Bands whose names lengthened over time...

[Neige]

and famously, before Death Cult → The Cult, Ian Astbury was involved in this:

[The Fish]

Chicago Transit Authority ----> Chicago
Dixie Chicks ---> The Chicks

[Lord Rother]

Honourable mentions to Simlarillion, Zeus Pendragon and Strawberry Hill Boys - but they didn't release any albums under original names so don't qualify.

[Walk In My Shadow]

and famously, before Death Cult → The Cult, Ian Astbury was involved in this:

I was going to mention that.

Their first single (forgot the title) was great and I still feel they should have stuck to this name.

[Tom Waits For No One]

and famously, before Death Cult → The Cult, Ian Astbury was involved in this:

I was going to mention that.

Their first single (forgot the title) was great and I still feel they should have stuck to this name.

I didn't mention them in my original 'chain of the band' as it was only Astbury that was in Southern Death Cult and he formed Death Cult after SDC broke up. 3/4 of Death Cult became The Cult so I thought that more a legitimate name shortening link in accordance with C's strict rules

[Lord Rother]

[Lord Rother]

[Darkness_Fish]

Jim Thirlwell stopped being all the various variations ("Foetus Under Glass" being the name on the 1981 debut single) and settled for just being Foetus in the 1990s. I think the last long-form variation was "Foetus in Excelsis Corruptus Deluxe" in 1992.

[Darkness_Fish]

"Thee, Stranded Horse" became just "Stranded Horse" after one album. But no-one else knows them, probably.

[pcqgod]

Ashra

[Charlie O.]

The Five Stairsteps > (The) 5 Stairsteps & Cubie > Stairsteps

[The Slider]

Eddie and the Hot Rods became The Rods

[C]

Ultravox! to Ultravox

[I'm surprised this one hasn't been mentioned earlier...!]



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[Hightea]

British Sea Power now Sea Power

[Mike Boom]

[cheifwhat]

The Social Deviants became The Deviants

[C]

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Soft Machine to Soft Machine Legacy


Have fun!





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[Tom Waits For No One]

Shane McGowan was in a couple:

The Nipple Erectors who became The Nips
and
Pogue Mahone who changed their name to The Pogues

[Charlie O.]

C, your altered OP/thread title has rendered the rest of the thread incomprehensible to anyone joining late! Or just made the rest of us look like idiots.

Well played!

[C]

C, your altered OP/thread title has rendered the rest of the thread incomprehensible to anyone joining late! Or just made the rest of us look like idiots.

Well played!

Sorry Chas - not my intention.

I did it to save space.

I've done it a few times - eg the Grateful Dead thread.

Anyway, Chas-lad, I can't help it if you are an idiot...!