The Defendants

How interesting that a band who were legally forced to change their name from School Meals to The Defendants back in the 70's now have not one but two, yes two bands stealing their name. Not that this will end up in court as the other two bands are somewhere in America and nobody is stupid enough to spend money taking it to court. (We like to think that the original court case was the last thing that stoopid theatre group ever did before bankrupting themselves with legal fees)

As Google seem to be getting confused with all these bands called The Defendants I though that a little disambiguation is required.

The Three Defendants

1. The Defendants - the original and genuine band from the UK to whom this site is dedicated.
2. The Defendants - a bunch of old rockers who prefer to think of themselves as a psychedelic folk western blues roots jam band but are really just a bunch of old rockers playing Grateful Dead and Johnny Cash covers - not that that is a bad thing.
3. The Defendants - a bunch of old rockers from the Tampa Bay area who prefer to think of themselves as a classic rock band but are really just a bunch of old rockers playing Loose Windscreen and Stevie Ray Vaughn covers - not that that is a bad thing.

So there we have it! You good people out there will no longer find yourselves excitedly turning up at another Defendants gig only to be disappointed not to hear 'Such A Spiv". That is, of course, assuming that The Defendants #2 or The Defendants #3 don't start performing covers of any original The Defendants songs. And we would only encourage such a thing as they would then owe someone royalties.