THE DICTIONARY OF ROCK AND POP NAMES: Why Were They Called That? From Aaliyah to ZZ Top
Mark Beech
Language: English
Pages: 320
ISBN: 1844158071
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
Mark Beech's 1998 predecessor, The A-Z of Names in Rock generated over 50 radio interviews, 15 articles, 7 features in nationals and two serializations. This extended and updated version covers more genres than just rock (e.g. pop, punk, indie, reggae, soul, country, blues, folk, jazz, heavy metal, grunge and rap artists and bands) and will appeal to music fans internationally, as well as being the must-buy book for pub quiz fans. With almost 3,000 entries, it's a chance to discover why artists chose their names - and which ones shouldn't have. An informative and often humorous read, "the world's leading expert on music names" (BBC), Mark Beech, is guaranteed another best-seller.
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To The Scaffold. Boz Scaggs The singer-songwriter was born in Texas in 1944 as William Royce Scaggs. He was given the nickname Bosley by school acquaintance Don Lively aged 14. Another schoolfriend Lewis MacAdams recalled: “This guy [Lively] was able to spot somebody who was from the country, though Boz never seemed a country boy.” Scissor Sisters This band, formed in 2001, mixes New York disco, glam rock and camp attitude. The name is from a lesbian sexual position, tribadism. The act’s
song”. Lieutenant Lush. The Sex Pistols The musical equivalent of one of those adverts which starts: “SEX!!!” And then continues: “Now we have your attention.” The Pistols would have probably grabbed attention anyway through their music, headline-grabbing publicity stunts and much else. But the name kick-started their career which has extended to reunions in 1996 and 2007. They began in 1974 as The Swankers. This swanky choice might not have been understood in the U.S. (“wank” is a term of
“25 Cent” as a teenager. 2 Men, A Drum Machine And A Trumpet Andy Cox and David Steele of Fine Young Cannibals made an amusing, unpretentious choice that beats many carefully-crafted, elaborate appellations. 2Pac From leader, Tupac Amuru Shakur (1971-1996), who was killed in a gun attack. His real name was Lesane Crooks. 2.13.61 Harry Rollins-led projects named after his birthdate. Tyrannosaurus Rex British band started in 1968 as Tyrannosaurus Rex, named after the large prehistoric
recorded as Puff Daddy, then P. Diddy, before in October 2006 announcing he wanted to be called just Diddy because “the P was getting in between us.” This led to a fine legal mess as another artist, Richard “Diddy” Dearlove, took issue with this, claiming the switch was arrogant. This means that the rapper is Diddy in some countries and P. Diddy in others. For the Diddy Web Site, hits from British-registered computers, for example, were automatically rerouted to a special page with the P. Diddy
reverted to his real name John Lydon in 1978 and chose this band moniker as a reaction to mainstream rock, which he felt was based on media-led hype and public image. After the LP Public Image Ltd, the band became known as PiL. In the early days, it was conceived as one of a group of companies with similarly-faceless names. Chief among these were P.E.P. – Public Enterprise Productions, which handled production – and M.I.C. – Multi Image Corporation, for video projects. Gary Puckett And The Union
