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Black Sabbath also went under Earth before the final name. Interestingly, a later band called Earth from Seattle would come about, named in tribute to Black Sabbath's previous name. Kurt Cobain actually recorded a demo with the Seattle Earth.
Nirvana was also Ted Ed and Fred.....Bliss ...Throat Oyster......Skid Row...(yea before THAT Skid Row) and drum roll please......::;:;:;:;:;:;:; 💩 FECAL MATTER 💩
Dylan Carlson fronted Earth he was Kurt's best friend before he was ever famous. Dy)an easy also a huge drug dealer @t one time and lived with a few big time dealers including Caitlyn Moore who was rumored to be K
I love that Lemmy wanted to call his new band Bastard. Absolutely describes the uncompromising music and lifestyle. He changed it to Motorhead (the last song he wrote in his previous band Hawkwind) when it was noted that he would never get on Top of the Pops with the name Bastard.
Slayer's original name was Dragon Slayer, which would certainly appeal to the D&D crowd, but probably wouldn't quite convey the sheer brutality of their sound as well as simply Slayer does.
Van Halen was known as Genesis early on, but of course they eventually found out that name was taken. They also were known as Mammoth, and of course Eddie's son has more recently taken the name for his own project.
Alice Cooper was originally the Earwigs, then the Spiders, then Nazz and finally Alice Cooper, which was the name of the band, but people kept incorrectly assuming vocalist Vince Furnier's name was "Alice Cooper" and he eventually just adopted it as his stage name.
Could you imagine an alternative universe where Muse didn’t actually change their original band name from “Rocket Baby Dolls” to Muse. That would be a weird alternate reality if the albums they were behind (Absolution, Black Holes And Revelations, etc) had the “Rocket Baby Dolls” name on them instead.
I know I already sort of said this on the community post, but just imagine a crowd chanting along to Space Dementia at a Rocket Baby Dolls concert. No one would be able to take that seriously. Also, the weird thing is that it’s actually a really cool sounding name for a female-led punk band or something, just not for a space-themed prog rock band with heavy metal and classical influences, consisting of all dudes.
I’m surprised you didn’t go for any of the other nirvana band names, like “Poo Poo Box”, “Fecal Matter,” or “Whisker Biscuit.” Those are the gems I remember.
I believe Aaron Lewis, Wes Scantlin & Fred Duuuuhhhrsst all called dibs on them in case their court ordered lobotomies (somehow) make things worse down the road
Linkin Park went through not one, but two name changes before sticking with Linkin Park The first was Xero, which was around until their original vocalist left and was replaced with Chester. When Chester joined the band, the name was changed from Xero to Hybrid Theory. However their label told them to change the name again, because of another group called Hybrid. After some consideration with other names, the band became Linkin Park, but even that was a second choice name because they wanted to be called Lincoln Park, however they couldn't get an internet domain with that name, so they changed it to Linkin Park, as they could get an internet domain with that name
The Who were originally called The Detours, but there was another band with the same name, so they had to change their name. Pete Townsend originally wanted the band to be called The Hair, but his housemate Richard Barnes liked "the who" because it had a "pop bunch". Roger Daltrey liked the name too, and on Valentine's Day 1964, they became The Who.
I thought every time someone came up with a possible name, said name was met with the response "The Who?" ... and eventually, they just went with "The Who".
I heard it was a reference to Pete Townsend’s grandma. “Grandma, what do you think of The Beatles?” “The Who?” And somehow that stuck out of the story or happened enough for them to embrace the name.
Paramore actually had two original band names before they decided on Paramore. The first one was Astrophel which they actually played their first show under that name, then the other name was Drop Dead, Gorgeous which they were gonna play an outdoor festival with that name but changed it to Paramore last second so their merch still had the old name on it.
What would intrigue me more is to hear any and all names rejected before deciding on "Dying Fetus"..... Then again, it leaves zero ambiguity for first time listeners...Seriously, my Grandfather was already in tears executing a rosary death grip a full minute before playing "Homicidal Retribution"
I don’t think I’ve ever heard you talk about Def Leppard before. It’s nice to see them mentioned on this channel, they’re one of my favorite bands ever!
Seether was originally called Saron Gas in South Africa and released one album under the name. When they moved to the States the record label made them change it since it was a synonym to the deadly Sarin Gas. It was 2001-2002 time period and terrorism was top of mind for many folks. They named their band after a song from Veruca Salt. Likely a change for the better imo.
"Oasis" was originally called "The Rain" until Noel Gallagher joined the band. You could also make the case that "Foo Fighters" was originally called "Late!" because back when Dave Grohl was still in Nirvana, he released a solo demo tape called "Late! Pocketwatch". Two of the songs later became Foo Fighters songs (Winnebago and Friend of a Friend), while Color Pictures of a Marigold (later renamed Marigold) became a Nirvana song.
I never hear you talk a lot about CCR. There barely made it up my top 5 for top 5 bands of all time! They combined rock with a lot of country and added some blues influences into their sound which I find to be very remarkable. Although Bayou Country is a really solid album, they made an excellent 3 album run from Green River to Cosmo's Factory. The hits off of those albums are excellent and the deep cuts are some of the best that any band ever had. I would love to say that they're my favorite southern rock band, but they're not since they weren't from the South. They were, of course from California. Great band, but that last spot in the top 5 is currently held by The Jam, one of my all time favorite bands and I also had to have a metal band up there as well, with Iron Maiden at the number 4 spot. Their 80s material cannot be denied at all.
My ultimate example of name change is The Goo Goo Dolls which regardless of your feelings about it is better than the original band name, The Sex Maggots. Talk about a name that really wouldn't have worked with their songs
Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Greg Graffin tell Graham in one of Loudwire's Wikipedia interviews that before settling on Bad Religion they went under the name Vaginal Discharge for a while? 😂🤢
for anyone who needs a better understand of the CCR part, a golliwog was a dutch doll back in the early 20th century. the doll was a racist depiction of a black person that had a big afro and red lips. I apologize for knowing this
Luke the spook - A Golliwog is not a Dutch doll. You are actually referencing the title of an illustrated children’s book “Two Dutch Dolls and a Golliwog.” My parents were British so of course I actually had a Golliwog doll. As I grew up I came to realize that this doll might be offensive to darker skinned people. I was over at a co-worker’s house and was shocked to see that he had a collection of Golly’s as he called them. I was confused because he was from Barbados’s. I gave him my Golliwog doll.
- Madness were originally called the North London Invaders and “Morris and the Minors” (👀) before they chose Madness from a Prince Buster track - Stone Temple Pilots were originally called Mighty Joe Young but they had to change it as another band already had that name - Alice In Chains were originally called “Fuck” and “Diamond Lie” before they settled on Alice In Chains. I saw an interview clip with Sean and Jerry where they said they had an idea of selling condoms with “Fuck the band” on them 😂😂 ETA: didn’t know that was Blink-182’s original name. I had heard that they originally went by “blink” but had to change it to add the number at the end because IIRC another band in Ireland already had that name
- Morris and the Minors is a reference to a classic British car... but still... (there was a British comedy band in the late 80s called Morris Minor and the Majors) - Alice in Chains came up with their classic name while they were watching a rerun of The Honeymooners.
Journey was originally named Golden Gate Rhythm Section, but they decided to change their name by doing a radio promotion where the fans suggested what the band should be named. It failed miserably, but one of their roadies suggested the name Journey and the rest is history…
I like to think that there's an alternate universe out there where the original names became the final names. Imagine listening to "Creep" by On a Friday or "Smells Like Teen Spirit" by Pen Cap Chew.
90's Conan: Ladies and gentlemen, making their national television debut with their new single: "No Sleep till Brooklyn", please welcome...The Young Aborigines!!!! Entire audience both young & old: .......DAFUQ IS THIS?!
The Quarrymen were a completely different band. Early names used by the actual Beatles were "Johnny and the Moondogs" and later either "The Silver Beetles" or "Long John and the Silver Beetles"
Honestly, I tend to forget how people feel about Finger Eleven, but if there's at least one positive about them, it's that I always looked forward to hearing Good Times on the SSX3 soundtrack, and playing that game in general.
Screaming Abdabs sounds like the name of an early Pink Floyd album. “Duck Tape” isn’t a play on words but the correct name . What we call “duct tape” today was invented back in World War II as “duck tape” because it was made from water-resistant duck cloth. Somehow, people started calling it “duct tape” back in the 1960s, and eventually that’s the name that stuck, even though using “duct tape” on actual ducting is a terrible idea. The heat from an HVAC system melts the glue and breaks down the fabric.
I did sound and tour managed Rainbow Butt Monkeys. We actually did 2 Western Canadian tours in the summer of "95. We supported Sven Gali on their tour (moving west). We then hooked up with Bootsauce in BC and supported them going eastward back to Ontario. Even back then (at around 20 years old) they had really good songs, were tight as hell and put on a great show. Very proud of their success.
Fun fact: Led Zeppelin used to be the New Yardbirds, and Deep Purple was Roundabout originally. Can you imagine Heavy Metal’s formation being accredited to The New Yardbirds, Roundabout, and The Polka Tulk Blues Band?
Solo act fun fact: an artist with the name of David Jones had to use another name as a member of The Monkees was already Davy Jones. So David Jones went by a different last name, inspired by a type of knife. (specifically a bowie knife)
David Knife? Sounds like a modern-day indie rapper… (Funnily enough, when he first started to get buzz, some people thought he picked his stage name to rip off Mick Jagger, since a “jagger” is also a type of knife)
The Beatles were originally called The Quarrymen after the high school that John Lennon had attended (Quarry Bank High School in Liverpool) and went under a few other monikers like Johnny & the Moondogs and The Silver Beetles/Beatles, but if I can add my own band that I have with some friends we originally named ourselves The Crush (after the Paramore song Crush Crush Crush, who my friend (our lead singer) is a huge fan of) before going with our current name of Resting Bitch Face/RBF because we thought it seemed more punk and plus it just sounded badass
How do you even think of that last name and think "yeah, this is a good idea"? Since my dad is a fan of Creed I immediately walked into the living room to show him, he had no words.
Quick facts before Peter Steele called the band Type O Negative, they were originally called Repulsion but they later found out there was the first grindcore band named "Repulsion"...
@@HenritheHorse Supposedly, all of the band members got tattoos of what would have been their Subzero logo before they found out there was already a band with that name. Peter came up with their classic name after hearing a PSA for blood donation on the radio, which specifically mentioned that blood type O- was in short supply.
If you think Beastie Boys' original band name was stupid, the title of their debut album, "Licensed To Ill" was changed due to the original title seeming homophobic. I won't say what it is, look it up.
I think it's kind of funny because it's making fun of the type of person who would say that but the satire doesn't immediately come across. Like how Fight For Your Right was adopted by the people it was making fun of.
Technically not the original name, but one of the bands that eventually coalesced into Avenged Sevenfold was called Mad P0rno Action. Kinda wonder what things would've been like if they'd kept THAT name.
@@matthewlabbe8395 I think it was only Zacky V's band? Rev was in Pinkly Smooth at that point but A7X are made up of the spare bits of like 4-5 bands that hung out a lot it seems...
The 'Black Sabbath' name is actually disputed in origin. The band Coven (who by strange coincidence also had a member named Oz Osborne) were pretty sure Black Sabbath had been named after one of their songs. Sabbath denied this for a long time but the story eventually changed to 'that might have subconsciously influenced the decision'. Knowing Sabbath there's a chance they weren't even being deceptive and simply can't remember fully but considering early Sabbat's sound had a lot of Coven's influence in it it's hugely unlikely they weren't familiar with that song.
Evanescence originally called Childish Intentions and Stricken The word "evanescence" means "a disappearance or dissipation, like vapor". They apparently disliked their previous name and wanted something better. They also wanted to do some artwork (with whatever name they chose) and decided to look under E. They liked the word and definition, likening it to the temporal nature of life. Coldplay originally called Starfish Green Day originally called Sweet Children (according to Livermore, this was done to avoid confusion with another local band Sweet Baby. The band adopted the name Green Day, due to the members' fondness for cannabis.The phrase, "Green day", was slang in the Bay Area, where the band originated, for spending a day doing nothing but smoking marijuana) The Cranberries originally called the Cranberry Saw Us When Dolores O'Riordan joined she recommended shortening it. They were originally named 'Cranberries Saw Us' (as in Cranberries Sauce). When Dolores O'Riordan joined she recommended shortening it. Oasis originally called The Rain After Gallagher joined the group, the band's name was changed to Oasis, which was inspired by a place where Inspiral Carpets played, the Oasis Leisure Centre in Swindon. Queen originally called Smile Bulsara suggested the group should be renamed to "Queen". The others were uncertain at first, but he said, "it's wonderful, dear, people will love it". At the same time, he decided to change his surname to Mercury, inspired by the line "Mother Mercury, look what they've done to me" in the song "My Fairy King" Nickelback originally called Village Idiot Later, they changed their name to Nickelback because Mike Kroeger while giving change to a customer at Starbucks, would say, “Here's your Nickel back.” Radiohead originally called On A Friday Radiohead" was taken from the song "Radio Head" on the Talking Heads album True Stories (1986). The Cure originally Easy Cure The name was later shortened to The Cure because frontman Robert Smith felt the name was too American and "too hippyish". Blink 182 originally called Blink The band was originally going to just be named Blink, however this was already taken. To avoid legal dispute, they added 182 to the end. Linkin Park originally Xero and Hybrid Theory
Fun fact John Cooper is actually not a big fan of the name Skillet he said in an interview that his pastor at the church he was going to in the 90s came up with the name he said the only reason he and his former band mates in the 90s stuck with the name Skillet because it caught on with their growing fanbase at the time
This one's crazy. Hoobastank... you know Hoobastank. Back in the day, they used to go by... HOOBUSTANK! Very different! They released one demo tape and one independent album before being signed to a major label. Their older sound can be best described as "the Incubus at home"
Australian synth-pop band Icehouse (Great Southern Land, Man of Colours) was originally named Flowers. Their first album, the first single on the album, and the first video (which got a lot of controversy due to it's horror themes) were all called Icehouse. From the second album, so was the band.
One of my favorite early band names was Muse, whose original band name was "Rocket Baby Dolls." Somehow, I can't imagine _Black Holes and Revelations_ coming from a band called Rocket Baby Dolls. What's more, it was apparently named after an obscure Japanese porn.
I like U2, but I don't really think that they are the greatest band ever! Their 80s material is really impressive. I'll give it that. The 90s stuff is kinda descent, and the 00s was better. But the 2010s came and the last 2 albums aren't that really that great in my opinion. I personally think that they are overrated and would go more to The Cure. The Cure, on the other hand made it on my last spot on my top 10 list for top 10 bands of all time. I would say that they have had an excellent. Their 80s output, except for The Top are really excellent. Wish was a really good album that followed up my favorite album, Disintegration. Mild Mood Swings is nothing, but a piece of turd and it definitely was their darkest hour since that record sucked. But the 00s got better and their last album 4:13 Dream really surprised me. I heard that they're gonna do 3 albums I believe, which I'm excited for. My top 3 albums from The Cure are Disintegration, Faith, and Pornography, just like Mark. The Cure are just one of those bands that I keep coming back to and I enjoy listening to their music a lot. Didn't think they made a big impact on me personally, but I think they definitely did.
lol wow, Ozzy was on drugs before Black Sabbath was successful has been confirmed, only someone high as a kite would think a name like "The Polka Tulk Blues Band" was good. YIKES....
Another name that Van Halen was going to choose was “Genesis” but that name was already taken due to a band of that name was already taking off in the United Kingdom, which is ironic because of how both Van Halen and Genesis was very popular in the seventies and eighties when they changed lead vocalists (David Lee Roth/Peter Gabriel and Sammy Hagar/Phil Collins) and released an album which nearly ended the careers of those two respective bands (Van Halen 3 and “Calling All Stations”) after changing lead vocalists for a second time from other rock bands in 1997 and 1998(Gary Cherone from Extreme and Ray Wilson from Stiltskin). Also Luke I’ve said it many times but I’d love to see you take on CAS in a future “Regretting the Past” episode.
australian band crowded house was originally called the mullanes, but they changed the name to crowded house which referenced the lack of space at their home in hollywood hills. another interesting aussie band name change was icehouse's original name being flowers!
"Sweet Children" singing about smoking out reminds me of Sonic Youth singing about the correct direction to pass after your puff-puff in a toking circle
Van Halen was also under the moniker: Mammoth at one point.. Eddie’s son Wolfgang has now begun to use that moniker with his solo outings. And I thought creeds first name was actually SEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEX
"Hey, Wanna' listen to some Screaming Abdabs? Or maybe I'll put on some Polka Tulk Blues band?" Them: "WTF are you smokin"? So glad I can just say "Hey I'm puttin' on Floyd & Sabbath." and nobody questions it. Everyone knows exactly what to expect. I wonder if Pantera ever had some odd name in the early days. Probably would have been something like "The Texas Hellions" or "Fucking Hostile" or something. Well, I think I'm gonna' look up "Drag The Water" and jam... See ya!
Naked Toddler was used as a joke for their first gig since they couldn't decide on one at their first performance. It was never actually going to be pitched to any record label. And with Stapp's religious upbringing, I find it more believable with him being off the wagon once again...
I know Deep Blue Something were originally Leper Messiah, inspired by David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust. For a while they even referred to their fans as Lepers. The story I've heard (though can't verify it's accuracy) is that they were attracting a very heavy metal crowd to shows with that name, which wasn't exactly ideal for a pop rock band. They then were brainstorming names and someone said Deep Blue something, with the something to be filled in later, but it ended up sticking (again, just what I remember hearing).
If only we lived in a world where rat salad was Van Helen's name. Imagine the memes. Just the image of wiggles singing "Rat salad, yummy yummy!" Is now living rent free in my head lol
Stone Temple Pilots Original name: Shirley Temple’s Pussy The label told them to change it, they liked the acronym STP, so they just chose three other random words that fit those letters.
I also heard they used “Stereo Temple Pilots” at one point. AFI did the same sort of thing early in their career where they had different meanings for their acronymed name - Anthems for Insubordinates, Asking for It, then A Fire Inside
I’m surprised you didn’t mention Crossfade. They originally had 2 different names before Crossfade: Their first was “The Nothing” and then (a quite questionable pick) “Sugar daddy Superstar”
