Aiden - named after the character from the 2002 horror movie The Ring
Alesana - named after Aliceanna Street in Baltimore
Alexisonfire - named after Alexis Fire, a pornographic actress
All Time Low - named after lyrics from the song “Head On Collision” by New Found Glory (listen)
Anberlin - Named after a misheard lyric on “Everything in it’s Right Place” by Radiohead (listen)
At the Drive-in - named after lyrics from the song “Talk Dirty to Me” by Poison (listen)
Atreyu - named after a character on the 1984 fantasy movie The Neverending Story
August Burns Red - this one is really morbid. Let’s just say one of their former vocalists had an ex-girlfriend named August and a dog named Red
Bad Brains - named after the Ramones song “Bad Brain” (listen)
Bayside - named after the Bayside Train Station; was meant to be a filler name for the demos they gave New Found Glory, but they kept it
Bring Me the Horizon - based off a quote from the 2003 movie Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Bright Eyes - named after the 1934 film of the same name
Chiodos - named after the Chiodo Brothers, a group of special effect artists
Chunk! No Captain Chunk - named after a scene in the 1985 movie The Goonies
Comeback Kid - named after Hockey player Mario Lemieux, who received the nickname Comeback Kid
Death Cab for Cutie - named after a song by the Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band (listen)
The Devil Wears Prada - named after the book of the same name; they never read it
Dropkick Murphys - named after wrestler John “dropkick” Murphy
Evergreen Terrace - named after the street Homer Simpsons lives on
Fall Out Boy - named after a character from the Simpsons
Foo Fighters - named after the WWII-era name for UFO’s
Four Year Strong - Variation of the lyric “Five Years Strong” from the song “Michelle With One ‘L’” by The Get Up Kids (listen)
The Front Bottoms - named after a euphemism from the 2000 movie Sexy Beast
Green Day - named after a term for spending the whole day smoking marijuana
Jimmy Eat World - named after a picture Tom Linton’s younger brother drew; it was of their other brother, Jim, well, eating the world
La Dispute - named after the 1744 prose comedy of the same name by Pierre de Marivaux
My Chemical Romance - named after the book Ecstasy: Three Tales of Chemical Romance. None of the members have actually read it.
Murder By Death - named after the 1976 movie of the same name
Neck Deep - named after the Crucial Dudes song “Boom Roasted” (listen)
Of Mice and Men - named after the novel by John Steinbeck
Panic! at the Disco - named after the song “Panic” by the Smiths (listen)
Radiohead - named after the Talking Heads song (listen)
The Ramones - named after the fake name Paul McCartney used at hotels
Say Anything - named after the 1989 movie of the same name
Silverstein - named after children’s author Shel Silverstein
Sum 41 - they chose this name on the 41st day of their summer break. im not joking
Title Fight - named after an old HBO showtime guide
Weezer - named after a nickname Rivers Cuomo was called growing up; it was due to his asthma
The Wonder Years - named after a paper that one of Soupy’s teachers wrote; no connection to the TV show
Yellowcard - In high school, the members would give people yellow cards for comitting a “party foul”, such as spilling a drink
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