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Gang of Four - the leftist punk/post-punk band from Leeds, England, took their name from the Maoist Gang of Four, the leaders responsible for the Cultural Revolution of 1966 to 1976. An added layer of meaning can be derived from the four prominent schools of post-structuralism (the works of Levi-Strauss, Lacan, Barthes, and Foucault), which directly influenced the band's politics and lyrics.
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You may by now have seen the list of the 25 worst band names in rock history on the CRACKED.com humor web page site. I wrote it. But not all the bands I wanted to put on the list made the cut, so I thought that I'd include bands 26-30, just to make a few people angrier about how the explanation for how the band got its name (which I pulled off Wikipedia) is wrong.
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Ill Niño - Originally the band was called El Niño, after the weather phenomenon. After signing to Roadrunner Records in 2000 the band had to change their name as, at that time, another band was already known as El Niño.
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After The Pulsations won an audition for a variety show called All Time Hits, Chicago radio station WGN decided that they wanted a more British sounding name for the band. A security guard for the show, John Opager, came up with a few name suggestions, including the one that was liked best, The Buckinghams.
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Henry has no steady band. Instead, he gathers musicians for each project and records the resulting performances. That has lead to inspired projects that have brought together folks like Brad Mehldau, Marc Ribot, Brian Blades and, most famously on his album
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Why it’s ridiculous: Following the naming convention of its mentor band Korn, Limp Bizkit intentionally misspelled their band name, because that’s phat with the kids. Fred Durst was apparently operating under the impression that naming his band after a game in which a bunch of lonely white teenagers stand around jacking off in front of each other was just a little too intellectually haughty, and decided to “dumb it down a little” for us proles. Oh, and it’s pretty much never a good idea to describe your hard rock band as “limp.” (See Def Leppard.)
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