# Bands named after real people that weren’t members of the band **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 13, 2026, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-named-after-real-people-that-weren-t-members-of-the-band/1026635 "2026-01-13T10:27:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2026, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-named-after-real-people-that-weren-t-members-of-the-band/1026635/81 "2026-04-20T13:20:43Z")
> [@fachverwirrt](#): > > > [@xtenkfarpl](#): > > > > Pink Floyd? > > OP says it has to be first and last name, and that’s two first names. I knew the band was named after Pink Anderson (and Floyd Council). I always assumed that Pink was a nickname that Anderson had acquired. But I learned that his actual name was Pinkney Anderson. ---
**Author:** ![Al128](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/al128/32/16541_2.png) [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2026, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-named-after-real-people-that-weren-t-members-of-the-band/1026635/82 "2026-04-26T21:49:38Z")
Molly Hatchet? ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2026, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-named-after-real-people-that-weren-t-members-of-the-band/1026635/83 "2026-04-27T01:42:37Z")
According to Wikipedia, Molly Hatchet wasn’t a real person. ---
**Author:** ![dorvann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@dorvann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorvann)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2026, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-named-after-real-people-that-weren-t-members-of-the-band/1026635/84 "2026-04-27T02:39:17Z")
There is a punk band named Sandy Duncan’s Eye ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2026, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-named-after-real-people-that-weren-t-members-of-the-band/1026635/85 "2026-04-27T14:31:12Z")
Nevermind. I did a thread search for Jody instead of Jodie and failed to see Jodie Foster’s Army was already mentioned. One of the best band names ever. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2026, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-named-after-real-people-that-weren-t-members-of-the-band/1026635/86 "2026-04-27T16:15:11Z")
Right up there with Dead Kennedys… (none of whom were in the band. I double-checked.) ---
**Author:** ![GrunthosTheFlatulent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grunthostheflatulent/32/21319_2.png) [@GrunthosTheFlatulent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrunthosTheFlatulent)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2026, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-named-after-real-people-that-weren-t-members-of-the-band/1026635/87 "2026-04-27T16:44:38Z")
Walt Mink named their band after a high school teacher. ---
**Author:** ![slash2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@slash2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slash2k)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2026, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-named-after-real-people-that-weren-t-members-of-the-band/1026635/88 "2026-04-27T18:21:32Z")
[Alferd Packer Memorial String Band](https://www.alferdpackerband.com/), a traditional/folk/acoustic band in Kansas. They don’t seem to be playing much these days, but they’ve been around since the late 1970s and are in the Kansas Music Hall of Fame. Named for [one of the handful of men ever convicted of cannibalism in the United States](https://www.museumtrail.org/alferd-packer). (His name is sometimes spelled Alfred, sometimes Alferd, and he apparently used both versions at different times.) ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2026, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-named-after-real-people-that-weren-t-members-of-the-band/1026635/89 "2026-04-27T18:45:07Z")
I don’t know if this qualifies, but Eve’s Plum is a takeoff of Eve Plumb, who played Jan Brady on _The Brady Bunch_. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2026, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-named-after-real-people-that-weren-t-members-of-the-band/1026635/90 "2026-04-27T21:34:45Z")
Paul McCartney and Wings The real Paul died in 1967(?). ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2026, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-named-after-real-people-that-weren-t-members-of-the-band/1026635/91 "2026-04-27T21:39:28Z")
Cranberry sauce… ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2026, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-named-after-real-people-that-weren-t-members-of-the-band/1026635/92 "2026-04-27T22:47:27Z")
You _see_? The **Hund** knows! ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2026, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-named-after-real-people-that-weren-t-members-of-the-band/1026635/93 "2026-04-27T22:57:31Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > Cranberry sauce… Which is code for “I buried Paul” in every code book I have ever written. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-named-after-real-people-that-weren-t-members-of-the-band/1026635.md?page=4)