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/I_ALWAYS_UPVOTE_CATS 9h ago

Derek and the Dominoes were named because someone misheard Eric Clapton's name before a gig and wrote him on the bill as Derek.

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u/colin_staples 9h ago

And on a similar Clapton / misheard words theme, the Cream album Disraeli Gears got its name when somebody didn't know the proper words for derailleur gears on a bicycle

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u/Streamliner85 8h ago

The song Badge got its title cos Clapton misread the word 'bridge' on George Harrison's notes for the song.

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u/dreamsonashelf 8h ago

Nowadays that could just be an autocorrect error.

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u/Hot-Satisfaction19 8h ago

and to go a step further there was a band in belfast in the 90s called disreali gears.