He was given the name Gaius Octavius Thurinus, his cognomen possibly commemorating his father's victory at Thurii over a rebellious band of slaves.

* The garage folk band David's Doldrums references Absalom in their song, " my name is Absalom.

* The Progressive Metal band from Barranquilla, Colombia, Absalom has his name.

The band took its name from the Irish constitutional law guaranteeing freedom of the press.

During this period, the band teamed up with producer Mark Cunningham on the first-ever BBC Children In Need single, a cover of David Bowie's " Heroes ", released in 1986 under the name of The County Line.

From listening to their recordings, one had difficulty determining if the Crickets, the name of Buddy's band, were white or black singers.

Love responded to Erlandson's comments in a Twitter post, claiming " he's out of his mind, Hole is my band, my name, and my Trademark ".

He formed the band Largest Living Things, which was the name rejected by Capitol Records in favour of Crowded House.

As the recording sessions progressed it was decided that the album would be issued under the Crowded House band name, rather than as a Neil Finn solo album.

They may be inscribed with a person's details, their beliefs or tastes, a favorite quote, or may bear the name or logo of a band or performer.

Due to the provocative name of the band, they sometimes played under pseudonyms, including " The DK's ", " The Sharks ", " The Creamsicles " and " The Pink Twinkies ".

The band played under name " DK Kennedys " for a few concerts, but later reverted to " Dead Kennedys " permanently.

Also in 1947, the Whiskey à Go-Go nightclub opened in Paris, France, considered to be the world's first commercial discothèque, or disco ( deriving its name from the French word meaning a nightclub where the featured entertainment is recorded music rather than an on-stage band ).

The terms for the instrument among classical performers are contrabass ( which comes from the instrument's Italian name, contrabbasso ), string bass ( to distinguish it from a brass bass instrument in a concert band ), or simply bass.

The band refused to negotiate, and sued Lewis in Los Angeles Superior Court, seeking a declaratory judgment stating Lewis had no rights to the name or theory of De-evolution.

* Fenriz, stage name of member in Norwegian black metal band Darkthrone

( Hee Haw tapes were later sold using the " 800 " number 1-800-BR54949 ; also, the country music group BR5-49 adopted the number as the name of their band.

The psychedelic rock band H. P. Lovecraft ( who shortened their name to Lovecraft and then Love Craft in the 1970s ) who released the H. P. Lovecraft and H. P. Lovecraft II albums in 1967 and 1968 respectively.

* The poem may have inspired the 2012 song of the same name by groove metal band Lamb of God.

On OG, he introduced his heavy metal band Body Count in a track of the same name.

While performing in Macon, Georgia, having now changed their name to the Flames, a club promoter, Clint Brantley ( then agent of one of Brown's idols, Little Richard ), suggested the band add " Famous " in front of their name to draw more people to his club.

It was right along this time that Brown changed the name of his band from The J. B .' s to the Soul Generals ( or Soul G's ).

Jeffry Ross Hyman ( May 19, 1951 – April 15, 2001 ), best known by his stage name Joey Ramone, was an American musician, vocalist and songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist of the punk rock band the Ramones.

Grammy-winning Mexican rock band " Jaguares " were also influenced by the magnificent animal to choose their band name.

Pointing out lyrics such as " Look inside America / She's alright ", and noting Albarn's " obligatory nod to Beck, promotion of the new Pavement album as if paid to do so ", reviewers felt the band had come to accept American values during this time — an about-face of their attitude during the Britpop years.

The Miller band returned to Hollywood to film 1942's Orchestra Wives, featuring Jackie Gleason playing a part as the group's bassist, Ben Beck.

In 2002, they performed as the opening act, as well as the backup band for singer Beck on his Sea Change tour.

In 2005 the band was the subject of a documentary called Fearless Freaks, featuring appearances by other artists and celebrities such as Gibby Haynes, The White Stripes, Beck, Christina Ricci, Liz Phair, Juliette Lewis, Steve Burns, Starlight Mints, and Adam Goldberg.

The band and chorus included Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Phil Collins, Bob Geldof and Midge Ure, all of whom except Beck later worked together on Live Aid.

Pointing out lyrics such as " Look inside America / She's alright ", and noting Albarn's " obligatory nod to Beck, promotion of the new Pavement album as if paid to do so ", reviewers felt the band had come to accept American values during this time — an about-face of their attitude during the Britpop years.

The Australian tour featured Australian Idol runner-up Shannon Noll as Parson Nathaniel, actress Rachael Beck as Beth and Michael Falzon as the Artilleryman, alongside Justin Hayward and Chris Thompson from the original cast with Chris Spedding and Herbie Flowers in the band.

In April 2007, the band played in Australia and New Zealand, appearing at the V Festival with Pixies, Pet Shop Boys, Gnarls Barkley, Beck, Jarvis Cocker and Phoenix.

The band played the O2 Wireless Festival in Hyde Park, London on July 4, 2008, with Morrissey and Beck and the Lounge On The Farm Festival on July 12, 2008.

On 24 May of that year, the band played a homecoming concert in front of 33, 000 fans in the grounds of Haigh Hall & Country Park, Aspull, supported by Beck and John Martyn.

" Van Morrison, Jeff Beck and Jimi Hendrix were major influences during the early days of the band, and later influences included the pioneering twin lead guitars found in Wishbone Ash and American artists Little Feat and Bob Seger.

" Feel Good Time " was co-written by singer Beck, produced by electronic music artist William Orbit and based on the song " Fresh Garbage " by the band Spirit.

In December, a half-hearted " audition " for The Rolling Stones took place, Beck jamming blues with the band for one day, their incompatibility obvious to all with the guitarist position vacated by Mick Taylor eventually going to ex-Jeff Beck Group bassist Ronnie Wood.

The other five tracks were band originals with Beck and Middleton the main writers, the last track on each side featured string arrangements by Martin.

Butch Vig has remixed songs for the following artists: Against Me !, Ash, Beck, The Cult, Depeche Mode, EMF, Fun Lovin ' Criminals, House of Pain, Korn, Limp Bizkit, Alanis Morissette, Nine Inch Nails, Michael Penn, Galexia, M. O. P, U2 as well as his own band Garbage.

After the recording of two albums, Rough and Ready ( October 1971 ) and Jeff Beck Group ( July 1972 ), the band fell apart.

Other band members include: Mark Spencer, Matt Beck, Ronny Crawford, Joe Quigley, Joe Travers, Mark Meadows, Michael Eisenstein, Dave Gibbs, and Leland Sklar.

The new band backing Mercer on this tour include singer / songwriter Richard Swift, Modest Mouse drummer Joe Plummer, Yuuki Matthews of Crystal Skulls and guitarist Jessica Dobson, who has performed as " Deep Sea Diver " and worked as a guitarist with Beck.

Englishman Simon Phillips was the only drummer ever contacted to replace Jeff Porcaro since the band knew that Porcaro liked Phillips and because Lukather worked with Simon on a previous tour with Santana and Jeff Beck in Japan in 1986.

During this time, the band was good friends with, often played on records by, and toured with label mates Beck and Weezer.

In fall 2002 he released Thoughts of … with Euphoria, with special guest appearances from guitarists and former band members Joe Beck, Larry Coryell and Rodney Jones.

The band is fronted by vocalist Daryl Palumbo and guitarist Justin Beck, and have undergone numerous line-up changes since their inception.

The band formed in the summer of 1993 after Palumbo and Beck met each other at camp.