List of bands named after other performers' songs

This is a list of bands whose names are taken from songs by other artists where both artists in question have articles on the English Wikipedia.

Exact matches

* A Day in the Life (now known as Hawthorne Heights), after the Beatles song "A Day in the Life."
* As Your Voice Fades..., after Emery's "As Your Voice Fades"
* After Forever, after Black Sabbath's "After Forever"
* Boom Boom Satellites, after Sigue Sigue Sputnik's "Boom Boom Satellite" from their album "Dress for Excess"
* Boris, after Melvins' "Boris" from their album "Bullhead"
* Bury Your Dead, after The Haunted's "Bury Your Dead"
* Death Cab for Cutie, after Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band's "Death Cab for Cutie" on their album "Gorilla" [citation|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-418213.html|title=Death Cab for Cutie|publisher=The Washington Post|date=February 16, 2001]
* Deacon Blue, after Steely Dan's "Deacon Blues" on their album "Aja"
* Deep Purple, after Peter DeRose's "Deep Purple"
* DumDum Boys, after Iggy Pop's "Dum Dum Boys"
* Ella Guru, after Captain Beefheart's "Ella Guru"
* Eric's Trip, after Sonic Youth's "Eric's Trip"
* Funeral for a Friend, after Planes Mistaken for Stars's "Funeral for a Friend" (although some believe it's after Elton John's "Love Lies Bleeding (Funeral for a Friend)")
* Godsmack, after Alice In Chains' "God Smack"
* Hello Goodbye, after The Beatles' "Hello, Goodbye"
* How We Are, after Lifetime's "How We Are"
* Hit the Lights, after Metallica's "Hit the Lights"
* Kashmir after Led Zeppelin's "Kashmir"
* Kooks, after David Bowie's "Kooks" from his album "Hunky Dory"
* Ladytron, after Roxy Music's "Ladytron"
* Little Birdy, after Ween's "Little Birdy" from the album "Pure Guava"
* Little League, after Cap'n Jazz's "Little League"
* The Living End, after The Stray Cats' "The Living End"
* Nickel Creek, after Byron Berline's "Nickel Creek"
* Nine Below Zero, after Sonny Boy Williamson II's "Nine Below Zero"
* Oh Messy Life, after Cap'n Jazz's "Oh Messy Life"
* The Ordinary Boys, after Morrissey's "The Ordinary Boys"
* Overkill, after Motörhead's "Overkill"
* Polar Bear Club, after Silent Majority's "Polar Bear Club"
* Powderfinger, after Neil Young's "Powderfinger"
* Pretty Girls Make Graves, after The Smiths' "Pretty Girls Make Graves" (debatable, may both take name from same Jack Kerouac quote)
* Proud Mary, after Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Proud Mary"
* Radiohead, After The Talking Heads song "Radio Head"
* The Rolling Stones, after the Muddy Waters song "Rolling Stone"
* Roxette, after Dr. Feelgood's "Roxette"
* Ruins, after Henry Cow's "Ruins"
* Scary Kids Scaring Kids, after Cap'n Jazz's "Scary Kids Scaring Kids"
* Shook Ones, after Mobb Deep's "Shook Ones"
* The Sisters of Mercy, after Leonard Cohen's "Sisters of Mercy"
* Spiral Architect, after Black Sabbath's "Spiral Architect"
* Spoon, after the 1970s German avant-garde band Can's song "Spoon" (the theme song to the movie "Das Messer")
* Stars of Track and Field, after Belle and Sebastian's "Stars of Track and Field"
* Stiff Little Fingers, after The Vibrators' "Stiff Little Fingers"
* The Sunshine Underground, after The Chemical Brothers' "The Sunshine Underground"
* Uh Huh Her, after PJ Harvey's unreleased song "Uh Huh Her" that was cut from the album "Uh Huh Her"
* Wow & Flutter, after Stereolab's "Wow and Flutter"

Approximations and partial matches

* The All-American Rejects, after the line from Green Day's "Reject", "your reject All-American"
* Burning Airlines, after Brian Eno's "Burning Airlines Give You So Much More"
* A Certain Ratio, after a line from Brian Eno's "The True Wheel"
* Boredoms, after Buzzcocks' "Boredom" from "Spiral Scratch"
* Curved Air, after Terry Riley's "A Rainbow in Curved Air"
* Dizzy Mizz Lizzy, after The Beatles' "Dizzy Miss Lizzy"
* Franky Lee, after Bob Dylan's "The Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest"
* The Get Up Kids, after The Cure's "Suburban Get Up Kids"
* The Gigolo Aunts, after Syd Barrett's "Gigolo Aunt"
* Godsmack, after Alice in Chains' "God Smack"
* Judas Priest, after Bob Dylan's "The Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest"
* Mayhem, after Venom's "Mayhem with Mercy"
* Mob Rules, after Black Sabbath's "The Mob Rules"
* Motörhead after Hawkwind's "Motorhead"
* Nightmare of You after The Cure's "Kyoto Song", which starts off "A nightmare of you"
* The Old 97's after Johnny Cash's "The Wreck of the Old 97"
* The Pretty Things, after Bo Diddley's "Pretty Thing"
* The Raveonettes, after Buddy Holly's "Rave On"
* Radio Birdman, from a line in The Stooges' "1970"
* Radiohead, after the Talking Heads' "Radio Head"
* The Rolling Stones, after Muddy Waters' "Rolling Stone"
* Sepultura, after Motörhead's "Dancing on your Grave"
* Shakespears Sister, after The Smiths' "Shakespeare's Sister"
* Suburban Kids with Biblical Names, after line from Silver Jews' "People"
* Texas Is the Reason, after a line from The Misfits' "Bullet"
* Through the Eyes of the Dead, after Cannibal Corpse's "Staring Through The Eyes of The Dead"
* Warsaw (later became Joy Division), after David Bowie's "Warszawa"

Incorrect associations

* BarlowGirl is not named after Superchick's "Barlow Girls". In fact, the song was recorded as a tribute to the band.

*Whitechapel is not named after Scapegoat's "White Chapel" but instead the inner city district in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, England

*We Are Scientists are not named after the Cap'n Jazz song "We Are Scientists!". They got their name when they were asked if they were scientists, but said "no". They later regretted it and so used the name for their band.

ee also

* List of band name etymologies
* List of musicians with multiple self-titled albums

References

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