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Lise:
Lessee, IQU got in trouble for their original name "ICU", and I quote:

"IQU was born as icu (changed after threat of legal action after a ‘98 CMJ performance where they were approached by a hardcore band of a similar name)."

will: wanton sex god:

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--- Quote from: ImRonBurgundy? ---Hot Water Music and A Radio With Guts both lifted their names from Charles Bukowski
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good call. i beleive The Good Life also got their name from buk.


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negative, it is the nebraska slogan thing.

KharBevNor:

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Not to ruin your joke or anything but its 'cause we know they're actually named after Aldous Huxley's 'Doors of Perception'
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There's a local band called 'The Windows' who started off as a Doors tribute band, quipping that where Morrison had walked through the Doors of Perception, they had just peeked through the windows.

They're quite good actually.

Bassist159:
The band Love Like Blood took their name from the Killing Joke song, to my knowledge.

The Eyeball Kid:
Augie March got their name from a charcter in a book. possibly Russian

The Decemberists were a Russian revolutionary group. as in overthrowing the gov'ment, not like music group. they failed, apparenlty

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