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This is a list of replacement names for existing band names.

Entries Beginning with D

New Name		Original Name		Description		Submitted by:
D6 (Dirty Half-Dozen)		D12		There were six people in this band, not twelve.		Cassandra
Daft Synthpop		Daft Punk		Their music is synthpop, not punk.		DJ Blaze
Damn Confederates		Damn Yankees		Who really lost the Civil War?		RevengeFromMars YouTube
Darn Mets		Damn Yankees		Polite form, with other MLB team from New York.		Norm
Personal Sweat Chamber		Dance Dance Revolution		That's what it's like after playing extensively.		DJ Blaze
Danny & The Seniors		Danny & The Juniors		The surviving members became senior citizens.		Mac
The Seniors Minus Danny		Danny & The Juniors		The surviving members lived into their elderly yrs		Ed
Danny & The Alumni		Danny & The Juniors		Surviving members must be well past their jr yrs		Billy Reuben
Darling Love		Darlene Love		Makes her sound really really sweet!		Lori Sifferan
Darlene Hate		Darlene Love		The opposite of the original name!		Isac
Darlene Like		Darlene Love		LIKE is a milder emotion than LOVE		Jennifer Like Hewitt
Hideous Roots		Darling Buds		Antonym + another part of plants.		Opie M.
The Nissans		The Datsuns		Nissan took over the Datsun corporation in the 80s		Miss Elanius
The Delane Matthews Band		The Dave Matthews Band		You know that hot blonde chick that played Dave Barry's wife on the series "Dave's World"? We gotta find her a new gig. I'd pay money to see her.		oldsound
The Two Davids		David & David		Means the same thing & they were both named David.		Calvin Amari
David Winchester		David Bowie		Use a rifle David, not a wimpy knife.		Ralph
David Laurel		David Bowie		Another city in Maryland		Brit Boxx
David Lee Roth IRA		David Lee Roth		He would be eligible for a Roth IRA given his age.		Rocky Balboa Constrictor
Nightbreak		Daybreak		The opposite of daybreak?		Lefty Lucy
Nights Of The Old		Days Of The New		They need the changin'.		Red Ruffcorn
DC Silence		DC Talk		They haven't done anything in awhile.		Odie Garfield
De La Alma (or Del Alma)		De La Soul		This way the name is consistently in Spanish.		Cassandra
Dead Can't Dance		Dead Can Dance		The dead can't move themselves at all!		Cassandra
Dead Kennys		Dead Kennedys		'Oh My God, They Killed Kenny!'		hamburger456
The Dead Rock Stars		The Dead Pop Stars		They play rock music, not pop music.		Frieda Evans
Dad Sara		Dead Sara		One with a confused identity, but at least alive		Olga Ruiz
Deadmaus		Deadmau5		Just use the proper letters, for cryin out loud!		Goofball
Dearth		Death		If there were "Add a letter" for band names.......		Natalie Starboardman
Life Term For Guilty		Death Cab For Cutie		Let's be real!		Fig Newton
E-E Flat		Dee Dee Sharp		D-sharp is the same as E-flat.		Quyjibo
Def Cheetah		Def Leppard		Cheetah is much faster.		Travis
Dan Weber		Def Leppard		What I misheard the band's name as		Isac
Extinkt Leppard		Def Leppard		Leopards are on the endangered species. And these band members are also dropping like flies.		rocky
Myute Tygar		Def Leppard		One more big cat with an ailment, misspelled		Jay
Blynd Lyonn		Def Leppard		A different ailment and wild cat both misspelled.		Glenn
Deaf Leopard		Def Leppard		Funny, albeit correct spelling		Seymore
De Los Fuegos		The Del Fuegos		Makes the name grammatically better.		Cassandra
Dizzy Arnaz		Desi Arnaz		His wittiness as an actor on 'I Love Lucy'		Ed
Beyonce's Band		Destiny's Child		It is better b/c Beyonce is always the lead singer and she THINKS she is the best singer in the group and she isnt.I think that Michelle or Kelly should have the lead vocals from now on:)!		Jilly
Density's Child		Destiny's Child		Density is an anagram of destiny.		xyz
De-nastyest Child		Destiny's Child		Because the trio almost always dresses provocatively.		oppenheim
Nerd Herd		Devo		How they looked with the funny hats & turtlenecks		Robert D. Arndt Jr.
Revo		Devo		Short for Revolution instead of De-Evolution		Robert D. Arndt Jr.
Dexy's Midnight Sleepwalkers		Dexy's Midnight Runners		Running at midnight? Not so much as sleepwalking		Cassandra
Diarrhea Dreams		Diary Of Dreams		What the name almost sounds like, when said fast		Ruby Spinel
Leave A Tribe Its Natural Color		Diatribe		Much better way to treat a tribe		Kirsten Abercrombie
The Dullards		The Dillards		If we had Change A Letter for bands, this'd work.		Rachel
The Darlings		The Dillards		Their role as hillbilly band on Andy Griffith Show		Robert D. Arndt Jr.
Son Of The Tyrannosaurus Rex		Dinosaur Jr.		Sounds better, plus it's more specific.		Rachel
Dire Streets		Dire Straits		How I misheard the name at first.		Scott
Dishwasher		Dishwalla		That's what their name makes me think of.		nally
Not So Mentally Stable		Disturbed		Because it seems more descriptive		Maggot army
The Chicks		The Dixie Chicks		A real example. They changed it in 2020		Sarah D.
MDX		DMX		This way his name is a proper roman numeral: 1510		Random Madeupperson
Pound Sterling		Dollar		This band was British, not American.		baa
Don Badlose		Don Goodwin		Reversing each component of last name		Margaret (less massive than my name backwards)
The Windows		The Doors		Both are openings in walls.		someguynamedbob
Single (pronounced sing-'Glay)		Double		They only had one big hit, "Captain of Her Heart"		Jim
The Pigeonells		The Dovells		Pigeon / Dove changes occur in certain bird names.		Ruby Spinel
Up		Down		The opposite!		Cassandra
Upthere		Downhere		The opposites of the respective words!		Harlow Goobley
Dr. Mumbai		Dr. Bombay		Mumbai is now the preferred name for Bombay (city)		Hilary Nevis
DragonBoost		DragonForce		A reference to the cartoon Dragon Booster		Archie C.
Nightmare		Dream		If their music were to turn unpleasant		Mac
Bad Dream		Dream		Once you hear them sing, you'll think you're having a nightmare.		J.C.
Dead Pool		Drowning Pool		"The Dead Pool" would be a better movie to name this "band" than "The Drowning Pool". But Clint Eastwood and Paul Newman rate equally on the cool scale.		Jimmy
Hollow Point Girls		Dum Dum Girls		Different type of bullets.		Sheila Oh
Dunkin' Sheik		Duncan Sheik		Same sound, different meaning		Britney Spears into pruning hooks
Dunk 'N' Shake		Duncan Sheik		Similar sound, different meaning		Britney Spears into pruning hooks
Durian Durian		Duran Duran		It would be a New Wave group from Southeast Asia		Muhammad Firza
The Dynamite Superiors		The Dynamic Superiors		That's how I misread their name at first!		Scarlett Lopez

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