What's in a name?

I've been super busy at work lately, so haven't hit up the ol' blog in a while. But I just finished up with a big project and I'm taking tomorrow off (my first full day off since January!), so I'm back to "sneak through the work day without actually working" mode. Sweet. I'm going to drive over to Milwaukee to see my sister and brother-in-law, and catch a Twins/Brewers game. I hope for fun times.

I usually pick up some new music for the road trip, so tonight I'm going to pick up the Foxboro Hot Tubs "Stop, Drop and Roll." This is actually just the new Green Day cd, but for some reason they decided to go under a different name for this release. I usually keep my music all in order, so for cataloguing purposes these things can be a bit annoying (Side note: does anyone have Ben Folds Five under the "Bs" and Ben Folds under the "Fs"?).

I've noticed that a lot of bands and musicians do the name change/pseudonym thing. Just a few that I know of: Foxboro Hot Tubs = Green Day, Prince = that love symbol thing, Box Car Racer = Blink 182, Fort Minor = Linkin Park, Chris Gaines = Garth Brooks, Chuck Norris = Walker, Texas Ranger.

I don't know. I have to imagine that the same Hot Tubs cd would sell much better under the Green Day name, but whatever. I guess I shouldn't point fingers. I've changed my Blog's name about a dozen times, and I'm known in most frisbee circles as "Little B." Feel free to post your thoughts or comment on your favorite altered-ego bands.