Statistics for Bands by Name Origin (G-L)

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  • The average score is 7 of 14

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Band Name OriginBand% Correct
Name created when the frontman's band combined with another band, The L.A. GunsGuns N' Roses
78%
Named after the torture device shown in the 1939 film The Man in the Iron MaskIron Maiden
78%
Refers to the Hindenburg disasterLed Zeppelin
78%
In reference to the name of their drummer's old band, LIPSKISS
74%
Instead of Gabriel's Angels, they settled on this name, suggesting "a new beginning".Genesis
69%
Slang term for an entire day spent smoking marijuanaGreen Day
52%
Named after a high school gym teacher who strictly prohibited boys from having long hairLynyrd Skynyrd
44%
Nicknames of two college friends, one with an owlish face and the other with puffy cheeksHootie and the Blowfish
43%
Named after the Santa Monica park the singer passed on the way home from band practiceLinkin Park
38%
Phrase found in a dictionary, meaning "the soul of a dead person thanking someone who arranged their burial"Grateful Dead
37%
The lead vocalist once drew a picture of his overweight brother swallowing a globe.Jimmy Eat World
35%
Their namesake was an 18th-century agriculturistJethro Tull
34%
Prostitution wing of a Nazi concentration camp mentioned in the novel The House of DollsJoy Division
23%
Name of Scandinavian memory game, which means "Do you remember?" (Without the '?'){Hüsker} {Dü}
18%

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