From Nirvana to Viva Brother: what's in a name change?

Thanks to the intervention of an Australian Celtic rock act, Brother have now become Viva Brother. But who wins when a lesser-known band forces a new one to change their name?It's accepted among the Dutch Uncles, Arctic Monkeys and Pigeon Detectives of this world that all the best band names have been taken. And now, it seems, so have the vast majority of terrible ones. Slough grit-poppers Brother were never going to win any prizes for their choice of moniker, yet they're the latest to fall foul...

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