Behind the Band Name by Gypsy

This duo, formed in 1993, took its name from a bad review written about their previous endeavor.

This band from the 1960s took their name from an Aldous Huxley book.

This dance-punk band's name come from subtitles from the movie "The Gods Must Be Crazy."

This band was named after the frontman's childhood nickname. (OK, that might be too hard; here's another hint: he had asthma.)

This band was famously named after a book about sexual fetishes between consenting adults.

This stage name was partially inspired by near-contemporary Fats Domino.

This heavy metal band's name comes from Genesis 4:24.

This Southern rock band named themselves in honor of a teacher who didn't like their long hair.

The band was named after a WWII term for UFOs.

This English electronic band from the 1980s named themselves after a French magazine.

This English band was named after a character in "Barbarella."

This band's name is slang for an amphetamine user.

This rock back from LA took their name from a thesis that suggested the human race was on an exponential technological curve.

This American rock band got their name out of the dictionary. It means "a disappearance or dissipation, like vapor."

This English pop/rock band named themselves in honor of Buddy Holly.

This band name is the only use of the letter Y with an umlaut, meant to soften it and remove any Nazi connotation.

This American punk band was named after the alias Paul McCartney used when booking hotel rooms.

This American alternative rock band's name comes from a film with a title inspired by Don Quixote.

This English new-wave band's name was inspired by WWI slang for the jerky movements of corpses when hit by machine gun fire and also how Nazi war criminals' bodies would twitch and jump when they were hanged.

This late 1960s band named itself after reading an article about indigenous Australians sleeping while embracing dingos to keep warm.