Many of your favorite bands likely didn’t start with the current name they have now. In fact, it’s quite common for groups to take on new monikers after gaining popularity or signing to record labels.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Is there anything harder than choosing a band name? Yes, obviously, millions. But it still poses a challenge, as anyone who has ...

This 1966 pop group had their roots in Greenwich Village folk rock before making a shift to sunshine pop. They scored a Top 40 hit with “Come On Down to My Boat,” but failed to make more of a dent ...

A lot of band names are quite confusing the first time you see them. Sure, a band wants to pick something unique, but the name might be so out there and weird that it's difficult to remember. Even if ...

A band name can come from anything and anywhere, even from another band. Here are just four bands and artists who took their names from existing songs and the interesting stories behind them. From ...

Snow Patrol was not always named Snow Patrol when they started out. The alternative rock band that was started in Scotland in 1994 by Gary Lightbody, Mark McClelland, and Michael Morrison had a ...

Comedians long to be rock stars, they say, and rock stars dream of being comedians. For proof, look no further than band names that found their inspiration in TV comedies. The Simpsons and The Brady ...

In morning meetings and Slack messages between the New Atlas team, sometimes a phrase is mentioned that simply begs to become a band name. Here's your chance to vote on the best of the best! Last year ...

Swing a guitar and there’s a good chance you’ll hit a band with a “look-at-me!” name incorporating some part of the human anatomy or a word you can’t say on television. But those aren’t the only ...