What’s In A Name? The Reason These Bands Were Named After Animals

You can learn a lot about a band by what they decide on when coming up with a name. The best bands with animals in their names come from all over the world, covering music genres like indie rock, classic rock, and some alternative rock too.

It’s not every day that a band names themselves after being inspired by literature or some sketchy person inspires you to name your band after saying the same thing as a song on repeat. The only rule here is that band isn’t just named after an animal, but how each band stumbled across the names music fans know them for.

Blue Öyster Cult Came From A Poem By Their Manager

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Blue Öyster Cult came from a sixties poem written by their manager, Sandy Pearlman. The poem was about a group of aliens who assembled to secretly guide Earth’s history.

The band first started out under the name Soft White Underbelly. The name came from a phrase by Winston Churchill in describing Italy during World War II.