Band Name Origins (Answers)

Here are the answers for Band Name Origins:

1. The initials of the four members of the band, one of them backward.
   ABBA, from Agnetha, Bjorn, Benny and Annafrid
2. Named for a town in Michigan that just happened to be under the pin that the band stuck in a map at random.
   The Bay City Rollers, from Bay City, and the rolling waves of Lake Michigan
3. Part of the title of an Aldous Huxley novel in turn inspired by a quote from William Blake about perception.
   The Doors, from The Doors of Perception
4. A classic pickup truck built by Oldsmobile in the 1930s.
   REO Speedwagon, REO being the designer, Ransom Eli Olds
5. A pairing of the first names of the band's favourite couple of blues musicians.
   Pink Floyd, from Pink Anderson and Floyd Council
6. This band played under a different name each gig, and finally got signed while named for the inventor of the seed drill.
   Jethro Tull, much better than Candy Coloured Rain or Ian Henderson's Bag of Blues
7. A medieval torture device involving a body shaped casket full of internal spikes.
   Iron Maiden
8. The prostitution wing of a Nazi concentration camp.
   Joy Division
9. The German for 'power station', which is highly appropriate given the band's musical style.
   Kraftwerk
10. Military benchmark of a million people killed by a nuclear blast.
    Megadeth, a misspelling of 'megadeath'
11. The title of the 1913 manifesto by the Italian futurist Luigi Russolo who constructed musical machines.
    The Art of Noise
12. Named after the Leonard Cohen song rather than the order of nuns who feature in its lyrics.
    The Sisters of Mercy
13. The strongest legal alcoholic drink available in the United States, at 190 proof or 95% alcohol.
    Everclear
14. A parody of the name of glam metal band Pretty Boy Floyd who they once played alongside.
    Ugly Kid Joe
15. The title of a book about S&M discovered on a New York sidewalk by one of the band members.
    The Velvet Underground
16. Corrupted from the principal villain in the Jane Fonda film Barbarella.
    Duran Duran, from Dr Durand Durand
17. With typical subtlety, a shortened version of the Gaelic for 'kiss my arse'.
    The Pogues, from 'Pogue Mahone'
18. The greatest amount of voice, at least in Latin.
    Ultravox, from, erm, 'ultra vox'
19. An inaccurate estimate of the amount of sperm produced by the average man per ejaculation (note: apparently an urban legend but...).
    10cc, though apparently it should be 3cc
20. Late 19th century slang for burst facial capillaries caused through alcohol abuse, inspired by a photo of W C Fields.
    The Gin Blossoms
21. A steam powered steel dildo from William Burroughs's novel The Naked Lunch.
    Steely Dan
22. Fittingly given his image, he got his name from an 18th century witch who talked to him through a ouija board.
    Alice Cooper.
23. Named for the extravagant bouffant hairstyle sported by two key members, not for the bombers.
    The B-52's
24. Inspired by the yellow and black striped shirt he used to wear constantly and that made him look like a bee.
    Sting, aka Gordon Sumner
25. Broadcasting jargon for shots that show only the head and shoulders of the subject.
    Talking Heads
26. Named for the most famous literary invention of his great great grand uncle Herman Melville.
    Moby, from Moby Dick
27. Subtly, American slang for period pains.
    The Cramps
28. The name of an unemployment benefit form in England.
    UB40
29. The mythological river that Charon ferried the dead across to reach Hades.
    Styx
30. He took his name from a take on Fats Domino, thought up by Dick Clark's wife.
    Chubby Checker