King Crimson band name meaning

 

All-round experimental rock group from Dorset, that does not shrink from playing genres such as jazz fusion, progressive and experimental rock. No wonder, with laurelled men like Robert Fripp and Adrian Belew in its retinue.

Sources disagree on the origins of the band name: one maintains that King Crimson is another name for the devil, another thinks it is a matter of tomatoes. A tomato called Plum Crimson does exist ('ideal for sauces and salads'), so who knows ... 

Kasabian band name meaning

Once started under the name Saracuse, this band made up of alternative rockers from English Leicester changed its name pretty soon to Kasabian, a reference to Linda Kasabian, driver of the getaway car of Charles Manson and as such a prominent member of his gang of robbers and murderers.

Bassist Chris Edwards says that former Saracuse guitarist Chris Karloff came up with this macabre name: ‘Reading up on Charles Manson, the Kasabian name stuck with him. He just thought the word was cool, it literally took about a minute after the rest of us heard it... so it was decided.’ 

Fun fact: Kasabian is a common, originally Turkish surname in Armenia. The tribe, Kasap, means as much as butcher. Mmm.

Armenian (or Turkish?) butcher