I Am Not Shazam/Music: Difference between revisions

* Strangely, many people think [[Roxette]] is the stage name of female performer Marie Fredriksson rather than the name of the band she is in. This is despite the fact that her partner Per Gessle sings lead on almost half the band's hits.

* Country Joe and the Fish had a member named Joe and the band was named. Later on, as the band broke up and there were only two remaining members, he became known as Country Joe McDonald and the other guy as The Fish.

* None of the members of The Marshall Tucker Band were named Marshall Tucker. They found the name on a discarded receipt in a bar.

** The real Marshall Tucker was a blind piano tuner.

* Even though most/all members of Eisley are related, their shared last name is [[Du Pree]], not Eisley. The name is just a holdover from the band's former name, Moss Eisley, a barely disguised ''[[Star Wars]]'' reference.

* Similar to the above examples, [[Judas Priest (Music)|Judas Priest]] is the name of the band itself, not the name of the singer of the band.

* The indie folk/country rock act Bright Eyes is actually a trio (Conor Oberst, Mike Mogis and Nate Walcott) which is accompanied by a revolving door of backing members (including several well known indie rock musicians). It is not the stage name for lead singer/guitarist Conor Oberst. This mistake has appeared in magazines and even a sketch on ''[[Saturday Night Live]]''. Oberst has essentially gotten tired of being called Bright Eyes in interviews.

** To further complicate things, Oberst has both a solo career and another band, The Mystic Valley Band.

* [[Keane]] (originally "Cherry Keane") does not derive its band name from any of its members, but from a family friend of lead singer Tom Chaplin who left them money in her will.

* Gogol Bordello is the name of the band, not the frontman. His name is Eugene Hütz.

* [[Gorillaz]]'s song "Clint Eastwood" is often referred to as "Sunshine In A Bag", due to the repeated main bit of the chorus, as well as the band just [[You Didn't Ask|never realizing no one knew it's name.]]

* Richmond Fontaine is an alt-country band. They are named after an American expat that had helped bassist Dave Harding when his car was stuck in the desert.