History IAmNotShazam / Music

* Steven Tyler's name is not {{Aerosmith}}. Aerosmith is the band, Steven Tyler is the singer. This is mostly a problem in people that only knows Steven for his work on American Idol and not with the band. It's usually a very bad idea to refer to Steven as "Aerosmith" in front of fans of the band.

* It's a shame {{Pantera}} died, he was a good guitarist. But hey, at least [[MotleyCrue Tommy Lee's]] still alive and kickin as the most kickass rock singer of all time!

** DJ Food is in fact a project involving ''several'' DJs; the name is meant to mean "food for DJs" (think ''fish food'').

* Neither of The Veronica's are named Veronica, they are a pair of twins named Jessica and Lisa

* Nobody in the Australian pop-rock band The Veronicas has the name Veronica. The singers are Jess and Lisa Origliasso.

* Cheap Girls are all male. The name simply to refers to the premise of "easy to get" girls, not any member of the band, hence referring to them as "The Cheap Girls" is [[GannonBanned not a good idea around a fan.]]

** However, Florence + The Machine does feature Florence Welch as vocalist.

* People often ask members of the band ''Hootie and the Blowfish'' "who's Hootie?" No-one's Hootie, and the band is The Blowfish. Lead singer Darius Rucker is, however, remembered primarily as "Hootie" by most people.

* {{ptitlewiz5pz1p}} is a rare aversion to this, in a sense; the band was named after Tracii Guns (of the LA Guns, born Tracii Ulrich), and Axl Rose. So, while people get the Roses part, since Guns left the band even ''before'' they released their first album...

*** The band is actually the Twisted Brown Trucker band.

* {{ptitlewiz5pz1p}} is a rare aversion to this, in a sense; the band was named after Tracii Guns (of the LA Guns, born Tracii Ulrich), and Axl Rose. So, while people get the Roses part, but since Guns left the band even ''before'' they released their first album.

* SteelyDan is not a person--it is the duo of Donald Fagen and Walter Becker (and a bunch of guys that were gone by the third album and replaced by studio musicians). Neither are called "Dan". The band is named for a sex toy in ''NakedLunch''.

* No one in Rainer Maria was named Rainer or Maria. The name came from the German poet Rainer Maria Rilke, and was chosen as it was unisex sounding.

* No one in Rainer Maria was named Rainer or Maria. The name came from the German poet Rainer Maria Rilke, and was chosen as it was unisex sounding.
* FooFighters started out as one of those examples of a "solo artist named like a band". It was the name used by Dave Grohl on his solo demos, which were used for the self-titled album. He sang and played guitar, bass and drums on the album, recording each part separately and overdubbing them. He didn't intend to release these at the time but record companies were interested. He assembled a band to play the material live, but his solo recordings were used for the album. As a result, the booklet for the first album contains a photo of the whole band, but only he performs on it. Thus members of the band (especially when the album was being toured) have probably been complimented for their work on songs they didn't play on. The next Foo Fighters album, ''The Colour And The Shape'' was recorded by the whole band (well, except for the drums, Grohl overdubbed the band's drummer's performance), and it has been that way ever since.

** That duo being Cee-Lo Green (singer and songwriter) and {{Music/DangerMouse}} (producer and instrumentalist). Likewise, Deltron 3030 is actually comprised of Del tha Funkee Homosapien, Kid Koala, and Dan the Automator.

** That duo being Cee-Lo Green (singer and songwriter) and Danger Mouse (producer and instrumentalist). Likewise, Deltron 3030 is actually comprised of Del tha Funkee Homosapien, Kid Koala, and Dan the Automator.
** MF Doom seems to create this problem for himself, combining with producer Danger Mouse to become Danger Doom on the "The Mouse and the Mask" album, and forming Madvillain with a DJ named Madlib on their album "Madvillainy".

* Foo Fighters was the name used by Dave Grohl on his solo demos, which were used for the self-titled album. He sang and played guitar, bass and drums on the album, recording each part seperately and overdubbing them. He didn't intend to release these at the time but record companies were interested. He assembled a band to play the material live, but his solo recordings were used for the album. As a result, the booklet for the first album contains a photo of the whole band, but only he performs on it. Thus members of the band (especially when the album was being toured) have probably been complimented for their work on songs they didn't play on. The next Foo Fighters album, "The Colour And The Shape" was recorded by the whole band, and it has been that way ever since.

* SteelyDan is not a person--it's a band, and no one in it is named "Dan". The band is named for a sex toy in ''Naked Lunch''.

* GunsNRoses is a rare aversion to this, in a sense; the band was named after Tracii Guns (of the LA Guns, born Tracii Ulrich), and Axl Rose. So, while people get the Roses part, but since Guns left the band even ''before'' they released their first album.

* Neither of {{The Veronica's}} are named Veronica, they are a pair of twins

* Foo Fighters was the name used by Dave Grohl on his solo demos, which were used for the self-titled album. He sang and played guitar, bass and drums on the album, recording each part seperately and overdubbing them. He didn't intend to release these at the time but record companies were interested. He assembled a band to play the material live, but his solo recordings were used for the album. As a result, the booklet for the first album contains a photo of the whole band, but only he performs on it. Thus members of the band (especially when the album was being toured) have probably been complimented for their work on songs they didn't play on.

* No one in Rainer Maria was named Rainer or Maria. The name came from the German poet Rainer Maria Rilke, and was chosen as it was unisex sounding.

* Since the whole {{Rickrolling}} fad came about, plenty of people who were not around for RickAstley and his reign on the music charts have a strong tendency to call the song "Rick Roll" instead of "Never Gonna Give You Up". Moreover, Astley has sometimes been called Rick Roll by this same age group.

* On the other hand, the Men Without Hats are only one.

* {{Keane}} (originally "Cherry Keane") does not derive its band name from any of its members, but from a family friend of lead singer Tim Chaplin who left them money in her will.