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

    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?

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

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    Yes!! That absolutely counts.

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    Rain. A Beatles tribute band, natch.

    More here:
    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cate..._tribute_bands

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    Doesn't count. Just "real" bands.

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

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    Quote Originally Posted by klothos View Post
    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

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    Quote Originally Posted by klothos View Post
    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.

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

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

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

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gravedigger View Post
    Didn't Y&T get their name from the "Yesterday...And Today" album?
    I lollered

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    Yellow Matter Custard - a 'tribute supergroup'
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    Quote Originally Posted by Gravedigger View Post
    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.

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    Y&T, huh? I never put that one together. Should have, it's pretty easy.
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    Quote Originally Posted by TheLoony View Post
    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".

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    Toad the Wet Sprocket

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    Quote Originally Posted by Koreabruce View Post
    Toad the Wet Sprocket
    That name is from Monty Python ( although "Band Names from Monty Python references" would be an equally good topic )

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    Quote Originally Posted by pb2015 View Post
    There is also a band (maybe more than one band) called Turn Me On Dead Man.
    Love this band!
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    Quote Originally Posted by klothos View Post
    That name is from Monty Python ( although "Band Names from Monty Python references" would be an equally good topic )
    Doh! Yeah, I knew that... I even recall Eric Idle saying it.

    Good idea for another thread, though!

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    Quote Originally Posted by markwoll View Post
    Yellow Matter Custard - a 'tribute supergroup'
    See #s 4 & 5

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    FWIW, both my daughters were named after Beatles songs...
    "Always ready with the ray of sunshine"

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