs problem Kilo Riley - named after a sportsman Dead Kennedy's - named after the Kennedy bothers who are dead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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