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NAMING NAMES

Posted: November 10, 2018 in 1970s Electronic, 80s new wave, 90S ALTERNATIVE, INDIE, post-punk, Uncategorized
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Origins of band names!

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HOUR ONE:

  1. A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS – TELECOMMUNICATION (NAMED AFTER A LINE IN THE STRANGLERS’ SONG, “TOILER ON THE SEA”)
  2. THE STRANGLERS – TOILER ON THE SEA
  3. NEW ORDER – CRYSTAL
  4. THE KILLERS – JOY RIDE (NAMED AFTER A FICTIONAL BAND IN NEW ORDER’S VIDEO FOR THE SONG, “CRYSTAL”)
  5. SIMPLE MINDS – NO CURE (FORMERLY ‘COCTEAU TWINS’ PERFORMED ONLY AT CONCERTS IN THE 70s)
  6. COCTEAU TWINS – BLUE BELL KNOLL (NAMED AFTER THE SIMPLE MINDS SONG, “COCTEAU TWINS” THAT WAS ONLY PERFORMED BY SIMPLE MINDS IN THE 70s AT CONCERTS. THE NAME OF THE SONG AND WAS LATER CHANGED TO “NO CURE” ON THEIR 1979 ALBUM, “LIFE IN A DAY”)
  7. PJ HARVEY – UH HUH HER
  8. UH HUH HER – SO LONG (NAMED AFTER PJ HARVEY’S SONG)
  9. ART OF NOISE – SNAPSHOT (NAMED AFTER THE 1913 MANIFESTO CALLED “THE ART OF NOISES” BY LUIGI RUSSOLO)
  10. PICOTROPICO – LADYTRON (OFFICIAL REMIX FT. ROXY MUSIC)
  11. LADYTRON – KLETVA (NAMED AFTER THE ROXY MUSIC SONG, “LADYTRON”) * P.S. LADYTRON HAS A NEW ALBUM COMING IN 2019!
  12. THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS – THE SUNSHINE UNDERGROUND
  13. THE SUNSHINE UNDERGROUND – SUNBEAM (NAMED AFTER THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS’ SONG, “THE SUNSHINE UNDERGROUND”)
  14. THE DIVINE COMEDY – EUROPOP (NAMED AFTER DANTE’S POEM, “THE DIVINE COMEDY”)

 

HOUR TWO:

  1. SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES – SLOWDIVE
  2. SLOWDIVE – EVERYONE KNOWS (NAMED AFTER SIOUXSIE’S SONG, “SLOWDIVE” OFF THEIR 1982 ALBUM, “A KISS IN THE DREAMHOUSE”)
  3. BRIAN ENO – THE TRUE WHEEL
  4. A CERTAIN RATIO – MAKE IT HAPPEN (NAMED AFTER LYRICS FROM BRIAN ENO’S SONG, “THE TRUE WHEEL” OFF HIS 1974 ALBUM, “TAKING TIGER MOUNTAIN (BY STRATEGY))
  5. THE HUMAN LEAGUE – DREAMS OF LEAVING (NAMED AFTER THE SCIENCE FICTION BOARD GAME, “Starforce Alpha Centauri.” IN THE GAME THERE IS TALK OF A ‘BOND OF PEOPLE’ – AKA THE HUMAN LEAGUE)\
  6. XIU XIU – BOTANICA DE LOS ANGELES (NAMED AFTER THE 1998 FILM DIRECTED BY ACTRESS JOAN CHEN TITLED XIU XIU: THE SENT DOWN GIRL. THE MOVIE WAS BANNED IN CHINA FOR CERTAIN POLITICAL AND SEXUAL SCENES.)
  7. NEU! – NEGATIVLAND
  8. NEGATIVLAND – THE PERFECT CUT (CANNED MUSIC) (NAMED AFTER NEU!’S SONG, “NEGATIVELAND”)
  9. CAPTAIN BEEFHEART & HIS MAGIC BANDS – DALI’S CAR
  10. DALI’S CAR – THE JUDGEMENT IS IN THE MIRROR (NAMED AFTER CAPTAIN BEEFHEART’S SONG, “DALI’S CAR” FROM THE “TROUT MASK REPLICA” ALBUM)
  11. THE FALL – NEW PURITAN
  12. THESE NEW PURITANS – DOPPELGANGER (NAMED AFTER THE FALL’S SONG, “NEW PURITAN” OFF THEIR 1980 ALBUM, “TOTALE’S TURN”)

 

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