How about...Bands whose name comes from a Beatle reference

[veteranof1000psychicwars]

I have a few in my head and I'm gonna be jazzed if there are more.

The Ramones (Paul's hotel alias was 'Paul Ramon'...of course Dee Dee got the spelling wrong)

Shoes (Midwest power-pop. Press conference Paul: "We coulda been called The Shoes, for all you know.")

The Grip Weeds (current psych/power pop NJ band...from Lennon's character in the film "How I Won The War"....but band loses points for giving their new album that title...sheesh)

Any more?

[pb2015]

If it counts...Death Cab For Cutie had been the name of a song Bonzo Dog Band performed in the Magical Mystery Tour film.

[veteranof1000psychicwars]

Yes!! That absolutely counts.

[rcarlberg]

Rain. A Beatles tribute band, natch.

More here:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:The_Beatles_tribute_bands

[veteranof1000psychicwars]

Doesn't count. Just "real" bands.

[klothos]

Tangerine Dream was named after mishearing the lyric "tangerine trees" in Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds

[veteranof1000psychicwars]

Tangerine Dream was named after mishearing the lyric "tangerine trees" in Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds


No shit? I've never heard that one! That's 5

[GuitarGeek]

Tangerine Dream was named after mishearing the lyric "tangerine trees" in Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds

Allegedly. I could have sworn I heard about 15 or so years ago, that Herr Edgar himself said it wasn't true.

[pb2015]

There is also a band (maybe more than one band) called Turn Me On Dead Man.

[bob_32_116]

It's not a band, but there is an entire festival, held in Oslo, called Norwegian Wood.

[Gravedigger]

Didn't Y&T get their name from the "Yesterday...And Today" album?

[NogbadTheBad]

I thought they were Yesterday and Tomorrow

[3LockBox]

Didn't Y&T get their name from the "Yesterday...And Today" album? I lollered

[markwoll]

Yellow Matter Custard - a 'tribute supergroup'

[GuitarGeek]

Didn't Y&T get their name from the "Yesterday...And Today" album?

Yes they did. In fact, their first couple albums were released under the name "Yesterday & Today", before it got shortened when they switched to A&M Records.

[TheLoony]

Y&T, huh? I never put that one together. Should have, it's pretty easy.

[bob_32_116]

Y&T, huh? I never put that one together. Should have, it's pretty easy.
Never heard of Y&T, so I would have been unlikely to "put it together".

[Koreabruce]

Toad the Wet Sprocket

[klothos]

Toad the Wet Sprocket

That name is from Monty Python ( although "Band Names from Monty Python references" would be an equally good topic :D )

[Yves]

There is also a band (maybe more than one band) called Turn Me On Dead Man.

Love this band!

[Koreabruce]

That name is from Monty Python ( although "Band Names from Monty Python references" would be an equally good topic :D )

Doh! :oops Yeah, I knew that... I even recall Eric Idle saying it.

Good idea for another thread, though!

[ronmac]

The Rutles :)

[rcarlberg]

Yellow Matter Custard - a 'tribute supergroup'See #s 4 & 5

[Rarebird]

The Nits

[strawberrybrick]

FWIW, both my daughters were named after Beatles songs...

[Galactic Bulldozer]

FWIW, both my daughters were named after Beatles songs...

Surely not Rigby?

[Mister Triscuits]

Tangerine Dream was named after mishearing the lyric "tangerine trees" in Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds

I've always said that was a cover-up for the fact that he really got the name from the Lemon Pipers, who did mention "tangerine dreams" in a song ("Jelly Jungle," the sound-alike follow-up to "Green Tambourine"). ;)

[Dave (in MA)]

That name is from Monty Python ( although "Band Names from Monty Python references" would be an equally good topic :D )

Not really, Python reused it on their Contractual Obligation album.

It came from Rutland Weekend Television, a project of Eric Idle and Neil Innes that came after Monty Python's Flying Circus but before The Rutles.
George Harrison appeared on RWT and played a tune that started out with the intro to My Sweet Lord but then he launched into a song about being a pirate. So there's your tenuous Beatle link.

Toad the Wet Sprocket also appeared in The Rutland Dirty Weekend Book in a Rock Notes column feature from their mock Rolling Stone called The Rutland Stone.

http://www.rutlemania.org/rwt_graphics/rsnixon.jpg


More than you could ever want to know right here (http://www.rutlemania.org/RWT/rwtguide.html). Just search for "toad".

[ronmac]

[QUOTE=Dave (in MA);465180]George Harrison appeared on RWT and played a tune that started out with the intro to My Sweet Lord but then he launched into a song about being a pirate.[/IMG]

Aptly titled "The Pirate Song."

[strawberrybrick]

Surely not Rigby?

Mordecai + Rigby! Regular Show!

nah.... Lucy & Penny

[bob_32_116]

FWIW, both my daughters were named after Beatles songs...
Anna and Michelle?

[bob_32_116]

Tangerine Dream was named after mishearing the lyric "tangerine trees" in Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
Also one of the many theories on the origin of the name "Porcupine Tree" is that it's a corruption, intentional or otherwise, of "tangerine trees".

Beatles links appear in Steven Wilson's early work. There is a song "Footprints" that actually quotes several lines out of Lucy In the Sky With Diamonds - and of course there is the song "Linton Samuel Dawson", which has the same initials and is obviously about the drug LSD. Lennon, of course, denied that "Lucy" was about drugs, but many people did not believe his denial.

[Dave (in MA)]

[QUOTE=Dave (in MA);465180]George Harrison appeared on RWT and played a tune that started out with the intro to My Sweet Lord but then he launched into a song about being a pirate.[/IMG]

Aptly titled "The Pirate Song."

Aaargh, she's so fine.

[Vic2012]

Beatallica

[GuitarGeek]

Lennon, of course, denied that "Lucy" was about drugs, but many people did not believe his denial.

Yes, and many people believe all rock music is the work of the devil. :roll

Actually, the more I think about it, the more whimsical John's "official story" about Lucy seems. On the other hand, I'm inclined to believe his comment about not being clever enough to work the the letters "LSD" into a song title. Not that I think he wasn't a clever man, he certainly was. But it's just that the logic that dictates that he hid the name of a drug in a song title sounds like anti-rock propaganda, spewed by the same people who claim there are backwards messages on records, that Kiss and AC/DC are Satanists (even choosing band names accordingly) and that the "devil horns" was chosen by metal musicians because it represents a denial of the Holy Trinity and has three sixes hidden in the gesture (I'm not making that last one up, watch The Decline Of Western Civilization II: The Metal Years, they interview some old bat in there who explains that last one).

[GuitarGeek]

Never heard of Y&T, so I would have been unlikely to "put it together".

I imagine there's lots of Australian bands the average American has never heard of, as well.

Come to think of it, there's a lot of Americans who've never heard of Y&T, for that matter. They weren't as big as they should have been.

[Vic2012]

I've heard of Y&T. They're from San Francisco. Don't think I've heard a note by them. Or maybe I have but didn't know it was Y&T.

[NogbadTheBad]

One decent track, Rescue Me, that's it.

[Mister Triscuits]

I used to see the wife of the main guy in Y&T playing the Borders Books circuit with a harp trio. (She's the one top left.) Pretty cool, actually.

http://www.electricangel.com/Grp3-12aweb.jpg

[No Pride]

I used to see the wife of the main guy in Y&T playing the Borders Books circuit with a harp trio. (She's the one top left.) Pretty cool, actually.

http://www.electricangel.com/Grp3-12aweb.jpg

That's a lot of vibrating G strings! :bad

[klothos]

One decent track, Rescue Me, that's it.

Dave Meniketti is a decent guitarist. Their music is good for that time and they (IMHO) were actually better than many other acts that got far more noteriety in the early 80s..........Although they sporadically put out music since the 80s, their sound is (unfortunately) dated and I cant listen to their newer stuff without thinking of feathered hair, Camaros, Halston Z14 cologne, Members Only jackets, and Crown Royal bags hanging off the rearview mirror

[Vic2012]

I cant listen to their newer stuff without thinking of feathered hair, Camaros, Halston Z14 cologne,

You say that like it's a bad thing......lol

[bob_32_116]

I'm getting the impression I'm not missing much by never having heard Y&T.

[ronmac]

That's a lot of vibrating G strings! :bad

That's a lot of harping.

[GuitarGeek]

I've heard of Y&T. They're from San Francisco. Don't think I've heard a note by them. Or maybe I have but didn't know it was Y&T.

In Rock We Trust is still a pretty bad ass record. Nothing innovative, but guess what: you don't have to be innovative to play rock n roll. Good hooky, hard rock music, with tasty guitar playing.

You may recall their hit Summertime Girls, which had a really silly video with the band hanging out the beach. Even their robot mascot ROCK finds himself a woman. Unfortunately, that song was kind of the beginning of the end. I never had any of the later albums, but I do remember the stuff I saw on MTV being not too good. Contagious is a terrible song, if you ask me.

And I'd rather listen to music that makes one think of feathered hair and Camaros than music that makes one think of flannel shirts and famous bands who pretend they don't want to be famous.

[GuitarGeek]

I'm getting the impression I'm not missing much by never having heard Y&T.

You don't strike me as much of a hard rock guy, so maybe not.

[GuitarGeek]

One decent track, Rescue Me, that's it.


(Mental note: must figure out how to segue Art Zoyd into Y&T)

[Progbear]

How did this turn into a thread about Y&T? They were big here in the 80s, used to gig all over the Bay Area all the time. Unfortunately (or fortunately?) the only song of theirs I can remember with any clarity is “Summertime Girls.”

Now how about that Eric Martin Band? :lol

[Joe F.]

Also one of the many theories on the origin of the name "Porcupine Tree" is that it's a corruption, intentional or otherwise, of "tangerine trees".


Off subject but....some Porcupines live in trees.

http://tse1.mm.bing.net/th?&id=OIP.M255ad52cd4122b758c6f58e5acd4f339o0&w=300&h=300&c=0&pid=1.9&rs=0&p=0&r=0

[GuitarGeek]

How did this turn into a thread about Y&T? They were big here in the 80s, used to gig all over the Bay Area all the time. Unfortunately (or fortunately?) the only song of theirs I can remember with any clarity is “Summertime Girls.”

Now how about that Eric Martin Band? :lol

It turned into a thread about Y&T because all internet threads eventually drift off topic. Summertime Girls is an ok song, not great, but it's got a sing-song chorus and I like the guitar solo. Don't Stop Runnin', Rock And Roll Is Gonna Save The World, and This Time were all much, much better.

I think Jerry Moss must have been the only record company executive in the world during the 80's who didn't buy into the "Release a rocker as the first single, then put out the power ballad as the second single" strategy of working an album. If they had done that, put out This Time as the second single after Don't Stop Runnin', that record would have been huge!!!!

[veteranof1000psychicwars]

I'm getting the impression I'm not missing much by never having heard Y&T.

"Mean Streak" has been all I've ever needed from them, which I still kinda dig.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWrqI1FI4TU

[UnderAGlassMoon]

Surprised there has been no mention of Mister Kite

2004's Box of Fear is a pretty good album

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mister_Kite

[Garden Dreamer]

Haven't read through to see if this band was mentioned but was just watching an interview with Rush drummer Neil Peart on a talk show "The Hour", and there was a band on the show called P.S. I Love You.