# Band name "Eagles of Death Metal" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 15, 2015, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-eagles-of-death-metal/737648 "2015-11-15T21:22:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Gukumatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/74df32/32.png) [@Gukumatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gukumatz)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2015, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-eagles-of-death-metal/737648/21 "2015-11-16T07:45:41Z")
On the digression of hard google searches, I really like their music, but alternative British rock band **The Music** can eff right off. Especially since their debut album was self-titled. ---
**Author:** ![StrangeBird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e480ec/32.png) [@StrangeBird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StrangeBird)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2015, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-eagles-of-death-metal/737648/22 "2015-11-16T09:27:44Z")
> [@Gukumatz](#): > > On the digression of hard google searches, I really like their music, but alternative British rock band **The Music** can eff right off. Especially since their debut album was self-titled. Chvrches (pronounced ‘churches’) apparently spell their name the way they do because it makes internet searches easier. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2015, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-eagles-of-death-metal/737648/23 "2015-11-16T09:49:19Z")
> [@StrangeBird](#): > > Chvrches (pronounced ‘churches’) apparently spell their name the way they do because it makes internet searches easier. Linkin Park was originally “Lincoln Park”, but changed the spelling of their name because [www.lincolnpark.com](http://www.lincolnpark.com) was already taken. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2015, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-eagles-of-death-metal/737648/24 "2015-11-16T11:49:47Z")
> [@buddha\_david](#): > > Linkin Park was originally “Lincoln Park”, but changed the spelling of their name because [www.lincolnpark.com](http://www.lincolnpark.com) was already taken. Linkin Park was originally named Hybrid Theory, but another band had that name. But they named their first breakthrough album that name. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2015, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-eagles-of-death-metal/737648/25 "2015-11-16T12:24:59Z")
> [@Bonaventure](#): > > Well, the Eagles of Death Metal don’t play death metal, either. They are an alternative band, which is kind of the joke. If you take death metal and wussify and commercialize it, you end up with alternative, roughly. After listening to their music for a bit on friday night, my friends and I have come to the conclusion that they might actually be playing death metal \*for \*eagles, which must have a different auditive range than humans. Because otherwise, their music is just inexplicably terrible. ---
**Author:** ![coremelt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@coremelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coremelt)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2015, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-eagles-of-death-metal/737648/26 "2015-11-16T12:58:53Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > This is a trademark issue. The Eagles lost a trademark dispute in 2001 against a non profit Eagle protection society. Perhaps that taught them a lesson? [http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/don-henley-and-eagles-rock-band-lose-trademark-infringement-suit-against-non-profit-eagle-protection-group-72235937.html](http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/don-henley-and-eagles-rock-band-lose-trademark-infringement-suit-against-non-profit-eagle-protection-group-72235937.html) ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2015, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-eagles-of-death-metal/737648/27 "2015-11-16T13:36:11Z")
Until this morning while listening to the radio, I hadn’t heard the name / style of the band that was playing at the tragic event. I kind of like the 30 seconds or so of music I heard. Also, they clearly are not death metal and my first thought was “what a stupid name” and I did not make the same astute observation as **Bonaventure**. Is that what the band says their name is based upon? It’s funny but at the same time, even if you think the Eagles are pussified or whatever, they were pretty damn big for a pretty long time. Are the EoDM anywhere close to that status within their genre(whatever it may actually be)? ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2015, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-eagles-of-death-metal/737648/28 "2015-11-16T13:52:57Z")
EoDM started as a side project by the hugely respected guitarist and bandleader Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age. His closest childhood friend, Jesse Hughes, was at the time in a bad way - recently divorced and other issues. They started the band for fun with Josh on drums, not guitar, but helping Jesse pull the band together, finish songs and get an album out. To my knowledge, it was a joke / distraction that somehow got enough popularity that Jesse Hughes is still working it after almost a decade. The name was just part of that joke and it doesn’t take long for anyone trying to learn about EoDM to realize that they are a sloppy, strutty, blues-rock band that enables Jesse Hughes to live out some rock n’ roll fantasies. ---
**Author:** ![Hodge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Hodge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hodge)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2015, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-eagles-of-death-metal/737648/29 "2015-11-17T16:26:34Z")
I’ve liked EoDM for years and never once did I make any sort of connection that '70s band. FWIW, I think they’re a lot of fun and own several of their CDs. Foot-stomping, booty-shaking, tongue-in-cheek party rock with barely 2 brain cells to rub together. I’ll take these guys any day over that other group. ---
**Author:** ![syncrolecyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f08c70/32.png) [@syncrolecyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/syncrolecyne)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2015, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-eagles-of-death-metal/737648/30 "2015-11-19T21:51:31Z")
> [@Mangosteen](#): > > Can a music band use a name like “Eagles of Death Metal” without permission of “The Eagles” band? Could The Eagles win in court? > > How about “Beatles of Baltimore”, “Led Zeppelin of Straight Dope” or “Rolling Stones of Hatred”? > > How close a name can one get away with? Well, there are the “Tape-Beatles.” > **[Tape Beatles Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & Mor... | AllMusic](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/tape-beatles-mn0000744983)** > > Explore Tape Beatles's discography including top tracks, albums, and reviews. Learn all about Tape Beatles on AllMusic. Another example, “The Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash” They had the permission of Cash himself. > **[Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash Songs, Albums, Rev... | AllMusic](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/bastard-sons-of-johnny-cash-mn0000148779)** > > Explore Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash's discography including top tracks, albums, and reviews. Learn all about Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash on AllMusic. ---
**Author:** ![Harvey\_The\_Heavy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Harvey\_The\_Heavy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harvey_The_Heavy)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2015, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-eagles-of-death-metal/737648/31 "2015-11-20T09:39:06Z")
> [@buddha\_david](#): > > However, I couldn’t think of any band sued by another band over their name I don’t know if they actually got sued, or just a cease and desist order, but the band now known as [Speedealer](http://www.bnrmetal.com/v3/band/band/Sped) used to be called REO Speedealer. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2015, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-eagles-of-death-metal/737648/32 "2015-11-20T11:02:41Z")
> [@Harvey\_The\_Heavy](#): > > I don’t know if they actually got sued, or just a cease and desist order, but the band now known as [Speedealer](http://www.bnrmetal.com/v3/band/band/Sped) used to be called REO Speedealer. Heh, I was a longtime friend of one of their singers when they went by that name. Earlier in the same town, there was once a band named SPAM. Even though they were severely small time, Hormel pestered them. They put periods in it the name, and claimed that it was an acronym, but Hormel’s lawyers weren’t buying it. I don’t know the eventual resolution of the problem. I imagine they stopped being a band before it really became an issue. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-eagles-of-death-metal/737648.md?page=1)