What are the names of the pop groups who get their names from A Clockwork Orange?

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What are the names of the pop groups who get their names from A Clockwork Orange?

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Last updated Jul 22 2021.

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Of the ten in the previous post I found six to be actual musical groups:

Johnny Zhivago: discogs.com/artist/615206-Johnny-Zhivago no longer exists
The Humpers:

http://www.songkick.com/artists/95332-humpers
The Sharks:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sharks
Comic Strips:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vuf7b3ODoOA
The Blow Goes: discogs.com/artist/2984469-The-Blow-Goes no longer exists
Heaven 17:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heaven_17

Response last updated by gtho4 on Jul 22 2021.
Sep 14 2006, 12:09 PM

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Answer 1

arctic_wolves
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arctic_wolves

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Heaven 17 is one group taking their name from a fictional pop group mentioned in Anthony Burgess's novel A Clockwork Orange.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heaven_17

Sep 14 2006, 8:45 AM

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arctic_wolves

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I can't find a reference for an umbrella name under which these types of bands would fall.

Another band named after the book or movie is Moloko.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moloko

Sep 14 2006, 9:20 AM

Answer 3

Heaven 17 book & film originally the name of a fictional band in A Clockwork Orange as were The Blow Goes, Comic Strips, The Mixers, The Sharks, The Humpers, The Legend, Bread Brothers, Johnny Zhivago, Cyclops and Goggly Gogol

http://www.fakebands.com/wiki/index.php?title=Category:A_Clockwork_Orange