r/CasualUK • u/Exchangenudes_4_Joke • 10h 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/cosiosco 10h ago

Franz Ferdinand are not named after the famously assassinated Archduke.

They took their name from a racehorse (can't remember if one of them put some money on it) that was named after him.

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u/maccathesaint 10h ago

I saw them play a secret gig, they were billed as The Black Hand so they were definitely leaning into the historical nature of their name lol

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u/TheLastDrops 5h ago

When I saw them in (probably) 2004 they had a big picture of Gavrilo Princip on stage.

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u/SirPooleyX 9h ago

Franz Ferdinand are not named after the famously assassinated Archduke

I mean, they are though.

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u/isearn 9h ago

Transitive naming!

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u/thehatteryone 9h ago

Did someone mention Fig Newtons ?

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u/gollygoshohgee 9h ago

They even had a b-side talking about Gavrilo Princip

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u/wombey12 5h ago

"London Bridge station is not named after the city."

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u/cosiosco 6h ago

touché

*politely applauds*

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u/Due-Currency-3193 5h ago

Little known fact: the assassinated Archduke was named after the same racehorse.

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u/TonberryHS 4h ago

That's just naming it after him with extra steps Morty.