Artist Who Were Named After Other Artist

Dread Zeppelin
Fred Zeppelin
Lez Zeppelin

 

Similarly, Japanese glam metallers the Sex Machineguns.

 

Atlanta band Gringo Star

 

I've never made that connection before!

 

One of our forum members, @crestwood23 , was in a band called the Mooney Suzuki (named for two of the members of Can).

I used to work with a guy who was in a band called the Wynona Riders.

Sid Griffin (formerly of the Long Ryders) has a band called the Coal Porters.

 

Matching Mole after an Anglicisation of the French for Soft Machine.

 

Dash Riprock (a band named after a fictitious teen idol /actor on The Beverly Hillbillies)
Johnny Crash
The Elvis Brothers
The Dylans

 

Glenn Hughes - his parents named him after Glenn Miller, since they were big fans.

 

Kendrick Lamar's mother gave him Eddie Kendrick's last name as a first name. She named him after Eddie, who was her favorite artist.

 

I don't really get how Cults and Chvrches are able to trade under those names while The Cult and The Church are still out there. It's like calling yourself Beatleses.

 

Thelonious Monster

 

Melodious Funk
Felonious Munk

 

The Yardbirds' name was inspired by Charlie "Yardbird" Parker.

 

Ringo Deathstarr

what about bands named afters songs by other artists? Like Radiohead (Talking Heads song) and Panic at the Disco ("Panic" by the Smiths).

 

Jefferson Airplane came from a convoluted in-joke that played off Blind Lemon Jefferson's name.

 

Eagles of Death Metal.

 

Buckcherry

 

Chet Faker

 

Bob Dylan?

 

Bauhaus

 

Judas Priest

 

Pink Floyd

 

A friend of mine in Dallas once recorded as
"The JonBenet Ramsey Blues Explosion"

 

Great band.

 

Selena Gomez's parents named her after Selena