Bands Named after a fictional person or non-member

Uriah Heep
Molly Hatchet

 

Iron Maiden

 

"She asked my why the singer's name was Alice" Cooper.

"Which one's Pink" Floyd.

 

semi along the same lines....I've known a couple people that thought Led Zeppelin was a great guitar player.

The Traveling Wilburys?

 

Rod Stewart

 

the friends of dick york

 

Does Mott the Hoople count (fictional character)? Hows about Creedence Clearwater Revival?

Ben Folds Five? There is indeed a Ben Folds, but there're only three members.

 

There was a Scottish pop group called Danny Wilson, back in the late 80s. Their best known song is "Mary's Prayer", from their debut album "Meet Danny Wilson". The name of the group was taken from the Sinatra film of the same title as their album.

 

The Boo Radley's.

 

...and they (Danny Wilson) at times sound a little like a very, very pop version of early 80's Steely Dan, another band that fits into this category.

 

Billy Talent
Julian Plenti

There was a local country band here called "The John Henrys"

 

Marshall Tucker Band

 

Steely Dan

 

Alice in Chains.

 

A bit of trivia for y'all. Some of us already know that Steely Dan was a vibrator from William S. Burroughs' Hot Lunch. But did you know that Allison Chaynes is a adult film actress? She is somewhat young, so she was named after the band and not the other way around.

 

Duran Duran

 

Traveling Wilbury's

 

Franz Ferdinand
Belle & Sebastian
Del Amitri

...all Scottish bands, laddie.