[mb-users] Group had to change there name - two artist entries?

[Lauri Watts]

On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 1:16 PM, Alexander Kiel <alexanderkiel at gmx.net> wrote:
> Hi Lauri
>
>
> > On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 12:48 PM, Alexander Kiel <alexanderkiel at gmx.net> wrote:
>  >
>  >> Hi Chris
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>> legally forced name changes are usually adopted, with the previous
>  >>>
>  >>  > stored as an alias - see http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/ArtistAlias
>  >>  > (point 15)
>  >>  >
>  >>  Its point 14 but anyway. What is with Walter/Wendy Carlos as mentioned
>  >>  in point 14? Why there is a Walter Carlos and old releases are filed
>  >>  under him.
>  >>
>  >
>  > I think it's one where current practice has gotten away from the
>  > guideline (yes, yet another one :)
>  >
>  > Common thing to do now is add both names, file releases as appropriate
>  > and relate them with a 'performed as' AR with start and end dates to
>  > the old name.
>  >
>  > Which makes sense to the pragmatist in me, and the ones I've done that
>  > way have been voted through.
>  >
>  > Notably though, they have been cases of the band itself changing it's
>  > name.  The case of a band being forced to change their name for legal
>  > reasons often has the additional constraint that they had to withdraw
>  > their back catalog, and if those albums are re-issued, they are often
>  > reissued with no changes other than the cover name, and you can't buy
>  > their old albums under the old name.
>  >
>  > So you have precedent either way, but a couple of examples that I can think of:
>  > Cases where we split and AR'ed them:
>  > Teddybears
>  > Panic at the Disco
>  >
>  > Ones that aren't split, all the releases are filed under the new name
>  > (band changed name for legal reasons, not just creative or marketing)
>  > The Kovenant
>  >
>  > I would vote yes to splitting the discography and a performance AR, fwiw.
>  >
>  >
>  Ok thanks for your help. I'm new here (3 days until now) and I must say

You might want to wait on changing this for a day or two, and let us talk it
out here on the list.

The terminology differences can make you feel a bit unhinged, I find
it's simplest
to show an example what I mean :)

-- 
Lauri Watts