A-Z Band Names Game

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[HEADING=2]Lady Antebellum[/HEADING]

Lady Antebellum was the name of the American country trio that changed its name to Lady A on 11 June 2020,

amid the George Floyd protests. The trio originally formed in Nashville, Tennessee, in 2006 by Charles Kelley

(lead and background vocals), Dave Haywood (background vocals, guitar, piano, mandolin) and Hillary Scott

(lead and background vocals).

 

Scott is the daughter of country music singer Linda Davis, and Charles Kelley is the brother of pop artist Josh

Kelley. It was these family connections and music industry ties that helped launch the band. Kelley moved to

Nashville in mid-2005 from Winston-Salem, North Carolina, where he had been working construction with his

brother John.

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Mantis

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[HEADING=2]Napalm Death[/HEADING]

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Napalm Death is a metal band formed in 1981 in West Midlands, England, often credited as pioneers of the grindcore genre.

 

While none of its original members remain in the group, the lineup of vocalist Mark "Barney" Greenway, bassist Shane Embury,

guitarist Mitch Harris and drummer Danny Herrera has remained consistent throughout the band's career since the early 1990s.

 

Their debut album Scum, released in 1987 by Earache Records, has proven very influential in the global metal community.

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[HEADING=2]The Pretenders[/HEADING]

The Pretenders is an English-American rock band founded in Hereford, United Kingdom that came to prominence

during the punk and new wave movement of the late 1970s due to their innovative songwriting and charismatic

performances.

 

Since then, the band has experienced drug-related losses and numerous subsequent personnel changes, with

American-born group founder, songwriter, vocalist, and rhythm guitarist Chrissie Hynde as the only consistent

member.

 

Formed in 1978 in London, the original band Hynde, lead and rhythm guitarist James Honeyman-Scott (died 1982),

bassist Pete Farndon (died 1983), and drummer Martin Chambers.

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[HEADING=2]Scouting for Girls[/HEADING]

Scouting for Girls are a London-based UK indie pop band formed in 2005 by Roy Stride, Greg Churchouse and Peter Ellard. The debut album from Scouting for Girls is self-titled and has sold over 900,000 copies. It reached number 1 in the UK on 20 January 2008, where it remained for two weeks. Seven singles were released from the album including She's So Lovely which was used at the start of the 2008 movie - Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging. The name Scouting for Girls is a play on the words of the Scouting for Boys handbook first published in 1908 for the Scouts, which provides boys instructions on good citizenship.

 

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[HEADING=2]Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros[/HEADING]

Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros is an American indie-folk ensemble band led by Alex Ebert, vocalist of

the power-pop group Ima Robot.

 

The band's first full-length recording, Up from Below, was released July 7, 2009 digitally and July 14, 2009

physically on Vagrant Records. Its first show as a full band was played July 18, 2007 at the Troubadour in

West Hollywood, California.

 

After breaking up with his girlfriend, moving out of his house, and joining a 12-step program for addiction,

Ebert began work on a story about a messianic figure named Edward Sharpe.

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[HEADING=2]Gladys Knight & The Pips[/HEADING]

Gladys Knight & The Pips were a soul and rnb family musical act from Atlanta, Georgia, United States, active from

1953 to 1989. The group is best known for their string of hit singles on Motown's 'Soul' record label and Buddah

Records from 1967 to 1975, including the songs "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" (1967) and "Midnight Train to

Georgia" (1973).

 

The longest-lived incarnation of the act featured Gladys Knight on lead vocals alongside backup singers 'The Pips',

which included her brother Merald "Bubba" Knight as well as their cousins Edward Patten and William Guest.

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[HEADING=2]The Jam[/HEADING]

 

The Jam was a punk/mod revival group formed in Woking, England in 1972 consisting of Paul Weller (vocals, guitar),

Bruce Foxton (bass, vocals) and Rick Buckler (drums).

 

The band split in 1982. The band released six albums and had 18 consecutive Top 40 hits in the United Kingdom

between 1977 and 1982, including four #1 singles (Going Underground, Start!, Town Called Malice and Beat Surrender).

 

Their singles "That's Entertainment" and "Just Who Is the Five O'Clock Hero" are the best selling import singles in UK

history.

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[HEADING=2]New Order[/HEADING]

New Order is a new wave/synthpop band which formed in 1980 in Salford, England, United Kingdom by the

three remaining members of Joy Division. The band's classic lineup consists of Bernard Sumner (vocals,

guitar, keyboards), Peter Hook (bass, electronic percussion), Gillian Gilbert (keyboards, guitar) and Stephen

Morris (drums, keyboards).

 

The group effectively disbanded in 1993 but reformed in 1998. Gilbert left in 2001 to look after her and

Morris' children and was replaced by guitarist/keyboardist Phil Cunningham. Hook left acrimoniously in

2007 and declared the band to be defunct.

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Queen

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[HEADING=2]Simple Minds[/HEADING]

Simple Minds are a Scottish pop and rock band that achieved their greatest worldwide popularity from

the mid-80s to the early 90s, still playing to a massive fan-following today.

 

The group, from the South Side of Glasgow, has produced a set of critically acclaimed albums in the early

80s. It also has secured a string of successful hit singles, the best known being their #1 worldwide hit single

"Don't You (Forget About Me)", from the soundtrack of the John Hughes movie The Breakfast Club and

their worldwide hit single "Alive and Kicking".

 

The band has sold more than 40 million albums since 1979, breaking to the U.K. Top 40 chart a full 24 times