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[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago (3 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 27 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 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 10 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 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

Bowling to earn columbine.