# Band names that are JUST a surname (of someone in the band) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 6, 2019, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-that-are-just-a-surname-of-someone-in-the-band/835106 "2019-06-06T02:37:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![TCMF-2L](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tcmf-2l/32/16553_2.png) [@TCMF-2L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TCMF-2L)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2019, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-that-are-just-a-surname-of-someone-in-the-band/835106/41 "2019-06-06T13:44:55Z")
Welsh singer (now turned actress I believe) **Aimee Anne Duffy** recorded as just **Duffy**. As a musician she has worked with former **Suede** guitarist **Bernard Butler** who himself, after leaving **Suede** , formed a duo with **David McAlmont** called **McAlmont & Butler**. TCMF-2L ---
**Author:** ![LC\_Strawhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e19adc/32.png) [@LC\_Strawhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LC_Strawhouse)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2019, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-that-are-just-a-surname-of-someone-in-the-band/835106/42 "2019-06-06T14:14:45Z")
Another one occurring to me is Coverdale/Page. This thread also provides some pretty hilarious examples of short lived vanity projects. ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2019, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-that-are-just-a-surname-of-someone-in-the-band/835106/43 "2019-06-06T14:17:07Z")
Lots more duos: Ashford & Simpson, Brooks & Dunn, Fripp & Eno, Peters & Lee. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2019, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-that-are-just-a-surname-of-someone-in-the-band/835106/44 "2019-06-06T14:33:16Z")
Crosby, Stills & Nash (before they added Young) ---
**Author:** ![typoink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@typoink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/typoink)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2019, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-that-are-just-a-surname-of-someone-in-the-band/835106/45 "2019-06-06T14:39:36Z")
> [@MikeG](#): > > Dawes. Dawes is a surname, but not of anybody in the band. It’s just the name of the band. My surprising contribution to the thread: Kongos. Four brothers, that’s their actual last name. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2019, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-that-are-just-a-surname-of-someone-in-the-band/835106/46 "2019-06-06T14:50:14Z")
> [@typoink](#): > > My surprising contribution to the thread: Kongos. Four brothers, that’s their actual last name. Dang, I forgot about them! ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2019, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-that-are-just-a-surname-of-someone-in-the-band/835106/47 "2019-06-06T14:56:19Z")
> [@hogarth](#): > > Ah yes: Greg Allman and Joyce Brothers. Now you’ve done it. Some researcher 1,000 years from now will see your post and think Dr. Joyce Brothers was in the Allman Brothers Band. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2019, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-that-are-just-a-surname-of-someone-in-the-band/835106/48 "2019-06-06T14:58:38Z")
[West, Bruce, and Laing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West,_Bruce_and_Laing) ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2019, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-that-are-just-a-surname-of-someone-in-the-band/835106/49 "2019-06-06T15:20:29Z")
Hoobastank. ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2019, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-that-are-just-a-surname-of-someone-in-the-band/835106/50 "2019-06-06T15:31:24Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Hoobastank. Hoobastank always sound made up to me. I had not realized it was the name of one of the members. I forgot about Tremonti. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2019, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-that-are-just-a-surname-of-someone-in-the-band/835106/51 "2019-06-06T15:37:01Z")
Yes had many members over the years and at one point they split into two factions, one of which used the name Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe. ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2019, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-that-are-just-a-surname-of-someone-in-the-band/835106/52 "2019-06-06T15:40:00Z")
_J. Giels_ And stetching it… _The Ramones_ ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2019, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-that-are-just-a-surname-of-someone-in-the-band/835106/53 "2019-06-06T15:55:13Z")
> [@Personal](#): > > Hoobastank always sound made up to me. I had not realized it was the name of one of the members. It’s not. It’s a nonsense word that they’ve given multiple explanations for. But it doesn’t even resemble the names of any of the founding members (Doug Robb, Dan Estrin, Chris Hesse, and Markku Lappalainen). ---
**Author:** ![Wolf333](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf333/32/3460_2.png) [@Wolf333](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolf333)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2019, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-that-are-just-a-surname-of-someone-in-the-band/835106/54 "2019-06-06T15:57:50Z")
Wilson-Phillips ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2019, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-that-are-just-a-surname-of-someone-in-the-band/835106/55 "2019-06-06T16:08:52Z")
Duffy and Morrisey, depending on whether you consider them bands or solo acts. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2019, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-that-are-just-a-surname-of-someone-in-the-band/835106/56 "2019-06-06T16:47:04Z")
Come on, people! The Osmonds! ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2019, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-that-are-just-a-surname-of-someone-in-the-band/835106/57 "2019-06-06T16:51:08Z")
> [@Jonathan\_Chance](#): > > Come on, people! > > The Osmonds! For that to count, does there have to be someone whose last name is “The”? ---
**Author:** ![LC\_Strawhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e19adc/32.png) [@LC\_Strawhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LC_Strawhouse)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2019, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-that-are-just-a-surname-of-someone-in-the-band/835106/58 "2019-06-06T17:09:16Z")
Nah, I think The Osmonds doesn’t qualify. Unless they called themselves “Osmond” at one time (which would have a ring to it) ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2019, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-that-are-just-a-surname-of-someone-in-the-band/835106/59 "2019-06-06T17:12:40Z")
> [@Kamino\_Neko](#): > > It’s not. It’s a nonsense word that they’ve given multiple explanations for. But it doesn’t even resemble the names of any of the founding members (Doug Robb, Dan Estrin, Chris Hesse, and Markku Lappalainen). My error - I’d read somewhere that it was the middle name of one of the members. ---
**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2019, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-that-are-just-a-surname-of-someone-in-the-band/835106/60 "2019-06-06T17:16:47Z")
**Macklemore** is a fake surname he gave himself when he was starting out. Does that count? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-that-are-just-a-surname-of-someone-in-the-band/835106.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-that-are-just-a-surname-of-someone-in-the-band/835106.md?page=4)