Rumors abound, but supposedly the band settled on “Pearl” at a brainstorming session in a Seattle restaurant and then got the idea for adding “Jam” after seeing a Neil Young concert where many of his songs became extended jams.Įarly Names: The Tea Set, The Abdabs, The Spectrum 5, Sigma 6, Meggadeaths, Leonard’s Lodgers Pink Floyd Afraid of legal troubles, the band changed their name to Pearl Jam, but did name their first album “Ten,” Blaylock’s jersey number. Pearl Jam was initially called “Mookie Blaylock,” in tribute to the NBA point guard who they all admired. When that didn’t happen, they renamed themselves the Moody Blues, because, a) the band was focused on playing blues and, b) because keyboardist Mike Pinder was interested in how music changed people’s moods.Įarly Names: Skid Row, Fecal Matter, Ted Ed Fred Nirvana: Dave Grohl, Kurt Cobain and Krist Novoselic.Ĭan we just say ENirvana was later sued by a band in the UK who had used the Nirvana name since 1965 they reportedly reached a settlement out of court for $100,000, allowing both bands to use the name.
This band already had dollar signs in their eyes when they performed as the MB5, named after the Mitchells & Butlers Brewery, from whom they hoped to receive a sponsorship. They changed the name to Lynyrd Skynyrd, and in later years actually became friendly with the teacher, even using a photo of his realty company sign on an album. Ronnie Van Zant and friends Allen Collins, Larry Junstrom, Bob Burns and Gary Rossington had kicked around several names before they settled on Leonard Skinnerd, a mocking tribute to their PE teacher, Leonard Skinner, who was known for strictly enforcing their high school’s policy against boys having long hair. SalesĮarly Names: My Backyard, the Noble Five, One Percent Top 15 Best-Selling Rock Artists of All Time in U.S. Accounts differ, but it was either Keith Moon or John Entwistle who had said a previous supergroup band idea “would go down like a ‘lead balloon’.” Page remembered this comment, dropped the “e” in “lead” and changed “balloon” to “zeppelin” for a harder feel.
The next year, he recruited John Bonham, John Paul Jones and Robert Plant. Jimmy Page had a band called The New Yardbirds, after departing The Yardbirds in 1967. Criss had come from a band called “Lips,” which spurred Stanley to suggest “Kiss” as their new name. After a dismal start, the band started working with Peter Criss and Ace Frehley. At the time, “kinky” was a sort of outrageous word, so they also chose their name to get publicity.Įarly Names: Rainbow, Wicked Lester Kiss, from the cover of their Lick It Up albumįounders Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley had briefly used Rainbow as an early band name, but ditched that for Wicked Lester after realizing another band was using the name (not Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow). Looking for a new name, their manager suggested they call themselves the Kinks because of their trendy clothes.
After a failed radio contest to rename the band, roadie John Villanueva’s suggestion of “Journey” stuck.īrothers Ray and Dave Davies had been playing in a band called the Ravens when their drummer quit. Prairie Prince was the original drummer, who soon after debuting with Journey went play with The Tubes and was replaced by Aynsley Dunbar of Frank Zappa’s band. Gregg Rolie and Neal Schon had had success in Santana, and bassist Ross Valory and rhythm guitarist George Tickner had played with local favorites Frumious Bandersnatch. Golden Gate Rhythm Section was originally formed by manager Herbie Herbert to be a backup band for Bay Area acts. Tull was an English agricultural pioneer who helped bring about the British Agricultural Revolution by perfecting a horse-drawn seed drill in 1701 that sowed seeds in neat rows. Finally, their agent suggested using the name Jethro Tull, who unknown to many now, was an actual person. Ian Anderson and his bandmates were used to changing their name almost weekly, due to their poor performances. Jethro TullĮarly Names: Navy Blue, Bag of Blues, Candy Coloured Rain Jethro Tull. Here’s part two our list, from Jethro Tull to Yes. Previously we revealed the original names of 18 famous classic rock bands from A to H. And in some cases, like with U2 or Styx, it might just be the idea they hate the least. Sometimes a band will throw around hundreds of name ideas before they finally find the right one that all members can agree on.
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