Oh yeah, Pax, I dug that email out that I sent to the bikers. It read as follows:
----- Original Message ----- From: "Brett Bligh" <address deleted>
To: <
admin@celticwarriors.org>
Cc: <adress deleted>
Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2004 6:57 PM
Subject: 11th Birthday Bash Lineup
> Hi there,
>
> I notice on the line-up for your 11th Birthday Bash
> (
http://www.gs4.co.uk/celticwarriors/home/index.html) it says Saxon are
> playing, and yet the website link is for Oliver/Dawson Saxon, an entirely
> different band.
>
> Could you please confirm which band is actually playing at your event?
>
> If it is Saxon playing then the website link should point to
>
www.saxon747.com
>
> If it is, in fact, Oliver/Dawson Saxon playing then the band logo displayed
> on your site needs to be modified. I believe that O/D Saxon are the subject
> of court judgements banning them from the use of the Saxon logo altogether;
> their own alternative logo can be found on their website at
>
www.oliver-dawson-saxon.com
>
> I hope this matter can be resolved without too much trouble. This kind of
> thing has caused a lot of fuss in the past and doesn't benefit either band.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Brett Bligh
>
If anything like this ever happens again (unfortunately I think its probably quite likely) it might be worthwhile several of us sending emails like this. Its not like we're asking them to ban the band from playing, we just want them to advertise in a way that's not misleading as to which band it is!
This is what I call the "carrot and stick" approach. Make a fuss if O/D continue what they're doing, but offer to actually go to their gigs and support them if they kick the bad habits.
Come to think of it, I'm sure I saw a donkey called Dobby when I was last in Blackpool