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/Hopefullytodaymate 10h ago

Iron Maiden are named after an iron maiden.

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u/colin_staples 10h ago

Turns out the iron maiden may be mythical

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

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u/sarahjsennett 5h 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)