abbreviations | movies | books | places | languages | memories   myths | celebrities | records | misc. | list | submit Talking about band names is like dancing about architecture. Elvis Costello So what. Me Juchuu... as we say here in Austria. Or should I better say: Yahoo! However, my little site is being listed on Yahoo Picks under April 24, 2003. Here is what they wrote about it: On 8 May 2003, this site was chosen as Website Of The Day in the BBC's Steve Wright Show Welcome... to the wonderful world of band names. Over the last years, I collected various explanations of band names. I found out that a lot of bands tend to take their names from movies and actors, records and songs, books and writers or things that happened to them in their childhood. Other sources are cities and places, famous personalities and myths/religion. This is why I decided to split the names up in several categories. Plus, you will find a list of abbreviations. N*E*R*D, for example, stands for "Noone Ever Really Dies". Dimmu Borgir is Icelandic for "Black Castle". Portishead were named after a small town next to Bristol, England. And Duran Duran took their name from the villain in the movie "Barbarella".           If something's missing, then please... Add a name: If you happen to know the origin of a band name that I didn't include, please do not hesitate to use the guestbook or write me (e-mail address see contact). Latest Additions: [2005-01-12] Dogs Die In Hot Cars Scissor Sisters Samba The Zutons Fink Holly Golightly Xiu Xiu Kasabian How to use this site: If you're searching for the explanation of a specific bandname click on list to view an alphabetic listing of all bands featured in my page. Or browse through the various sections by clicking on one of the other categories. E.g. movies will get you a list of bands that were named after films, actors and movie characters.