The Rolling Stones - So, where did the Stones' get their name from? From a Muddy Waters song called 'Rollin' Stone.'
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Pretenders - The band was inspired by The Platters 1956 song 'The Great Pretender.'
Judas Priest - British heavy metal legends Judas Priest drew inspiration for their name from a Bob Dylan song called 'The Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest.'
Jet - The Aussie rockers were inspired by Paul McCartney and Wings' song 'Jet.'
Panic! at the Disco - Brendon Urie's band was named after a song by The Smiths called 'Panic,' which contains the lyrics "burn down the disco."
Lady Gaga - The only solo artist on this list drew inspiration for her artistic name from Queen's song 'Radio Ga Ga.'
Mr. Big - The band was named after the Free song 'Mr. Big.' Interestingly, Mr. Big covered that very song on their 1993 album 'Bump Ahead.'
At the Drive-In - The name of the post-punk act was inspired by the lyrics of a Poison song called 'Talk Dirty to Me.' The lyrics go "Cause baby we'll be / At the drive-in."
Overkill - The New York thrash metal act got their name from the namesake album and song by Motörhead.
Hatebreed - The metalcore act was inspired by punk rock legends Misfits and their song 'Hatebreeders.'