Artist name changes due to lawsuits

Cotton · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 6:12 pm **Posts:** 17155

Manitoba --> Caribou
Dinosaur --> Dinosaur Jr.
Chunk --> Superchunk
Green Jello --> Green Jelly (!)
Suede --> The London Suede
The Dust Brothers --> The Chemical Brothers

*The Inalienable Right to Eat Fred Astaire's Asshole --> Butthole Surfers

*okay so I don't think there was ever a lawsuit, i just think it's the funniest bandname of all time and had to include it.

Modem · **Posted:** Thu May 12, 2005 4:02 pm

Cotton Wrote:

*The Inalienable Right to Eat Fred Astaire's Asshole --> Butthole Surfers

*okay so I don't think there was ever a lawsuit, i just think it's the funniest bandname of all time and had to include it.

Although, they did get an injunction to stop them from calling their EP "Creamed Corn From The Socket Of Sammy Davis Jr."

two guns holla · **Posted:** Thu May 12, 2005 4:07 pm

Not a lawsuit, but

Death from Above -> Death from Above 1979

billy g · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:41 pm **Posts:** 9020

Also not a lawsuit, but The Band originally signed with Capitol Record as "The Crackers" Capitol management didn't understand the name but eventually figured it out and asked them to change it.

np: Pleasure Forever "Alter"

DumpJack · **Posted:** Thu May 12, 2005 4:18 pm

Here in Canada, Bush had to be Bush X for awhile.

Cotton · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 6:12 pm **Posts:** 17155

billy g Wrote:

Also not a lawsuit, but The Band originally signed with Capitol Record as "The Crackers" Capitol management didn't understand the name but eventually figured it out and asked them to change it.

np: Pleasure Forever "Alter"

was this post-Hawks? that's awesome

A Northern Soul · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 12:23 pm **Posts:** 3742

DumpJack Wrote:

Here in Canada, Bush had to be Bush X for awhile.

yeah, and they only changed it after their 15 minutes was done. nice work boys.

billy g · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:41 pm **Posts:** 9020

Cotton Wrote:

billy g Wrote:

Also not a lawsuit, but The Band originally signed with Capitol Record as "The Crackers" Capitol management didn't understand the name but eventually figured it out and asked them to change it.

np: Pleasure Forever "Alter"

was this post-Hawks? that's awesome

yeah it was post Hawks.

pinehurst · **Joined:** Fri Dec 10, 2004 1:45 am **Posts:** 1526

As I recall there was a group called S.P.A.M. (acronym for something completely different from meat) that was threatened by Hormel. Don't know what they changed their name to.

two guns holla · **Posted:** Thu May 12, 2005 4:23 pm

Verve -> The Verve

because of the jazz label.

Dunwoody Dude · **Joined:** Wed Nov 03, 2004 11:20 am **Posts:** 2869

DumpJack Wrote:

Here in Canada, Bush had to be Bush X for awhile.

I didn't know they were black muslims

Steve

DumpJack · **Posted:** Thu May 12, 2005 4:27 pm

Northern Soul Wrote:

DumpJack Wrote:

Here in Canada, Bush had to be Bush X for awhile.

yeah, and they only changed it after their 15 minutes was done. nice work boys.

That's true, they were pretty much finished after Razorblade Suitcase and it was after that, they dropped the 'X'. I always wondered why use an X? Why not Bush UK ? I always thought of Nat X whenever I heard them, 'cause The Man made them get the X.

Radcliffe · **Posted:** Thu May 12, 2005 4:29 pm

The K-Tels -----> The Young Canadians
Black Market Babies -----> The Black Halos

Yail Bloor · **Posted:** Thu May 12, 2005 4:32 pm

The Charlatans --> The Charlatans UK

Elvis Fu · **Posted:** Thu May 12, 2005 4:33 pm

The Bosstones --> The Mighty Mighty Bosstones

Busty Rhodes · **Posted:** Thu May 12, 2005 4:33 pm

Gus = Guster
(Athens band) The Continentals = The Lost Continentals
The Doors = The Doors of the 21 Century (garbage!)
The Bangs = The Bangels

PopTodd · **Posted:** Thu May 12, 2005 4:41 pm

Suede ----> The London Suede

And that Bestcellar/Cellar thing almost BLEW UP!!!

Modem · **Posted:** Thu May 12, 2005 4:44 pm

The London Quireboys

Twilightkid · **Posted:** Thu May 12, 2005 5:47 pm

Mookie Blaylock ----> Pearl Jam

puma · **Posted:** Thu May 12, 2005 5:54 pm

local band from my hood:

Dios --> Dios Malos (confusion with Dio)

seamonster · **Posted:** Thu May 12, 2005 5:59 pm

I believe Luna had a superscript number 2 following their name on their first release, Lunapark? Might be wrong.

HaqDiesel · **Posted:** Thu May 12, 2005 6:06 pm

Champs -> Fucking Champs

Maybe not a lawsuit, I dunno.

Stone red's dark sunshine · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 2:17 pm **Posts:** 1096

The Vida Blue --------> Ten Grand

babe · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 2:24 pm **Posts:** 314

Mos Eisley -------> Eisley

(not a lawsuit, just a very clear letter from mr. lucas)

Thee Incident · **Posted:** Thu May 12, 2005 6:31 pm

REO Speeddealer --> Speeddealer

Dunno about John Cougar Concentration Camp or Furious George, but I imagine both of them at lease received some kind of threats/notification through the years.

Artist name changes due to lawsuits

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