I've been listening to a lot J Geils Band lately, and it's weird that J Geils didn't write many-- if any-- of their songs in their first 15 years, 10+ albums, and numerous singles. (Actually, I never hear him even mentioned as a particularly great guitarist for that matter, and in fact, he's not even in the reunited band, which is REALLY weird since they're still touring around as J Geils Band.) Is there any other band where the main songwriter was not the guy the band was named after?
― Poliopolice, Friday, 11 October 2013 18:16 (ten years ago) link
jethro tull
― swmp thing (wins), Friday, 11 October 2013 18:18 (ten years ago) link
Good one
― Poliopolice, Friday, 11 October 2013 18:22 (ten years ago) link
Perhaps I was not clear. I was looking for bands named after someone in the band
Spencer Davis Group
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 11 October 2013 18:24 (ten years ago) link
Manfred Mann?
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Friday, 11 October 2013 18:26 (ten years ago) link
fleetwood mac
― how's life, Friday, 11 October 2013 18:31 (ten years ago) link
Brinsley SchwarzPaul Newman
― mizzell, Friday, 11 October 2013 18:33 (ten years ago) link
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
― Mark G, Friday, 11 October 2013 18:34 (ten years ago) link
oh, and also looking for bands where the other main songwriter is also in the band
― Poliopolice, Friday, 11 October 2013 18:36 (ten years ago) link
Dickey Betts wrote quite a bit (the majority???, dont have time to check) of the Allman Bros. most well known songs on his own. Gregg contributed some, Duane was never really a songwriter.
― One Way Ticket on the 1277 Express (Bill Magill), Friday, 11 October 2013 18:37 (ten years ago) link
― Poliopolice, Friday, 11 October 2013 18:40 (ten years ago) link
what else
― anky, Friday, 11 October 2013 18:44 (ten years ago) link
Elton john
― lag∞n, Friday, 11 October 2013 18:46 (ten years ago) link
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
― 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
Lil Bow Wow
― When I am afraid, I put my toast in you (Neanderthal), Sunday, 20 October 2019 06:06 (four years ago) link