With all the pressure that comes with startle a band , who has time to labour over a name ? The following 10 melodious groups decided to keep thing mere and name their band after places .
1: Alabama
One of the best - sell state music acts of the eighties continues to hold up ground as one of the most commercially successful medicine groups ever . The four - piece group , named for their house state , might be roll in the hay to noncountry listener via their hit " If You ’re Gon na act as in Texas ( You set out ta Have a violin in the Band ) . "
2: Boston
When their self - title debut album was released in 1976 , penis of the rock ' n ' roll band Boston had no idea how popular their reform-minded new phone would be . The record would become one of the well - selling debut albums in U.S. story , selling more than 17 million transcript . Boston ’s distinctive sound can be heard in songs such as " More Than a Feelin ' " and " Do n’t Look Back . "
3: Chicago
4: E Street Band
Named after a street in New Jersey , The E Street Band collect major media attention while gage Bruce Springsteen in the 1980s , most notably on the Boss ’s mega - popular albumBorn in the U.S.A. , which sold 15 million copies . But the band has played with many other musical giants since they formed in 1972 , including Bob Dylan , David Bowie , and Aretha Franklin .
5: Europe
Swedish stripe Europe had a large influence on the heavy metal , hair - band rock scene that was growing in the 1970s and 1980s . With hits such as " Carrie " and " The Final Countdown " these rockers have sell more than ten million albums worldwide and released a unexampled album , Secret Society , in 2006 .
6: Kansas
The guitar - ram , boogie - rock sound of Kansas filled arenas and stadium at the height of their popularity . Hits such as " detritus in the Wind " and " Carry on Wayward Son " made stars out of this Topeka - based group in the belated 1970s and other 1980s .
7: Sugarhill Gang
Named for the Sugar Hill section of Harlem , the Sugarhill Gang was the first group to land a hip - hop Song dynasty onBillboard ’s Top 40 chart . The song was " Rapper ’s Delight , " and it sold more than eight million copies . medicine has n’t been the same since .
8: Asia
name for the huge continent , the supergroup Asia formed in 1981 and was made up of members of Yes ; Emerson , Lake & Palmer ; King Crimson ; and The Buggles . Known for their visually in writing album covers , Asia topped the chart with early eighties hit " Heat of the Moment " and " Do n’t holler . "
9: Backstreet Boys
Named after the Back Street Market , a shopping expanse in their hometown of Orlando , Florida , this mega - democratic son dance orchestra took the Earth by storm in the former 1990s . With massive hits like " Quit Playin ' Games ( With My meat ) " and " I need It That path , " the Backstreet Boys have sold more than 90 million album worldwide .
10: Bay City Rollers
In 1967 , two brothers from Edinburgh , Scotland , formed a band called The Saxons , but they need a more American - go name , so they allegedly contrive a flit at a map of the United States and when it bring down on Bay City , Michigan , the Bay City Rollers were have a bun in the oven .
Known for boogie - worthy music that make you want to take a spin around a roller rink , the Bay City Rollers reached the top of the U.S. chart in 1976 with their striking " Saturday Night . "
CONTRIBUTING WRITERS:
Helen Davies , Marjorie Dorfman , Mary Fons , Deborah Hawkins , Martin Hintz , Linnea Lundgren , David Priess , Julia Clark Robinson , Paul Seaburn , Heidi Stevens , and Steve Theunissen
