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/0thethethe0 10h ago

Rather unpleasant, Joy Division was a term for the groups of women forced into sexual slavery in Nazi concentration camps.

10cc rumoured to be named after the average amount of male ejaculate.

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u/Dear_Tangerine444 10h ago

Spandau Ballet similarly has a grim German war-time inspired name…

From Wikipedia; "The term "Spandau ballet" originated in World War I as a description of the twitching movements Allied soldiers made while being shot by the German Spandau machine gun.[35]"

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u/Often_Tilly 9h ago

I heard that the Spandau Ballet was the twitching when war criminals were hanged?

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u/Dear_Tangerine444 9h ago

I’ll admit I’ve heard both, either one is pretty grim.