History IAmNotShazam / Music

* Karmin is a duo. The vocalist's name is Amy.

* Rolo Tomassi is not the name of or a stage name for vocalist Eva Korman, nor the name of anyone else in the band. The name is a slightly misspelled version of "Rollo Tomasi", a pseudonym used an unknown assailant in the film ''Film/LAConfidential'', which a character then uses as a term to describe any unknown suspect escaping justice.

* Rolo Tomassi is not the name of or a stage name for vocalist Eva Korman, nor the name of anyone else in the band. The name is a misspelled version of "rollo tomasi", a pseudonym used an unknown assailant in the film ''Film/LAConfidential'', which a character then uses as a term to describe any unknown suspect escaping justice.

* Even though the name Music/{{Blondie}} was inspired by lead singer Deborah Harry's blonde hair, the name refers to the band as a whole and not to Harry specifically. Due to this, they produced T-shirts and buttons saying "Blondie is a group".

* ''Music/{{Gloryhammer}}'': The signature weapon of [[TheHero Angus McFife]] is called the Hammer of Glory, not the Gloryhammer.

* "Music/PinkFloyd" is the name of the band (named after bluesmen Pink Anderson and Floyd Council), not the name of any of the members of the band. At one point, they were outright asked which member "Pink" was, which led to it becoming a RunningGag among them, up to and including a line in "Have a Cigar" from ''Music/{{Wish You Were Here|1975}}'' where a clueless record executive asks "Oh, by the way, which one's Pink?" Possibly adding to the confusion is the fact that the central character in both the film and album ''Music/TheWall'' goes by "Pink". As well, the end of "Young Lust" has an exchange with a telephone operator trying to place a collect call "From Mr. Floyd to Mrs. Floyd", implying that the character's name actually ''is'' Pink Floyd. It's also implied in the movie that his name is Floyd Pinkerton. Which contradicts the phone call, although it could be that Floyd Pinkerton took the stage name of Pink Floyd. The kids in his youth call him, "Pinky".

* ''Dookey Mackey'' is the name given to high-pitched stock vocals dubbed "Gentlemen's Pitched Vocals", and is often assumed to be the singing of Sirko Falke, when he was actually the songwriter and the real singer was German independent singer, Adrian Winkler.
** To add to it, due to these vocals’ usage in the music of {{Music/Jakarta}} which were “One Desire” and “Superstar”, many assume this was where these vocals originated from and [=YouTube=] re-uploaders sometimes mislabel any songs using them as ''Jakarta'' songs, [[MemeticMutation and this is often poked fun at]].

* The late {{face of|theband}} Captain Jack was named Francisco Gutierrez, or Frankie G.

* Amy Lee's name isn't Music/{{Evanescence}}. (Though she is [[IAmTheBand the last remaining original member]] and long-standing FaceOfTheBand.)

* Alice Deejay was a trio, and the FaceOfTheBand's name was Judy.

* Mungo Jerry is actually ''four'' people, not just guitarist, singer and FaceOfTheBand Ray Dorset (although [[IAmTheBand Dorset is the only person]] who's been in the band from the start.) In fact, none of the many members is named Jerry - they're named after a character from Literature/OldPossumsBookOfPracticalCats (with a slightly different spelling).

* Alternately, Music/MarilynManson is the name of ''both'' a band and its [[FaceOfTheBand infinitely more well known]] lead singer[[note]]The band was originally called "Marilyn Manson and the Spooky Kids", and was only shortened as late as their first album.[[/note]] (and no, not one of the albums credited to "Marilyn Manson" is a solo effort by their singer, despite the fact he's the last remaining original member of the band at this point).

* Music/TheJGeilsBand was named after their lead guitarist and bandleader J. Geils, but their charasmatic lead singer was named Peter Wolf, who was sometimes incorrectly called J. Geils. This got awkward in 2012 when Geils acrimoniously quit the band and they kept performing without him under the J. Geils Band name until they split up for good in 2015.

* Music/PapaRoach is a rock band, not the stage name of lead singer Jacoby Shaddix.

* ''Dookey Mackey'' is the name given to high-pitched stock vocals dubbed "Gentlemen's Pitched Vocals", and is often assumed to be the singing of Sirko Falke, when he was actually the songwriter and the real singer was German inde singer, Adrian Winkler.

* Many people are shocked to discover that Gnarls Barkley is a duo rather than the name of a large African-American singer (that duo being singer and songwriter Music/CeeLoGreen and producer and instrumentalist {{Music/Danger Mouse}}).

* Music/JethroTull took their name from the Englishman (1674-1741) who invented the seed drill. Consequently, many people assume that the band name refers to the band's frontman, Ian Anderson.

* Music/JethroTull took their name from the Englishman (1674-1741) who invented the seed drill. Consequently, many people assume that the band name refers to an individual member rather than the whole group.

* Mazzy Star is a band, not a stage name for vocalist Hope Sandoval. She wasn't even in the band's original lineup, although the band only adopted the name "Mazzy Star"[[note]]They were previously known as Opal.[[/note]] once she joined.

* All the members of Boney M got asked at one time or another if they were Boney M, or Boney, or M.

* The late [[FaceOfTheBand face of]] Captain Jack was named Francisco Gutierrez, or Frankie G.

* Music/{{Bon Iver}} is a band, not the name of the lead singer. That's Justin Vernon. This confusion is probably because Vernon recorded most of his debut album, ''For Emma, Forever Ago'' by himself and thus people assumed that Bon Iver was a stage name.

* In an episode of ''Series/{{MadTV}}'', the Music/InsaneClownPosse get this treatment from a character played by Creator/AlexBorstein when she greets the two. PlayedForLaughs. She refers to Violent J as "Mr. Insane" and Shaggy 2 Dope as "Mr. Clown Posse".

* Music/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. Of course, Axl Rose is the face of the band, but the only other member most people would be able to name is Music/SlashMusician. [[ArtifactTitle Guns, on the other hand, left the band before they released their first album]].

* Music/BonJovi is a band, Jon Bon Jovi is the lead singer of that band, who has also released solo material. A lot of people refer to Jon as just 'Bon Jovi'. In 1986 they had a big hit with a song called "You Give Love A Bad Name", which is often referred to as "Shot Through The Heart" (the first line of the song/chorus, the title is the third). Interestingly, on their first album there IS a song called "Shot Through The Heart".

* Danish band Creator/MichaelLearnsToRock has been asked countless times regarding which member is the titular Michael by numerous reporters. The closest they have to the name is Mikkel Lentz (the Danish locale pronounciation of ''Michael''), and even then he isn't the lead singer of the band. According to Website/TheOtherWiki, WordOfGod is that the band leader, Jascha Richter, picked up the phrase from an English textbook partially because it reminded him of Music/MichaelJackson.
* Music/{{Deltron 3030}} is a collaborative project between rapper Music/DelThaFunkeeHomosapien, producer Dan the Automator, and DJ Kid Koala. People tend to assume that "Deltron 3030" is just another stage name for the former.

* Music/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. Of course, Axl Rose is the face of the band, but the only other member most people would be able to name is Music/{{Slash}}. [[ArtifactTitle Guns, on the other hand, left the band before they released their first album]].