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'On July 10th (Valle Hovin Stadion) the band will perform in front of 35,000 people as they warm up for Metallica, when the biggest hard rock band in the world plays in Oslo. It will not be the largest crowd Turbonegro has beheld, but it will probably be the most dedicated -a pure rock congregation- and this makes it something truly special for the Oslo band. And for Turbonegro it is a piece of unsurpassable pr regarding their new album, which will be in stores just about a month prior to the Metallica gig. Before that, from May 4th, Turbonegro will be out on a tour of Europe and Norway which will carry on almost to the end of June. And one week before the Metallica show they will ... play the opening day of the Quart festival in Kristiansand.'
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The story goes that photographer Bob Seidemann was hired to take a photo for the cover of a recently formed rock band's first album. Seidemann had the idea of using a young girl for the picture but did not have any particular model in mind. While riding the London subway, he saw a girl who would be perfect and asked her if she'd like to be on an album cover. He went to her house to ask her parents' permission for her to pose topless. They agreed, but the girl backed out. The girl's younger sister then spoke up and begged her parents to let her pose instead.
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Alice Cooper — Alice Cooper was originally the name of a band, not a person. Vince Furnier, the man now known as Alice Cooper, was the lead singer of that band. The band has told numerous, conflicting stories about the name's origins (the most famous story is that they got the name from a Ouija board). However, Furnier now says the name came from the band's warped sense of humor. They were loud, crude, raucous and rowdy, which is why it struck them as funny to adopt a name that connoted sweetness and light. "Alice Cooper" sounded like the name of an innocent little schoolgirl or sweet old lady at church, so it seemed like a perversely perfect name for a band that was anything but innocent.
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In December, 1967, flautist / guitarist Ian Anderson, bassist Glenn Cornick, guitarist / singer Mick Abrahams and drummer Clive Bunker formed a new band. They began playing two shows a week, trying out different names, including Navy Blue and Bag of Blues. Their manager suggested Jethro Tull, the name of a British barrister and farmer who, in the mid-1700s, invented a device called the seed drill, which could sew three rows of seeds simultaneously. Ian Anderson strongly disliked the name, but it became popular and memorable, and it stuck.
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The band were inspired while talking to a spirit named Alice Cooper who came to them when they were using their Ouija Board. . After the band split up, Vincent Furnier their lead singer kept the name for his solo act.
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NME has a weekly nomination of worst band names. Most of unheard of, but still makes you think. Why start a band if it no one can say the bands name with a straight face?
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