Origins of Band names
 

A very interesting read :)

http://www.digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/music0_name.html

I like how the person just assumes AC/DC has something to do with electricity.

They don't have one for Hoobastank...

Hoobastank found out what to name their band after coming across a gas station in Germany that was named so... :D

My fave was always Chumbawamba - a monkey had typed it (even with the capital 'C' apparently).

I'd hire a monkey to do the same for me...

Now, I trust you implicitly Mr Chuckles, come up with my band's name....:D

Anything but Cylobawamba ;)

Led Zeppelin:

Someone had told them their band would go down like a lead balloon.

Band name: AC/DC

Select albums:
-Blow Up Your Video
-Flick Of The Switch
-High Voltage
-Powerage

Select songs:
-Thunderstruck
-Meltdown
-Flick Of The Switch
-Live Wire
-Satellite Blues
-High Voltage

Seems like a good assumption to me.

According to the site, the person who named the band saw AC/DC on the back of a Sewing Machine and assumed it had to do with electricity - I took that to mean they didn't know what alternating/direct current were. It could have had something to do with a certain type of stich for all they knew.

OK, I misread your comment. Sorry.

There's nothing in stiching that's related to anything with electric currents as far as their specified names go, besides any electronically-powered equipment that are built for so...

How do I know? I tried looking up things that linked the two subject together, and later found A. I didn't find anything, and B. I'm a loser with no life... :D

ULTRAVOX
Latin for 'the greatest amount of voice'

not bad for a band that had synths as their major instrument- ( not that midge ure sings bad)

I always thought 'Ultravox' was a constructed word.

Latin? How interesting....