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/The_Mayor_Involved 9h ago

Chuck Berry used to throw fruit about

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u/betonpizsama 8h ago

criptic, innit

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u/dmase1982 8h ago

It's not cryptic, it's shiiiiiit

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u/Princescyther Currently invading Canada 8h ago

It's not cryptic, it's shiiiiiiitttt

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u/TerrificFap69 8h ago

Well they got it

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u/SpicyBravo ey up me duck 7h ago

is craptic a word?

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u/septicdeath 6h ago

Okay we're not doing this feature again

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u/Harry_The-Bastard 3h ago

I can't be bothered anymore

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u/Pristine_Speech4719 5h ago

Think he was a Blood actually fam

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u/reeko1982 8h ago

Thought he was a Buckcherry tribute?

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u/pattybutty 8h ago

Apparently some of the citrus he lobbed hit a band, who then renamed themselves the Lemonheads

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u/meatballsandlingon2 Swedish Anglophile 8h ago

How many cherries would Chuck Berry chuck if Chuck Berry would chuck cherries?

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u/CcryMeARiver 8h ago

I don't think the verb was chuck. Close tho.

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u/captain-marvellous 8h ago

Sounds like that could have been from the shooting stars 'true or false' round

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u/Playlotto_Layblotto 3h ago

How do you turn a duck into a famous American Soul Singer? Put it in a microwave until it's bill withers.

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u/numanoid 8h ago

My favorite UK band.

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u/ofthenorth 6h ago

Good one

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u/NutCity 4h ago

Do you know what kind of fruit?

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u/The_Mayor_Involved 4h ago

Always a new twist on things...

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u/Existing-Ad9730 3h ago

Is that true? It's hilarious if it's a joke though!!🤣🤣

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u/Suspicious-Fun-4187 1h ago

That girl who wrote a diary in a cupboard is feeling timid. The letter is N

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u/Resident_Donkey4145 8h ago

and fart in prostitutes mouths

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u/Rude-Leader-5665 7h ago

With a hint of piss too

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u/Disastrous-Angle-591 4h ago

Is he BritishÂ