Ever Wonder How Some Bands Got Their Names?

All of These Bands Have Colors in Their Names, But They Weren’t Named After Colors. Find Out the Real Meaning Behind Their Names…

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  BLACK SABBATH came from their song Black Sabbath, which was named after a 1960's horror film.

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  BLUE OYSTER CULT came from the name given to a group of alien characters from band manager, Sandy Pearlman's poetry.

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  CREAM refers to the members who thought of themselves as "the cream of the crop"
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  DEEP PURPLE, the band once known as Roundabout, was renamed in the middle of an interview, supposedly after an old song Ritchie Blackmore's grandmother liked.

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  PEARL JAM got their name because the band members just really liked the word pearl. The "jam" was added later.

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  Syd Barrett of PINK FLOYD named the band after two blues singers whose records he owned: Pink Anderson and Floyd Council.
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  WHITESNAKE was named after a song that David Coverdale wrote toward the end of his Deep Purple days.