compile that list of bands that released records under psuedonyms

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not just things like the GI (germs incognito); full purchasable commodity:

the associates did it as 39 lyon street, and a couple of other names even I think.

and the human league did it as the men.

― Dan Gr (certain), Friday, 18 August 2006 21:00 (nineteen years ago)

GESCOM

― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 18 August 2006 21:06 (nineteen years ago)

Fleetwood Mac = Vince Vance and the Valiants

― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Friday, 18 August 2006 21:10 (nineteen years ago)

Beatles = Klaatu

― musically (musically), Friday, 18 August 2006 21:14 (nineteen years ago)

that guy who did his own stuff but then he did something else with danger mouse.

― rodox.video (rodox.video), Friday, 18 August 2006 21:27 (nineteen years ago)

THE DUKES OF STRATOSPHEAR

― Scourage (Haberdager), Friday, 18 August 2006 21:29 (nineteen years ago)

The Four Seasons -- The Wonder Who?

Garth Brooks -- Chris Gaines

Wings -- Suzy and the Red Stripes

The Stranglers -- a woman's name I can't remember and the Contortions

― moriarty (moriarty), Friday, 18 August 2006 21:36 (nineteen years ago)

NWA = Fresh Prince & DJ Jazzy Jeff

― Son of Spam (noodle vague), Friday, 18 August 2006 21:49 (nineteen years ago)

Butthole Surfers = Jackofficers

― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 18 August 2006 21:52 (nineteen years ago)

Stuart Copeland--Klark Kent

― slick dickens (slickdickens), Friday, 18 August 2006 23:00 (nineteen years ago)

Although they didn't record under this pseudo, it's still worth mentioning. they did play some small venues.

Blue Oyster Cult = Soft White Underbelly

― slick dickens (slickdickens), Friday, 18 August 2006 23:03 (nineteen years ago)

They did record as SWU, it's just that not much was released.

― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Friday, 18 August 2006 23:08 (nineteen years ago)

Family Fodder made an EP as Frank Sumatra & the Mob...

― Douglas (Douglas), Friday, 18 August 2006 23:13 (nineteen years ago)

son of spam, i was wondering how long it would take for the typically useless ilm humor to enter in. thanks.

― Dan Gr (certain), Friday, 18 August 2006 23:25 (nineteen years ago)

What if you don't know it was really a different band?

― Rockist_Scientist (RSLaRue), Friday, 18 August 2006 23:27 (nineteen years ago)

(Very bored.)

― Rockist_Scientist (RSLaRue), Friday, 18 August 2006 23:27 (nineteen years ago)

McCartney = The Fireman = Percy "Thrills" Thrillington

U2 + Eno = The Passengers

Japan = Rain Tree Crow

Though the last two weren't really secrets.

Didn't the Alarm put out a single under another name to prove they could get radio play as long as the programmers didn't know it was the Alarm?

― Hideous Lump (Hideous Lump), Saturday, 19 August 2006 05:44 (nineteen years ago)

Steelyard "Sugartooth" McDan (and the Fab-Originees)? No records released under this name, though.

― you want pastrami? (Jody Beth Rosen), Saturday, 19 August 2006 05:48 (nineteen years ago)

Now here's the important question - did any of these records released by reputable bands without their name attached succeed? Because I'd imagine that's why a popular band would release a record anonymously, in order to demonstrate that their talent and not their image or reputation is what sells the record.

― ss sleepingbag (sleepingbag), Saturday, 19 August 2006 06:09 (nineteen years ago)

or they were contracted to a label and weren't allowed to record anywhere else under their own name.

or they were just taking the piss.

― you want pastrami? (Jody Beth Rosen), Saturday, 19 August 2006 06:16 (nineteen years ago)

Ovuca = Astrobotnia

I remember at the time the Astrobotnia LPs came out no one seemed to know who Astrobotnia was, and it was even suggested that it's the Aphex Twin.

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Saturday, 19 August 2006 06:18 (nineteen years ago)

i know the human league release had to do with a contractual issue. they were required by virgin to do a release with conventional instruments rather than their usual tape loops, and so they chose to do it under a different name. i do not think the song had great success and probably would have done much better if it had been released under the bands name since "being boiled" was doing so well.

the associates used assumed names just for the fun of it, i think. the different named groups also having a guest singer. i think their differently-named releases did pretty well.

― Dan Gr (certain), Saturday, 19 August 2006 15:23 (nineteen years ago)

did any of these records released by reputable bands without their name attached succeed? Because I'd imagine that's why a popular band would release a record anonymously, in order to demonstrate that their talent and not their image or reputation is what sells the record.

isn't that exactly what (and why) the alarm did in 2004, releasing a single and video in the UK under the name the poppy fields? it was at least a bit of a hit, or so i have read.

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Saturday, 19 August 2006 15:36 (nineteen years ago)

guided by voices/robert pollard = way way way too many pseudonyms to list.

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Saturday, 19 August 2006 15:38 (nineteen years ago)

The Men single is one of my all time faves and is fantastic. BEF would then produce dance troupe Hot Gossip's album and feature I Don't Depend on You, as well as a bunch of Human League/Heaven 17 faves. I'm desperately looking for it.

http://www.discogs.com/release/186211

Can't believe nobody's said:

The Damned-Naz Nomad and the Nightmares

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Saturday, 19 August 2006 15:41 (nineteen years ago)

Paul Revere and the Raiders - Pink Puzz (This ruse definitely worked. The single was played on the local radio)

― Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Saturday, 19 August 2006 16:16 (nineteen years ago)

Didn't the Alarm put out a single under another name to prove they could get radio play as long as the programmers didn't know it was the Alarm?

Sure. The Poppyfields is the name.

Also XTC=not only Dukes Of Stratosphear, but also Three Wise Men

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Saturday, 19 August 2006 16:48 (nineteen years ago)

Electric Banana = The Pretty Things

― Brooker Buckingham (Brooker B), Saturday, 19 August 2006 17:08 (nineteen years ago)

Is this thread just for "anonymous" names, or just bands that use more than one name?

Jason Molina = Songs: Ohia = Magnolia Electric Co.

― like murderinging (modestmickey), Saturday, 19 August 2006 18:11 (nineteen years ago)

3T = Slam Boss Revival Squadron
Everclear = The Lift Spitters
Tin Machine = G.O.O.O.O.O.O.O.O.O.I.O

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Saturday, 19 August 2006 18:51 (nineteen years ago)

Harmony Rockets a.k.a Jonathan Donahue and Grasshopper from Mercury Rev.

Pure gold.

― Torgeir Hansen (MRZBW), Saturday, 19 August 2006 18:54 (nineteen years ago)

The Stranglers=Celia and the Mutations (not the Contortions as I said above)

I've always been convinced that "Celia" was really Lena Lovich, though I have no proof.

Nick Lowe = The Tartan Horde & The Disco Brothers

― moriarty (moriarty), Saturday, 19 August 2006 21:58 (nineteen years ago)

did any of these records released by reputable bands without their name attached succeed?

The Wonder Who (Four Seasons) had a top twenty hit in 66 with a Dylan cover.

The Tartan Horde (Nick Lowe) had a number one in Japan with "Bay City Rollers We Love You"

― moriarty (moriarty), Saturday, 19 August 2006 22:02 (nineteen years ago)

nick lowe was the tartan horde??? i had no idea! that is an awesome song.

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Saturday, 19 August 2006 22:15 (nineteen years ago)

If it's true...

Prince = The Family, Vanity 6, Apollonia 6, The Time...

― Hideous Lump (Hideous Lump), Saturday, 19 August 2006 23:56 (nineteen years ago)

...Ingrid Chavez, Carmen Electra, Sheila E., Jill Jones, Mayte, Tamar...

― Hideous Lump (Hideous Lump), Sunday, 20 August 2006 00:10 (nineteen years ago)

...Madhouse, Mazarati, Camille...

― Hideous Lump (Hideous Lump), Sunday, 20 August 2006 00:15 (nineteen years ago)

fcc, the b-side of that Tartan Horde single, "Rollers Show," was on Pure Pop For Now People. Don't tell me you don't have that rekkid.

― My Little Ruud Book (Ken L), Sunday, 20 August 2006 00:21 (nineteen years ago)

The Imposter = ~~D.P. McManus~~Elvis Costello

― mark 0 (mark 0), Sunday, 20 August 2006 00:23 (nineteen years ago)

http://eil.com/newGallery/The-Imposter-Pills-And-Soap-305655.jpg

― kit brash (kit brash), Sunday, 20 August 2006 06:37 (nineteen years ago)

ruud, i do have that rekkid and i always thought "rollers show" was a NL song and "we love you" was a TH song and they were two unrelated rollers-feting entities. d'oh.

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Sunday, 20 August 2006 14:23 (nineteen years ago)

"I've always been convinced that "Celia" was really Lena Lovich, though I have no proof."

'Fraid not.

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Monday, 21 August 2006 13:15 (nineteen years ago)

Quite.

Oh, and Fleetwood Mac was "Earl Vince and the Valiants" up there!

― mark grout (mark grout), Monday, 21 August 2006 13:22 (nineteen years ago)

Oil City Sheiks = Dr. Feelgood + Lew Lewis + Jools Holland (does that count?)

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Monday, 21 August 2006 13:32 (nineteen years ago)

Roxy Music = The Dummies.

― mark grout (mark grout), Monday, 21 August 2006 13:36 (nineteen years ago)

Julian Cope ---> Rabbi Joseph Gordan

― dud'Hab'c'Deva To You (With ReGard) (Dada), Monday, 21 August 2006 13:38 (nineteen years ago)

Rod Stewart ---> Python Lee Jackson

― dud'Hab'c'Deva To You (With ReGard) (Dada), Monday, 21 August 2006 13:40 (nineteen years ago)

Angry Samoans --> Queer Pills
The Feelies --> Yung Wu (basically the same band with Dave Weckerman on lead vocals)
Kool Keith --> Dr. Dooom --> Dr. Octagon --> etc., etc.

― mike a (mike a), Monday, 21 August 2006 15:57 (nineteen years ago)

Chic=Sister Sledge. Only with different lead singers.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Monday, 21 August 2006 16:46 (nineteen years ago)

Henry Rollins - Henrieta collins and the wifebeating childhaters

― emekars (emekars), Tuesday, 22 August 2006 19:50 (nineteen years ago)

three weeks pass...

another one i just discovered, ridiculously, after buying the record because it looked intersting:

a certain ratio as sir horatio with a 12" "abacadubra" / "somma dub"

― Dan Gr (certain), Thursday, 14 September 2006 22:22 (nineteen years ago)

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