Paula Vesala and Mira Luoti. The abbreviation originally meant "Paulan ja Miran molemmat puolet" ("both sides of Paula and Mira") but the band has also explained it simply means "Paula, Mira, Mira, Paula" in a similar fashion as the Swedish band ABBA chose their name. The Pogues — Originally called Póg mo Thóin—Irish for "Kiss my arse". Shortened to The Pogues after complaints received by the BBC. Poliça — According to singer Channy Leaneagh, Poliça is Polish for "policy", and she sees it as a reference to an unwritten code that guides the members when they play together, as well as its work ethic. (Contrary to this explanation, the Polish word for "policy" is actually polityka.) In another interview, Leaneagh claimed that they wanted something unique, and she had a file on her computer which, following a corruption during a computer crash, had come back as "Poliça". Popeda — an intentional misspelling of the name of the iconic Soviet car GAZ-M20 Pobeda. Porno for Pyros — Inspired by the 1992 Los Angeles riots. Portishead — After the English town of Portishead, Somerset, the hometown of one of the band's founding members, Geoff Barrow. The Postal Service — Chosen because of the band's production method: producer Jimmy Tamborello would mail raw versions to vocalist Ben Gibbard, who would edit them and mail them back through the United States Postal Service. Press Play On Tape — From the message displayed by the Commodore 64 home computer when starting to load a program from the cassette tape drive. The band's music consists of remixes of tunes from famous Commodore 64 games. Procol Harum — From the pedigree name of a Siamese cat that belonged to a friend of Guy Stevens, the band's manager. The name was Procul Harum, which is Latin for "beyond these things", but was written down incorrectly by Keith Reid. The band would say in interviews that the cat was a Burmese Blue, though all cats with the name are the Devon Rex breed. The Prodigy — Bandleader Liam Howlett's first synthesiser was a Moog Prodigy. Pvris – Paris spelled with "V" instead of "A" Q Queen — Were originally called Smile. Singer Freddie Mercury came up with the new name for the band, later saying: "Years ago I thought up the name 'Queen' ... It's just a name, but it's very regal obviously, and it sounds splendid ... It's