Saturday, February 16, 2008

Band Names as False Advertising

Bare Naked Ladies are not Bare Naked Ladies. Of Montreal is not Of Montreal. The Thompson Twins are not twins.

Musical groups seem to think that giving themselves a misleading name is very clever. I remember a very old story about a duo that spent a short time calling themselves FREE BEER. They were correct in assuming that having that on the marquee would draw a crowd. Unfortunately, they quickly became a disappointed and unruly crowd.

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