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Acts Who Changed Their Names and You Probably Didn't Know

Edgy DC Feb 10 2011 07:55 PM

In 2008, The B-52's became The B-52s. Bet you didn't notice! Life somehow went on! In 1993, New Kids on the Block became NKOTB. Did you know? Why didn't you know?! Beginning with Ooo Yeah! (1988), all Hall & Oates releases come under the banner of Daryl Hall John Oates." No "and"! No "&"! That's crazy!

soupcan Feb 11 2011 09:39 AM Re: Acts Who Changed Their Names and You Probably Didn't Know

Was the genesis of this thread my posting of a B-52's song in the iPod thread? Because if so, when I was typing that in, I thought the apostrophe was odd as well and checked it twice. Good to know that Fred and Kate eventually did the right thing.

Edgy DC Feb 11 2011 09:51 AM Re: Acts Who Changed Their Names and You Probably Didn't Know

I think about this sort of thing all the time. Maybe my ideal job is to be an editor for bands. If a-ha suddenly toured as =#0000FF]aha or =#0000FF]A-HA or =#0000FF]a-ha!, I would stare at the ad in the paper, not really knowing why I wasn't turning the page. And then it would hit me that the punctuation changed. In fact, it woudl be an a-ha moment.

G-Fafif Feb 11 2011 10:52 AM Re: Acts Who Changed Their Names and You Probably Didn't Know

There was a spate of bands rejecting "The" in the early '80s, such as Eurythmics and Stray Cats, to name two. Quite a statement. Or quite statement.

metirish Feb 11 2011 10:55 AM Re: Acts Who Changed Their Names and You Probably Didn't Know

Probably because The The had it covered.

G-Fafif Feb 11 2011 11:53 AM Re: Acts Who Changed Their Names and You Probably Didn't Know

metirish wrote: Probably because The The had it covered. I always found them redundant.

batmagadanleadoff Feb 11 2011 12:19 PM Re: Acts Who Changed Their Names and You Probably Didn't Know

Kentucky Fried Chicken became KFC. But I knew that. Otherwise I wouldn't be typing this post.

Edgy DC Feb 11 2011 12:30 PM Re: Acts Who Changed Their Names and You Probably Didn't Know

Darryl Hall John Oates is the one that fascinates me. My theory is that the band's players had become so much a part of the act that the two eponymous frontmen were in danger of Hall & Oates being a brand that the rest of the guys could lay partial claim to and part ownership of, surname or no --- and their lawyers were afraid that someday GE Smith or T-Bone Wolk or Charlie DeChant would stand up in court and make this claim, citing Fleetwood Mac as precedent. "Should we just tour as Darryl Hall & John Oates, then? Then it's clear that the two of us are the act." "NO! No ampersand and no 'and.' That's would be a vestige of the old name and show continuity. This is a whole new entity and voids any assumptions of the old one." "But 'Darryl Hall John Oates' makes no fucking sense. It's like one long stupid name." "Trust us."

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 11 2011 12:57 PM Re: Acts Who Changed Their Names and You Probably Didn't Know

Should have slashed that up like it was Camp Crystal Lake.

TransMonk Feb 11 2011 01:02 PM Re: Acts Who Changed Their Names and You Probably Didn't Know

I live in a fantasy land where Oates still has facial hair, Hall doesn't, Wolk, Smith, et al. are still the backing band and they never released that crappy live album from the Apollo. They'll always be Hall & Oates to me.

Edgy DC Feb 11 2011 01:11 PM Re: Acts Who Changed Their Names and You Probably Didn't Know

"But 'Darryl Hall John Oates' makes no fucking sense. It's like one long stupid name." "Did the Big Bang Boom Tour make sense? Did the video for 'Adult Education' make sense? Leave this the big boys, guys."

John Cougar Lunchbucket Feb 11 2011 01:25 PM Re: Acts Who Changed Their Names and You Probably Didn't Know

It's a little known fact that Marvin Gaye was originally went by his given name Totally Gaye but for some reason his records didn't sell.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 11 2011 01:30 PM Re: Acts Who Changed Their Names and You Probably Didn't Know

TRUE FACT: Tammi Terrell's original Motown stage name was "Gaye Lover."

metirish Feb 11 2011 01:30 PM Re: Acts Who Changed Their Names and You Probably Didn't Know

Matchbox Twenty were at one point Matchbox 20 but are still useless.

Frayed Knot Feb 11 2011 01:36 PM Re: Acts Who Changed Their Names and You Probably Didn't Know

metirish wrote: Matchbox Twenty were at one point Matchbox 20 but are still useless. Except in Rome where they're Matchbox XX which becomes a problem when, at a quick glance, some folks see only the triple X at the end on the marquee and think it's a porn movie playing. Marvin Gaye's name was originally Gay - Martin Gay Jr. in fact - he added the e later on. So Marvin Gaye wound up getting killed by Marvin Gay

Fman99 Feb 11 2011 05:06 PM Re: Acts Who Changed Their Names and You Probably Didn't Know

Frayed Knot wrote: metirish wrote: Matchbox Twenty were at one point Matchbox 20 but are still useless. Except in Rome where they're Matchbox XX which becomes a problem when, at a quick glance, some folks see only the triple X at the end on the marquee and think it's a porn movie playing. Marvin Gaye's name was originally Gay - Martin Gay Jr. in fact - he added the e later on. So Marvin Gaye wound up getting killed by Marvin Gay That was gay when he got killed.