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- Kaiser Chiefs — Named after the South African Kaizer Chiefs Football Club, the former team of long-serving former Leeds United captain Lucas Radebe.
- Kasabian - Named after Linda Kasabian, a member of the Charles Manson cult (aka the Manson "family") famous for serving as his getaway driver.
- Kassidy - Took their name from a play on Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
- The Killers - Name which comes from the bass drum of a fictional band in the music video for the New Order song "Crystal".
- Klaxons - Originally known as "Klaxons (Not Centaurs)", a quote from Filippo Tommaso Marinetti's futurism text The Futurist Manifesto . Also in an interview a band member stated Klaxons "is to toot to be a loud intrusive noise to disrupt".
- KJ-52 - Hybrid name of this artist's first rap name "KJ" coupled with the New Testament Miracle of the Feeding of the Multitude, Mark 8:1-9 & Matthew 15:32-39.
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