Formerly Known As.....
 

The Warlocks thread gave me this idea......

What are some bands that use to operate under a different name.
The Grateful Dead were once The Warlocks. Van Halen used to be Mammoth, and Jefferson Airplane became Jefferson Starship who became Starship and still are to my knowledge. What others can you think of?

the dorrs are now the doors of the 21st century

faith no more was once "sharp young men"
goo goo dolls was once "the sex maggots"
led zeppelin was once "the yardbirds"

Slightly off topic. But very interesting.
http://www.digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/music0_name.html

very interesting, indeed.

Sonic Youth originaly went by the Fucking Youth.
Iggy Pop's first stage name was Iggy Stooge.

Yardbirds was a completely differnt band.

Not only did Grateful dead start out as the warlocks, So did Velvet underground

The Beatles Were "the Quarrymen"

Ooh I can't beleive I missed that indeed it was a band whose alumni include:
Jimmi Page of Led Zepplin
and
Jeff Beck

Jimmy Page

Also Eric Clapton.

Motorhead - Bastard
Blur - Seymore
Black Sabbath - Polka Tulk
Hawkwind - Hawkwind Zoo

Whoops mixed his spelling up with Hendrix's

Red Hot Chili Peppers- Tony Flow and the Miraculously Majestic Masters of Mayhem
The Matches- The Locals


I got that off...MSN.

This reminded me of the the guy on the MTV ads that say "Don't let Jerry win. Best watch yo.." etc.

AC/DC started out as the Velvet Underground but then changed when they heard about the NY Vu.

The Who started as the Detours, then The Who, then the High Numbers and then changed back to Who

pink floyd was originally the megadeaths.

I know this isnt the idea of the thread, but Jonathan Davis was in a band called Sex Art before Korn.

Tis all I could think of without really trying, anyways.

Finch used to be Numb
Blindside used to be Underfree
American Head Charge used to be Gestapo Pussy Ranch
Boy Hits Car used to be Grandmas Third Batallion
Ill Nino used to be El Nino
Dog Fashion Disco used to be Hug the Retard
Primus used to be Primate
Sevendust used to be Crawl Space
Finger Eleven used to be Rainbow Butt Monkeys

I actually think that one is better.

still , they`ll always be American Head Cheese to me

They'll always be 'Who?' to me

Nirvana used to be Fecal Matter
U2 used to be The Hype
Pink Floyd used to be The Pink Floyd Sound
Black Sabbath used to be The Polka Tulk Blues Band
Radiohead used to be On A Friday

hmh...i guess i misread something then...i just went to a site that has origins of bands names. some of them show names that the band went by previously. i guess the author of that wasnt too well informed

Led Zeppelin started off as the New Yardbirds

Keith Moon suggested they become Led Zeppelin because he said they`d go down like one.