famous bands

1. As with many of the famous bands from that time the Beach Boys was not the first chosen name. Not even the second. They used Kenny and the Cadets, then changed it to Carl and the Passions, finally settling to the Pendletones. Only after a while they decided to once again chose a new name, and mainly because they really liked the beach and the parties it was a choice easily made. 2. ...

1. The name of the band was chosen by Peter Green, the leader and main driving force during the first part of the group's history. There was no strange explanation behind it, he simply used the names of drummer Mick Fleetwood and bassist John McVie (altering the spelling). And so a legendary name was born. 2. It was Peter Green who wanted the band to donate almost all of the ...