Guess the band by its name origin quiz

[slj0101]

I figured this would be a good one, since there's been a lot of lyrics quizzes here lately. Add your own as well!
edit- don't scroll down if you don't want to see others' answers. :)

1. A term from an anti-nuke pamphlet a founding member discovered. The band name is a misspelled version of the term.
2. A pair of slain statesmen, symbolic of the end of the American dream.
3. Derived from the founding members' sister's sewing machine.
4. Named after a Talking Heads song.
5. A brand of grain alcohol.
6. Officer John Baker's police radio code on the TV show "CHiPs"
7. A noise-making sculpture in the band members' home state
8. A pair of blues artists in a founding member's record collection.
9. Inspired by peppermint candy, because it evokes childhood innocence.
10. Derived from a stage name once used by Paul McCartney.
11. A term for Nazi concentration camp women forced into prostitution.
12. Abbreviated form of a sociological theory a founding member came up with in college.
13. A 1963 horror film starring Boris Karloff.
14. Named because the band's members were all considered elite musicians.
15. Inspired by the names of two frontmen for an influential German band.
16. A character on a Cheech & Chong record.
17. Coined from a cynical phrase credited to one of two members of the Who.
18. Stolen from a list of prospective magazine titles.
19. Derived from a term Jimmy Swaggart once used to describe rock & roll.
20. From a Danish board game.

[Mad_Dem_X]

1. Ummm...I know #7 and #10

#7 - Soundgarden

#10 - The Ramones

ETA: #8 is Pink Floyd

[slj0101]

3. 3 for 3.

:hi:

[Burma Jones]

2. I'll try a few...

2. Dead Kennedys
8. Pink Floyd
17. Led Zepplin
20. Husker Du

[slj0101]

4. Correctamundo!

[Lautremont]

5. The last two:

19. The Devil's Flatulence
20. Husker Du

[slj0101]

6. You get bonus points for Devil's Flatulence on originality alone.

[av8rdave]

7. I know a couple

4. Radiohead

5. Everclear

6. Blind Melon

[slj0101]

9. BZZT on #6.

:(

But Blind Melon is on the list...somewhere.

[av8rdave]

13. *&%$ I HATE when I mess up!

[av8rdave]

14. Sorry...I meant 16 not 6

[slj0101]

15. I figured you may have meant that.

:thumbsup:

[Richardo]

20. Yeah, I did not remember that term used on CHiPs

But a motorcycle cop with the handle 'Blind Melon' would have been great :rofl:

[Tyrone Slothrop]

8. These are tough

Off the top of my head though...

4. Radiohead
5. Everclear
8. Pink Floyd
9. White Stripes
13. Black Sabbath
20. Grr...on the tip of my tongue...

I'll add one:
This band took its name from two Disney movie characters.

[slj0101]

12. Cool. Very close.

Think "Minnesota" for #20.

Is yours Belle & Sebastian?

[Tyrone Slothrop]

16. Yep on the B&S front

And I see from the above that 20 is Husker Du. All I could think of was Sigur Ros -- and I knew that wasn't right.

Good list!

[Tyrone Slothrop]

17. D'oh!

And #2 is The Dead Kennedys.

[LynneSin]

10. I'm guessing #5 & #17

5. A brand of grain alcohol. - Everclear
17. Coined from a cynical phrase credited to one of two members of the Who. - Led Zeppelin

[slj0101]

18. Right on both.

[av8rdave]

11. I can add another but have to do it in reverse

Anyone know the origin of the name for Blink 182?

[XNASA]

19. Off the top of me 'ead.

2. Dead Kennedys

4. Radiohead

8. Pink Floyd

9. White Stripes

11. Joy Division

14. Cream

17. Led Zep

[slj0101]

31. All correct.

[ironflange]

21. Here's No. 13

Black Sabbath

(I cheated, though)

edit: too late, as usual

[Patiod]

22. I thought for sure Steely Dan would be on this one nt

[slj0101]

23. Steely Dan almost made the cut.

I figured that would have been too obvious, though. But any band named after a steam-powered dildo is okay in my book. :D

[chknltl]

24. Is #3....

My Sister's Machine?
(Grunge Band I once saw in Seattle back in the early 90's)

[slj0101]

25. Wow! No, not as obscure.

In fact, I figured it would gave been one of the easier ones, but no one got it yet.

[eyepaddle]

26. Number 3

AC/DC (even though I've also heard vacuum cleaner)
20) Husker Du
is ^/ Seven Mary Three--or am I confusing that with one Adam twelve...?

[slj0101]

27. Yes on all three!

I've heard the vacuum cleaner story as well, but the sewing machine came directly from Angus and Malcolm Young on "Behind the Music" some years ago.

[jpgray]

28. Let's see

4. Radiohead
8. Pink Floyd
14. Cream
17. Led Zeppelin
20. Husker Du

[chknltl]

29. #14....

...has not been confirmed as Cream so far as I can tell...so may I offer up the Travelling Willburrys(sp?) instead?

[slj0101]

30. Oops. It actually was Cream. Sorry.

[itsmesgd]

32. ok

#2 The Dead Kennedy's
#6 Seven Mary Three
#16 Blind Melon from Blind Melon Chittlin
#13 White Zombie

[slj0101]

33. So close!

#13 is incorrect, but you are on the right track.

[Pithlet]

34. #4 is Radiohead Edit oops someone alreadygot that one, too.

I know a few others but I think they've already been guessed.

[asthmaticeog]

35. ...

1. A term from an anti-nuke pamphlet a founding member discovered. The band name is a misspelled version of the term.
Megadeth

2. A pair of slain statesmen, symbolic of the end of the American dream.
Dead Kennedys

3. Derived from the founding members' sister's sewing machine.
AC/DC

4. Named after a Talking Heads song.
Radiohead

5. A brand of grain alcohol.
Everclear

6. Officer John Baker's police radio code on the TV show "CHiPs"
311 (shame on me for knowing that)

7. A noise-making sculpture in the band members' home state
Fugazi

8. A pair of blues artists in a founding member's record collection.
Pink Floyd?

9. Inspired by peppermint candy, because it evokes childhood innocence.
White Stripes

10. Derived from a stage name once used by Paul McCartney.
Ramones

11. A term for Nazi concentration camp women forced into prostitution.
Joy Division

12. Abbreviated form of a sociological theory a founding member came up with in college.
Devo

13. A 1963 horror film starring Boris Karloff.
Black Sabbath

14. Named because the band's members were all considered elite musicians.
Cream

15. Inspired by the names of two frontmen for an influential German band.
Mooney Suzuki

16. A character on a Cheech & Chong record.
I have no idea. I'll bet once I find out what it is I'll say "duh" or something.

17. Coined from a cynical phrase credited to one of two members of the Who.
Led Zeppelin

18. Stolen from a list of prospective magazine titles.
Metallica

19. Derived from a term Jimmy Swaggart once used to describe rock & roll.
The New Pornographers

20. From a Danish board game.
Husker Du

[ghostsofgiants]

37. I thought Fugazi came from the Vietnam-era term "Fucked Up, Got Ambushed, Zipped In."

[asthmaticeog]

38. Yeah, I put that one in to see who'd call me on it.

And it toally figures it's you. I should have just said "*Nsync."

[ghostsofgiants]

39. Hahaha...

Meh, the only answer I really knew was Husker Du, so you're still kicking my ass, haha.

[asthmaticeog]

40. Just to be a big know-it-all...

the actual answer to that one is Soundgarden.

On edit: I suppose I *could* have just troubled myself to read the rest of this thread, but nooooooo... :eyes:

[slj0101]

42. You're right on all but three.

Damn!

[pokerfan]

36. Funny story

Couple of years ago the local classic rock station was doing a live remote from my favorite watering hole to promote a ZZ-Top concert.

Anyway, these twenty-something DJ's were giving away ZZ-Top CD's to people who could stump them in a rock and roll trivia question.

This would have been an outstanding WKRP episode because these kids didn't know the answer to one single question. It became a game to see the easiest question you could win with.

My brother asked them what the Beatles were called before they were the Beatles. He was looking for The Quarrymen but would have accepted The Silver Beetles. Neither one were aware that they had ever been called anything else. The technician guy running the equipment guessed that it was the Crickets.

I asked them what the name 10CC supposedly meant. These guys did not know who 10CC were. Now I suppose there are people here who have never heard of 10CC, but these were allegedly DJ's at a classic rock station. Since they had never heard of this terribly obscure band they handed over a CD anyway.

It got to the point that people could just walk up and they just hand over a CD without even asking for a question.

[PVnRT]

41. #17

is Led Zeppelin