This idea has been in my mind for about 15 years and I found an old list of them last week.
So to begin with try and keep it to someone's name only (Jack Kervorkian and the Suicide Machines, Ultimate Warriors, Bilinda Butchers, Thatcher On Acid and Jean Pierre Sartre Experience can come later).
There was a big trend in 1990's hardcore punk to name bands after people. So a lot these are from that era.
Footballers:
IAN RUSH
STOKOE
LORIMER
CARLOS DUNGA
Sports people:
BRIAN BRAIN (cricketer d. 2023 and new wave band led by Matrin Atkins)
ROSA MOTA (Portuguese Olympic marathon champ and 90's London indie band)
Writers:
H.P. LOVECRAFT (60's psych group)
WALTARI (Finnish writer (1908-79) and metal band on Roadrunner)
PILGER (journalist, recently RIP).
Actors:
YAPHETTO KOTTO
JEANXSEBERG
SiSSY SPACEK
BRUCEXCAMPBELL
CHARLES BRONSON
Inventors
JETHRO TULL (plough inventor)
VAN DER GRAAF
Astronmer:
TYCHO BRAE
Historical figures:
ABIGAIL (Yer woman from Salem witch trials / Japanese evil metal).
AGATHOCLES (ancient BC ruler of Sicily / Belgian grindcore band. Agathocles used strong arm rule in failed attempt implement democracy and then hand over rule)
CARRY NATION (American 19th C bible and hatchet wielding anti alcohol campaigner / late 80's straight edge band named after her. Also CARRIE NATIONS are fictional band in movie Beyond The Valley of the Dolls.
serial killers:
BATHORY
DAHMER
Must be lots more metal bands with names in above categories.
JOHN HENRY WEST (90'S Bay area HC band. Anyone know who JHW was?)
Bands named after musicians. My favourite category!
KEVIN SHIELDS aka Eva Aguila a noise artist from LA.
evaaguila.com
ROB HALFORD - 2000's SF Bay Area HC band named after The Metal God.
GEORGE HARRISON - 2000's fastcore HC band from Moscow heavily influenced by band CHARLES BRONSON
DONNA SUMMER aka DJ DONNA SUMMER breakcore artist Jason Forrest. Forrest was using her name when Ms. Summer was alive.
COURTNEY LOVE - Olympia / K Records indie pop band founded 1990 who released three 7"s between 1990 and 1991.
ENGELBERT HUMPERINCK (1854 -1921) German composer
So to begin with try and keep it to someone's name only (Jack Kervorkian and the Suicide Machines, Ultimate Warriors, Bilinda Butchers, Thatcher On Acid and Jean Pierre Sartre Experience can come later).
There was a big trend in 1990's hardcore punk to name bands after people. So a lot these are from that era.
Footballers:
IAN RUSH
STOKOE
LORIMER
CARLOS DUNGA
Sports people:
BRIAN BRAIN (cricketer d. 2023 and new wave band led by Matrin Atkins)
ROSA MOTA (Portuguese Olympic marathon champ and 90's London indie band)
Writers:
H.P. LOVECRAFT (60's psych group)
WALTARI (Finnish writer (1908-79) and metal band on Roadrunner)
PILGER (journalist, recently RIP).
Actors:
YAPHETTO KOTTO
JEANXSEBERG
SiSSY SPACEK
BRUCEXCAMPBELL
CHARLES BRONSON
Inventors
JETHRO TULL (plough inventor)
VAN DER GRAAF
Astronmer:
TYCHO BRAE
Historical figures:
ABIGAIL (Yer woman from Salem witch trials / Japanese evil metal).
AGATHOCLES (ancient BC ruler of Sicily / Belgian grindcore band. Agathocles used strong arm rule in failed attempt implement democracy and then hand over rule)
CARRY NATION (American 19th C bible and hatchet wielding anti alcohol campaigner / late 80's straight edge band named after her. Also CARRIE NATIONS are fictional band in movie Beyond The Valley of the Dolls.
serial killers:
BATHORY
DAHMER
Must be lots more metal bands with names in above categories.
JOHN HENRY WEST (90'S Bay area HC band. Anyone know who JHW was?)
Bands named after musicians. My favourite category!
KEVIN SHIELDS aka Eva Aguila a noise artist from LA.
Kevin Shields — Eva Aguila
Kevin Shields was the experimental noise pseudonym of Eva Aguila from 2005-2010. Kevin Shields was named with the intention...
GEORGE HARRISON - 2000's fastcore HC band from Moscow heavily influenced by band CHARLES BRONSON
DONNA SUMMER aka DJ DONNA SUMMER breakcore artist Jason Forrest. Forrest was using her name when Ms. Summer was alive.
COURTNEY LOVE - Olympia / K Records indie pop band founded 1990 who released three 7"s between 1990 and 1991.
ENGELBERT HUMPERINCK (1854 -1921) German composer
