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Band name and getting sued
Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 11:35 am
by DrAwkward_Archive
Very briefly some friends of mine played in a band named "X." They pronounced it "Ten."
Yes, they knew.
Band name and getting sued
Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 11:42 am
by ubercat_Archive
Cute. So call yer band something like The Beatles and pronounce it "shlaghundt".
Band name and getting sued
Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 11:48 am
by Barry Shostakovitch_Archive
I recall reading/hearing that Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett originally wanted Gorillaz to be called 'Robert Palmer'. Is this true or have I imagined it?
Band name and getting sued
Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 11:49 am
by Edward_Archive
It's a band most people outside Atlanta (or inside, for that matter) don't know, but Dairy Queen Empire became DQE. We had another band here called "Charlie Parker" for years but they never caught any flack from anyone.
Didn't the Melvins change one of their album titles from Lysol to Not Lysol temporarily as a result of legal threats before changing it altogether?
Band name and getting sued
Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 11:56 am
by scott_Archive
BTW, please nobody steal any of my stage names that I'm considering, such as Otis Mayfield, or Curtis Redding or stuff like that.
Thanks!
Band name and getting sued
Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 12:05 pm
by lemur68_Archive
Kleenex became LiLiPUT.
Band name and getting sued
Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 12:06 pm
by lemur68_Archive
scott wrote:If I name my band "The New Paul McCartney", will I be humped in the pooper by Sir Paul's legal team?
Probably, but you might be able to get away with "Wings USA."
Band name and getting sued
Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 12:10 pm
by newberry_Archive
lemur68 wrote:Kleenex became LiLiPUT.
I wonder if Kleenex Girl Wonder had any trouble.
Band name and getting sued
Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 12:18 pm
by cursedby11_Archive
how about the band name, Peter Peter Gabriel? Is that grounds for being sued?
Band name and getting sued
Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 12:18 pm
by alex maiolo_Archive
scott wrote:If I name my band "The New Paul McCartney", will I be humped in the pooper by Sir Paul's legal team?
Depends on whether or not you sell any records.
-A