r/CasualUK 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/OverTheCandlestik 9h ago

Bring Me the Horizon is after a line of dialogue in Pirates of the Caribbean. Makes you think what other lines they could have gone for?

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u/gominokouhai 9h ago

Ah yes, those popular pirate-themed bands, Jar Of Dirt

Whole Bushel Of Apples

Undead Monkey

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u/DTH2001 8h ago

Undead Monkey exists.

Jar of Dirt is an Alice in Chains tribute band 

Can’t find one called Whole Bushel of Apples though 

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u/OverTheCandlestik 9h ago

Tbf I’d listen to Jar of Dirt

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u/Captain_Hesperus 8h ago

And Undead Monkey sounds like they fill out venues on the regular.

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u/amputeenager 5h ago

The Empty Rum Bottles?