Music

12 Well-Known Bands With Weird Stories Behind Their Names
No origin story for a group name will ever top the one for the Dave Matthews Band.
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- By AM Smiley
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7 WTF Musical Supergroups (That Almost Happened)
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- By Carolyn Burke
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The 16 Most Annoying Things About Music Right Now
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- By Cracked Plasticians
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Songs Even Dumber Than The Fringe Groups Performing Them
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- By Kyle Mulholland
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A ROUNDUP OF INTERVIEWS, DEEP DIVES, & TRIVIA
How About We Explain (And Then Ruin) Your Favorite Songs?
Scott Weiland is kind of a creepy dude.
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- By Patrick Coyne
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7 Songs That Become Twisted When You Know Who Wrote Them
Miley Cyrus requested a hit song that 'feels black.' No kidding.
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- By Mark Oliver
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9 Hilariously Homoerotic Rap Lyrics Meant To Be Badass
We, uh, we no longer want to hang out with T.I.
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- By Andrew O'Brien
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5 Origin Stories Of Famous Music That Are Shockingly Creepy
The music industry is shadier than Slim.
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- By Patrick Coyne
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5 Hilarious Attempts By Musicians To Stay On Top
In 1994, an increasingly irrelevant MC Hammer had to change - so he chucked the MC from his name and any dignity/credibility he had with it.
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- By Patrick Coyne
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8 Acts Of Rock Star Debauchery That Would Destroy You
If you're a rock star whose defining work came out somewhere between the years of 1969 and 1994, chances are your body and soul have atrophied into tiny prunes thanks to a decades-long carousel of hedonism.
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- By Adam Wears
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6 Ways Music Controls Your Life (That You Never Knew About)
Music has an almost magical effect on people.
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- By Jim Avery
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17 Famous Love Songs Written By Sociopaths
Love songs are so formulaic you really don't have to listen to the lyrics anymore. Or should you?
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- By Cracked Plasticians
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27 Real (Surprising) Stories Behind Huge Songs
It turns out that some of our favorite tunes take on a whole new meaning when we actually listen to the lyrics.
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- By Cracked Plasticians
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7 Musicians Whose Trademark Looks Were Hiding Something
Sometimes an iconic trademark came about less by design and more by necessity.
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- By Paul Blank
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6 Musicians Who Made Entire Albums Just To Say F#@k You
It turns out some petty squabbles live on forever in album form.
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- By Cedric Voets
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