Okay, so you can probably figure out the origins of band names like Emerson, Lake and Palmer, or The Dave Matthews Band. But what about some groups whose name origins might be a little more obscure? See if you can pick the real name origin from the two phonies we’ve made up.
Take the Band Names Origins Quiz now.
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90%…
That’s alot of good guessing. I definitely knew the one about Aerosmith and Foo Fighters though.
posted by Troy H. on 7-31-2009 at 1:03 pm
20%
Not bad considering that I had never heard of 8 of the so called bands. Any music made after the 70 just sounds like a loose rock in a hubcap to me.
posted by Tex on 8-1-2009 at 11:23 pm