Abbreviated Pop Group Names

tourdeforce | 02:34 Wed 17th Sep 2008 | Artists

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Hello folks
I was wondering if you good people could come up with a list of groups with abbreviated names and what they stood for. e.g. REM - Rapid Eye Movement.
Thank you very much

panic x2

Looking for the name of a band.

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May I thank everyone who has contributed and also thank in advance all those who still have some answers.

It is very much appreciated.

welshwil

NIN - Nine inch nails
NKOTB - New kids on......
CCR - Creedence
Plain White T's
B52's
Boney M
Booker T & the MG's

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jno

oh, just remembered OMC of 'How Bizarre' - Otara Millionaires' Club.

niksmom

BTO=Bachman, Turner, Overdrive
CSNY=Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young
ACDC=Alternating current, Direct current (I think)
10 CC= Has an adult meaning...supposedly it is the average amount of semen a man ejaculates durring intercourse...( That is where the group got its name, so I heard)
JLO=Jennifer Lopez
MC Lyte=no idea???
MC Hammer=no idea???
LL Cool J=Ladies Love Cool James (His real name is James Todd Smith lll
RHCP=Red Hot Chilli Peppers
REO Speedwagon=Ransom Eli Olds***It is a truck company and thats where the name comes from.
C + C Music factory= Clivilles + Cole ( a dance music production group lead by Robert Clivilles and David Cole)

echokilo

EMF - 1990's indie .... but don't know what it stands for.