Talk:Style/Artist/With multiple names

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Same artists with different names

Groups changing name

There still is some discussion on how to handle band names changes, as of early 2008 both in the style mailing list and in edit notes on artist "Panic at the Disco".

So to assess the extent and nature of what we need to handle, below follows a list of such artist name changes, to which category they belong, how these cases were handled and how that fit with our current guidelines.

Bands going by different names at the same time, to cover very different projects

Bands going by different names at the same time, using the names in an interchangeable manner to cover essentially the same stuff

  • Brainstorm (formerly (possibly concurrently) Prāta vētra)
  • International releases as Brainstorm, currently split and with performs as AR
  • Fleshquartet (aka Fläskkvartetten)
  • Although most of their releases actually say Fläskkvartetten on the cover, their entire discography here is under Fleshquartet, as their international name
  • The Angels (aka Angel City)
  • Name change in the US only, several albums were released with one name in the US and the other the rest of the world. All currently under 'The Angels'
  • Yaz / Yazoo
  • One name in the US, another rest of the world, all currently under 'Yazoo' (this is a reeeally common case,there's probably hundreds of these, just as there are for actual people who use one name at home, and another internationally)

Bands changing their names at some point in time, for legal reasons

  • The Kovenant (formerly Covenant)
  • Currently merged to The Kovenant. Name changed due to legal reasons

Bands changing their names at some point in time, for other reasons

  • Resolution currently is: in line with SameArtistWithDifferentNames - artist entry was renamed (just one entry), alias and annotation were added to describe the name change
  • Merge is ongoing, but will certainly pass at the current trend. Resolution hence will be in line with both the current styleguide (don't create different entries for insignificant name variations...) and ArtistIntent
  • Teddybears (formerly Teddybears STHLM)
  • Currently split, with performs as AR connecting them. Name changed after they signed to an international label deal.
  • Martha & The Vandellas (Later Martha Reeves & The Vandellas)
  • Name changed in 1967 due to label policy to pump the lead artist of their roster of bands (back in the day when labels 'owned' the bands much more than they do now)
  • Seether (formerly Saron Gas)
  • Name changed at request of label because of the negative connotations of the original, but they'd already released a couple of albums on indies by then, with some success and distribution at home.