Bands by Name Origin (G-L) - Statistics

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Band Name Origin Band % Correct
Name created when the frontman's band combined with another band, The L.A. Guns Guns N' Roses
82%
In reference to the name of their drummer's old band, LIPS KISS
80%
Named after the torture device shown in the 1939 film The Man in the Iron Mask Iron Maiden
79%
Refers to the Hindenburg disaster Led Zeppelin
76%
Instead of Gabriel's Angels, they settled on this name, suggesting "a new beginning". Genesis
70%
Slang term for an entire day spent smoking marijuana Green Day
52%
Named after a high school gym teacher who strictly prohibited boys from having long hair Lynyrd Skynyrd
48%
Nicknames of two college friends, one with an owlish face and the other with puffy cheeks Hootie and the Blowfish
44%
The lead vocalist once drew a picture of his overweight brother swallowing a globe. Jimmy Eat World
42%
Named after the Santa Monica park the singer passed on the way home from band practice Linkin Park
40%
Phrase found in a dictionary, meaning "the soul of a dead person thanking someone who arranged their burial" Grateful Dead
37%
Their namesake was an 18th-century agriculturist Jethro Tull
33%
Prostitution wing of a Nazi concentration camp mentioned in the novel The House of Dolls Joy Division
26%
Name of Scandinavian memory game, which means "Do you remember?" (Without the '?') {Hüsker} {Dü}
24%
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