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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsBest time waster ever: List of band name etymologies
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_band_name_etymologiesYou can thank me later.
OriginalGeek
(12,132 posts)EVERYone knows AC/DC stands for Anti Christ/Devil's Children! They told us so in church. You can't say it in church if it ain't true!
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)I think that youth pastors were smoking some pretty nasty shit back in the 80's
OriginalGeek
(12,132 posts)rock and roll is the debbil!
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)If you hear Satan's marching orders when you play I Love It Loud backwards, you just might be messed up in the head (or already under demonic possession).
I mean come on, they sing God Gave Rock N Roll To You. They are fans of the big guy and appreciative for the gift of rock.
Boom Sound 416
(4,185 posts)After Christ Satan Does Come
OriginalGeek
(12,132 posts)I don't think they meant to reference the Hindenburg disaster with their name - it was just Moon or Entwhistle (I don't think anyone remembers really which it was) saying it would go over like the world's biggest lead balloon so the biggest lead balloon Jimmy could think of was a zeppelin. I think they already had the name in mind before they did the cover art for the first album.
Unless the lead balloon thing is a direct reference to the Hindenburg? British slang?
aint_no_life_nowhere
(21,925 posts)Ten Years After (I've always wondered what that referred to, if anything)
Blodwyn Pig, the spin-off group from Jethro Tull
Savoy Brown
Soft Machine (a reference to the human body?)