Bands whose moniker is the full name of a band member

[Stumpy Pepys]

I can only think of Manfred Mann and Brinsley Schwarz. Are there any others? Maybe PJ Harvey, but the line between PJ Harvey and Polly Harvey got blurred long ago.

[Benjm]

Helen Love

[Stumpy Pepys]

The Alan Parsons Project

The Jimi Hendrix Experience

Michael Schenker Group

No, they don't count. Jimi Hendrix's full name was not The Jimi Hendrix Experience.

[Nocturnal Submission]

Yeh, I realised what you were getting at and deleted, though not quickly enough!

[gjw100]

Can I get half a point each for Argent and Greenslade?

[Stumpy Pepys]

Can I get half a point each for Argent and Greenslade?

Too many of those. See also Dio and Gillan.

[3 Colours Red]

Sam Gopal.

[Walt Flanagans Dog]

I can only think of Manfred Mann and Brinsley Schwarz. Are there any others? Maybe PJ Harvey, but the line between PJ Harvey and Polly Harvey got blurred long ago.

Might need a ruling on Alice Cooper

[WOM]

Meatloaf?

[Jah Womble]

Might need a ruling on Alice Cooper

I'd say that counts. (Was the first one of which I could think, anyway.)

Marilyn Manson would then have to qualify as well, I guess.

[Kevin S]

Daryl Hall & John Oates is the moniker the duo actually use on their releases.

[Rogin the Armchair fan]

At some point did Prince not christen himself 'Prince and the Purple Revolution'? He changed his name more often than I changed my socks in the 90s.

[Stumpy Pepys]

Daryl Hall & John Oates is the moniker the duo actually use on their releases.

That counts because they're conjoined twins. Not a lot of people know that.

[diggedy derek]

PJ Harvey was the one that immediately sprang to mind. A great power trio.

[Mr Delicieux]

Could Quincy Jones qualify?

[Stumpy Pepys]

Could Quincy Jones qualify?

Is Quincy Jones a band? If so, who are its members?

[Tony C]

King

Again, not a full name.

[Walt Flanagans Dog]

That counts because they're conjoined twins. Not a lot of people know that.

I'll try that again....or not.

[Mr Delicieux]

Is Quincy Jones a band? If so, who are its members?

Yes, hence could.

[Jah Womble]

One or two 'first-name onlys' that come to mind (ie, 'they therefore don't count, but what the hell'):

Toyah
Sade
Errm...Cleopatra?

(Actually, I don't think Sade even qualify for this subset...)

Too many of those. See also Dio and Gillan.

...and Van Halen. And Montrose.

Mostly hard-rock acts, it must be said.

[gjw100]

At a slight tangent, in the early days of the band quite a few people assumed that Jethro Tull were named after their vocalist/leader - an assumption no doubt due to Ian Anderson looking like the sort of bloke who could very well have been called Jethro Tull.

Pink Floyd referenced a similar misapprehension that occurred at the start of their career in the lyrics for 'Have A Cigar', with the line "Oh by the way, which one's Pink?"

[Evariste Euler Gauss]

I don't get this. How can you tell the difference between a singer with a backing band (consistent in its membership), and "a band whose moniker is ...."

[Jah Womble]

At a slight tangent, in the early days of the band quite a few people assumed that Jethro Tull were named after their vocalist/leader - an assumption no doubt due to Ian Anderson looking like the sort of bloke who could very well have been called Jethro Tull.

Pink Floyd referenced a similar misapprehension that occurred at the start of their career in the lyrics for 'Have A Cigar', with the line "Oh by the way, which one's Pink?"

Reminds me of when my sister's ex-boyfriend told me that he wanted to 'punch Mungo Jerry in the face'. When I asked 'what, all of them?', he just looked at me like I was mad.

Obviously, he meant Ray Dorset. Even more obviously, he'd have had to have joined the end of a very long queue.

[Walt Flanagans Dog]

Errm...Cleopatra?

Cleopatra could have gone down the Hanson route and called themselves Higgins, though admittedly "Higgins Theme" featuring them shouting Higgins comin' atcha wouldn't have had the same ring.

[Jah Womble]

'Higgins' isn't the most girl-group-friendly name, it must be said.

I don't get this. How can you tell the difference between a singer with a backing band (consistent in its membership), and "a band whose moniker is ...."

Well, 'Manfred Mann' the person and 'Manfred Mann' the group were clearly separate entities (albeit with one containing the other). And Manfred Mann (the band) were known and referred to thus from inception.

I think that were one to say 'I'm going to see Quincy Jones tonight!', the immediate reply wouldn't likely be 'oh, where are they playing?', regardless of whether any billing might also include his band. (I rather suspect it more likely that folk would refer to 'Quincy Jones's band' in conversation, as opposed to his name alone.)