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M&C Entertainment News 02/09/21: What Was Your Favorite Bands Original Name?

The artist you listen to and love today may not have gone by what you know them as.  A lot of bands called themselves something else before actually changing their…

SAN FRANCISCO, CA – JUNE 07: Goo Goo Dolls members George Tutuska, John Rzeznik, and Robby Takac pose for a photo before their set at Scleroderma Research Foundation’s Cool Comedy – Hot Cuisine event at the the Fairmont Hotel on June 7, 2016 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Kelly Sullivan/Getty Images for Scleroderma Research Foundation)

The artist you listen to and love today may not have gone by what you know them as.  A lot of bands called themselves something else before actually changing their name to what they are now.  For example Nickelback called themselves Village Idiot before becoming Nickelback.  Green Day used to call themselves Sweet Children & Destiney's Child originally called themselves Girls Tyme!  The list ist deep!  We got through the top 5 on the list plus more in today's Entertainment News!

Here's the Top 20....

1.  The Goo Goo Dolls:  The Sex Maggots

2.  Creed:  Naked Toddler  (???)

3.  The Red Hot Chili Peppers:  Tony Flow and the Miraculously Majestic Masters of Mayhem

4.  Limp Bizkit:  Blood Fart.  Is one really any better than the other, though?

5.  Hannah Montana:  Alexis Texas.  They changed it because there's actually a PORN STAR with that name.

6.  Van Halen:  Rat Salad.  It's actually the title of a Black Sabbath song.

7.  Linkin Park:  Xero

8.  Finger Eleven:  Rainbow Butt Monkeys

9.  Nickelback:  Village Idiot

10.  Black Sabbath:  Polka Tulk Blues Band

11.  Green Day:  Sweet Children

12.  Destiny's Child:  Girls Tyme

13.  Outkast:  2 Shades Deep

14.  The Beastie Boys:  The Young Aborigines

15.  Pink Floyd:  The Tea Set

16.  The Bee Gees:  The Rattlesnakes

17.  The Fugees:  The Tranzlator Crew

18.  New Kids on the Block:  Nyuk

19.  TLC:  2nd Nature

20.  Nirvana:  Pen Cap Chew

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