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* Jethro Tull often had the same problem. They took their name from the Englishman (1674-1741) who invented the seed drill.

** This was referenced in ''[[Armageddon]]'', when Oscar Choi (played by Owen Wilson) says to a NASA psychologist (played by the legendary Udo Kier), "I tell you one thing that really drives me nuts, is people who think that Jethro Tull is just a person in the band." (To which the psychologist replied, "Who is Jethro Tull?")

* Similarly, [[Franz Ferdinand]] named themselves after the archduke whose assassination served as a catalyst for [[World War I]]. However, surprisingly few people make the assumption that it's a person rather than a band, perhaps because "Franz" sounds like an unlikely name for a Scot and the archduke was a rather famous figure. Which still didn't stop at least one talk show host has asked them which was named Franz Ferdinand. And wasn't joking.

* Country band Sawyer Brown sometimes has this problem. They took their name from the road where they originally rehearsed.

** Likewise, in early interviews in North America, the UK band [[Catherine Wheel]] were asked, "Who's Catherine?" The band was named for the British term for a firework that spins rapidly when lit, which in turn is named for the torture device allegedly used to martyr Saint Catherine of Alexandria.

* Coconut Records sounds like a record label. In fact, it's Jason Schwartzman's solo act. That's right; it's not even a band name, it's a ''pseudonym''.

* Similarly, there are only three people in Ben Folds Five. One of them, however, is actually Ben Folds. When asked why they go by the name "Ben Folds Five" when there were only three members, Folds replied "Because Ben Folds Three sounds dumb." Ben Folds has since broken up with the five, and tours with two other musicians under the name of ''Ben Folds''.

* [[Billy Talent]] contains no person named William Talent. They're named after a character from the Canadian ''[[This Is Spinal Tap]]'' homage ''[[Hard Core Logo]]''.

** On the other hand, it was an accurate name: it's the band started by the Allman Brothers.

* None of The Statler Brothers were named Statler and just 2 of them were actually brothers.

* Never mind that [[Jamiroquai]] is basically [[I Am the Band|lead singer Jay Kay's show]]. It's the name of the ''band'', not the guy in the [[Nice Hat|fuzzy chapeau]].

* It's a shame [[Pantera]] died, he was a good guitarist. But hey, at least [[Motley Crue|Tommy Lee's]] still alive and kickin as the most kickass rock singer of all time!

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

** ...which was named after a Bob Dylan song, "[[wikipedia:The Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest|The Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest]]."

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

*** Both of these are more recent, and in part likely due to Oberst's frustration at being called Bright Eyes, especially given that Walcott is also a member of The Mystic Valley Band. On the other hand, the confusion is somewhat understandable given that several solo Oberst songs were released under the Bright Eyes name, most notably the single "Lua", on account of how Oberst drizzled them out over time and just put them on Bright Eyes albums (not exactly unusual, especially given that a lot of these are basically your nigh-obligatory "lead singer with acoustic guitar" tracks that pretty much every band of that sort puts out).

 

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