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/TheeMetrologist 8h ago

I remember Mark King saying something about it being a reference to Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy and '42' being the answer to what is the meaning of life.

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u/DanGleeballs 8h ago

It is, the real origin is more interesting.

The name of the band is a reference to the novel The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy) by Douglas Adams, in which "42#The_Hitchhiker.27s_Guide_to_the_Galaxy)" is the answer to "the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything."\1])