List of bands named after other performers' songs

This is a list of bands whose names are taken from songs by other artists where both artists in question have articles on the English Wikipedia.

Exact matches

• A Day in the Life (now known as Hawthorne Heights), after the Beatles song "A Day in the Life".
• After Forever, after Black Sabbath's "After Forever"
• Between the Buried and Me, in the song "Ghost Train" by Counting Crows The lyrics say "Fifty Million feet of earth between the buried and me"
• Boom Boom Satellites, after Sigue Sigue Sputnik's "Boom Boom Satellite" from their album Dress for Excess
• Boris, after Melvins' "Boris" from their album Bullhead
• Bury Your Dead, after The Haunted's "Bury Your Dead"
• Canned Heat, after Tommy Johnson's song from 1928.
• Cross-Eyed Mary, from Jethro Tull's 1971 album Aqualung
• Death Cab for Cutie, after Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band's "Death Cab for Cutie" on their album Gorilla
• Deacon Blue, after Steely Dan's "Deacon Blues" on their album Aja
• Deep Purple, after Peter DeRose's "Deep Purple"
• DumDum Boys, after Iggy Pop's "Dum Dum Boys"
• Ella Guru, after Captain Beefheart's "Ella Guru"
• Eric's Trip, after Sonic Youth's "Eric's Trip"
• Funeral for a Friend, after Planes Mistaken for Stars's "Funeral for a Friend" (although some believe it's after Elton John's "Love Lies Bleeding (Funeral for a Friend)")
• Godsmack, after Alice In Chains' "God Smack"
• Hello Goodbye, after The Beatles' "Hello, Goodbye"
• Hit the Lights, after Metallica's "Hit the Lights"
• Kashmir after Led Zeppelin's "Kashmir"
• The Kooks, after David Bowie's "Kooks" from his album Hunky Dory
• Ladytron, after Roxy Music's "Ladytron"
• Little Birdy, after Ween's "Little Birdy" from the album Pure Guava
• The Living End, after The Stray Cats' "The Living End"
• Madness, after Prince Buster's "Madness"
• The Musical Box, after the Genesis song on the 1971 Nursery Cryme album
• Nickel Creek, after Byron Berline's "Nickel Creek"
• Nine Below Zero, after Sonny Boy Williamson II's "Nine Below Zero"
• The Ordinary Boys, after Morrissey's "The Ordinary Boys"
• Overkill, after Motörhead's "Overkill"
• Powderfinger, after Neil Young's "Powderfinger"
• Pretty Girls Make Graves, after The Smiths' song by the same name.
• Roxette, after Dr. Feelgood's "Roxette"
• Ruins, after Henry Cow's "Ruins"
• Scary Kids Scaring Kids, after Cap'n Jazz's "Scary Kids Scaring Kids"
• Seether, after Veruca Salt's "Seether"
• Shook Ones, after Mobb Deep's "Shook Ones"
• The Sisters of Mercy, after Leonard Cohen's "Sisters of Mercy"
• Spiral Architect, after Black Sabbath's "Spiral Architect"
• Spoon, after the 1970s German avant-garde band Can's song "Spoon"
• Stars of Track and Field, after Belle and Sebastian's "Stars of Track and Field"
• Stiff Little Fingers, after The Vibrators' "Stiff Little Fingers"
• The Sunshine Underground, after The Chemical Brothers' "The Sunshine Underground"
• Uh Huh Her, after PJ Harvey's unreleased song "Uh Huh Her" that was cut from the album Uh Huh Her
• Wow & Flutter, after Stereolab's "Wow and Flutter"

Approximations and partial matches

• The All-American Rejects, after the line from Green Day's "Reject", "your reject All-American"
• The Black Angels, after Velvet Underground's "The Black Angel's Death Song"
• Burning Airlines, after Brian Eno's "Burning Airlines Give You So Much More"
• A Certain Ratio, after a line from Brian Eno's "The True Wheel"
• Boredoms, after Buzzcocks' "Boredom" from Spiral Scratch
• Candlebox, after a line from Midnight Oil's "Tin Legs and Tin Mines": "boxed in like candles"
• Curved Air, after Terry Riley's "A Rainbow in Curved Air"
• Dizzy Mizz Lizzy, after The Beatles' "Dizzy Miss Lizzy"
• The Get Up Kids, after The Cure's "Suburban Get Up Kids"
• Gigolo Aunts, after Syd Barrett's "Gigolo Aunt"
• Godsmack, after Alice in Chains' "God Smack"
• Judas Priest, after Bob Dylan's "The Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest"
• The Killers, after the name of the fictional band in the music video for the New Order song "Crystal".
• Mayhem, after Venom's "Mayhem with Mercy"
• Mob Rules, after Black Sabbath's "The Mob Rules"
• Motörhead after Hawkwind's "Motorhead"
• Nightmare of You after The Cure's "Kyoto Song", which starts off "A nightmare of you"
• Old 97's after Johnny Cash's "The Wreck of the Old 97"
• Panic at the Disco after The Smiths' "Panic"
• Pretty Things, after Bo Diddley's "Pretty Thing"
• Raveonettes, after Buddy Holly's "Rave On"
• Radio Birdman, from a line in The Stooges' "1970"
• Radiohead, after the Talking Heads' "Radio Head"
• The Rolling Stones, after Muddy Waters' "Rolling Stone"
• Sepultura, after Motörhead's "Dancing on Your Grave" (Sepultura is Portuguese for grave)
• Shakespears Sister, after The Smiths' "Shakespeare's Sister"
• Suburban Kids with Biblical Names, after line from Silver Jews' "People"
• Texas Is the Reason, after a line from The Misfits' "Bullet"
• Through the Eyes of the Dead, after Cannibal Corpse's "Staring Through The Eyes of The Dead"
• Warsaw (later became Joy Division), after David Bowie's "Warszawa"

Incorrect associations

• BarlowGirl is not named after Superchick's "Barlow Girls". In fact, the song was recorded as a tribute to the band.
• We Are Scientists are not named after the Cap'n Jazz song "We Are Scientists!". They got their name when they were asked if they were scientists, but said "no". They later regretted it and so used the name for their band.

See also

• List of band name etymologies