Band Name Etymology - Statistics

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Etymology Band % Correct
Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Anni-Frid Lyngstad ABBA
91%
Referring to the Hindenburg Led Zeppelin
65%
Randomly from a dictionary, an abbreviation for a type of sleep R.E.M.
59%
Abbreviation of original name, "The Management" MGMT
42%
Nickname given to lead vocalist because of his asthma Weezer
31%
The sidekick to Radioactive Man from The Simpsons Fall Out Boy
26%
Slang term for a day spent smoking marijuana Green Day
25%
Term used by Allied pilots in WWII to describe various UFOs Foo Fighters
24%
From a John Steinbeck novel, itself taken from a Robert Burns poem Of Mice & Men
21%
From a Muddy Waters song The Rolling Stones
18%
After a gym teacher notorious for enforcing no long hair on boys Lynyrd Skynyrd
17%
A beehive hairstyle The B-52's
17%
Heart-exploding move from the movie Kill Bill Five Finger Death Punch
15%
After the group saw a kung fu film Wu-Tang Clan
14%
Shortening of a deceased animal found in his computer as a teenager deadmau5
11%
A Wu-Tang Clan name generator sophomore year at NYU Childish Gambino
10%
A negative review described the duo's effort as "a ____ ____y thrash" Daft Punk
10%
The lead singer filmed a low-budget vampire movie with the same name Vampire Weekend
7%
From the Book of Genesis - "If Cain shall be _______ _________" Avenged Sevenfold
5%
From a line said by Captain Jack Sparrow in The Curse of the Black Pearl Bring Me the Horizon
5%
Lead vocalist's little sister, with an added space, meaning "victory rose" Sigur Rós
3%
A flea market in Orlando Backstreet Boys
2%
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