Thoughts on using a band name already taken

[Drew Stephenson]

Here you go. Despite what it says in the description the poster actually dates from late 1984, and was designed by me and screen-printed by me with help from the band's singer.

Very nice!

[awjoe]

Tofu Fighters it is then

Andy

[awjoe]

Certainly if you have any ambitions to release your songs even if it is just downloads on Bandcamp then I would suggest that you pick something as unique as possible.

Fap and the Chiselwhiskers

Brainium Cranium

Jojo Twobox and the Uptown Drawers

[djangodeadman]

Does changing one or two letters in the name, or adding one or two letters to the name still carry the meaning.
Recent tech companies tend to do this. Eg. Deliveroo, Lyft.

Some friends were threatened with all sorts of dire legal consequences by lawyers acting on behalf of a quite big Australian band. The two word names of both bands sound identical, but both words were spelt differently. My friends changed the name of their band.

[djangodeadman]

I genuinely thought the Kaiser Chiefs were called the Kaiser Chefs when I first heard of them. It’s a much better name, much more evocative.

Quite possibly so, although The Kaiser Chefs is not the name of the South African football team after whom the band were named!

[Matt Houghton]

When my daughter was 4 years old, she and her friends charged excitedly to tell us they'd formed a punk band called 'The Poo Crushers'. It never went anywhere, it appears nobody else has used the name, and my daughter says you'd be very welcome to use it if you're stuck for inspiration.

[briaboy]

Belly, Low, Goat, Burial - more than one artist uses these names, no real harm ensues unless one party feels excessively aggrieved….