where did fugazi get their name?

ian was reading a book about vietnam at the time, and the term came popping in a lot, so he liked it. it was used for a situation of extreme trouble.

he found out what it meant literally when they toured singapour or one of such countries, a fan told him it meant "fucked-up, got ambushed, zipped in".

ahhh! coool, like other military terms

FUBAR - fucked up beyond all recognition

The Warlocks, after having had too much confusion in the local scene over another established band with the same name, decided to change their name. The group sat down together, smoked some DMT and attempted to go through the dictionary for ideas. however, the way the story goes, no body could read a word of this dictionary, every page was all blurry to everyone, they tried but alas, nothing. And then, jerry, as they were turning the pages, noticed one word standing out, glowing even, clear and bright, "Grateful Dead" and suddenly it was the only word that any of them could see, and so they all saw it as a sign.





"Pop music, in fact, seems to be an OED weakness. On March 10, the online version added the proper noun "Deadhead" to denote a fan of the Grateful Dead-nearly 10 years after the band's lead guitarist, Jerry Garcia, died."

Melvins-after a co-worker (who everyone hated) of King Buzzo's at a local supermarket

Minor Threat-they were young, of small physical stature, therefore a "minor threat" to society

Bad Brains-after a Ramones song

Dead Kennedys-supposedly meant to express the "death of the American Dream"

Neu!-German for "new"

the U-men-supposedly from an Alfred Jarry peom

Pere Ubu-from the main character of Alfred Jarry's play "Ubu Roi"

myth.

there's no clear claim to their name's origin, but hr and dr know had claimed that bad means good and brains means intellect; they wanted a band with a positive message that could make you think.

black dot rules!

no, the smiths probably got it from kerouac. pgmg probably got it from the smiths.
also no. it's from the line in euripedes' tragedy medea and also courtneys mum said "just because you had a bad childhood doesnt mean you can walk around with a big hole inside you"

the jesus & mary chain - a line from bing crosby

is it?
that's one of my favourite band names ever.

dellilah-it was better than the previous shitty name-insignificant. and that was the only thing after almost a year of deliberation that we could all agree on.
and she is one of the most coniving fuckers in the bible

my new project-currently named vampire circus-after the hammer film

mine too, i dont remember where i found out about this-maybe from an interview or a video.

i'm pretty sure Big Black is called after the short story of Big Black who was as the name says big and black and he raped a woman.

no big black is just a name to sound imposing

albini has said that he wanted to sound as menacing as possible for his extremely virulent and conforntational band, and that in america, the words BIG BLACK scare more people than anything

ahh allright.

i didnt really look it up after i saw the story so i thought that was its origin.

The Jesus and Mary Chain:

The band has said it was taken from an offer on a breakfast cereal packet, to send away for a gold Jesus and Mary chain.

I wonder where they looked to find their tepid wack-ass sound?

^ hmm that might be more true than what i said. (pookie)

Cheap Trick got their name by asking a Ouija Board.