# Bands named for a member that is not the lead singer **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [November 26, 2023, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-named-for-a-member-that-is-not-the-lead-singer/993716 "2023-11-26T11:59:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 62
**Author:** ![psychonaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psychonaut/32/4655_2.png) [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2023, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-named-for-a-member-that-is-not-the-lead-singer/993716/62 "2023-11-27T21:27:49Z")
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](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-and-tv-shows-named-for-a-non-lead-character/979049): > > 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] ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBJOtFswbmA) 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](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-characters-from-cheers/976297)). The new title might have made sense if they had re-edited the show, or rew… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-named-for-a-member-that-is-not-the-lead-singer/993716)._