13 Brazilian bands that changed their name and we can’t imagine what it would have been like if they hadn’t done it

do you think the music naked in Santos would have exploded if played by the band Utopia🇧🇷 And will the rock dinosaur head would earn the same respect if interpreted by the Titans of Iê-Iê🇧🇷 The names with which the bands took off make so much sense, it’s hard to believe that it would work if it were different. Whether for legal reasons, redesign or simply because it “didn’t catch on”, the name change is common between bands and, in most cases, it’s easy to understand why.

O awesome.club recalled these changes and wants to share a little bit of the history of the bands, to know if you also think they made perfect sense.

At first, the youth group rehearsed in a home library, where there were books with titles such as Titans of Architecture and music titanswhich, added to the “iê-iê-iê” of Jovem Guarda, gave rise to the name Titans of Iê-Iê🇧🇷 When signed with a record company, the band had to remove the “Iê-Iê” from the name, as it was commonly confused with the rock aspect that gave rise to Jovem Guarda.

The name Kid Bee and the Wild Pumpkins was chosen during a live broadcast on Rádio Fluminense FM, but was reduced to Kid Bee right in the recording of the first album. With the success in Spanish-speaking countries, the band’s name almost didn’t become kidbecause pronouncing “bee” was complicated for the brothers🇧🇷 However, they chose not to make the change.

The name J.Quest (pronounced “J” in English: djêi) was inspired by the cartoon jonny quest🇧🇷 To avoid a lawsuit by the Hanna-Barbera studio, the group changed the name to the Brazilian version we know today: Jota Quest🇧🇷

For the same reason as the previous example, the reggae group nativus changed name to natiruts after being sued by a regional music band from Santa Catarina, the natives🇧🇷

O generate samba broke up twice. In the first one, it gave rise to the Terra Samba, who added other rhythms to his musical style. Only then came the It’s the tchanwhich included part of the members of the generates🇧🇷 The name was inspired by the success of the eponymous album, released by the original band years before.

I’m tired of being sexy had its name inspired by a daring photo of the singer Beyoncé and the fact that the group has always been totally unpretentious, according to its members. In fact, they never changed the band’s name. “So why are they on this list?”, you might be asking yourself. Due to the songs in English and the success abroad, to facilitate the pronunciation, the band ended up becoming internationally known only by their initials: CSS.

before becoming The mutants, the group used and abused the possibility of changing its name. It started like The Wooden Faceswent to Six Sided Rockers🇧🇷 The Set and O’Six🇧🇷 After a failed album and some staff casualties, the remaining members, Arnaldo Baptista, Rita Lee and Sérgio Dias, gave the band a makeover and renamed it The mutantsinspired by the science fiction book The Empire of Mutantsby Stefan Wul.

Crazy Creole changed name to just Creole on the release of their second album, knot in the ear, in which he dared to mix rap varieties and achieved critical and public recognition. According to the musician, “crazy” is a compliment, someone who lives completely freely, something he craves, but still doesn’t see himself up to, so he decided to remove it from the name.

who would say the pranksters started as a children’s group called Rabbit hole🇧🇷 Well… when the boys grew up, some got together again to form the Mischievous Mulekewhich only lasted four years, but scored several hits, until members of the group decided to leave to create the pranksters: “Smile I’m filming you… Woah oh oh”.

The union of Chorão and Champignon gave rise to the What’s Up🇧🇷 With new members, the name Charlie Brown Jr. was chosen after Whiner accidentally ran over a coconut stall that had a Charlie Brown design. The “Jr.” got into the name because they considered themselves the children of rock bands like Raimundos and zombie nation🇧🇷 When Chorão left, the group changed its name to The Bank (in reference to the same coconut stall), which came to an end after Champignon also left us.

The band Killer Castors was born from a cover group called Utopia🇧🇷 During a presentation, the audience wanted to hear Sweet Child o’ Mineof Armas e Rosas, but they didn’t know the lyrics and asked the audience for help. Who was there? Dinho, who was ready to do an “embromation”, drawing laughter from the audience. Shortly after, they created their own songs and needed a new name, which was inspired by the castor plant and the curves of Mari Alexandre, the group’s muse.

There is a legend according to which the band’s first name was inspired by military repression, a demonstration against the dictatorship. But in fact, Electric abortion came from the group The Electric Flag (the electric flag, in Portuguese). The rest of the name came up without much explanation, at random. Over time, the group split, giving rise to the bands urban Legion and Initial Capital🇧🇷

The name urban Legion comes from Latin “Urbana Legio Omnia Vincit” (in Portuguese: urban legion conquers everything), reference to a phrase of the Roman emperor Julius Caesar. Another inspiration is the idea of ​​the group’s founders to rotate a “legion” of musicians. Already Initial Capitalwhich may seem inspired by the capital Brasília, is about the band not having money to start, not having the initial capital.

The band The Famks animated dances in the carioca night. When the opportunity to record arose, the producer said he would give the band a “new outfit”, that is, make a total makeover. Although the group members don’t like the name at all New clothes, he ended up taking it. After 40 years on the road, the band even announced that it would be renamed Always New Clothesbut later revealed to be a prank, part of the Comfort fabric softener campaign.

Interesting stories, don’t you think? Do you remember any other Brazilian bands that changed their name? Share with us in the comments.