Bands named for a member that is not the lead singer

[Telemark]

The Edgar Winter Group’s big hit Free Ride was sung by Dan Hartman, although Winter was at least primarily the lead singer for the band.

[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…

[Treppenwitz]

The Adverts.

Lead singer: TV Smith
Bassist: Gaye Advert

Caveat: Real names Tim Smith and Gaye Black. So Gaye Advert is likely someone who was not the lead singer but was named after the band.

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The Adverts

[Loach]

@Thudlow_Boink

Argent, maybe? Founder Rod Argent did sing some lead vocals, but it looks to me like if the band had a lead singer, it was Russ Ballard.

I’m glad I used the search function. I was going to say this. Ballard was lead vocals on any of the songs that got radio play.