Bands named after people

[last_texas_dem]

The "bands named after movies" thread inspired me.

What are some bands named after people, real or fictional?

I'll start with a few off the top of my head:

Lynyrd Skynyrd: named after their high school gym teacher, who liked to give the long-haired guys in his classes a hard time.

Uriah Heep: named after a villain in a Charles Dickens novel.

Jethro Tull: named after the inventor of the seed drill.

[Feathered Fish]

1. Steely Dan

well that's fictional.
Pink Floyd - well, 2 people

[Swede]

3. Ahem,steely dan is a condom.

nt

[Feathered Fish]

4. fingers are working faster than the brain

:dunce:

[tuvor]

17. Ahem, a dildo. n/t

[HEIL PRESIDENT GOD]

8. Pink Floyd is a whale boner nt

[RevolutionaryActs]

2. Franz Ferdinand, named after the Archduke.

[goodhue]

5. Louis XIV

http://www.louisxiv.net/

[mark414]

6. The Scott Farkus Affair

[intheflow]

7. Sadie Hawkins

http://www.sadiehawkinsrock.com/



Sadie Hawkins was a fictional character in the L'il Abner cartoon strip. She was the homeliest girl in area and grew tired of waiting for guys to ask her out, so asked them out.

[HEIL PRESIDENT GOD]

9. Paul Revere and the Raiders

[Swede]

10. Max Webster.

nt

[HEIL PRESIDENT GOD]

11. Molly Hatchet

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

12. The Dead Kennedys...do they count?

[punpirate]

13. The Kennedys...

... and their alter-ego, Dead Kennedys.

Paul Revere and the Raiders.

Paul Butterfield Blues Band.

[mitchum]

14. The Spanish Tonys :named after Keith Richard's drug dealer

[Beware the Beast Man]

15. Brian Jonestown Massacre

[tuvor]

16. Danny Wilson

Whoever he was.

[Swede]

18. Van Halen.

nt

[tuvor]

19. Do the Carrie Nations count? n/t

[last_texas_dem]

20. The James Gang

Well, sort of, at least...

Oh yeah, and Crazy Horse.