Friday, April 10, 2009

A band name is for life, not just for Christmas

When I first came across it, I thought it had to be an April Fool's - but no, it seems Peta really did write to the Pet Shop Boys asking them to change their name to the Rescue Shelter Boys.

Not surprisingly, while their latest album is called Yes, their answer was No. They did say it "raises an issue worth thinking about", though, so let's do just that - can you think of any other bands whose names might be modified to send out a more positive message? Perhaps U2 should call themselves You Two/Too to avoid promoting textspeak among the youth, and The Killers could morph into The Upstanding Pillars Of The Community?

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