The Rain > Oasis: The Rain was a band formed by UK youngsters Paul McGuigan, Paul "Bonehead" Arthurs, Tony McCarroll and Chris Hutton who eventually brought Liam Gallagher in as a vocalist. Liam suggested the band change the name to Oasis, since he liked the word on a tour poster that hung in his room. Liam's brother, Noel Gallagher, then a roadie for the Inspiral Carpets, brought some of his ideas in and one of the most harmonious band relationships in history began.

Pectoralz > Starfish > Coldplay: When Guy Berryman joined the group, Pectoralz, a group made up of Chris Martin and University College London classmate Jonny Buckland, they became Starfish. When drummer Will Champion joined up, they became Coldplay before their debut EP, 'Safety,' dropped in '98. Matter of opinion, but we still prefer the pictured look to anything worn during the 'Mylo Xyloto' cycle.

The Detours > The Who: Roger Daltrey, then playing in a many-genre covering bar rock outfit called the detours, asked Pete Townshend, who was playing in a Dixieland group called the Confederates at the time, to join up. He brought along Confederates bandmate John Entwhistle, and when the band put an ad out for a drummer, Keith Moon entered the picture. They released a single as the High Numbers before settling on the Who, a suggestion from Pete Townsend's roommate.

The Pendletones > The Beach Boys: The Beach Boys were originally called the Pendletones, an homage to the (pictured) Pendleton Woolen Mills flannel shirts, a surfer-favored look that was extremely popular at the time (they're popular again today, but expensive). When Candix Records pressed the original single for the group's first sort-of hit, "Surfin'," the label decided to name the group the Beach Boys as to dogpile on the "everything surf!" trend. The singles could not be repressed with the low budget the bad had, so they were then known as the Beach Boys.

On A Friday > Radiohead: Radiohead's original band name stemmed from their weekly slot at their school's rehearsal space; On A Friday. They changed it to Radiohead later, a reference to Talking Heads' "Radio Head."

The Warlocks > Grateful Dead: The Warlocks, a group featuring Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, and Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, spun out of another Palo Alto group called McCree's Uptown Jug Champions. According to Phil Lesh, the last person to join up before the group became the Grateful Dead, the name was chosen from a folklore dictionary.

The New Yardbirds > Led Zeppelin: What works for colonial America might not work for monolithic rock bands, so Jimmy Page's reincarnation of the Yardbirds was over quick. Oh, also, original Yardbirds member Chris Dreja ordered a cease-and-desist, so there's that too.

Blackwood Convention > Phish: Phish's first show came in the University of Vermont's Harris-Millis Cafeteria -- shout outs to the Grundle -- under the named Blackwood Convention. Fishman's nickname was "Fish," so eventually they just rolled with that and changed the spelling. Also notable: Trey Anastasio was kicked out of UVM for a prank.

Mammoth > Van Halen: Eddie Van Halen's original band was called Genesis, before they found out that there was another band named that. The group then called themselves Mammoth, and now equipped with vocalist David Lee Roth, considered Rat Salade before Van Halen. So we'd say that's a win.

Tony Flow and the Miraculously Majestic Masters of Mayhem > Red Hot Chili Pepper: Huge mistake.