Earlier bands with names that became much more famous later

[Zeuhlmate]

Kingdom Come (Arthur Brown) - and a German hardrock band
Rainbow band (Danish jazzrock'ish), after the first album release forced to change name to Midnight Sun - Rainbow (Ritchie Blackmores)

[rcarlberg]

Pink Floyd was previously named at one point the Meggadeaths.

[PeterG]

Pink Floyd was previously named at one point the Meggadeaths.

One G please....yea but for about a week only, before becoming The Screaming Abdabs.

[rcarlberg]

One G please....

No, they spelled it with two.

[PeterG]

Are you sure? I'll have to consult my PF library on this!

[mogrooves]

Touch - late 60s Left Coast proto-Proggaz
Touch - late 70s NYC rockers

I only know of two Kaleidoscopes:

There was a Kaleidoscope out of Mexico, I believe, late 60s....

[PeterG]

Left Coast

Well the left coast can be east or west depending on if you are facing north or south

[JKL2000]

There was an American band Gandalf, a Finnish band Gandalf, and the Austrian artist named Gandalf who did David Arkenstone-type stuff. Not sure which came first or is best-known.

[JKL2000]

One G please....yea but for about a week only, before becoming The Screaming Abdabs.

And also The Architectural Abdabs at one point, right? And possibly just The Abdabs? They were clearly conflicted.

[JKL2000]

Are you sure? I'll have to consult my PF library on this!

[GuitarGeek]

And also The Architectural Abdabs at one point, right? And possibly just The Abdabs? They were clearly conflicted.

Actually, they were never called The Architectural Abdabs. There was an article in a student newspaper, with a headline that identified the band as such, presumably a reference to the fact that Mason and Waters were studying architecture at university. Other names they used included Sigma Six (when the band was still a six piece, with two singers, Wright and Waters both on guitar and a different bassist...this was before Bob Klose or Syd had joined) and The T-Set, I believe. And yes, it does appear that The Meggadeaths was one of the band names they used, and every time I've seen it mentioned in any of the Pink Floyd books I've mentioned, it's spelled with two g's.

I suspect they were either really indecisive about the name, or it was one of those deals, like Jethro Tull where they kept changing the name so they could get more bookings or whatever.

[GuitarGeek]

There was an American band Gandalf, a Finnish band Gandalf, and the Austrian artist named Gandalf who did David Arkenstone-type stuff. Not sure which came first or is best-known.

Oh there's another topic: bands named after Lord Of The Rings allusions.

[Blah_Blah_Woof_Woof]

Ron Ashton from the Stooges and Dennis Thompson of the MC5 had a band called The New Order in the 70's