Bands where the main songwriter was someone other than who the band was named after

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Dr Dre

Neanderthal, Friday, 11 October 2013 18:54 (ten years ago) link

also was weird when Arvydas Styx, Jr left Styx but they kept the name anyway

Neanderthal, Friday, 11 October 2013 18:58 (ten years ago) link

Even weirder was when The Sensational Alex Harvey Band continued without Alex Harvey while he started a new band without his name in it.

everything, Friday, 11 October 2013 19:22 (ten years ago) link

does the Glitter Band count

Hip Hop Hamlet (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 11 October 2013 19:26 (ten years ago) link

Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons?

dlp9001, Friday, 11 October 2013 19:34 (ten years ago) link

Haha read the thread title & thought of J. Geils immediately.

Nick Lowe was the main writer in Brinsley Schwarz, wasn't he?

Sir Lord Baltimora (Myonga Vön Bontee), Friday, 11 October 2013 19:42 (ten years ago) link

the paul butterfield blues band

open letter to an open letter to a fanzine (fact checking cuz), Friday, 11 October 2013 19:50 (ten years ago) link

Alice Cooper

Sir Lord Baltimora (Myonga Vön Bontee), Friday, 11 October 2013 19:52 (ten years ago) link

wait Nick Lowe was in Brinsley Schwarz? I need to brush up on my pub rock history.

money, chicken and other DNA (sleeve), Friday, 11 October 2013 19:59 (ten years ago) link

Does Fishbone count? Neither of the two Fisher's was the primary songwriters.

EZ Snappin, Friday, 11 October 2013 20:12 (ten years ago) link

Sam Gopal

wk, Friday, 11 October 2013 21:09 (ten years ago) link

Thunderclap Newman

A Made Man In The Mellow Mafia (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 11 October 2013 21:43 (ten years ago) link

Van Halen

asthmatic american, Friday, 11 October 2013 21:48 (ten years ago) link

things got really strange when Reno Edward-Oliver Speedwagon left R.E.O. Speedwagon but they retained the moniker anyway

Neanderthal, Friday, 11 October 2013 21:48 (ten years ago) link

Van Halen

― asthmatic american, Friday, October 11, 2013 5:48 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

ikr, the revelation that Lieber/Stoller ghostwrote the majority of their tunes blew my mind

Neanderthal, Friday, 11 October 2013 21:51 (ten years ago) link

six years pass...

Lil Bow Wow

When I am afraid, I put my toast in you (Neanderthal), Sunday, 20 October 2019 06:06 (four years ago) link


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