15 Musicians With Interesting Backstories to Their Stage Names
2015.07.30
Ever wondered the inspiration for the names behind some of your favorite musicians and bands? Here's an interesting look at 15 musicians and how exactly they came up with their names. Check it out in the list below:
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Foo Fighters
Their name comes from the phrase used for UFOs in WWII.![bandname1.jpg bandname1.jpg](/files/attach/images/3004/116/922/014/bandname1.jpg)
Childish Gambino
Donald Glover entered his name in a Wu-Tang Clan name generator, Childish Gambino was born.![bandname2.jpg bandname2.jpg](/files/attach/images/3004/116/922/014/bandname2.jpg)
Led Zeppelin
Keith Moon started drumming for the band, he said the idea would go over like a ‘lead zeppelin,’ exaggerating the phrase to make it funny.![bandname3.jpg bandname3.jpg](/files/attach/images/3004/116/922/014/bandname3.jpg)
Vampire Weekend
Ezra Koenig filmed a movie called Vampire Weekend about a guy whose dad gets killed by vampires and he travels to Cape Cod to warn the mayor that vampires are attacking the country.![bandname4.jpg bandname4.jpg](/files/attach/images/3004/116/922/014/bandname4.jpg)
Action Bronson
Before Arian Asllani was rapping, he was tagging buildings in NYC using the graffiti name ‘Action.’![bandname5.jpg bandname5.jpg](/files/attach/images/3004/116/922/014/bandname5.jpg)
Pink
Alicia Beth Moore was nicknamed pink when she was a kid because her face would turn the same color when she got embarrassed.![bandname6.jpg bandname6.jpg](/files/attach/images/3004/116/922/014/bandname6.jpg)
Zeds Dead
They named themselves in reference to a scene from Pulp Fiction when Butch tells Fabienne ‘Zed’s dead, baby.![bandname7.jpg bandname7.jpg](/files/attach/images/3004/116/922/014/bandname7.jpg)
Fall Out Boy
Someone yelled out “Fallout Boy” in reference to the sidekick of the Radioactive Man from The Simpsons during their show.![bandname8.jpg bandname8.jpg](/files/attach/images/3004/116/922/014/bandname8.jpg)
Lynyrd Skynyrd
They named themselves after their PE teacher Leonard Skinner.![bandname9.jpg bandname9.jpg](/files/attach/images/3004/116/922/014/bandname9.jpg)
Passion Pit
The band chose the phrase used to describe drive in movie theaters due to the private and romantic moments teenagers would share in their cars while ‘watching’ the movie.![bandname10.jpg bandname10.jpg](/files/attach/images/3004/116/922/014/bandname10.jpg)
Kiss
Band co-founder Paul Stanley insists the name came to be after they heard drummer Peter Criss has once been in a band called Lips.![bandname11.jpg bandname11.jpg](/files/attach/images/3004/116/922/014/bandname11.jpg)
Iggy Azalea
She took the name of her childhood pet, Iggy and the first street she lived on, Azalea.![bandname12.jpg bandname12.jpg](/files/attach/images/3004/116/922/014/bandname12.jpg)
Creedance Clearwater Revival
The band was originally called the Golliwogs. Tom Fogerty’s friend Credence Newball, ‘clear water’ from a commercial for Olympia Beer, and revival which spoke to their new commitment to their band.![bandname13.jpg bandname13.jpg](/files/attach/images/3004/116/922/014/bandname13.jpg)
Modest Mouse
They got their name from a Virginia Woolf story called ‘The Mark on the Wall.’![bandname14.jpg bandname14.jpg](/files/attach/images/3004/116/922/014/bandname14.jpg)
Moby
His great great grand uncle was Herman Melville, the author of ‘Moby Dick.’ His real name is Richard Melville Hall.![bandname15.jpg bandname15.jpg](/files/attach/images/3004/116/922/014/bandname15.jpg)
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