Music trivia - what rock act was originally signed as "The Crackers"?

[underpants]

That name didn’t appear anywhere on their first album so they become known by another name that was in the liner notes.

Signed by Capital Records.

[EYESORE 9001]

1. I won't ruin it yet

But can you imagine if they’d kept that name?
Kinda eats away at their gravitas, yunno.

[Cattledog]

2. "The Band"

[EYESORE 9001]

5. Yes

I can’t imagine them being taken as seriously with that name - sessions with Dylan notwithstanding.

[underpants]

8. That's where I'd always heard they'd gotten their name

The were just the band so they went with it. That’s how I understood until I saw a clip about this in Facebook.

Video with Levon below.

[underpants]

9. 👍

[underpants]

6. Yeah.

Rick Rubin originally wanted The Black Crowes (from Atlanta) to be The Kobb Kounty Krowes but the Robinson brothers said HELL NO.

[VGNonly]

14. The KKK...

[Sneederbunk]

3. The Ritz Brothers?

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

4. I have absolutely no idea,

so I'm willing to post silly suggestions, like "The PB&Js" or "The Lorna Doones."

Am I close?

[underpants]

7. See above.

At the 2:00 mark of this Levon Helm tells the story.

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[JoseBalow]

10. The Osmonds?

[Iggo]

12. LOL.

[VGNonly]

11. Who were formally the Jet Set and later The Beefeaters?

[ProfessorGAC]

13. Had To Look That One Up

I had nothing. Now I know! :