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Scorpions
Snow Patrol
Snow Patrol were originally called Polar Bear, but changed their name after a US band with the same name threatened to sue.
Squeeze
Squeeze called themselves Captain Trundlow's Sky Company, before deciding to rename the band after a Velvet Underground album.
Supertramp
Supertramp were originally formed in 1969 when frontman Rick Davies was given a large sum of money by a millionaire friend.
Tasmin Archer
Tamsin claimed that keeps her Brit award in her kitchen cupboard and she used it for cracking nuts and tenderising steak!
The Connells
The Connell's 1995 single 74-75 was written as an apology to the girls the band had dated unsuccesfully between those years.
The Feeling
The Feeling were the most played band on UK radio in 2006. You'd never have guessed from listening to Virgin Radio!
The Specials
The Specials originally had a far more long winded name for the band, they were called: The Special AKA The Coventry Automatics.
Thin Lizzy
Thin Lizzy's The boys are back in town was written after they noticed their shows were full of guys who enjoyed a drink or three
Toto
Steve Lukather claimed that the name of their band was inspired by the name of the Indo-Bhutanese Toto tribe.
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