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Groups named after other groups' songs

bigbadbillbigbadbill Posts: 1,758
edited December 2007 in Other Music
For instance,

Alice In Chains - Godsmack
Talking Heads - Radio Head
Ramones - Bad Brains

any others?
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  • Todd76Todd76 Posts: 1,469
    Sonic Youth - Eric's Trip


    .....thats all I got
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  • Matt LukinMatt Lukin Posts: 647
    The Smiths - Pretty Girls Make Graves
    The car's on fire and there's no driver at the wheel
    And the sewers are all muddied with a thousand lonely suicides
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    Van Halen - House of Pain
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    pearl jam - rearviewmirror
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  • Strangest TribeStrangest Tribe Posts: 2,502
    pee diddly---dippy poo
    the Minions
  • South of SeattleSouth of Seattle West Seattle Posts: 10,724
    Garbage - Nickelback :D
    NERDS!
  • JaneNYJaneNY Posts: 4,438
    David Bowie - Low
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  • MLC2006MLC2006 Posts: 861
    Black Sabbath has a song called "Black Sabbath", but I don't know if that counts.
  • ClaudiaClaudia Posts: 398
    South of Seattle wrote:
    Garbage - Nickelback :D

    :D
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    powderfinger
    hear my name
    take a good look
    this could be the day
    hold my hand
    lie beside me
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  • stevieraveonstevieraveon Posts: 413
    Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble

    Double Trouble came from an Otis Rush song
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  • DriftingByTheStormDriftingByTheStorm Posts: 8,684
    Jethro Tull - Aqualung
    Talking Heads - RADIO HEAD (can't believe no one mentioned this one!)
    Primal Scream - Velocity Girl
    Hawkind - Motorhead (Hawkind = Lemmys previous band)
    Neil Young - Powderfinger
    Buzzcocks - Love Battery
    Muddy Waters - Rolling Stones
    The Smiths - Shakespears Sister
    Jane's Addiction - Oceansize
    The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band - Deathcab For Cutie

    100 Bands Named After Songs By Other Bands
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  • audiodaveaudiodave Posts: 1,623
    Kyuss - Mondo Generator
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  • deadmosquitodeadmosquito Posts: 729
    DriftingByTheStorm wrote:
    Jethro Tull - Aqualung
    Talking Heads - RADIO HEAD (can't believe no one mentioned this one!)
    Primal Scream - Velocity Girl
    Hawkind - Motorhead (Hawkind = Lemmys previous band)
    Neil Young - Powderfinger
    Buzzcocks - Love Battery
    Muddy Waters - Rolling Stones
    The Smiths - Shakespears Sister
    Jane's Addiction - Oceansize
    The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band - Deathcab For Cutie

    100 Bands Named After Songs By Other Bands


    haha did you check the first post for the talking heads/radiohead one? it's in there ;)
  • LukinFanLukinFan Florida Posts: 29,070
    South of Seattle wrote:
    Garbage - Nickelback :D
    haha- I love it!
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  • bigbadbillbigbadbill Posts: 1,758
    DriftingByTheStorm wrote:
    Jethro Tull - Aqualung
    Talking Heads - RADIO HEAD (can't believe no one mentioned this one!)
    Primal Scream - Velocity Girl
    Hawkind - Motorhead (Hawkind = Lemmys previous band)
    Neil Young - Powderfinger
    Buzzcocks - Love Battery
    Muddy Waters - Rolling Stones
    The Smiths - Shakespears Sister
    Jane's Addiction - Oceansize
    The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band - Deathcab For Cutie

    100 Bands Named After Songs By Other Bands

    "Talking Heads - RADIO HEAD (can't believe no one mentioned this one!)"
    You need to look at the top of the page:

    roups named after other groups' songs
    For instance,

    Alice In Chains - Godsmack
    Talking Heads - Radio Head
    Ramones - Bad Brains

    any others?
    11/6/95, 11/18/97, 7/13/98, 7/14/98, 10/24/00, 10/25/00, 10/28/00, 6/2/03, 6/3/03, 6/5/03, 7/6/06, 7/7/06, 7/9/06, 7/10/06, 7/13/06, 7/15/06, 7/16/06, 7/18/06, 10/21/06, 4/10/08, 4/13/08, 9/30/09, 10/1/09, 10/6/09, 10/7/09, 10/9/09
  • DriftingByTheStormDriftingByTheStorm Posts: 8,684
    deadmosquito wrote:
    haha did you check the first post for the talking heads/radiohead one? it's in there ;)

    i just want to say

    a. i absolutely 100% was NOT on drugs when i wrote that
    b. i just HAPPEN to have OTHER reasons for having very acute short term memory failure!

    last ten seconds

    :(
    If I was to smile and I held out my hand
    If I opened it now would you not understand?
  • LONGRDLONGRD Posts: 6,036
    hmmm...does this count?
    Matchbox Twenty titled their CD "Mad Season" after the band.
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  • KlaypersonneKlaypersonne Posts: 35
    All Angels Gone, Moya, CanyonsofStatic, and Antennas to Heaven: named after, respectively, a rumored song, an actual song, a movement of a song and another actual song, all by Godspeed You! Black Emperor.
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  • LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSunLikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun Posts: 6,097
    if i had a metal band it would definately be called IRONMAN
  • Lost_ClayLost_Clay Posts: 1,085
    Todd76 wrote:
    Sonic Youth - Eric's Trip


    .....thats all I got

    that's a good one, rick white started a youtube account,

    check it : http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=RickWhiteArchive
    "ah fuck it get in trouble"

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  • jackrabbit slimjackrabbit slim Posts: 564
    and lets not forget temple of the dog got their name from man of golden words(MLB). not the song title but close enough.
  • harmless_little_f***harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    deadmosquito wrote:
    haha did you check the first post for the talking heads/radiohead one? it's in there ;)

    LOL that was funny - first post dude!
    'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'

    - the great Sir Leo Harrison
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