Finding the right name for the band can be a torturous thing. One solution is to seek inspiration in the titles of songs written by other groups.
For example, Radiohead took their name from a Talking Heads song on their True Stories album. Deep Purple, the classic rock band, got that name from a song from the 1930s with that title. Motorhead is also the name of a song by Hawkwind. Prophets of Rage, which featured members of Rage Against the Machine and Chuck D of Public Enemy is, in fact, named after a Public Enemy song. And then Seether, the South African band, took their name from the Veruca Salt song.
But then there are coincidences. Yes, Alice in Chains has a song called God Smack, but that has nothing to do with the band of the same name. Machine Head is a song by Bush and the name of a band as well as a Deep Purple album, but none have anything to do with the other.
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