Bill targets bogus bands using legendary names

Washington Times ^ | 2-6-07 | Seth McLaughlin

[massgopguy]

When I was in Jr. High, my father brought an album home that he bought by mistake. He thought it was about the Hindenberg and narrated by Leo Zeppelin.

[Calvin Locke]

Get them for consumer fraud if the promotional stuff doesn't show them in wheelchairs, or using walkers.

[Kimmers]

LOL

[Rakkasan1]

there is a reggae cover group called "Dred Zepplin".

[Sorghum]

Because he was the only original bandmember to play in all the various incarnations of the band, bassist Chris Squire ended up "owning" the rights to the name "Yes."

In the late 1980s, when the band was officially defunct, former Yes-men Jon Anderson, Rick Wakeman, Bill Bruford and Steve Howe got together, recorded an album and prepared to tour, calling themselves "Yes." Squire sued them successfully and his sole right to the band's name (a dictionary word, for all that) was established in the courts.

So the act released the album and toured under the unwieldy name Anderson-Bruford-Wakeman-Howe.

True story.

[FreedomCalls]

No wonder this "Beetles" CD sucks.

I remember a K-Tel commercial from the 70s for a collection of songs by "The Original Artists." That was the name of the group doing the cover songs -- "The Original Artists." The songs were all covers.

[Don W]

yer AULD, DOOD!

[dmz]

there is a reggae cover group called "Dred Zepplin".
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I've heard a few tracks of theirs and they are damn good.

[RightWhale]

changes probably dozens of times over 30 to 50 years, and now not one original member is part of the band

The classical Theseus' ship paradox has never been resolved. However, since ships have to be registered nowdays, the version with the original plates, or new plates issued by the appropriate agency would answer the problem. Same with businesses such as professional art performance corporations.

[org.whodat]

calling yourself Creedance Clearwater Revisited is one way around the long arm of the law...

Yes and anyone that did it needs to be introduced to an alley beating.

[PzLdr]

That's kind of legit, because two of the three surviving members of Creedence are in the band. Tom Fogerty died, and John Fogerty had a bitter split with his bandmates and refused to perform with them when CCR was inducted into the RnR HOF. So what are they supposed to do?

On the other hand, Dennis Yost, who sang lead on the CLASSICS IV [a studio band], can't perform the hits he sang under his own name because a promoter bought the rights to "DENNIS YOST and the CLASSICS IV" [the last version of the band's name]. That's not right.

I've seen a COASTERS, a DRIFTERS, a PLATTERS, whose members were younger than me. Something has to be fixed.

[PzLdr]

In 1964, one of my cousins, who was always trying to top me by getting new LPs I'd like before I did, showed up at my house with a ditty called "BEST of the BEATLES". Turned out to be an LP by Pete Best and some studio guys.