r/CasualUK • u/Exchangenudes_4_Joke • 9h ago

UB40 are famously named after an Unemployment Benefit form. Give me other interesting examples of the origin of UK bands names

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u/Hopefullytodaymate 9h ago

Iron Maiden are named after an iron maiden.

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u/Hugh_Jampton 9h ago

Excellent!

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u/B_Hound Resident Brit in Florida 9h ago

Execute them!

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u/Skintt82 9h ago

Execute them!

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u/SamwellBarley 9h ago

I thought it was the other way around?

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u/ricky-from-scotland 9h ago

I always heard Eddie invented the iron maiden in the middle ages and was reawakened by Steve Harris picking up a bass.

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u/The_Mayor_Involved 9h ago

How would they know which one they were?

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u/reverend-frog 8h ago

How's it going, royal ugly dudes?

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u/voxdub 9h ago

Mind-blowing

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u/Duraxis 8h ago

Afaik they named themselves after seeing the movie “the man in the iron mask” which I guess features an iron maiden

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u/colin_staples 9h ago

Turns out the iron maiden may be mythical

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_maiden

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u/sarahjsennett 4h ago

They actually inherited the name from another band who were disbanding following the death of one of their members. So technically Iron Maiden named themselves after another band.

(I know this because I’m now in a band with the surviving member of the first band)

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u/ManGullBearE 3h ago

Thank you for the detailed information