Pink Floyd

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The Police were an English rock band formed in London in 1977. Within a few months of their first gig, the line-up settled as Sting, Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland, and remained unchanged for the rest of the band's history. The Police became globally popular in the late 1970s and early to mid 1980s.

Name Origin: It was a sort-of reference to Stewart's father, who was a CIA officer.

Queen are a British rock band formed in London in 1970 by Freddie Mercury, Brian May, and Roger Taylor, later joined by John Deacon.

Name Origin: The name Queen was proposed by the lead singer Freddie Mercury, who chose it for being a strong, outrageous, universal name and easy to learn and repeat even in countries that do not speak English. 

The Red Hot Chili Peppers are an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1982, comprising vocalist Anthony Kiedis, bassist Flea, drummer Chad Smith, and guitarist John Frusciante.

Name Origin: According to Red Hot Chili Peppers' front man, Anthony Kiedis, the band name, “Red Hot Chili Peppers” takes aspects of American blues and jazz band names, such as Louis Armstrong's Hot Five, and blends them with other popular band names flaunting the words “Chili” or “Red Hot”. 

REO Speedwagon, or simply REO, is an American rock band from Champaign, Illinois. Formed in 1967, the band cultivated a following during the 1970s and achieved significant commercial success throughout the 1980s.

Name Origin: Named after the REO Speed Wagon, a 1915 truck designed by Ransom Eli Olds. 

The Rolling Stones are an English rock band formed in London in 1962. Active across seven decades, they are one of the most popular and enduring bands of the rock era. In the early 1960s, the band pioneered the gritty, rhythmically driven sound that came to define hard rock.

Name Origin: It comes from an old saying, "A rolling stone gathers no moss."

Band - 3 Members from Canada

Formed In - 1974

Original Members:

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Band Existence: 1975 -  January 7, 2020

Name Origin: It was Rutsey's older brother who suggested the name "Rush" immediately before the band's first gig at The Coff-In, a local coffee shop in the basement of St. Theodore's of Canterbury Anglican Church. This was a play on words alluding to the frantic scrambling of the band members as they tried to come up with a title.

Why did the band stay together for 33 years?

How do you pronounce Neil's last name?

Like pert, or peert?

Answer: Peert! 95% of fans pronounce this incorrect.

Trivia Question: What unusual items did Rush have on stage on two of their tours?

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