Where Bands got their Name From...

[Glendora]

Hey all,

I saw EMO-tionRomance's post on the origin of your usernames, and it gave me this idea... Does anyone know any cool stories of how a band got their name?

For example, this is how Jimmy Eat world got their name... Two of Tom's brothers, Jimmy and Ed, were having an argument one day when the band was over for something. And while they were fighting Jimmy locked Ed out of his room. This got Ed quite a bit ticked off and brought him to result in the kind of evil revenge that kids are known for. Grabbing some crayons and a peice of paper, Ed responded to his big brother's meanness by drawing a picture of this big ol' HUGE FAT guy swallowing up the eath with the words "Jimmy Eat World!" at the bottom. He then stuck it to the door that he was locked out of. Of course, all the guys thought his was hillarious, thus naming their band Jimmy Eat World.

Maybe the two kids on the cover of their self-titled full-length are the brothers, but neither of them are really that fat...
http://www.poplyrics.net/waiguo/jimmyeatworld/selftitled.jpg


-Gio

[MaybeOneDay]

Heh. That's cool.

I, however, don't know any cool stories to tell you.

[RefusedsXe]

Heh thats awesome, didnt know that. And I dont think I have any stories either.

[FarPastGone]

Thats a bad ass way to get your name, yet I know no such stories either...........

[StartingLine182]

I think I read somewhere that Allister got their name from an old nickelodeon show. It might have been "You cant do that on TV" I thought that was cool.

I think The Starting Line and Finch both just picked the names randomly.

[SayNo2daBunny]

Hey all,

I saw EMO-tionRomance's post on the origin of your usernames, and it gave me this idea... Does anyone know any cool stories of how a band got their name?

For example, this is how Jimmy Eat world got their name... Two of Tom's brothers, Jimmy and Ed, were having an argument one day when the band was over for something. And while they were fighting Jimmy locked Ed out of his room. This got Ed quite a bit ticked off and brought him to result in the kind of evil revenge that kids are known for. Grabbing some crayons and a peice of paper, Ed responded to his big brother's meanness by drawing a picture of this big ol' HUGE FAT guy swallowing up the eath with the words "Jimmy Eat World!" at the bottom. He then stuck it to the door that he was locked out of. Of course, all the guys thought his was hillarious, thus naming their band Jimmy Eat World.

Maybe the two kids on the cover of their self-titled full-length are the brothers, but neither of them are really that fat...
http://www.poplyrics.net/waiguo/jimmyeatworld/selftitled.jpg


-Gio cool story...i don't any...but i do know how i got my name....hard to believe my family named me after cindy lauper...yep true story no lies...

[takingbackrufio]

I know a possibilitie of where 'Taking Back Sunday' came from, it is not confirmed, however ...

One day, Eddie Rayes (guitar) and John Nolan (ex-member, guitar/vocals) were caught shoplifting in a mall on Sunday, and made a pact called 'Taking Back Sunday', which meant they would never steal again.

It's a possibility.

Anyways, cool story. Never knew that about Jimmy Eat World and their name.

[aurora]

Saves the Day got their name from their former bass player I believe... may have been the guitar player but anyway, its from a song by Farside called "Hero". They were in the studio recording their self titled Demo, and the one guy didn't show up (the name of the band at the time was Sefler which means a person who fantasizes about having sex with Santa) and so they had their friend join the band but he said they had to change the name, hence Saves the Day, because he always wanted to name a band that. Also, their albumn Through Being Cool is named after a Devo Song. I fucking love Devo, but thats beside the point...there's the Saves the Day story! :D

[aurora]

doesn't anyone know any stories!? haha, this could be interesting if it got going...

[mOvielife99]

name taken was suppose to be called All That's Left, but it was taken

[MaybeOneDay]

good charlotte actually got their name from the book "charlottes web". they sat up late into the night searching through the book trying to put words before the world "charlotte" to make it sound good. they tried countless adjectives, verbs and nouns..until, paul randomly shouted "benji, you were good in bed in last night!". and then, joel jumped and proclaimed "thats it...i've got it!"

The rest of the band then awaited the answer from Joel until he sat back down and said "fuck, i could of swore i was on to something". Then, several months later the band decided to venture once more into such a marvelous childrens novel. Late, on the 23rd of october, 1863..a man came to the door. He said only one word..."good". The band never realized what the man was trying to imply by this, as they were too bothered by his terrible smell and the fact that he wasn't wearing any pants.

On June 11th, 1892, Billy got to his feet and said...."boys, we have our answer...i'm gay" (and he shot his fist into the air). "uhhh, billy? what the fuck are you talking about?" asked Joel. Billy, apparently blushing and now realized he said the wrong thing and said, "Good Charlotte". The rest of the band then sarcastically named themself Popstars and went the next few years with that name. Eventually they finally got tired of Billy getting the name wrong over and over again, so they agreed to switch their name to Good Charlotte. They went on to sell millions of records, marry beautiful men, give birth to 400 lb. children..and eat seafood 5 nights a week.

Wonderful tale wasn't it? Too bad none of it happened.

[takingbackrufio]

You made me read that for no damn reason! Damn you.

Name Taken's story is rad, by the way.

[BuriedAlive]

man i dont have any! i feel kinda left out because i dont have any to share.

[aurora]

*wipes a tear from eye* truly amazing

[MaybeOneDay]

haha, i love leading people on like that. beautiful.

[takingbackrufio]

haha, i love leading people on like that. beautiful.
Well I hate it. I'm ashamed Brandon.

Not. It was quite funny, actually, you should look into making it funnier and more detailed, and posting it as an 'article'.

[MaybeOneDay]

Well I hate it. I'm ashamed Brandon.

Not. It was quite funny, actually, you should look into making it funnier and more detailed, and posting it as an 'article'.
Heh. I might.

But, I think i'd be too lazy to do that. I don't even understand how I motivated myself to write that.

[takingbackrufio]

Heh. I might.

But, I think i'd be too lazy to do that. I don't even understand how I motivated myself to write that.
You're quite the person, Brandon. One of a kind, I'll say.

[MaybeOneDay]

That gave me a warm fuzzy feeling down in my crotch, Trent. Simply beautiful.

Wait...i just have to piss. Well, it was good to hear anyways. ;)

[Glendora]

haha, that story was funny as hell...

well, thought i'd provide another, but i'm keeping it simple this time... so from what I've heard, Matchbox 20 supposedly got their name from a matchbox car w/ the #20 on it...

- Gio

[piebaldkid42]

n*sync got there name from the last letter of all their names :approve:

[jgirv17]

I think Finch took their name from the character from American Pie.

There is a band around me called F-Timmi (www.f-timmi.com). Things seemed to be going well when one of the members of the band, Timmy, decided to quit on bad terms. The band reorganized and renamed itself....F-Timmi.

[MaybeOneDay]

I think Finch took their name from the character from American Pie.

There is a band around me called F-Timmi (www.f-timmi.com). Things seemed to be going well when one of the members of the band, Timmy, decided to quit on bad terms. The band reorganized and renamed itself....F-Timmi.
Haha. That's pretty funny.

[takingbackrufio]

I think Finch took their name from the character from American Pie.

Wow, I would never of thought that. Interesting name ... and awesome character, :laugh:

[BuriedAlive]

I think Finch took their name from the character from American Pie.

There is a band around me called F-Timmi (www.f-timmi.com). Things seemed to be going well when one of the members of the band, Timmy, decided to quit on bad terms. The band reorganized and renamed itself....F-Timmi.
haha... F-Timmi... dude thats so kickass. what was their previous name?

[punklet2101]

I don't know the full story, but my friend told it to me ages ago and i've forgotten ..

Less Than Jake .. "Jake" is the name of the dog who belongs to one of the members .. i'll try and get the story again next time I speak to my friend.

[Zack Attack]

jake means cool, and was also the name of one of their dogs. therefore less than jake in a sense that theyre less than cool , and less than the dog

[MaybeOneDay]

makes sense

by the way Zack: nice lyrics in your sig.

[jaycougar]

where did blink 182 come up with theres? i heard it had somthing to do with how many times the word fuck weas used in scarface but i dont know if thats true

[MaybeOneDay]

blink was just something they chose randomly. then they had to change it because of an irish techno band already had the same name, so they just randomly picked a number and added it onto the end of blink. there really is no significance, or story behind their name.

[jaycougar]

Can we make a story up for there name? I mean That sucks that there isnt a story. ok I go it. Here is the story everyone seeks.
One day Tom was out and he saw 182 birds and he had to blink then he thought wow I Just blinked becouse of these 182 birds and he dedicated his band name to the birds that changed his life.

[jgirv17]

haha... F-Timmi... dude thats so kickass. what was their previous name?

Before, they were Handsome Dan and the Chicken Fingers. Why? That, I have no idea.

[Glendora]

I think Finch took their name from the character from American Pie.

Haha... yo, at least they didn't end up calling themselves "Shit-brick."

-Gio

[piebaldkid42]

Can we make a story up for there name? I mean That sucks that there isnt a story. ok I go it. Here is the story everyone seeks.
One day Tom was out and he saw 182 birds and he had to blink then he thought wow I Just blinked becouse of these 182 birds and he dedicated his band name to the birds that changed his life.
actually there is a somewhat story behind blink 182's name

originally they were just blink but of course there was another band named blink so unless they were willing to change their name that other band was gonna sue the pants off of 'em so they just added 182 to the end of. it has no significant meaning just so they didnt wind up in court

[jgirv17]

Haha... yo, at least they didn't end up calling themselves "Shit-brick."

-Gio


Hahahaha very true.

[MaybeOneDay]

Before, they were Handsome Dan and the Chicken Fingers. Why? That, I have no idea.
Haha, Handsome Dan and the Chicken Fingers. Brilliant.

[mwhpunk]

Haha, Handsome Dan and the Chicken Fingers. Brilliant.

for some odd reason i don't think they would be as huge as they are w/ a name like that! haha very creative

[BuriedAlive]

Before, they were Handsome Dan and the Chicken Fingers. Why? That, I have no idea.
haha. F-Timmi is alot better. haha.

[seethesights]

I think Finch took their name from the character from American Pie.



No, Finch took their name from the character Atticus Finch from the novel To Kill A Mockingbird.

Fuck dude, do some reading once in a while.

[BuriedAlive]

No, Finch took their name from the character Atticus Finch from the novel To Kill A Mockingbird.

Fuck dude, do some reading once in a while.
ya thats what i thought... same with atticus the clothing company.

[MaybeOneDay]

yeah, and it just seems kind of funny when you think about how Atticus sponsors Finch.

[FallingOut]

I know that Weezer got their name from Rivers' nickname from when he was younger.

[jgirv17]

No, Finch took their name from the character Atticus Finch from the novel To Kill A Mockingbird.

Fuck dude, do some reading once in a while.

Just because I didn't put the two together doesn't mean I haven't read the book. I'm not saying I'm a huge reader (although I do have a to read a ton for my classes) but I do enjoy reading some times. Right now I'm reading Gods and Generals (since I enjoyed Killer Angels so much, and wanted to see how the author's son was as a writer) I was merely saying what I have been told. I'm really not a huge Finch fan and don't know much by or about them, save about 4 or 5 songs.

I agree, also, that F-Timmi is definitely the better name. Both are pretty creative though....I don't know if there's an actual story behing the Handsome Dan name, though.

[takingbackrufio]

I've heard about the Atticus thing before, and I think I may have heard about Finch/Shakespear thing too somewhere ... just couldn't remember.

The 182 in Blink has no significance, their original name was 'Blink' and then they were trying to think of a number and '182' sounded good. I think.

Just saying if it hasn't already been mentioned.

[Sensesfail187]

whoa, this is a pretty interesting thread... any more stories??

[mirtizzle]

death cab for cutie came from a song by the "bonzo dog doo-dah band"
it's kind of a messed up song... but at least something good came out of it.

death cab for cutie
someone's going to make you pay your fare....

dun dun dunnnn.

[em0]

good charlotte actually got their name from the book "charlottes web". they sat up late into the night searching through the book trying to put words before the world "charlotte" to make it sound good. they tried countless adjectives, verbs and nouns..until, paul randomly shouted "benji, you were good in bed in last night!". and then, joel jumped and proclaimed "thats it...i've got it!"

The rest of the band then awaited the answer from Joel until he sat back down and said "fuck, i could of swore i was on to something". Then, several months later the band decided to venture once more into such a marvelous childrens novel. Late, on the 23rd of october, 1863..a man came to the door. He said only one word..."good". The band never realized what the man was trying to imply by this, as they were too bothered by his terrible smell and the fact that he wasn't wearing any pants.

On June 11th, 1892, Billy got to his feet and said...."boys, we have our answer...i'm gay" (and he shot his fist into the air). "uhhh, billy? what the fuck are you talking about?" asked Joel. Billy, apparently blushing and now realized he said the wrong thing and said, "Good Charlotte". The rest of the band then sarcastically named themself Popstars and went the next few years with that name. Eventually they finally got tired of Billy getting the name wrong over and over again, so they agreed to switch their name to Good Charlotte. They went on to sell millions of records, marry beautiful men, give birth to 400 lb. children..and eat seafood 5 nights a week.

Wonderful tale wasn't it? Too bad none of it happened.

hilarious.

[em0]

I've heard about the Atticus thing before, and I think I may have heard about Finch/Shakespear thing too somewhere ... just couldn't remember.

The 182 in Blink has no significance, their original name was 'Blink' and then they were trying to think of a number and '182' sounded good. I think.

Just saying if it hasn't already been mentioned.

i hope you aren't meaning shakespere wrote to kill a mocking bird from what you just said. :worried:

i belive it was harper lee? or something along those lines i read it when i was a sophmore 2 years ago.

[Bishop]

I remember reading something about thursday picked their name because you really couldn't have made any prior predictions about the band....yeah.

[sweetsugar]

why would anybody read that book anyway
i've never been one who understood why everyone likes
all that artsy literature, i like fantasy books
like, The Coldfire Trilogy, by C.S. Friedman
now that is a good series, I'm halfway done
with the last book. That other stuff
just doesn't interest me that much, I had to read all those shaka-spear books in high
school, and usually got stuck readin the main character in the plays, but I don't see why
people make such a big deal about it.

[PairADiceLost]

only band name i know where it came from is guta...names combined formed gutaran stein, then they just shortened it

[mondeoman]

Trevor I have that damn song that's your sn stuck in my head.

[mondeoman]

the 182 in Blink 182 is because they say fuck 182 times during Scarface.

[mondeoman]

Yeah I heart that song but it's driving me a little nuts at the moment
You are defiantly the sex. Ohhhhh boy!

[mondeoman]

front of AP?

[mondeoman]

Duh I figured that but on the news page?

[atticus_4132]

i really like the story how jimmy eat world got their name...

[mondeoman]

Taking Back Sunday got their name from a song by one of their friend's bands.

As I Lay Dying is a book

hmm there's more.

[atticus_4132]

is there a story behind the name from fall out boy...did they pick it from the simpsons?

[irthesteve]

is there a story behind the name from fall out boy...did they pick it from the simpsons?
im pretty sure it was the name of radioactive man's nemisis or sidekick in the first issue of it... if not, im very close

[irthesteve]

Yes sir.
is it hidden or something, cuz it for sure it not a featured download, and i cant find in the news.... whuich song is it?

[mondeoman]

is there a story behind the name from fall out boy...did they pick it from the simpsons?
I heard that they didn't know it was from the Simpsons till like their third show.

[SkaBum14]

A little more on the Less Than Jake thing. I did hear that Jake was one of the member's dog and his parents used to bring home leftovers of lobster/steak/whatever from nice restaurants to give to the dog while he had to stay home and make macaroni and cheese. So he was "less than jake."

[PunkVideoGuys]

Sugarcult -

So in Tim's early days of living in Los Angeles he and one of the members of the band rented a nice apartment in the area, only to find out that by coinsidence they ended up rooming directly above a room full of about 6 lesbians that went to the local college. One of Tim's friends came over, Tim told them the story, and the friend shouted "OH! It's lke a Sugarcult!" Thus, you have a name of his band .


Can I have Scene points????

[mondeoman]

Sugarcult -

So in Tim's early days of living in Los Angeles he and one of the members of the band rented a nice apartment in the area, only to find out that by coinsidence they ended up rooming directly above a room full of about 6 lesbians that went to the local college. One of Tim's friends came over, Tim told them the story, and the friend shouted "OH! It's lke a Sugarcult!" Thus, you have a name of his band .


Can I have Scene points????
I would but since you are PunkVideoGuys, you should be saying Can we have Scene points????
hahaha
Yeah the Sugarcult one is good too.

[allelish]

Rufio is from a character from Peter Pan/Hook.
Saves the day were called Sefler (from a typo Chris had done whilst typing something) 'till Sean Mcgrath told them it was shit and just suggested Saves the day i think.

[quitmyscene]

i can't find the mae song either...

dead poetic got their name from one of their old songs.

mxpx had the name magnified plaid but abbreviated it with x's (i think it was on a shirt) and liked mxpx better.

[SuperWoman7700]

I think the Postal Service got its name because Ben Gibbard and Jimmy Tambarello(?) were in different parts of the country so they sent parts of each track to each other through the mail, The Postal Service.

[richter915]

green day got their name from a slang term used in the socal/san fran bay area...it's pretty much a day when you're just high...all day...those days were known as green days.

atreyu is a character from the never ending story methinks.

a wilhelm scream is a sound used back in the days of early tv/movies...it was like a screaming noise fading away into the background.

coheed and cambria are the last two surviving characters in their novel.

evergreen terrace may be another simpsons reference...that's the block the simpsons live on.

Finch may be a reference to the character of atticus finch from the book to kill a mockingbird.

my chemical romance was named after a genre of books known as "chemical romances"

save ferris may be a reference to Ferris Beuler's day off...

[irthesteve]

wilhelm screams are still used to this day, in liek everything:

http://www.hollywoodlostandfound.net/wilhelm.html

[richter915]

There's some story about how The Matches got their name. They had to change their name from The Locals because a Chicago band was going to take them to court for it (Yvonne Doll was the lead singers name....hence E. Von Dahl Killed the Locals).

Apparently Jon got in trouble as a kid for setting something on fire and his parents would never let him touch matches again. So they named the band The Matches so that Jon would be able to play with Matches again.

That story's probably not true, but it's kind of funny.
hah, clever bunch of kids...a shame their music is subpar.