Somebody asked for ‘interesting examples of the origin of UK bands names’ like UB40 – 23 fascinating tales about our favourite musicians

13.

‘Derek and the Dominoes were named because someone misheard Eric Clapton’s name before a gig and wrote him on the bill as Derek.’
–I_ALWAYS_UPVOTE_CATS

14.

‘Chumbawamba. One of the band members had a dream where he needed the toilet, but the signs on the doors just said Chumba or Wamba and he couldn’t work out which one was the gents.’
–BobBobBobBobBobDave

15.

‘The Frattellis got their name from the evil crime family in the Goonies!’
–Mr_GMX

16.

‘Fall Out Boy were named after Radioactive Man’s sidekick on The Simpsons.’
–BadBassist

17.

‘T’Pau (China in Your Hand) were named after a character from Star Trek.’
–Krakshotz

18.

‘Therapy? has a question mark at the end of their name because they’d messed up the spacing on the cover of their first single and just used the ‘?’ to fill the space.’
–BuddyLegsBailey

19.

‘Level 42 were named after the top floor of a multi storey car park where front-man Mark King had forgotten he parked the tour van.’
–themightyug

20.

‘The Boomtown Rats name was taken from a book about a gang of misfit children. I only learnt that myself a few days ago when I heard a radio interview with Bob Geldof.’
–Hes_anarc2005

21.

‘Heaven 17 and Moloko were named after a fictional band and the milk bar in A Clockwork Orange.’
–herrsteely

22.

‘The Pogues were originally called Pouge Mahone (Póg mo thóin) which means kiss my arse in Irish but they had to shorten it.’
–gangus_chan

23.

‘Portishead, named after that place by Bristol.’
–PretendPop8930

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