What bands/artists should rename themselves?

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In honour of Puff Daddy, who now appears to be wanting to rename himself as P Diddy, I ask the question: what bands/artists need a name-change, and should it be changed to? Would Robbie WIlliams do better with the name Robbie Pieface?!?! Would Snoop Dogg enhance his laid-back reputation if he was known as Woof-Boy?!? Perhaps Radiohead might escape accusations of being po-faced if they renamed themselves Professor Yorke And His Wacky Noise Laboratory?!

Over to you....

Old Fart!!!!

― Old Fart!!!!, Thursday, 29 March 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

U2 could rename themselves We Are Complete Cunts, thereby continuing their shift towards 'honest rock' and creating a media storm from which their record sales would surely benefit.

Bono (who would henceforth be known as Ronald McDonald) could launch all this with an inventive new stage persona and costume.

It's a thought.

― Nick, Thursday, 29 March 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Sting. The most inappropriately-named man in all of music. The alternatives are all too obvious.

― Tim, Thursday, 29 March 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

That Radiohead renaming suggestion is freakin' hilarious.

― Patrick, Thursday, 29 March 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I always thought that all bands should rename themselves Microdisney.

― Steven James, Thursday, 29 March 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Gorillaz should be renamed as the Archiez. Do you see? DO YOU SEE?

― DG, Thursday, 29 March 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

backstreet boys=backdoor boys (i know. immature?) nsync now IN FINKS yeah, and Metallica=The We Used to be Hard's. Queen=our lead singer is a rotting corpse. bad taste? ok Moby=donkey raping shit eater.

― Kevin Enas, Thursday, 29 March 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

oh, here comes an obvious one. i bet i don't even need to finish this post. because you already know. but just in case you don't:

sonic youth.

did you guess it? fantastic!

― fred solinger, Thursday, 29 March 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

To be a bit obvious, "Gorky's Zygotic Mynci" is terrible. I love the band but it's a shame that now they (thankfully) aren't writing the odd song about wizards they are still stuck with that proggish name.

― Scott Plagenhoef, Friday, 30 March 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Neil Young. GEDDIT?! HAHAHAAHHA. Ok so I stole it from the Sonic Youth suggestion.

― Jake Becker, Friday, 30 March 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Hey, DG! No dissing the Archies! They were *genius*! Genius, I tell you! Created by the same songwriting team that gave us the Monkees. There will be no disrespect to the band that gave us "Sugar Sugar".I have always wanted the Jesus and Mary Chain to cover that song in Velvets dronepop stylee. Suggested it so the C6, but was greeted with stoney silence and rolled eyes and "kate doesn't get it, does she?" type attitude. Oh, but I DOOOOOOO. It would be sheer genius. "you are my candy, guuuuurrrrrlll... and you got me wanting yoooooo..."

― kate the saint, Saturday, 31 March 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I have no problem with the Archies - I was just making a snide comment about the Gorrilaz, and how everyone seems to think that a cartoon band is a really original idea. Well, people I know anyway.

― DG, Saturday, 31 March 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

six months pass...

the pop group ... :o) not sure what it should be changed to

― chris, Tuesday, 23 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

The Rolling Stones -> The Rocking Chairs. Björk -> Beurk (French sound for vomitting) Neu! -> Alt? (sorry we had that before) Beastie Boys -> Toothless Old Men

― alex in mainhattan, Tuesday, 23 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Pantera > Pussycat

The Glitter Band > Embargo-Breaking Tourists

― dave q, Tuesday, 23 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

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