Bands named for a member that is not the lead singer

[psychonaut]

This thread reminds me a lot of one I started a few months ago, which is about names of movies and TV shows rather than bands:

Movies and TV shows named for a non-lead character

When the American sitcom Cheers was dubbed for the German market, they renamed the character of Norm “Helmut” and retitled the show “Prost Helmut” (meaning “Cheers, Helmut”): [Prost Helmut (Cheers) Theme - ZDF Germany - The Spy That Came in for a Cold One Cold Opening] This was a strange decision, since Norm isn’t by any stretch the main character of the show (even though he may indeed be the most popular). The new title might have made sense if they had re-edited the show, or rew…