Bands named after a band member but that band member is not the usual singer

Music
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Santana
Manfred Mann
Spencer Davis Group

Does anyone still do this?

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Van Halen?

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The Jimmy Chamberlin Complex

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The only ‘recent’ one I could think of was Bronski Beat but that’s nearly 40 years ago.

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Mike & the Mechanics

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Jimmy Eat World not being named after the singer, Jim surprised me

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M People

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Radio Ed.

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Good knowledge

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I have a giant head full to the brim with the utterly useless.

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Can’t believe I missed the biggest one of all

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A more recent one is Echo and the Bunnymen (Echo was the drum machine of course).

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Eddy Current Suppression Ring

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In the same vein - 808 State.

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Jeff Beck Group.

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Alan Parsons Project
Dave Clarke 5
J Geils Band
Kool & the Gang

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Do The Wailers count?

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Don’t think so. The original band is classic Jamaican vocal trio with Bunny Wailer as one of the joint lead vocalists. After that they are Bob Marley and the Wailers.

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Not quite

They released Catch a Fire & Burnin’ as The Wailers

But yeah, doesn’t quite fit the remit