Lennon!?? Good thing Yoko & Paul & aren't in this group, or there'd probably be shrill words & lawsuits.
-------------------------- Sent from my BlackBerry Wireless Handheld -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Sent: Sat Apr 21 12:59:31 2007 Subject: Re: [wc] Daughtry? Wouldn't a band named after the last name of a member usually be the namesake of the lead singer? That would probably be Lennon, not Starr. --- In [email protected] <mailto:weingartenchatters%40yahoogroups.com> , Dennis Rogers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I would say Santana does count. Do you think if Eddie Van Halen put out a solo album he would call it "Eddie"? Winger and Nelson are great pulls, though are there any more examples of this? My point is I agree with you. Not only is it lame, it is at least pleasingly rare. Imagine if the Beatles had instead been called "Starr". > > Ray Bradley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: You have easily just lost about 40 cool points. > > Minimum. > > In the entire history of rock, only one band named simply using a > band member's last name has ever been cool - Van Halen.* > > Daughtry is on par with Nelson and Winger. > > * Santana doesn't count because Carlos uses that name both for his > old band and his own solo stuff. Blondie is a nickname. The Ramones > are all psuedonyms. The use of articles like "The" or words > like "band" or "group" don't count. > > --- In [email protected] > <mailto:weingartenchatters%40yahoogroups.com> , "Maureen" <mortiifera@> > wrote: > > > > yeah - it's the american idol chris daughtry - he's in a band > called > > daughtry. yes, i became OBSESSED with him on idol... he's totally > > hot hot hot and i think he's a great singer. he was in a band > called > > Absent Element before Idol - i really liked that music better than > his > > new solo stuff cuz it's harder - his album post idol (also called > > Daughtry) is softer and more pop but i'm still obsessed with him. > he > > does all his own work - no covers... and he's playing on may 24th > at > > the 9:30... > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Ahhh...imagining that irresistible "new car" smell? > Check outnew cars at Yahoo! Autos. >
