Bands with geographically misleading names

[editor]

Jackson Heights (70s band headed up by Lee Jackson from Newcastle)

 

[Humberto]

The Backstreet Boys

 

[A380]

Frankie Goes to Hollywood

They have probably been to Hollywood by now TBF…

 

[maomao]

And of course The Velvet Underground who spent almost their entire careers above ground.

 

[DotCommunist]

The Shangri-las. Its not even a real place.

 

[A380]

And of course The Velvet Underground who spent almost their entire careers above ground.

Jefferson Airplane did all their recordings on the ground; and when they were Jefferson Starship they never even got to low Earth orbit.

 

[hash tag]

Artic monkeys
Airborne

 

[hash tag]

Lindisfarne.

 

[iona]

Boston Manor are actually from Blackpool which isn't even on the Piccadilly Line

 

[maomao]

Artic monkeys

They've never even driven a lorry?

 

[JimW]

The Shangri-las. Its not even a real place.

It became one when a Tibetan county in north Yunnan renamed itself to cash in on the tourist dollar. Shangri-La Travel Guide, Yunnan: Enjoy Fabulous Alpine Scenery

 

[editor]

Hatfield and the North. From Canterbury.

 

[editor]

Also: Kilburn and The High Roads formed at Canterbury College of Art in 1970 .

 

[hash tag]

Did the lighthouse family really come from a lighthouse?
I don't think queen's of the stone age came from the stone age.

 

[pesh]

SL2. had nothing to do with Slough.

 

[Sweet FA]

Big in Japan

By Alphaville who weren't. Nor did they live in a gated community in Sao Paolo, so just massive liars all round.

 

[WouldBe]

Pet shop boys.

 

[belboid]

Hatfield and the North. From Canterbury.

right next to the road sign though

 

[A380]

Pet shop boys.

Didn’t they actually live above a pet shop when they met?

 

[A380]

Ringo Star lived on a planet.

 

[Plumdaff]

The band America was formed in South Ruislip

 

[Plumdaff]

The band Berlin was formed in Los Angeles

 

[belboid]

Manhattan Transfer - named after a book of the same name, rather than the place. Which they are not from.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Brotherhood of Man. All from mainland Britain.

 

[bluescreen]

Fleetwood Mac. Not from Fleetwood. Fleetwood himself was born in Redruth.

 

[Bus Honeygun]

Sun Ra.

Who was actually from Saturn.

 

[Bus Honeygun]

Bradford (actually from Blackburn)

Were Easterhouse from there? Seem to recall they were from another part of Glasgow.

 

[AverageJoe]

Shed 7.

Didnt live in sheds.

 

[Plumdaff]

The Backstreet Boys were in fact from up the road.

 

[editor]

The Blue Nile. From Glasgow,