contacted his former bandmates and asked for permission to use the name with his new band with guitarist Jerry Cantrell. Alien Ant Farm — Bassist Terry Corso said the name was a day dream he had about how Earth is just an experiment for aliens from other planets. The All-American Rejects — The "All-Americans" and "the Rejects", both suggested to the band as names, were merged. All Time Low — When in high school, members Alex Gaskarth, Jack Barakat, Rian Dawson, and Zack Merrick made a list of possible band names, one of which being "All Time Low". The name came from New Found Glory's song "Head On Collision". Alt-J—The spoken form of the band ∆, alt + j is the keyboard shortcut used to type ∆ on a Mac computer. ∆ is a symbol used to show change in mathematical equations. Amber Run — Originally known as Amber, the band changed their name to avoid confusion with a German musician of the same name. AlunaGeorge — From the first names of the members, Aluna Francis and George Reid. Amon Amarth — Named after "Mount Doom", in Tolkien's Elvish speech. Anamanaguchi — The name came about from a member in one of Peter Berkman's former bands pronouncing gibberish in the style of Jabba the Hutt; The band has also explained it as coming from the members' internships at Armani (Berkman and James DeVito), Prada (Ary Warnaar), and Gucci (Luke Silas) while studying fashion at Parsons School of Design. Anberlin — Band member Stephen Christian has offered the explanations that he planned naming his first daughter Anberlin and that the name was a modification of the phrase "and Berlin" from a list of cities Christian wanted to visit. The one story that Christian asserts is true, however, is that he heard the word in the background noise of the Radiohead song "Everything in Its Right Place". ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead — Initially claimed to be a line in a Mayan ritual chant, though lead singer Conrad Keely has since admitted the story was a joke. Animals as Leaders — Inspired by the 1992 novel Ishmael by Daniel Quinn, guitarist Tosin Abasi coined the name as a reminder that "we're all essentially animals". Abasi went into further depth by saying, "The name is kind of like, a lot of what we do is completely removed from