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* Mark "his name is not Sugar Ray" McGrath. He once did a commercial in which people kept mistakenly calling him by his band's name. At least he has a sense of humor about it.

* Most people thought that after making it big, former ''[[American Idol]]'' contestant Chris Daughtry had dropped his first name. Uh, no. ''He's'' still Chris Daughtry; ''his band'' is Daughtry. Extremely confusing because we ''know'' that it is, in fact, named for the lead singer, the natural assumption is that he's a solo artist, which he apparently isn't.

* The band ''The Thompson Twins'' were often assumed to be a duo, from the name, which could cause a problem when they were booked in a venue whose stage was too small for the trio they actually were. In fact the band's choice of name is itself an illustration of this trope. The name comes from two characters from the ''[[Tintin]]'' books, who shouldn't really be called "The Thompson Twins". Although they look almost identical, they have different last names, "Thompson" and "Thomson" (Dupont and Dupond in the original French), and they are never said to be related in the books.

* The band ''The Thompson Twins'' were often assumed to be a duo, from the name, which could cause a problem when they were booked in a venue whose stage was too small for the trio they actually were. In fact the band's choice of name is itself an illustration of this trope. The name comes from two characters from the ''[[Tintin (Comic Book)]]'' books, who shouldn't really be called "The Thompson Twins". Although they look almost identical, they have different last names, "Thompson" and "Thomson" (Dupont and Dupond in the original French), and they are never said to be related in the books.

* Many people are shocked to discover that Gnarls Barkley is a group (or rather, a duo), rather than the name of a large African-American singer.

** That duo being Cee-Lo Green (singer and songwriter) and [[Danger Mouse (Music)|Danger Mouse]] (producer and instrumentalist). Likewise, Deltron 3030 is actually comprised of Del tha Funkee Homosapien, Kid Koala, and Dan the Automator.