the fact that we're all essentially animals. We have a niche on the planet and we have a role in sustainable sort of ecology. But we've gone against our natural calling. The name is acknowledging that we do have more of a natural role on the planet. It's also like, who would follow an animal to do anything? I think of the name as being both nonsensical and really literal." Apollo 440 — From the Greek god Apollo and the frequency of concert pitch—the A note at 440 Hz, often denoted as "A440", and the Sequential Circuits sampler/sequencer, the Studio 440. Apulanta — Means "fertiliser" in Finnish. Invented as a joke when the band had to come up with a "punk" sounding name. Arcade Fire — Based on a story that singer Win Butler heard as a kid. He was told that an arcade in Exeter had burnt down, killing many youths. Arctic Monkeys — The name was made up by the guitarist, Jamie Cook, while at school. Art of Noise — After the 1913 manifesto called The Art of Noises by Italian Futurist Luigi Russolo. Die Ärzte — Decided when the band noticed that the folder with the umlaut "Ä" was empty in most record stores. The band often stylises their name, which is grammatically correct German, with three dots in the umlaut in the letter "Ä", as a parody of the heavy metal umlaut. There is no real diacritic with three dots in any language. As I Lay Dying — After the 1930 novel As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner. Ash — The band chose the first short word they liked in the dictionary, as stated in the CD booklet of Intergalactic Sonic 7"s. Asking Alexandria — According to band member Danny Worsnop, the name was taken from Alexander the Great. Atreyu — After a character in 1979 novel The NeverEnding Story and the 1984 movie of the same name. Audioslave — According to lead guitarist Tom Morello, the name supposedly came to singer Chris Cornell in a vision. Auto-Icon — Derived from the term Auto-Iconization first attributed to Jeremy Bentham, Utility and Democracy: The Political Thought of Jeremy Bentham. Auto-Icon Started as a one-man project in Los Angeles in 1999 with the end of the century and Y2K looming, it seemed to founding member J. Hébert any one could call themselves an "Icon". Automatic Pilot —