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#112,941
fasterpussycat said:
There's an interesting little rabbit hole. Established bands who have been obliged to change their names, at least in part, because America.

The Beat (UK)
Flowers (Aus)
Shihad (NZ)
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And one of my all time favs, the great story teller Paul Kelly, had to call the band The Messengers because even in the eighties, his Aussie name was politically incorrect. The record company here still ended up s******g him anyway.
 
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Don’t even know who these guys are. But pretty damn good I gotta say.

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#112,944
fasterpussycat said:
There's an interesting little rabbit hole. Established bands who have been obliged to change their names, at least in part, because America.

The Beat (UK)
Flowers (Aus)
Shihad (NZ)
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Saron Gas (S. Africa) -> Seether
Ghost (Swedan) -> Ghost B.C. (The B.C. is silent) -> Ghost (they got the rights to start using it)
 
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Related, bands with albums changed in song order, created, or cover changed just to suit some US record company suit.

Exhibit 1. AC/DC.
- High Voltage & TNT albums combined.
- Dirty Deeds album and Jailbreak single not released (until after Back in Black success I think, having a new release years old and with previous singer released between new singer albums... hmm).
- Let There Be Rock album cover changed for US, crabsody in blue left off the album ‘replaced’ by an older song. Edit: Problem Child - good song but from DDDDC.
US cover becomes the standard for new versions & merchandise worldwide. So my LTBR album & CD have different covers and track lists. I prefer the original vision.
- supposedly pushing to have Bon Scott sacked as singer because no one can understand him. Didn’t stop sales of Brian Johnson AC/DC. I don’t think he was easier to understand. :laugh:

Edit. Original cover. (I want a black T-shirt with that on it). IMO the new cover is bland.

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Exhibit 2. The Beatles.

Yes even The Beatles had their albums changed around, invented, recreated etc
 
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#112,951
JJR58 said:
Don’t even know who these guys are. But pretty damn good I gotta say.

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[NitPick] It is hard to tell with the lighting etc, but it looks like the Les Paul says Gibson on the headstock. It also looks like the shape of an Epiphone headstock.[/NitPick] I don't care, I think that the Epiphone Les Pauls are a spectacular value. And the Gibsons are the exact opposite; all because of price. So, if it is important to you (or your audience) to have a Gibson, pony up and buy a Gibson. But 95%+ of the audience don't know/don't care and the 5% that do care will know you have "rebranded". In short - get over your brand hang ups and rack what you want to rock.
 
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PillO said:
[NitPick] It is hard to tell with the lighting etc, but it looks like the Les Paul says Gibson on the headstock. It also looks like the shape of an Epiphone headstock.[/NitPick] I don't care, I think that the Epiphone Les Pauls are a spectacular value. And the Gibsons are the exact opposite; all because of price. So, if it is important to you (or your audience) to have a Gibson, pony up and buy a Gibson. But 95%+ of the audience don't know/don't care and the 5% that do care will know you have "rebranded". In short - get over your brand hang ups and rack what you want to rock.
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It is in fact a Gibson style headstock.
 
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PillO said:
[NitPick] It is hard to tell with the lighting etc, but it looks like the Les Paul says Gibson on the headstock. It also looks like the shape of an Epiphone headstock.[/NitPick] I don't care, I think that the Epiphone Les Pauls are a spectacular value. And the Gibsons are the exact opposite; all because of price. So, if it is important to you (or your audience) to have a Gibson, pony up and buy a Gibson. But 95%+ of the audience don't know/don't care and the 5% that do care will know you have "rebranded". In short - get over your brand hang ups and rack what you want to rock.
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If I were the guitarist in an up and coming local post-punk band, I'd be absolutely over the moon to get my paws on an (ebony) Epiphone Les Paul Custom.
 
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