[mb-users] Re: Legal names and performance names

[Kuno Woudt]

On Thu, Jul 05, 2007 at 05:24:04AM +0300, Jonne Lahti wrote:
> Joan Whittaker wrote:
> >You must always use the name on the cover.  
> >  
> I mostly agree, but am now going to ask one question that I've been 
> wondering for the time I've been in MusicBrainz(I'm pretty new, but I 
> think I have the basic knowledge): Almost everything by 
> Foetus(Performance name for J. G. Thirlwell, 
> http://musicbrainz.org/artist/934c6bbc-3fc4-4d4a-9280-f02856da0e12.html) 
> is listed - Surprise surprise - under Foetus. Now, before the 
> mid-nineties, he didn't settle for just 'Foetus', but usually used an 
> alias that included 'Foetus', such as 'Foetus Under Glass', 'You've Got 
> Foetus On Your Breath' or 'Scraping Foetus Off the Wheel'. All these 
> releases are, however, listed under Foetus. I've actually refrained from 
> tagging my most of my Foetus with Picard and keeping the original names. 
> Should the Foetus entry be divided into a bunch of different Foetuses, 
> or is there a specific reason why they're all under Foetus?

I would definitely be in favour of dividing them up.

--kuno.