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Quiz: What Were These Iconic Bands Originally Called?
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Jesse
December 20, 2023
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Which band originated as a Black Sabbath cover band, calling themselves Rat Salad, after the Sabbath song?
Van Halen
Metallica
Guns N’ Roses
Iron Maiden
Judas Priest
Which duo were originally called Tom and Jerry, because their label thought their real names were “too ethnic-sounding”?
The Black Keys
The White Stripes
Simon & Garfunkel
Fripp & Eno
Daft Punk
Which band decided, just before their debut album, that the name Sweet Children drew too much attention to how young they really were?
Green Day
Baby Metal
The Jackson Five
Panic! at the Disco
Which group started out as a Doobie Brothers-esque group called Wicked Lester?
Black Sabbath
Korn
KISS
Limp Bizkit
Which group was originally called The Cranberry Saw Us, a play on “cranberry sauce”?
Blind Melon
Fiona Apple
Bananarama
The Cranberries
Who changed their name from The Shrinky Dinx after Hasbro threatened to sue?
Sugar Ray
Eve 6
Lit
The Gin Blossoms
Which act began as a dorky high school talent show entry called Radio Activity?
Weird Al Yankovic
The Roots
Radiohead
Devo
Which band went through several scat-themed names, including “Skid Row” and “Fecal matter aka Brown Towel”?
The Red Hot Chili Peppers
The Offspring
The Wiggles
Nirvana
Which band snagged a spot supporting Alice in Chains on tour, and hastily called themselves “Mookie Blaylock”?
Soundgarden
Bush
Pearl Jam
Stone Temple Pilots
Which widely loathed but extremely successful band courted criticism from the beginning, naming themselves “The Village Idiots”?
Creed
The Village People
Nickelback
U2
Which band had to think fast when a club owner refused to put “The Sex Maggots” on a poster?
Diarrhea Planet
Butthole Surfers
Hoobastank
The Goo Goo Dolls
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