that the name 'Linkin Park' was suggested so that the band would appear right next to
Limp Bizkit at record stores.
- LL Cool J–“Ladies Love Cool James”
- Lynyrd Skynyrd–They were named after Leonard Skinner, a gym teacher at Robert E.
Lee High School in Jacksonville, Florida who was notorious for strictly enforcing the
school's policy against boys having long hair. - Matchbox Twenty—originally titled "Matchbox 20," the band took its name from a
softball jersey with a "20" on it and a patch that had "Matchbox" written on it. The band
altered its name to "Matchbox Twenty" after the release of its debut album Yourself or
Someone Like You. - Megadeth—While Dave Mustaine was traveling back to his home in the Bay Area on a
bus after getting kicked out of his former band, Metallica, he would write lyrics on the
back of a handbill to pass the time. The handbill itself quoted "The arsenal of megadeath
can't be rid no matter what the peace treaties come to," which inspired him to use
Megadeath as his band name. He later found out "The Megadeaths" was the former band
name for Pink Floyd and dropped the 'A' in 'Death' to keep the name. - The Moody Blues—Originally named The M&B 5 after a Birmingham brewery called
"Mitchells & Butlers". This was changed and the new name was inspired by a Duke
Ellington song named “Mood Indigo.”
- Nine Inch Nails—sole constant member Trent Reznor chose the name because it "could
be abbreviated easily" and denied any "literal meaning" to the name. - Pearl Jam–The band's first name was "Mookie Blaylock" after the All-Star basketball
player, but the name was changed to "Pearl Jam" due to trademark concerns. Vocalist Ed-