# Band names that are JUST a surname (of someone in the band)

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**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")\
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**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2019, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-that-are-just-a-surname-of-someone-in-the-band/835106/121 "2019-06-18T15:18:06Z")

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**Radkey** - The last name of the three members: Isaiah, Solomon, and Dee

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**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2019, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-that-are-just-a-surname-of-someone-in-the-band/835106/122 "2019-06-18T23:19:35Z")

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There’s MacLean & MacLean, singers of “Dolly Parton’s Tits” and “I’ve Seen Pubic Hair”.

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**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 19, 2019, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-that-are-just-a-surname-of-someone-in-the-band/835106/123 "2019-06-19T12:06:17Z")

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Another one I stumbled over is a 2004 alternative rock album credited to **Auf Der Mar**. Featuring Melissa Auf Der mar of Hole and Smashing Pumpkins. (Apparently it’s pretty good.)

> [@TCMF-2L](#):
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> The lead singer and the bass player of **UFO** , **Phil Mogg** and **Pete Way** , released a couple of albums as **Mogg/Way.**  
> TCMF-2L

I looked up this band and some of their stuff really does sound good.

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**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:** [August 17, 2019, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-that-are-just-a-surname-of-someone-in-the-band/835106/124 "2019-08-17T01:46:13Z")

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Just reviving this to add **Pobi** who had some minor early-90s Canadian hits and had the real name of Tammy Pobi. Representing that brief period where bare-bones techno music flooded the airwaves (“2 Unlimited” etc)

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**Author:** ![bmoak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9dc877/32.png) [@bmoak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bmoak)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2019, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-that-are-just-a-surname-of-someone-in-the-band/835106/125 "2019-08-17T12:04:36Z")

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Brett Bourgeois and Brett Tagg performed as Bourgeois-Tagg.

LaBelle. (Formerly Patti LaBelle & The Bluebells.)

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