Ever wonder where some bands come up with their band names? Well, we do, and we’re sick of sitting around scratching our heads about it. We’re hitting the streets (aka. “Internet”) to find the origins behind some of the more bizarre, intriguing or just plain random band names in the scene. Every Wednesday we’ll be pulling the curtain back on a different band and this week it’s Chicago punker rockers The Lawrence Arms.
According to our sources (the interwebs) The Lawrence Arms took their name from the apartment complex in which band members Brendan Kelly and Chris McCaughan had lived before being evicted in the middle of the night. The building was supposedly pretty run-down and located in a very “lower-class” part of uptown Chicago so it sounds like they may have taken the best part about it with them when they left.
If you’ve got a good band name origin story, or want us to research one for you, message us on the Dying Scene facebook page.
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