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[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago (3 children)

I always thought it was a reference to "Bowling for Columbine"

[–] [email protected] 27 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Bowling for Soup was formed in 1994. The name comes from an old Steve Martin bit, Bowling for Shit. Bowling for Columbine was called that because the Columbine shooters went bowling before the massacre.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Jaret and Erik went back in time from 2002 to tell their younger selves what to name the band.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

Bowling to earn columbine.