Wicked Lester

This is a list of bands that you may (or may not) know who once had a stupid name, but later changed that name to something more recognizable.

• Wicked Lester is now known as KISS
• Rat Salad is now known as Van Halen
• The Polka Tulk Blues Band is now known as Black Sabbath
• Free Beer is now known as Barenaked Ladies - This wasn't groundbreaking. Several bands in the 70s, 80s, and 90s called themselves "Free Beer."
• Pen Cap Chew is now known as Nirvana
• Rainbow Butt Monkeys became Finger Eleven - But nobody cared because numetal is queer.
• Tony Flow and the Miraculusly Majestic Masters of Mayhem is now known as The Red Hot Chili Peppers. - Under any name, thou dost smell of a sire's ejaculate.
• Atomic Mass turned into Def Leppard. - Best drummer of all time.  ;)
• On a Friday morphed into Radiohead and remained gay.
• Sweet Children got signed but still changed their name to Green Day.
• Duck Tape changed the band's name to Blink-182 because it was cool to have numbers in your band's name in 1990. They should have kept the original name.
• The Young Aborigines changed their band name to The Beastie Boys because for some reason the word aborigines was problematic.
• Megadeaths became Pink Floyd and then some idiots in metallica kicked a guy out of their band for drinking too much (metal + alcoholic = metallica) That guy went on to form the band Megadeth.
• Naked Toddler became Creed. Both names suck and both bands suck too. Why in God's name would you name your band Naked Toddler? Fucking pedophiles. Also, Scott Stapp is a joke.
• Soft White Underbelly became Blue Öyster Cult. They also would tour using their previous name.
• Unique Attraction turned into Boyz II Men
• Chicago Transit Authority shortened their name to Chicago. They got rid of the other two words because they were receiving legal threats from the real Chicago Transit Authority.
• The Golliwogs changed their name to Creedence Clearwater Revival but they had already been The Blue Velvets as well.
• 'Composition of Sound changed into Depeche Mode, but they should have changed their name to Depress Mode.
• Pud became The Doobie Brothers. Probably a good idea.
• The Salty Peppers added a few new members and became Earth, Wind & Fire.
• The New Yardbirds were told by Keith Moon that their name sucked, so they changed it to Led Zeppelin.
• Xero had a ton of names before they became Linkin Park. They chose "Linkin" because the domain name for "lincoln park" was already taken.

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