Ongoing History Daily: Got a new metal band? Avoid these words.
Finding a name for your new band is hard work. It has to reflect your attitude, your image and your music. It has to be memorable. Everyone in the band has to agree
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Band Names
Ongoing History Daily: The original Franz Ferdinand
The original Franz Ferdinand was the Austrian archduke whose assassination on June 28, 1914, triggered the start of World War 1. The band Franz Ferdinand was formed in Glasgow in 2002. However, their
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Ongoing History Daily: Origins of Band Names
Here’s something we haven’t done for a while: Stories behind where bands got their names.
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Ongoing History Daily: The Lumineers’ name issues
Finding a name for your band is hard and it can take forever to come up with the right one. Sometimes, though, fate can intervene. The two primary members of The Lumineers have
Read MoreOngoing History Daily: Oasis by any other name
True or false: the Oasis we know is the only band to ever use that name. False. I In 1984, a group called Oasis signed a deal with Warner Records and featured Mary
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Ongoing History Daily: The Imagine Dragons mystery
One of the biggest mysteries around Imagine Dragons is their name. Where did it come from? What’s it supposed to mean? The band refuses to say. All we know is that it comes
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Ongoing History Daily: Bands who had to change their name, part 2
Here are a few more cases of where a band had to change their original name. Ongoing History Daily: Bands who had to change their name, part 1 is here.
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Ongoing History Daily: Bands who had to change their name, part 1
Finding a name for your band is tough for many reasons, not least of which is that you have to choose one that hasn’t been used before. More next time.
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Ongoing History Daily: 30 Seconds to Mars facts
Jared Lato is a 10th grade dropout who moved west to start a career in music. That didn’t work out as expected because instead of getting music gigs, he ended up as an
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Ongoing History Daily: More band name origins
Time again to look at where various bands got their names. (1) The Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ name is pure New York. After hearing so many New Yorkers respond to random situations with “Yeah,
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Ongoing History Daily: More band name origins
Here are more stories behind the names of some popular groups. Lovelytheband originally wanted to be called just “Lovely,” but soon found out someone else had dibs on that name. It was decided
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