Battle of the Band Names - Random Trivia Questions

Every music group has a story to tell about how it came up with its name. Sometimes just trying to understand what the name means is complicated. The following dozen questions about singer and band names span the decades all the way back to the 1960s.

• Q1) What 1980s British pop group's name means "yellow bell"?
• Q2) What was the given name of the D.J. and singer known as Shaggy?
• Q3) What writer's words did Sixpence None the Richer borrow for their name?
• Q4) What singer named his band Five for Fighting?
• Q5) What 1980s band originally called itself The Makers but changed its name after visiting Germany?
• Q6) What 1960s and 1970s band started as Chad Allen and the Expressions but was renamed during a publicity stunt?
• Q7) What 1970s band did Rob Parissi name for a box of cough drops?
• Q8) A sign on what type of construction equipment led to Buffalo Springfield's name?
• Q9) What English rock band named itself for a song on David Bowie's album Hunky Dory?
• Q10) What Canadian band is named for a phrase from Mike Kroeger's brother's coffee shop job?
• Q11) What name was rapper T.I. born with?
• Q12) What band took its name from superhero Radioactive Man's sidekick on the The Simpsons cartoon?