Band names inspired by books or movies

[bumnote]

Heaven 17

Toad The Wet Sprocket

 

[Ron R]

Genesis

About the only good thing Jonathan King did for them.

 

[Ed Driscoll]

According to Wikipedia, the Thompson Twins "band's name was based on the two bumbling detectives Thomson and Thompson (who are close doubles, not twins) in the English-language version of The Adventures of Tintin (Les aventures de Tintin)."

 

[Ed Driscoll]

Toto:

 

[Ed Driscoll]

Not a rock group, but a record label name definitely inspired a movie:

 

[GGardner]

 

[Vibroluxer]

Styx is from Greek mythology.

 

[DanteNHK]

Mogwai, from ''Gremlins''.

God Speed You! Black Emperor. It's from a Japanese documentary.

As I Lay Dying. Great book, bad band. Imo.

Cocteau Twins. Not a book but a French Writter.

 

[MisterZ]

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I thought I was the only one who knew about that Brandos album...

 

[turftone]

Mott the Hoople!

 

[brookdalebill]

Steppenwolf (novel by Herman Hesse).

Central Texas based Bubble Puppy (Hot Smoke & Sassafras) got signed to ABC /Dunhill with the help of Steppenwolf bassist, Nick St. Nicholas.
They changed their name to Demian, another Herman Hesse novel.
They had a marginal hit with Face The Crowd.
Great guitar playing on that record.

The top two pics are BP, the last two are Demian.
Same line-up.
Apologies for the one tiny pic.

 

[Fiesta Red]

Not a band, but a clothing store that put out some compilation albums…1990’s/early 00’s, iirc?

“Atticus”, based on Atticus Finch from To Kill a Mockingbird.

They had a dead bird in their logo.

 

[Texicaster]

 

[thechad]

The Airborne Toxic Event

Haven’t listened to the band but I know from their name it refers to the Don Delillo book “white noise” I had the pleasure of reading for not 1 but 2 English courses in school.

 

[eoms]

Uriah Heep

 

[Skyhook]

I played the bass loudly and excessively throughout their entire career.

 

[Grandy]

The Airborne Toxic Event

Haven’t listened to the band but I know from their name it refers to the Don Delillo book “white noise” I had the pleasure of reading for not 1 but 2 English courses in school.

Just read it a couple of weeks ago.

 

[Reedo]

There is, or was a prog rock band called 'Quatermass', named after the BBC TV serials from the 1950s.
In order of serials
The Quatermass Experiment (1953).
Quatermass II (1955).
Quatermass and the Pit (1958 - 1959).
Quatermass (1979 a Euston films production).
All but the final serial was remade by Hammer films, also in the 1950s and 1960s.

 

[hemingway]

Moloko
The Stooges
Public Enemy

 

[Chester P Squier]

IIRC there was a character in the movie Barbarella named Duran Duran. It may have been Durand Durand, but the rock band was named after this character.

 

[thechad]

Just read it a couple of weeks ago.

How did you like it? I couldn’t help but notice you live in Finland. My wife is Finnish and we lived in Kajaani for 6 months and Oulu for a year before settling down back in Canada. Beautiful country Finland!