Line #105 Main/ArtistAndTheBand


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2	[[caption-width-right:350: Hopefully, one of the heartbreakers filled in for Tom's absence at the photoshoot.]]
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4	A band that relies on its frontman might not deserve to be called a band (according to nitpickers). If a band realizes that, it might be best to name the band after that lead artist. But what about the other members? The frontman doesn't want to discredit them, and in some cases, they also come up with their own material and stand out from being your average backing band.
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6	Let's call them "[[TitleDrop Artist and the Band]]". This naming device puts emphasis on the band member who provides most of the creative input while also reminding the public that the artist is backed by a group of faithful instrumentalists. In other cases, this isn't the band's native name, and a rebranding happened after that one band member made it big with their solo material. Or in a bigger twist, it could turn out it's just a solo project with a plural name. You may also use variations of that kind of name by using "+", "&" or "And his/her/their".
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8	A SubTrope to IAmTheBand and SisterTrope to SpotlightStealingTitle, which extends to any media with the same objective marketing-wise, but also uses other naming conventions besides "X and the Y". Might lead to TheBandMinusTheFace if that lead member leaves and the band doesn't change their moniker.
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10	Not to be confused with AndTheRest or MyFriendsAndZoidberg; those tropes are more dismissive of the other people, while Artist And The Band is about highlighting a backing band.
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12	Related to the practice of choosing names that do, in fact, refer to the entire band, but prominently feature the name of the frontman, e.g. "[[Music/JimiHendrix The Jimi Hendrix Experience]]" or "The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion"; that trope is EgocentricTeamNaming.
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14	This naming convention is rather recent--as is the practice of a number of musicians contributing to a musical act all going by a collective moniker. Music/BuddyHolly arguably formed a group following the Artist And The Band naming scheme with "Buddy Holly and the Crickets" in 1957, though they were promoted as simply "The Crickets" until after Holly's death.
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16	Interestingly, there don’t seem to be many examples of a backing band going on to perform under their name minus the frontman. Make of that what you like.
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18	For similar naming conventions, compare and contrast TheNounAndTheNoun (as in Music/GunsNRoses) and NameAndName (as in Music/SimonAndGarfunkel), which tend to regard the ensemble members all as equal peers, and ProtagonistAndFriends, where the ensemble name is specifically "And Friends".
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20	Not to be confused with the music act known as Music/TheBand.
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23	!!Examples:
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27	!!!'''Music:'''
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29	[[folder:Blues]]
30	* John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers was an early British blues band. It featured singer and multi-instrumentalist John Mayall with a rotating roster of musicians. In addition to guitarist Music/EricClapton, the various lineups also included future members of Music/FleetwoodMac: bassist John [=McVie=] and guitarist Peter Green. Future [[Music/{{The Rolling Stones Band}} Rolling Stones]] guitarist Mick Taylor and Music/{{Cream}} bassist Jack Bruce were also among the members.
31	* Lil' Ed Williams is the [[LeadSingerPlaysLeadGuitar lead guitarist and singer]] for Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials.
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34	[[folder:Country]]
35	* Flatt and Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys were an American bluegrass band formed by guitarist Lester Flatt and banjo player Earl Scruggs, the Foggy Mountain Boys being a revolving lineup of performers.
36	* American Country artist Music/JasonIsbell fronts his own band called Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit.
37	* Music/AlisonKraussAndUnionStation: Krauss is the lead singer and plays fiddle. The Country Music Association has nominated both Krauss for the solo Female Vocalist of the Year award and Alison Krauss & Union Station for Vocal Group of the Year, sometimes in the same year.
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40	[[folder:Folk]]
41	* Music/NekoCase's first two albums were credited to Neko Case & Her Boyfriends. Starting with ''Blacklisted'' it's just been Case by herself.
42	* FolkMusic legend Music/BobDylan played with Music/TheBand (who served as a backing band) on stage in the mid-sixties and seventies. Their first concerts were billed as Bob Dylan & The Band, and the 1975 album ''Music/TheBasementTapes'' was also credited in that manner (with Dylan writing a majority of the songs though you could also call it an album by The Band).
43	* Several albums by Canadian [[FolkMusic Folk]]/{{Rock}} artist Music/NeilYoung also feature a band called Crazy Horse (some albums credit the two as "Neil Young & Crazy Horse" or "Neil Young With Crazy Horse). Crazy Horse was originally a doo-wop band called Danny & The Memories (fronted by Crazy Horse lead singer '''Danny''' Whitten) before connecting with Neil in the late [[TheSixties sixites]] and re-establish themselves as a rock act.
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46	[[folder:Jazz]]
47	* This trope page would be miles-long if we included any band that was named "[Artist] and his/her/their Orchestra", so let's just put here that a large amount of 1940s Billboard #1 singles were performed by an artist and their orchestra. Notable artists include Music/GlennMiller, Artie Shaw, and Benny Goodman.
48	* Some of Music/LouisArmstrong's most important recordings are [[Music/TheCompleteHotFiveAndHotSevenRecordings those with the late-1920s bands he led]], which were usually billed as his Hot Five, his Hot Seven or his Savoy Ballroom Five. (There were in fact two completely different Hot Five lineups, while the Hot Seven was an expansion of the first Hot Five.) Later in the decade, he performed with bigger lineups simply billed as his Orchestra. Shortly after World War 2 Armstrong returned to leading small bands, using the name Louis Armstrong and his All Stars.
49	* Jazz drummer Art Blakey started a hard bop combo initially named The Jazz Messengers. As they became a RevolvingDoorBand, with Blakey himself the only permanent member, the name changed to Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers. Also of note is that Blakey and the early Messengers lineup recorded a few sessions with pianist Horace Silver; initially these were just billed as the Horace Silver Quintet, but compilation rereleases billed them as Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers.
50	* Les Brown and His Band of Renown is a BigBand ensemble formed in 1938 that would feature prominently in movies and television for several decades, including stints as the house band for both the Steve Allen Show in the '50s and the Dean Martin Show in the '60s. Even though Brown died in 2001, a version of the band led by his son, Les Jr., is still actively performing.
51	* "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_his_Orchestra Charlie and his Orchestra]]" was a swing band developed in UsefulNotes/NaziGermany as part of the PropagandaMachine. Their repertoire consisted of covers of popular dance and swing tunes from Allied countries, with the lyrics changed to be demoralizing or boasting about German victories. They also performed as "Bruno and His Swinging Tigers."
52	* Early in Music/DukeEllington's career, he performed and recorded as Duke Ellington's Washingtonians, and also put out one album in 1958 as Duke Ellington's Spacemen. But most of the group's career was spent under the more prosaic name Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra.
53	* Red Nichols named his backing band the Five Pennies. The pun was so irresistible most people didn't care that most of the time [[NonIndicativeName there weren't actually five men in the band.]]
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56	[[folder:Pop]]
57	* Music/HerbAlpert & the Tijuana Brass started out as Alpert recording himself overdubbing trumpet parts before demand for live performances necessitated the need for an actual brass band, with which he had a prolific recording career throughout the '60s.
58	* Fictional singing group Music/AlvinAndTheChipmunks was originally named David Seville And The Chipmunks (David being the human character who looks after the chipmunks). After the success of [[WesternAnimation/AlvinAndTheChipmunks 1980s animated series]], their current name appeared on the 1992 album ''Chipmunks in Low Places'' and remained since.
59	* Music/AnohniAndTheJohnsons is an Art Pop band fronted by ANOHNI. The Johnsons are a reference to transgender activist Marsha P. Johnson (while no member of the band has Johnson in their name).
60	* Music/ChristineAndTheQueens is the solo project of French singer Héloïse Letissier. "The Queens" refers to drag queens who would perform for him during the start of his career. Despite having adopted a range of alternative monikers since 2018, such as Chris or Redcar, his following releases are still credited to "Christine and the Queens".
61	* "At The Hop" is a classic [[TheFifties fifties]] doo-wop song by Danny & The Juniors (fronted by '''Danny''' Rapp). After his death in 1983, the band continued to tour without changing the name.
62	* An averted example with Music/MarinaDiamandis whose first stage name was "Marina and the Diamonds." The "Diamonds" in question aren't any backing band and refer to Marina's fans (explaining it on Myspace: "I am Marina, and you are the diamonds").
63	* Dion and the Belmonts we're a popular {{Doowop}} vocal quartet in the late 1950s. Even though they were a proper group, not a solo act and backing band, Dion was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame without the other three Belmonts in 1989, which caused a great deal of friction between him and the other members.
64	* The Miami Sound Machine eventually became Music/GloriaEstefan And Miami Sound Machine, before becoming just Gloria Estefan.
65	** ''Magazine/{{MAD}}'' ran a parody of the above situation with the rise and fall of a starlet in a church choir. At first, it's "The Fellows" with just her head sticking out of the row of singers, then it's "The Fellows and Melanie", "Melanie and the Fellows", before apexing at "M" with a closeup of her face. From there it spirals down the way it came, with her a sad, nameless member of the choir again.
66	** MAD #79 had a similar [[https://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/the-rise-fall-of-a-recording-star.885424/ "Rise and Fall"]] feature, with the starlet starting as a nameless member of a vocal group, advancing from "The Euclid Phlomm Chorale with Patricia Blousen" to "Patricia Blousen and the Euclid Phlomm Chorale," reaching the peak of her career with an album cover showing "Patti" and a closeup of her face, then gradually declining until once again becoming a nameless member of the Euclid Phlomm Chorale.
67	* Music/FlorenceAndTheMachine is another case of a lead singer-songwriter ('''Florence''' Welch) backed by a band. However, Florence started the band with producer and keyboardist Isabella Summers who was nicknamed "Machine" while Florence was nicknamed "Robot." It started as an inside joke that got way out of hand and "Florence Robot/Isa Machine" turned into the group we know today.
68	* Music/FosterThePeople started as "Foster and the people", with Mark Foster in that role, but after several people misheard it as "Foster The People", they decided to opt for that name.
69	* Music/SelenaGomez and the Scene. Note that "The Scene" part comes from the fact that Selena has been called a "[[http://newsroom.mtv.com/2009/08/13/selena-gomez/ wannabe scene]]" and thus ONLY refers to Selena. Selena actually wanted to form a band with a band identity, a la Music/{{Paramore}}; [[ExecutiveMeddling it was her label]] that wanted her name in the group's name.
70	* Music/NataliaLafourcade was briefly part of a group called Natalia y La Forquetina for her album ''Casa''.
71	* Contemporary Christian singer Geoff Moore formed the band Geoff Moore And The Distance in 1987.
72	* The mainstream success of early sixties vocal group The Ronettes was thanks to Music/RonnieSpector and her vocal performance on "Be My Baby" (in fact, she's the only Ronette who sang on that track). This was acknowledged when the band was revived in TheSeventies under the title Ronnie Spector & The Ronettes.
73	* Music/FrankieValliAndTheFourSeasons got their current name in 1970. They were previously known as The Four Seasons and their legal name was The Four Seasons Partnership.
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77	* Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames is a British R&B band whose drummer Mitch Mitchell went on to be the drummer of the Music/JimiHendrix Experience.
78	* Music/GladysKnight & the Pips is a Motown R&B group. It is a BandOfRelatives whose cousin nicknamed "Pip" was an inspiration behind "The Pips".
79	* Martha Reeves & The Vandellas is a R&B vocal girl group.
80	* Smokey Robinson and the Miracles was the temporary stage name of R&B vocal group The Miracles from 1965 to 1972.
81	* The Motown Soul trio Music/TheSupremes featured Music/DianaRoss as its lead singer and changed its name to Diana Ross And The Supremes in 1967 before Diana left the group three years later.
82	* Booker T. and the [=MGs=] were the house band at Creator/StaxRecords in the 1960s and 70s, fronted by Booker T. Jones on piano and organ and also including Steve Cropper and Donald "Duck" Dunn, both of whom would later perform with The Blues Brothers. In addition to session playing on many of the albums produced by the label, they also recorded their own albums and had several top ten hits in the United States.
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85	[[folder:Rock]]
86	* Early in the career of Music/TheBeachBoys, they had two side-projects bearing that kind of name: Kenny & The Cadets (a trio which had Music/AlJardine and Music/BrianWilson in its lineup) and the Music/CarlWilson-led Carl & The Passions, (whose name would be used as the title of the [[Music/CarlAndThePassionsSoTough album of the same name]]). However, Carl didn't recall that band to ever exist.
87	** In 1990, lead singer Music/MikeLove toured as Mike Love Of The Beach Boys And The Endless Summer Beach Band, a backing band consisting of musicians who previously were touring members for The Beach Boys, including Music/AdrianBaker.
88	* Notably averted with Music/TheBeatles. When they were starting out in Liverpool in the late '50s, almost every rock n' roll group followed the naming format "X and the Ys." The future Beatles, then a trio calling themselves the Quarrymen, did not have a dedicated lead singer, with Music/JohnLennon, Music/PaulMcCartney, and Music/GeorgeHarrison more or less [[VocalTagTeam taking equal time leading songs]]. They did play this trope straight for a single performance in 1958, where they called themselves "Johnny and the Moondogs."
89	** There were a few rare early recordings where the band was asked to back up Tony Sheridan, these were accordingly billed as Tony Sheridan and the Beatles.
90	** The original version of ''Music/LetItBe'' began with Music/JohnLennon jokingly introducing the first song as "'I Dig a Pygmy' by Creator/CharlesHawtrey and the Deaf-Aids!"
91	* Music/DazeyAndTheScouts follows this naming scheme, yet there isn't a member of the band named Dazey.
92	* Big Brother and the Holding Company sounds like this but is a subversion as the whole name is the band, that introduced the world at large to Music/JanisJoplin. The band continued to exist after Joplin left.
93	* Music/MichelleBlades y Los Machetes is a PsychedelicRock band that is dedicated to Michelle's live performances on American soil.
94	* Music/DavidBowie:
95	** Bowie had his early singles "Liza Jane", "You've Got a Habit of Leaving", and "Can't Help Thinking About Me" respectively credited to Davy Jones with the King Bees, Davy Jones & the Lower Third, and David Bowie with the Lower Third. After the release of "Do Anything You Say", almost all of his material was credited under just his name for the remainder of his career.
96	** ''Music/TheRiseAndFallOfZiggyStardustAndTheSpidersFromMars'' centers around a fictional example, the titular Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars. Ziggy was an alter ego that Bowie adopted for the album, while the Spiders from Mars referred to his backing band at the time (who themselves released an album without Bowie in 1976, well after Bowie abandoned the Ziggy persona).
97	* Music/DickDale released his first few albums credited as Dick Dale & His Del-Tones.
98	* Music/EricClapton's legendary band "Derek and the Dominos" took its name from Clapton, whom the other members of the band had taken to calling "Derek" or "Del" after touring with singer/songwriter duo Delaney & Bonnie the previous year. The band had previously gone by the simpler "Eric Clapton and Friends," but the name was dropped almost immediately. The group's biggest song is "Layla."
99	* Music/ElvisCostello & The Attractions. While The Attractions were first a backing band for Elvis, they released [[TheBandMinusTheFace their own album]] in 1980. When the group replaced their bassist, they became known as Elvis Costello & The Imposters.
100	* Parodied with Music/EchoAndTheBunnymen, who didn't actually have any members named Echo; a common rumor claims that "Echo" was the name of their drum machine before they hired drummer Pete de Freitas, but the band have denied this. The typical connotations of this trope would, however, lead to people [[IAmNotShazam mistakenly calling frontman Ian McCulloch "Echo"]] more than once.
101	* Frank Soda & The Imps was a band featuring Italian-Canadian singer/guitarist/songwriter Frank Soda, along with his backing band of diminutive musicians, leading them to be called the Imps.
102	* Gerry And The Pacemakers is a British [[TheFifties '50s]]/[[TheSixties '60s]] Merseybeat band fronted by '''Gerry''' Marsden, famous for their hit "You'll Never Walk Alone" which became an anthem for UsefulNotes/{{Liverpool}}'s soccer team.
103	* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girish_and_the_Chronicles Girish and the Chronicles]] is a hard rock band from India fronted by Girish Pradhan.
104	* Music/BillHaleyAndHisComets is a [[TheFifties '50s]] RockAndRoll act that had numerous hits during that decade. Following Bill's death, seven various iterations of the band have been formed (and are claimed to be a continuation of the original act, with some varying degree of authenticity).
105	* Music/JimiHendrix was part of various bands before forming The Jimi Hendrix Experience. These bands are Curtis Knight and The Squires, Joey Dee and The Starliters, and Jimmy James and The Blue Flames.
106	* Music/HavalinaRailCo: After the departure of a key band member, Matt Wignall announced he was marking the shift by changing the band name to Matt Death and the New Intellectuals. Under the new name, they only released a few songs via Myspace, as their finished album wound up [[TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment getting shelved indefinitely]].
107	* Richard Hell and the Voidoids was a punk act fronted by the singer of the same name who was part of bands such as {{Music/Television}} and [[Music/NewYorkDolls The Heartbreakers]] (the one fronted by Johnny Thunders, that is).
108	* Music/BuddyHolly was the frontman of a band called "Buddy Holly and the Crickets" before he focused on a short-lived solo career. After Buddy's death in 1959, The Crickets continued performing with Earl Sinks as its lead singer.[[note]]Holly was inspired by groups who were named after birds, and considered several insect-themed names before settling on "The Crickets." One of the names Holly considered was "The Beetles," which would later be adopted by a [[Music/TheBeatles little-known Liverpool-based rock band]] as a direct homage to Holly.[[/note]]
109	* Music/HootieAndTheBlowfish: One of the defining rock bands of the mid-to-late-'90s. Also a notable subversion, since [[NonIndicativeName no one in the band is named Hootie and the band itself is not called The Blowfish]]. It was named after two college friends who were nicknamed "Hootie" and "The Blowfish."
110	* Frank Iero has many side projects such as Frank Iero And The Cellabration, Frank Iero And The Patience, and Frank Iero And The Future Violents.
111	* In the early 1980s, [=DeWayne=] Jessie (the ''Film/AnimalHouse'' actor who played the lead singer Otis Day of the FakeBand Otis Day and the Knights in the film) bought the rights to the band's name and created a real-life version of it using a few of his family members.
112	* Music/JoanJett and the Blackhearts are a hard rock band Jett formed after her first band Music/TheRunaways broke up in 1979.
113	* Music/EltonJohn did a fictional example with "Benny and the Jets" from ''Music/GoodbyeYellowBrickRoad''.
114	* Music/BruceJohnston was the sole member of Bob Sled & The Toboggans, a short-lived side project which only released one single in 1963. Its gimmick was to mix SurfRock with skiing.
115	* Japanese Soft Rock artist Makoto Kubota had a breakthrough with Makoto Kubota & The Sunset Gang in TheSeventies.
116	** In the early [[TheEighties eighties]], Japanese singer Sandii joined the band, changing its rock roots to NewWaveMusic and renaming themselves as Sandii & The [[XtremeKoolLetterz Sunsetz]].
117	* Theo Lawrence is a French {{Blues}}/{{Rock}} artist who first started his career with a band called Theo Lawrence & The Hearts before going solo.
118	* Music/HueyLewisAndTheNews was previously named Huey Lewis & The American Express but changed their name to avoid a potential trademark infringement claim from the credit card company.
119	* Subverted with the PunkRock supergroup Me First & The Gimme Gimmes which is actually named after a children's book.
120	* Music/JohnnyManchildAndThePoorBastards takes its name from the lead singer, who goes by Johnny Manchild.
121	* Music/MarilynManson originally started off as "Marilyn Manson & The Spooky Kids" before shortening it to just Marilyn Manson referring to both the band and its infamous frontman which has led to its current status as Main/IAmTheBand.
122	* Frank Marino and Mahogany Rush was a Canadian band of rotating members led by [[LeadSingerPlaysLeadGuitar singer and guitarist Frank Marino]].
123	* Music/MarthaAndTheMuffins is an interesting case, as there were actually ''two'' women named Martha in the band, and both sang lead from time to time. It's debatable who was Martha and who was merely a Muffin named Martha. Less so after Martha Ladly (who also played keyboards) left, then they really were a singer (Martha Johnson) and backing group for a couple of years. (Nowadays it's essentially an ArtifactName as the band still includes Martha, but only one regular Muffin, her partner Mark Gane)
124	* Music/MikeAndTheMechanics were a 1980s supergroup formed as a side project by Music/{{Genesis\|Band}} guitarist Mike Rutherford.
125	* Music/TomPetty and the Heartbreakers. Bandmate Mike Campbell co-wrote some hit songs for the group.
126	* Inverted with Music/{{Queen\|Band}} when they resumed touring and recording after the death of frontman Music/FreddieMercury. To establish the idea that their new singers were simply guest players and not replacements for Mercury, they billed themselves as Queen + [[Music/BadCompany Paul Rodgers]] and Queen + Music/AdamLambert.
127	* American {{Emo}} band Reggie And The Full Effect is a solo project of James Dewees.
128	* Music/PaulRevereAndTheRaiders, although the frontman was named Paul Revere Dick and dropped his last name. Bandmate Mark Lindsay also had a huge leading influence in the band as its composer/producer). After the passing of Paul in 2014, the band renamed themselves [[TheBandMinusTheFace Paul Revere's Raiders]].
129	* Music/BobSeger was backed by, and billed alongside, "The Silver Bullet Band" from 1976 to 1995.
130	* Japanese rock band Sheenah & The Rokkets was fronted by Etsuko "'''Sheena'''" Ayukawa until her death in 2015.
131	* After the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Creator/GarySinise began volunteering for [=USO=] tours to visit troops in the Middle East, but soon wanted to do more than shake hands and take pictures. He asked his guitarist buddy, Kemo Williams, to help him round up some singers and musicians, and together they formed "[[LeadBassist Gary Sinise]] and the Lt. Dan Band." Sinise said that since the troops were calling him by his ''Film/ForrestGump'' character's name anyway, it only made sense to name the band after the character, too.
132	* Music/SiouxsieAndTheBanshees, fronted by '''Siouxsie Sioux''' (one of The Banshees, Steven Severin, is a frequent co-writer for the band's songs).
133	* Music/BruceSpringsteen has formed many backing bands during his career, but the most consistent one is the E Street Band. Like some others on this page, Springsteen and the E Street Band are technically separate entities - the E Street Band have backed other singers, and Springsteen has worked with different bands. Bruce's 1974 tour for the promotion of ''Music/BornToRun'' was billed as Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, and that moniker would reappear more or less throughout other tours and on live albums, while studio albums are credited as just "Bruce Springsteen".
134	* Music/RingoStarr created his own live band called Ringo Starr & The All-Starr Band, comprised of artists who were former members of 1970/1980s rock bands, making it also a {{Supergroup}}.
135	* During his tenure with the Faces, the groups' billing changed from "Faces" to "Faces featuring Music/RodStewart" and finally "Rod Stewart and Faces" before Ronnie Lane quit and the group essentially just [[IAmTheBand became Stewart's backing band]].
136	* Music/TheStooges went on to be renamed Iggy & The Stooges since the release of their third album ''Raw Power''.
137	* Richard Swift was always credited solo on his albums since he recorded most of the instruments by himself anyway. But for live shows, he had a consistent backing band, so they were billed as Richard Swift and the Sons of National Freedom.
138	* Music/SteveTaylor initially recorded with Some Band, a frequently changing group of backing musicians. The live album ''Limelight'' is the only one where they're outright billed as "Steve Taylor and Some Band". For the 2014 comeback album ''Goliath'', his new all-star lineup was billed as Steve Taylor and the Perfect Foil. This morphed again into Steve Taylor and the Danielson Foil when they recorded a collaboration with [[Music/{{Danielson}} Daniel Smith]].
139	* George Thorogood's band was founded as the Delaware Destroyers, but have been billed as George Thorogood and the Destroyers for most of their career.
140	* The PunkRock act Johnny Thunders And The Heartbreakers (unrelated to Music/TomPetty's).
141	* The Tremeloes is a British rock band that became famous when they were put against Music/TheBeatles for a contract with Decca Records (the company chose The Tremeloes based on the fact that they lived in London and thus were more accessible). From 1962 to 1966, the band rebranded itself Brian Poole & The Tremeloes, in reference to Music/BuddyHolly And The Crickets.
142	* Almost all of Music/StevieRayVaughan's albums were released by "Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble".
143	* Throughout TheEighties, Music/RogerWaters was credited on the touring circuit as Roger Waters and the Bleeding Heart Band. The credit was also extended to Waters' soundtrack for the film adaptation of ''ComicBook/WhenTheWindBlows''.
144	* Subverted by blues rock guitarist Johnny Winter, who started a short-lived band with former members of the [=McCoys=] after his brother Edgar moved on to solo success in 1970. The band and debut album were named "Johnny Winter And".
145	* Alluding to the dark nature of the music, "Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds."
146	* A large number of Music/FrankZappa's albums were credited to "Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention," the latter of whom were his backing band at the time.
147	* [[NewWaveMusic New Wave]] band Music/KatrinaAndTheWaves is named after the lead singer Katrina Leskanich.
148	* BluesRock band Wild T and the Spirit is led by Wild T (Toney Springer), as [[LeadSingerPlaysLeadGuitar singer and guitarist]].
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152	* Music/DAngelo's output from 2014-2015 were credited to "D'Angelo and the Vanguard".
153	* Eric Burdon and War formed in 1969 when record producer Jerry Goldstein paired the ex-[[Music/TheAnimals Animals]] frontman with some up-and-coming musicians he'd seen performing around Los Angeles. They released two albums together before Burdon left in 1970. The rest of the group, now simply calling themselves Music/{{War\|Band}}, would go on to have a very successful recording career of their own.
154	* The Revolution is one of {{Music/Prince}}'s many side projects. The album ''Music/AroundTheWorldInADay'' is credited to Prince And The Revolution (the band was also present on ''Music/NineteenNinetyNineAlbum'' although uncredited).
155	** After The Revolution disbanded in 1986, Prince assembled a new backing band called The New Power Generation (or sometimes NPG) that played on most of his albums from 1990 on, with five of those albums (beginning with 1991's ''Diamonds & Pearls'') specifically credited to "Prince and the New Power Generation". NPG also released three albums of their own material and have toured independently since Prince's death.
156	** Music/TheTime occasionally referred to themselves as Morris Day and The Time.
157	* {{Funk}}/{{Soul}} act Music/SlyAndTheFamilyStone includes [[BandOfRelatives two brothers and two sisters]] and is named after lead singer/producer '''Sly''' Stone.
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161	* The "[[Literature/HarryPotter wizard rock]]" bands, Harry and the Potters, Draco and the Malfoys, and Tonks and the Aurors (though the last one is just one musician).
162	* Comedy LoungeLizard singer Music/RichardCheese and his jazz combo are often billed as "Richard Cheese & Lounge Against The Machine".
163	* "Scrumpy and Western" band The Wurzels were originally billed as "Adge Cutler and the Wurzels", until Cutler's death in a car accident.
164	* Music/HaruomiHosono released his Exotica-influenced 1978 album ''Paraiso'' under the name Harry Hosono & The Yellow Magic Band. This one-off project (involving Music/RyuichiSakamoto and Music/YukihiroTakahashi) would lead to the creation of Music/YellowMagicOrchestra.
165	* In 1989, Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers emerged, which was nothing less than a group of [=DJs=] that made medley (or mixing) of the 50, 60, and 70 decades music and had a cartoon rabbit as a mascot. The group's activity period is still unknown, but had big hits like "Swing the Mood", "That's What I Like" and "Let's Party".
166	* A popular modern Klezmer (Yiddish folk) band fronted by Daniel Kahn is named Music/DanielKahnAndThePaintedBird.
167	* Belgian Neo-Soul rapper Lous And The Yakuza is the solo act of Marie-Pierra Kakoma. "The Yakuza" refers to her collaborators, whether it is in the studio or on stage.
168	* Creator/MarkWahlberg, today best known for his Hollywood acting career, fronted a hip-hop group in the '90s [[note]]"Back when Mark Wahlberg was Marky Mark," as another successful rapper once said[[/note]] called "Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch." Their biggest song was 1991's "Good Vibrations."
169	* {{Reggae}} legend Music/BobMarley started his career with the band The Wailers. Following his major involvement in the band as a writer, their album ''Natty Dread'' was credited to Bob Marley And The Wailers while previous albums have been retroactively credited that way.
170	* Japanese artist Music/RyuichiSakamoto released his album ''Summer Nerves'' under "Ryuichi Sakamoto & The Kakutougi Session", a band which include his YMO bandmate Music/YukihiroTakahashi as well as Kenji Omura and Akiko Yanno who were also session players and touring members of YMO.
171	* Japanese [[NewWaveMusic New Wave]] band Moonriders had its first album credited to Keiichi Suzuki And The Moonriders.
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173
174	!!!'''Fictional Examples:'''
175
176	[[folder:Comic Books]]
177	* The Creator/ArchieComics band ComicBook/JosieAndThePussycats which got its own [[WesternAnimation/JosieAndThePussyCats series]] and [[Film/JosieAndThePussycats2001 feature film]].
178	* ComicBook/ScottPilgrim features a band battle between Scott's Sex Bob-omb and Crash and the Boys.
179	-->'''Crash''': Good Evening. I am Crash, and these are The Boys.
180	-->'''Wallace''': [[OneOfTheBoys Is that girl]] a boy too?
181	-->'''Crash''': Yes.
182	-->''The drummer [[FlippingTheBird flips him off.]]''
183	** The band later has a hostile takeover and is renamed The Boys!! and Crash!
184	* In ComicBook/TheBeano, ComicStrip/DennisTheMenaceUK had a band called Dennis and the Dinmakers.
185	* The 1968 ''ComicBook/StanleyAndHisMonster'' story "Music, Monster, Please!" featured a band called Peter Piper and the Pickle Pickers.
186	[[/folder]]
187
188	[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
189	* ''Film/TheAdventuresOfBuckarooBanzaiAcrossTheEighthDimension'' has the title character in a band with several members of his inner circle. They go by Buckaroo Banzai and the Hong Kong Cavaliers.
190	* ''Film/AnimalHouse'' features a FakeBand called "Otis Day and the Knights" that performs in the movie, with Otis Day (played by [=DeWayne=] Jessie) as the lead singer and the Knights as his backup singers/musicians.
191	* ''Film/Bedazzled1967'': The Devil foils Stanley's 'pop singer' wish by manifesting as the lead singer of Drimble Wedge and the Vegetations.
192	* ''Film/TheBluesBrothers'': Jake and Elwood are dismayed to find that several of their old bandmates have formed "Murph and the Magictones," a cheesy lounge band.
193	* ''Film/KingRalph'': After becoming the Third Duke of Warren, Ralph forms a band with several female backup singers called Ralph and The Dukettes.
194	* ''Film/HighFidelity'': The garage band that Barry joins starts out with the name Sonic Death Monkey, but when they open at the record release party for the Kinky Wizards, Barry announces "we're on the verge of being called Kathleen Turner Overdrive, but for tonight we are Barry Jive and the Uptown Five."
195	* ''Film/HouseIITheSecondStory'': Charlie and Lana invite themselves to stay at Jesse and Kate's new house while plotting to get Kate (a record company exec) to "discover" Lana's band, Puce Glitz and the Avoiders.
196	* The eponymous rock band of the Creator/JonathanDemme movie ''Film/RickiAndTheFlash'', led by '''Ricki''' Rendazzo.
197	* ''Film/ShockTreatment'' features Oscar Drill and the Bits, a "suburban-garage" band that befriends Janet during her ascent at DTV.
198	* In the second half of ''Film/ShredderOrpheus'', Orpheus's band goes from "The Shredders" to "Orpheus and the Shredders."
199	* ''Film/ThatThingYouDo:'' At the height of The Wonders' fame, they get a cameo role in a [[ShowWithinAShow teen beach movie]]. Instead of playing themselves, they portray the doubly fictional surf band Cap'n Geech and the Shrimp Shack Shooters. This becomes a BrickJoke later when The Wonders are getting interviewed and Lenny confidently cites Cap'n Geech and the Shrimp Shack Shooters as one of his biggest musical influences.
200	* The [[Creator/ZuckerAbrahamsAndZucker Jim Abrahams]] film ''Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael'' features a cover band called [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment G. Wiliker And The G. Wilikers]].
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202
203	[[folder:Literature]]
204	* ''Literature/DaisyJonesAndTheSix'' takes its name from how the titular artists were credited on their collaborative album ''Aurora''. Daisy insisted on the credit as she was contributing to the songwriting and not just providing guest vocals, the way she'd done for the previous single they'd recorded together.
205	* In ''Literature/DogsDontTellJokes'', one of the other competitors at the climactic talent show is a band called Howie Zowie and the Screamers, although Gary notes that Howie is only the drummer.
206	* In the ''Literature/JeevesAndWooster'' novel "Thank you, Jeeves'', Bertie becomes obsessed with playing the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banjo_ukulele Banjolele]] after watching a performance by a fictional band called "Ben Bloom and his Sixteen Baltimore Buddies".
207	* In the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' novel ''Literature/SoulMusic'', rejected names for The Band With Rocks In include "Cliff and the Cliffettes" and "Glod and the Glodettes". Dibbler says the ''proper'' name for a musical group is something like "Bertie the Balladeer and his Troubador Rascals".
208	[[/folder]]
209
210	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
211	* An episode of ''Series/TheDonnaReedShow'' had Jeff and the Gents, whose records ended up used as proto-Frisbees.
212	* In ''Series/FullHouse'', Jesse briefly fronts a band named Jesse and the Rippers. That band's name would be reused when Creator/JohnStamos provided lead vocals on a cover of Music/TheBeachBoys's "Forever" (from their ''Music/SummerInParadise'' album) which was released as a single.
213	** The band comes back in ''Series/FullerHouse'' and once again, they play a cover of "Forever".
214	* ''Series/JulieAndThePhantoms'': The titular band is formed from the ghostly former members of [[TheNineties 90s]] rock band Sunset Curve and Julie Molina, the only living member and the one who enables the other members to be seen while performing. People in-universe assume "The Phantoms" are holograms rather than ghosts.
215	* ''Series/TheMuppetShow'':
216	** The show's main band is Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem, led by '''Dr. Teeth''' on keyboard. In ''Series/TheMuppetsMayhem'' the rest of the band admit they were never happy with Dr. Teeth getting top billing but let it go to keep the peace. On learning this, Dr. Teeth insists they shorten the name to "The Electric Mayhem".
217	** A recurring act is a band made up of elderly people called Jerry and the Atrics (a pun on "geriatric").
218	* ''Series/SesameStreet'' has Little Chrissy and the Alphabeats and Little Jerry and the Monotones.
219	* ''Series/TheTwoRonnies'': One musical finale has the fictional Irish folk musicians Pete Cutter and the Boggers.
220	* ''Series/YoGabbaGabba'': The episode "A Very Awesome Christmas Special'' featured singing duo Cults under the more child-friendly name "Madeline, Brian, and the Band".
221	[[/folder]]
222
223	[[folder:Theatre]]
224	* Theatre/HedwigAndTheAngryInch (The Angry Inch being a backing band named after the scar that Hedwig got after an unsuccessful surgery).
225	[[/folder]]
226
227	[[folder:Toys]]
228	* In TheEighties, Franchise/{{Barbie}} launched a line of dolls based around this trope known as "Barbie and the Rockers."
229	* In the early 2000 specials featuring ''Toys/PollyPocket'', she was the frontman of her band, Polly and the Pockets.
230	[[/folder]]
231
232	[[folder:Video Games]]
233	* Green Tentacle from ''VideoGame/ManiacMansion'' is an aspiring musician. When he gets inspiration to start a band, he plans to call it GT and the Suction Cups. In the sequel, ''VideoGame/DayOfTheTentacle'', we find out that he was successful in starting a band, but it's now called Green T and the Sushi Platter.
234	* ''VideoGame/PapaLouieArcade'' has the successful ska-punk band named "Scarlett and the Shakers", consisting of Scarlett on vocals, Rudy on bass, Marty on guitar, and Clover on drums. Each member of the band has been a customer in the series as well as a worker in some of Papa's restaurants (Rudy and Scarlett work at the same restaurant).
235	[[/folder]]
236
237	[[folder:Webcomics]]
238	* In the course of the run of ''Webcomic/MenageA3'', lead character Zii tries to establish her band "Zii and the Troublemakers". Her egocentric rival Angel eventually renames their band from "Pretty Boyz with Electric Toyz" to "Angel and Their Electric Toyz".
239	[[/folder]]
240
241	[[folder:Western Animation]]
242	* ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'': In "American Dream Factory", Steve and his friends form a band called Steve and The Ass-Tones. His friends quit to join another band, so Steve replaces them with a family of illegal Mexican immigrants that Stan is hiding from the authorities and renames the band Steve and The Ass-Tonos.
243	* ''WesternAnimation/ChalkZone'':
244	** The end-of-episode music videos give Rudy's trio one of three titles: "Rudy and the Chalkzone Band", "Rudy and the Chalkzone Gang", or "Rudy Tabootie and Chums".
245	** "Insect Aside" has Rudy, Snap, and Penny watch a performance by Mo Skeeter and the Stingers.
246	* ''WesternAnimation/CartoonsThatNeverMadeIt'': The short "Heidi and the Yodelers", a spoof of ''WesternAnimation/JosieAndThePussycats'' where the band is portrayed as [[YodelLand a group of stereotypical Swiss yodelers]].
247	* ''WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog'': "The Record Deal" has a scene where Eustace bangs on his car radio for not playing music by his idol Velvet Vic, during which a voice can be heard announcing a song performed by a band called Johnny and the Diltones (a play on the name of the show's creator John R. Dilworth).
248	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Jem}}'': The protagonists of the series belong to a band called Jem and the Holograms; "Jem" is the stage name of the main character, Jerrica Benton.
249	* ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo'': The cast's short-lived band, Johnny and the Deer Ticks.
250	* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'': When the title characters decide to become one-hit wonders, they name their band "Phineas and the Ferbtones."
251	* ''WesternAnimation/PigCity'': Mikey's cousin Reggie is a member of a HeavyMetal band he formed with his friends that's called "Reg And The Rashers".
252	* ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'': While [[DrunkOnMilk drunk on soda]], Mordecai and Rigby order custom t-shirts so they can pretend they're in a band called Mordecai And The Rigbys. Mordecai regrets their purchase the next morning because neither of them can play an instrument and the name doesn't make any sense, but he decides that they should become an actual band to impress his crush Margaret.
253	* ''WesternAnimation/SevenLittleMonsters'': The episode "Gone But Not Four-Gotten" has a car radio mention a band called Tom and the Toenails.
254	* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': "Wigstruck" features a band called Ned and the Needlefish.
255	* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'':
256	** In "Steven and the Stevens", Steven forms a band of the eponymous name consisting of him and three alternate versions of himself made as a result of using a magic hourglass upon realizing that it allows him to travel back in time.
257	** Sadie's band is called "Sadie Killer and the Suspects," as she's the lead singer, and her frustrated horror-inspired lyrics gave the band its identity.
258	[[/folder]]
259	----
260	->'''Costello:''' All I'm asking is, [[WhosOnFirst Who was the artist]] who played with Music/TheBand?
261	->'''Abbott:''' No, I told you, Music/TheWho is a different band...

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