*I reference several interviews and articles on this page. All information is linked and noted.*

The Name - The Murder City Devils

The name was originally used by some friends of the Murder City Devils . These guys in used it for a few months and then broke up.1 When the Murder City Devils were trying to come up with a name, they decided to that the name fit and asked permission to use the name for themselves.2 Thier friends agreed. The Murder City Devils are born.

1 - Taken from Interivew HERE

2 - Taken from Interview HERE

How The Murder City Devils formed

The following quote from Spencer seems to best sum up how things formed.

Spencer - "Dan and I and Andrea Zolo (who was in Area 51) all lived together and started a band and we met Derek (he had just moved here from Oakland) - and the 4 of us all lived in the same house and started a band (AREA 51). We had different people playing drums. Then I quit that band and Derek and Andrea and Dan changed it into the Death Wish Kids and then we started the Hookers (and Andrea Zolo played drums in that band) and Derek played bass and Dan played guitar. Then the Death Wish kids broke up, the Hookers broke up and the Murder City Devils formed."