[mb-style] Band name changes (was [mb-devel] Panic! at the Disco)

[Lauri Watts]

On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 8:42 PM, Brian Schweitzer
<brian.brianschweitzer at gmail.com> wrote:
> >   "To be used in cases where a band changed their name only, between
>  >   releases, with no accompanying lineup or musical style change.  This
>  >   AR should only be used for completely consistent name changes, where
>  >   all releases for a given period used one name, and the change to the
>  >   new name was entire."
>
>  I'm in complete agreement that such an AR is needed.  The only part I
>  would have any qualms about is the above part, where you say "no
>  accompanying lineup... changes".  Quite often, I've seen just a need
>  for this AR, but there's a change in the drummer, or similar
>  situations.  I'd suggest that rather than attempting to define so
>  expressly just what constitutes both "bands" really being the same
>  band, that it more be left to a case-by-case basis, to best determine
>  for each case if the AR is correct or not.

Yeah the wording bites.

What I was trying to get at is "the band didn't substantially change,
the name did".  Or "A lineup change wasn't the sole reason for the
name change".

Maybe that isn't that important, I can't think of any decent example
where it mattered, but you're right, band lineups are often fluid
between albums anyway.

-- 
Lauri Watts