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Raven_1959

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« Reply #100 on: 19 Aug 2006, 11:24 »
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Burzum, Gorgoroth, Cirith Ungol, Isengard and a whole lot of other bands got their names form Tolkein.
So did Ephel Duath.  IIRC, there's a list of bands with names from books somewhere.  I'll try and find it.

EDIT: The List
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Kai

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« Reply #101 on: 19 Aug 2006, 11:33 »
If we're going to list every single metal band that took their name from something else, we are going to list every single metal band in existance.
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but the music sucks because the keyboards don't have the cold/mechanical sound they had but a wannabe techno sound that it's pathetic for Rammstein standars.

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« Reply #102 on: 19 Aug 2006, 14:03 »
Has anyone mentioned the fact that Jethro Tull was the first person to patent the seed drill?
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« Reply #103 on: 19 Aug 2006, 14:04 »
I believe it's been mentioned several times now.
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Quote from: Mr. Doctor on 21 Sep 2009, 12:01
but the music sucks because the keyboards don't have the cold/mechanical sound they had but a wannabe techno sound that it's pathetic for Rammstein standars.

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« Reply #104 on: 19 Aug 2006, 14:39 »
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Burzum, Gorgoroth, Cirith Ungol, Isengard and a whole lot of other bands got their names form Tolkein.


I have a pretty full list of these somewhere, me and my friends use it to play a drinking game with the Lord of the Rings movies.
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« Reply #105 on: 20 Aug 2006, 05:14 »
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I believe it's been mentioned several times now.


Fair enough. I've been away for three weeks, and feel no need to read all eight billion pages of the threads I've not read.
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« Reply #106 on: 20 Aug 2006, 05:43 »
there's a german psychedelic/stoner rock band called spaceship landing, after the song by kyuss.
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« Reply #107 on: 20 Aug 2006, 20:10 »
some girls - the smiths
saves the day - some line in a movie
american nightmare - misfits
local band called "between the ends" took their name from a thrice song.

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Mars Volta got their name from an interview with the director Felini(sp?)

ummm, dude. the word 'volta' was used to describe the changing of a scene by an 18th century(or maybe earlier, i could be getting this part wrong) playwrite. that's not really stealing, more like translating.
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« Reply #108 on: 21 Aug 2006, 02:30 »
Between The Buried And Me were inspired by a line from a Counting Crows song
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« Reply #109 on: 21 Aug 2006, 19:15 »
Crass took their name from the song "Ziggy Stardust."
Charles Bronson took their name from the cowboy/actor.
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« Reply #110 on: 21 Aug 2006, 19:29 »
Can't believe nobody's mentioned They Might Be Giants.

It's a line from some terrible sci-fi movie, incidentally.
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