I was going to make a gentle joke about "is this the band with that AOR song about saving my life and better than a white line?" Which of course is "Head East" and the song is "Never Been Any Reason".
Well, I looked both up, and, interestingly, Stabbing Westward was formed at Western Illinois University. The name was about the '50s threat of communism, but the name sort of stuck because of the university and where it was located. Head East contained members that went to Eastern Illinois University. The name was about a vision of the sun during an acid trip, but still. I thought that was a cool coincidence.