List of Bands Named After Other Performers' Songs - Exact Matches

Exact Matches

  • 10 Seconds of Forever, after Hawkwind's "10 Seconds of Forever"
  • A Day in the Life (now known as Hawthorne Heights), after the Beatles song "A Day in the Life".
  • ABC, after The Jackson 5's "ABC"
  • After Forever, after Black Sabbath's "After Forever"
  • All Time Low, from the lyrics 'and it feels like I'm at an all-time low' from New Found Glory song, "Head on Collision"
  • Aqualung, after Jethro Tull's "Aqualung"
  • Between the Buried and Me, in the song "Ghost Train" by Counting Crows The lyrics say "Fifty Million feet of earth between the buried and me"
  • Big Country, after Talking Heads' "The Big Country"
  • Blonde Redhead, after the DNA song "Blonde Redhead"
  • Blood On The Dance Floor, after Michael Jackson's song, "Blood On The Dance Floor".
  • Bonded by Blood, after Exodus's "Bonded by blood".
  • Boom Boom Satellites, after Sigue Sigue Sputnik's "Boom Boom Satellite" from their album Dress for Excess
  • Boredoms, after Buzzcocks' "Boredom" from their "Spiral Scratch" EP.
  • Boris, after Melvins' "Boris" from their album Bullhead
  • Boyz II Men, after New Edition's "Boys to Men"
  • Bury Your Dead, after The Haunted's "Bury Your Dead"
  • Con Funk Shun, after New Birth's "Con-Funk-Shun"
  • Cross-Eyed Mary, from Jethro Tull's 1971 album Aqualung
  • Death Cab for Cutie, after Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band's "Death Cab for Cutie" on their album Gorilla
  • Deacon Blue, after Steely Dan's "Deacon Blues" on their album Aja
  • Deep Purple, after Peter DeRose's "Deep Purple" (most notably performed by Nino Tempo & April Stevens)
  • DumDum Boys, after Iggy Pop's "Dum Dum Boys"
  • Dum Dum Girls, after Iggy Pop's "Dum Dum Boys" as well as The Vaselines album "Dum Dum"
  • Ella Guru, after Captain Beefheart's "Ella Guru"
  • Eric's Trip, after Sonic Youth's "Eric's Trip"
  • FireHouse, after Kiss's "Firehouse"
  • Fuck the Facts, after Naked City's "Fuck the Facts"
  • Funeral for a Friend, after Planes Mistaken for Stars's "Funeral for a Friend" (although some believe it's after Elton John's "Love Lies Bleeding (Funeral for a Friend)")
  • Head Like a Hole, after Nine Inch Nails' "Head Like A Hole"
  • Hello Goodbye, after The Beatles' "Hello, Goodbye"
  • Hit the Lights, after Metallica's "Hit the Lights"
  • Hunters & Collectors, after Can's "Hunters and Collectors" from the Landed album
  • In Fear And Faith, after Circa Survive's "In Fear And Faith"
  • Jet, after Wings' "Jet"
  • Kashmir after Led Zeppelin's "Kashmir"
  • The Kooks, after David Bowie's "Kooks" from his album Hunky Dory
  • Ladytron, after Roxy Music's "Ladytron"
  • Little Birdy, after Ween's "Little Birdy" from the album Pure Guava
  • The Living End, after The Stray Cats' "The Living End"
  • Madness, after Prince Buster's "Madness"
  • Merciless Death, after Dark Angel's "Merciless Death"
  • Mr. Big, after Free's "Mr. Big"
  • The Musical Box, after the Genesis song on the 1971 Nursery Cryme album
  • These New Puritans, after The Fall's "New Puritan"
  • Nickel Creek, after Byron Berline's "Nickel Creek"
  • Nine Below Zero, after Sonny Boy Williamson II's "Nine Below Zero"
  • Oceansize after Jane's Addiction's "Ocean Size"
  • The Ordinary Boys, after Morrissey's "The Ordinary Boys"
  • Overkill, after Motörhead's "Overkill"
  • Powderfinger, after Neil Young's "Powderfinger"
  • Pretty Girls Make Graves, after The Smiths' song by the same name.
  • Radiohead, after Talking Heads' "Radio Head"
  • Regular John, after Queens of the Stone Age's "Regular John"
  • Riders on the Storm, after The Doors's "Riders on the Storm"
  • Right Said Fred, after Bernard Cribbins' single by the same name
  • Roxette, after Dr. Feelgood's "Roxette"
  • Ruins, after Henry Cow's "Ruins"
  • Scary Kids Scaring Kids, after Cap'n Jazz's "Scary Kids Scaring Kids"
  • Seether, after Veruca Salt's "Seether"
  • Shakespears Sister, after The Smiths's "Shakespeare's Sister"
  • Shook Ones, after Mobb Deep's "Shook Ones"
  • The Sisters of Mercy, after Leonard Cohen's "Sisters of Mercy"
  • Spiral Architect, after Black Sabbath's "Spiral Architect"
  • Spoon, after the 1970s German avant-garde band Can's song "Spoon"
  • Stars of Track and Field, after Belle and Sebastian's "Stars of Track and Field"
  • Starsailor, after Tim Buckley's "Starsailor" from his album of the same name
  • Stiff Little Fingers, after The Vibrators's "Stiff Little Fingers"
  • Sweet Thing, after Van Morrison's "Sweet Thing"
  • The Sunshine Underground, after The Chemical Brothers' "The Sunshine Underground"
  • Uh Huh Her, after PJ Harvey's unreleased song "Uh Huh Her" that was cut from the album Uh Huh Her
  • Veil of Maya, after Cynic's "Veil of Maya"
  • Velocity Girl, after Primal Scream's "Velocity Girl"
  • Winds of Plague, after Unearth's "Endless"

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