Blog: Buzz Bands

I guess the lesson here is to vet your band name through as many filters as possible. The Morning Benders — the pop quartet started in Berkeley five-plus years ago by SoCal native Christopher Chu — have changed their name to POP ETC . "We simply cannot go on using a name that is demeaning to the gay community," Chu said in a statement released by the band, explaining that the band had no idea when they chose their name that in the U.K. "bender" is a derogatory term for a homosexual. And in the [...]