The Rock Station 99X » famous http://therockstation99x.com The Rock Station Thu, 20 Jun 2013 05:31:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Band Names Before They Were Famous http://therockstation99x.com/band-names-before-they-were-famous/ http://therockstation99x.com/band-names-before-they-were-famous/#comments Fri, 29 Jul 2011 15:35:34 +0000 Kayla Keys http://therockstation99x.com/?p=10776 I think it was Shakespeare that said, "What is in a name? A rose by any other name would smell just as sweet." That might work for roses, but I don't think that is true for music groups.

I saw on Buzzfeed "40 Names of Bands Before They Were Famous." Some of them I was familiar with, like Pearl Jam was originally Mookie Blaylock in honor of their favorite New Jersey Nets player.

I did not know that R.E.M. originally was called Cans of Piss. Good call on the name chance guys. Check out this list and I'm sure you'll find a few you didn't know.

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