Bachman Turner Overdrive band name meaning

(1973-1979; 1983-2005; 2009-now, Can) – Perhaps you’d expect that BTO consists of Messrs Bachman, Turner and Overdrive, but that clearly puts us on the wrong track.

The boogie rock band from Winnipeg, Manitoba, saw Randy Bachman and Fred Turner as its leaders. Overdrive was the title of a truckers’ magazine that was lying around somewhere while the band was on tour. They found overdrive (in the highest gear) very suitable because they were changing up from country rock into hard rock.

We all know where that has led to: You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet, which, as far as stuttering rock song intro’s go, is the Canadian counterpart of My Generation by The Who from England.

Babes in Toyland band name meaning

(1987-1997, US) – Grunge punk rock band from Minneapolis, with the attractive, somewhat Lolita-like Kat Bjelland (vocals / guitar) as their frontwoman.

An all woman band that, when the time had come to choose a band name, dipped into the vast body of movie work by Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, a duo that in some countries irreverently is referred to as Fat and Slim. Anno 1934 Babes in Toyland was viewed as a hilarious feature film. It is one of the most watched L&H films by all measures.

Babe Ruth band name meaning

(1971-1976; 2005-now, GB) – At its conception in 1971 Babe Ruth was called Shacklock, named after guitar player Alan Shacklock.

It did not take long though before the progressive rockers from Hatfield adopted the name of an even more cherished person. Babe Ruth (George Herman Ruth, Jr. in fact) after all was one of the greatest baseball players the Americans have ever had.

Ruth, cuddled by ballpark visitors from 1914 to 1935, had several pet names: he was called The Bambino and also The Sultan of Swat.

Babacools band name meaning

Band from Munich specialized in ragga funking. Ragga funking? According to those in the know this is a blend of reggae, mestizo, hip hop and urban.

Regarding the name Babacools: Baba cool (two words) is French for hippie or freak.

Baba cool style

B5 band name meaning

R&B boy band from St. Petersburg (but not from Russia), and just like the celebrated Jackson 5 consisting of five musical brothers, but evidently far less talented than the Jackson kids were.

Admittedly B5 is a passable band name as well though, considering that Dustin, Kelly, Patrick, Carnell and Jesse are blessed with family name Breeding, ruling out the obvious. After all, a name like The Breeding Five would in all likelihood have provoked some debate, as in ‘Here they are: meet the Fuckers!’ Meanwhile the band has been renamed Audio.

B4-4 - It figures

Boy band from Ontario, with Kowarsky twins Ryan and Dan making up for two thirds of the group.
The hyphen in the band name is essential, because this is about Before Four, which is three. What would you do if you were a trio?