Over the years, the band have been asked many times what "X" really means. While there are many speculations, the band generally answer that it's a gibberish word, meaning nothing. According to X's official FAQ :
X doesn't mean anything. At the time we formed (early '80s) there was a rush of bands with obvious names. It was the time of ‘peace punk' and you couldn't get across a youth club dance floor without bumping into a Disorder, a Subhumans, a Decadent Youth or an Anthrax t-shirt. We liked the sound of X because it wasn't nailing ourselves down. Thatcher On Acid were a good band but it's lucky for them that Thatcher stayed in power for 11 years. If her influence had only lasted 18 months Thatcher On Acid's sell-by date would have come and gone a lot sooner. We wanted a name which wouldn't date.
Other explanations which have been given include the following:
On an episode of BBC Two's pop music quiz Never Mind the Buzzcocks the answer to the question was that they got it from what a monkey wrote on a typewriter when an experiment took place involving monkeys and typewriters (as in the infinite monkey theorem).
In an interview on a German website with Alice and Boff, the members claimed that the "X" was the mascot of a football team, Walford Town, which they found in the Rothman's Yearbook, a collection of old facts and figures about British football. One of the members said:
"...And we just thought it was funny, so we used the name". There has never been a team in English football called Walford Town, although the name has occasionally been used to represent the local team in the BBC soap opera EastEnders."
It is also that the name was derived from the chanting of African street musicians which the band members had heard while busking in Paris. However, this fact is a lie, as is every other explanation that the band have given over the years.
According to a Pop-Up Video on VH1, the name "X" is derived from a dream that one of the members had.
Give me 'X' .
Answer: Chumbawamba, the alternative rock band.
X doesn't mean anything. At the time we formed (early '80s) there was a rush of bands with obvious names. It was the time of ‘peace punk' and you couldn't get across a youth club dance floor without bumping into a Disorder, a Subhumans, a Decadent Youth or an Anthrax t-shirt. We liked the sound of X because it wasn't nailing ourselves down. Thatcher On Acid were a good band but it's lucky for them that Thatcher stayed in power for 11 years. If her influence had only lasted 18 months Thatcher On Acid's sell-by date would have come and gone a lot sooner. We wanted a name which wouldn't date.
Other explanations which have been given include the following:
On an episode of BBC Two's pop music quiz Never Mind the Buzzcocks the answer to the question was that they got it from what a monkey wrote on a typewriter when an experiment took place involving monkeys and typewriters (as in the infinite monkey theorem).
In an interview on a German website with Alice and Boff, the members claimed that the "X" was the mascot of a football team, Walford Town, which they found in the Rothman's Yearbook, a collection of old facts and figures about British football. One of the members said:
"...And we just thought it was funny, so we used the name". There has never been a team in English football called Walford Town, although the name has occasionally been used to represent the local team in the BBC soap opera EastEnders."
It is also that the name was derived from the chanting of African street musicians which the band members had heard while busking in Paris. However, this fact is a lie, as is every other explanation that the band have given over the years.
According to a Pop-Up Video on VH1, the name "X" is derived from a dream that one of the members had.
Give me 'X' .
15 Answers:
chumbawamba
chumbawamba
chumbawumba ??
Chumbawamba!
the English rock band--chumbawamba
Chumbwamba..
Chumbawamba
chubawamba
Chumbawamba.
chumbawamba
- sukanto
Chumbawamba
chumbawamba
Chumbawamba
chumbawamba
It's chumbawamba.
The dream had men being called chumba and the women wamba!
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