Bad English

Bad English was an American and British hard rock supergroup formed in 1987, bringing together Journey keyboardist Jonathan Cain with singer John Waite and bassist Ricky Phillips, his former bandmates from The Babys. The members settled on a name for the band while playing pool. John Waite missed a shot and Jonathan Cain made a comment about how his "English" was "bad" (bad english) (referring to the spin a player puts on the cue ball) and the band decided to use the expression. The name is also thought of as a reference to The Babys, since the name was misspelled and is an example of bad English.