The Bizarre Original Names of 7 Popular Rock Bands

Not all bands have just one name over the length of their existence.

A lot of them started off with some pretty BIZARRE names, before settling on something better and eventually getting famous.

Here are a few examples:

The Red Hot Chili Peppers: Tony Flow and the Miraculously Majestic Masters of Mayhem

Van Halen: Rat Salad (It’s actually the title of a Black Sabbath song.)

Black Sabbath: Polka Tulk Blues Band

Green Day: Sweet Children

Pink Floyd: The Tea Set

Nirvana: Pen Cap Chew

David Bowie: Davy Jones  (It’s his birth name.)

(Buzzfeed)