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Original Band Names of 51 Famous Groups
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Original Band Names of 51 Famous Groups!
Would Girl's Tyme have been as huge if they'd never become DESTINY'S CHILD? Could Rat Salad, Mookie Blaylock or Polka Tulk Blues Band have ever turned into the huge rock bands they became if they never changed their names to VAN HALEN, PEARL JAM, and BLACK SABBATH respectively? The world will never know, but what we do know is that many groups initially went by other, often wackier names. Here's a look at 50 famous acts whose original names that didn't make it to stardom with them.
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Destiny's Child in 2002
Original Name: Girl's Tyme
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FIFTH HARMONY
Original Name: Lylas
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MAROON 5
Original Name: Kara's Flowers=
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Original Name: Sweet Children
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VAN HALEN
Original Name: Rat Salad
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PEARL JAM
Original Name: Mookie Blaylock
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NIRVANA
Original Name: Pen Cap Chew
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OUTKAST
Original Name: Two Shades Deep
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THE BEASTIE BOYS
Original Name: The Young Aborigines
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YOUNG THE GIANT
Original Name: The Jakes
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THE ROOTS
Original Name: The Square Roots
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RADIOHEAD
Original Name: On A Friday
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QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE
Original Name: Gamma Ray
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LED ZEPPELIN
Original Name: The New Yardbirds
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PUBLIC ENEMY
Original Name: Spectrum City
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Original Name: DVX
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LINKIN PARK
Original Name: Xero
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BLACK SABBATH
Original Name: Polka Tulk Blues Band
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KISS
Original Name: Wicked Lester
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Original Name: Starfish
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BOYZ II MEN
Original Name: Unique Attraction
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THE GRATEFUL DEAD
Original Name: The Warlocks
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PHISH
Original Name: Blackwood Convention
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THE FUGEES
Original Name: Tranzlator Crew
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Original Name: Naked Toddler
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THE CURE
Original Name: The Obelisk
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INSANE CLOWN POSSE
Original Name: Inner City Posse
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THE WHO
Original Name: The High Numbers
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U2
Original Name: The Hype
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Original Name: Tony Flow and the Miraculously Majestic Masters of Mayhem
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CAGE THE ELEPHANT
Original Name: Perfect Confusion
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BARENAKED LADIES
Original Name: Free Beer
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GOO GOO DOLLS
Original Name: The Sex Maggots
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TLC
Original Name: 2nd Nature
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ANIMAL COLLECTIVE
Original Name: Avey Tare and Panda Bear
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SNOW PATROL
Original Name: Polar Bear
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TALKING HEADS
Original Names: The Artistics
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BLINK-182
Original Name: Duck Tape
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QUEEN
Original Name: Smile
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DEF LEPPARD
Original Name: Atomic Mass
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THREE 6 MAFIA
Original Name: Backyard Posse
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STONE TEMPLE PILOTS
Original Name: Mighty Joe Young
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THE BEE GEES
Original Name: Rattlesnakes
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NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK
Original Name: Nynuk
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PINK FLOYD
Original Name: The Tea Set
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Original Name: New Style
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THE SUPREMES
Original Name: The Primettes
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EARTH, WIND & FIRE
Original Name: The Salty Peppers
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DEPECHE MODE
Original Name: Composition of Sound
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THE CLASH
Original Name: The Weak Heartdrops
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THE BEATLES
Original Name:The Silver Beatles
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