The band was named after a character from the Lewis Carroll poem "Jabberwocky". Borrowed from Lewis Carroll's poem "Jabberwocky", this was the first edition's most powerful magic sword. He was also the translator of Lewis Carrol's "Jabberwocky". He starred as Dennis the Peasant in Terry Gilliam's 1977 film "Jabberwocky". Coincidentally, Colley and David Prowse had a part in the 1977 fantasy film "Jabberwocky". Rick Wakeman also narrates on the "Jabberwocky" album. He frequently sings the first verse of the Jabberwocky poem. The word "jabberwocky" itself has come to refer to nonsense language. The "Jabberwocky" project remained unreleased. Eventually, Sourcebooks Jabberwocky picked up the book. Titled "Jabberwocky", the album represented a significant musical departure from previous work. Peter Banks both appeared on "Jabberwocky". Text of this sort is known as "greeked text", "dummy text", or "jabberwocky text". He wrote most of "Jabberwocky" at Whitburn as well as "The Walrus and the Carpenter". "Jabberwocky" received a mixed response from critics.