JLS were originally called UFO - Unique Famous Outrageous however when they went on the X factor they had to change their name due to copyright reasons because there was already a famous rock band called UFO.
They changed their name to JLS - Jack the Lad Swing. One of the band members (Marvin Humes) ex-girlfriend came up with the name. This was because the type of music that they sang was called "New Jack Swing", which was a genre of music in the nineties and she thought that the four boys were four Jacks the lads - cheeky young guys. Therefore she amalgamated the two and came up with Jack the Lad Swing.
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JLS Used To Be Called UFO
But Louis Walsh Told Them There Was Already a band called UFO.
So at the time JLS were doing a project called "Jack The Lad Swing"
And That Is Where JLS Comes From (:
J : Jack
the
L : Lad
S : Swing
No More UFO!
Marvin`s ex girlfriend came up with the name Jack the Lad Swing.
Oritse Williams (the red one!) wanted to make a boyband because he's alwasy been interested in the music business and so he started looking for members. He already knew Marvin Humes (the green one!) and Marvin had previously been in a band called Vs but they had now split. So then there were two in the band. Marvin had also met Aston Merrygold (the blue one) in a few auditions before so Marvin called Aston whilst Aston was playing football. Aston agreed to being in the band! They still needed one more member, they wanted a guy that is a master at harmonies! So they did their own auditions and found Jonathan Benjamin Gill (the yellow one!).
After a few years they decided to go in for the x factor
They were on x-factor 2009 and came second to Alexandra Burke.
2008
The name of JLS' first album was JLS, the name of their second album was Outta' this world
JLS's debut album is called JLS
I love jls
Jls are from different backgrounds so they have different parents.
He grew up in Peterborough
2008
JLS were originally called UFO but but one band member came up with JLS- which stands for jack the lad swing.one of Marvins ex-girlfriends came up with it.
"JLS"
The group use to play around with names and then one of Marvin's ex-girlfriends came up with Jack The Lad Swing.
The name of JLS' first album was JLS, the name of their second album was Outta' this world
no JLS is not
JLS's debut album is called JLS
Look up their home Addresses to find out where they live first
"JLS" and "Outta This World"
I love jls
Jls were originally called UFO but when they got on the Xfactor Louis Walsh told them there was already a band with that name so they had to quickly find a new name for the band which is when marvins ex girlfriend came up with the name JLS. JLS performed at the Showcase:LIVE in October 2007 and June 2008 under the name of UFO (Unique Famous Outrageous).