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.

In New York he was well received by what was then only a small brave band of non-figurative artists, including Alexander Calder, George K. L. Morris, De Kooning, Holty and a few others.

All day long Mr. Podger, who was a straw-hat man in the summer, had worn the feather in the band of his broad-brimmed sunshield.

His eyes had the same dreadful rigid stare as Dr. Grimesby Roylott's when he was found before his open safe wearing the speckled band.

At one time it was the ambition of every saxophone player in every high school band in America to blow like Bird.

One of the rings was a white gold band with a diamond setting, valued at $900.

Such fascinating novelties in the score as the fugual treatment of `` On The Side Of The Angels '' and `` Politics And Poker '' were handled splendidly, and I thought Rudy Bond and his band of tuneful ward-heelers made `` Little Tin Box '' even better than it was done by the New York cast ; ;

Beginning with Reginald Fessenden's audio demonstrations in 1906, it was also the original method used for audio radio transmissions, and remains in use today by many forms of communication —" AM " is often used to refer to the mediumwave broadcast band ( see AM radio ).

The Alan Parsons Project was an English progressive rock band, active between 1975 and 1990, consisting of singer Eric Woolfson and keyboardist Alan Parsons surrounded by a varying number of session musicians.

The one occasion where the band was introduced as " The Alan Parsons Project " in a live performance was at Night of the Proms 1990 ( at the time of the group's break-up ), featuring all Project regulars except Woolfson who was present but behind the scenes, while Parsons stayed at the mixer except during the last song, where he played acoustic guitar.

* The New Wave band Missing Persons ' best-selling album was called Spring Session M.

Louisa May Alcott, who was ten years old at the time, later wrote of the experience in Transcendental Wild Oats ( 1873 ): " The band of brothers began by spading garden and field ; but a few days of it lessened their ardor amazingly.

The tempo of their arrangement was slowed to allow for the bagpipes, but it was based on Collins ': it began with a bagpipe solo introduction similar to her lone voice, then it was accompanied by the band of bagpipes and horns, whereas in her version she is backed up by a chorus.

Alaric's first appearance was as the leader of a mixed band of Goths and allied peoples who invaded Thrace in 391, who were stopped by the half-Vandal Roman General Stilicho.

In general, the larger the ensemble, the greater the need for a formal arrangement, although the early Count Basie big band was famous for its head arrangements, so called because they were worked out by the players themselves, memorized immediately and never written down.

Articolo 31 was a popular band from Milan, Italy, melding hip hop, funk, pop and traditional Italian musical forms.

Urban Dance Squad was a Dutch rap rock band formed after what was originally intended as a one-time jam-session at a festival in Utrecht on December 20, 1986.

* Jon Anderson, singer with rock band Yes, was born there

In March 1964, " Elverket Spelmanslag " was up against another band in a talent contest, The Hep Stars.