Formerly Known As.....
 

The Warlocks thread gave me this idea......

What are some bands that use to operate under a different name.
The Grateful Dead were once The Warlocks. Van Halen used to be Mammoth, and Jefferson Airplane became Jefferson Starship who became Starship and still are to my knowledge. What others can you think of?

the dorrs are now the doors of the 21st century

faith no more was once "sharp young men"
goo goo dolls was once "the sex maggots"
led zeppelin was once "the yardbirds"

Slightly off topic. But very interesting.
http://www.digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/music0_name.html

very interesting, indeed.

Sonic Youth originaly went by the Fucking Youth.
Iggy Pop's first stage name was Iggy Stooge.

Yardbirds was a completely differnt band.

Not only did Grateful dead start out as the warlocks, So did Velvet underground

The Beatles Were "the Quarrymen"

Ooh I can't beleive I missed that indeed it was a band whose alumni include:
Jimmi Page of Led Zepplin
and
Jeff Beck

Jimmy Page

Also Eric Clapton.

Motorhead - Bastard
Blur - Seymore
Black Sabbath - Polka Tulk
Hawkwind - Hawkwind Zoo