What does “eponymous” mean?
eponym \”e-p-‘nim\ noun [Gk epnymos, fr. epnymos eponymous, fr. epi- + onyma name more at name] (1846) 1 : one for whom or which something is or is believed to be named In other words, it’s an artist who uses the same name for themselves as for their music. Most country artists do this, as do most pop artists. Britney Spears, for instance. It’s generally a sure way to get a low band name score, since after all, it’s just some person’s name; what’s rock and roll about that? Many artists use stage names, but if their stage name is the same as their band name, they are still technically eponymous artists. How long did this take to write? The initial concept occurred to me August 3, 2002, as I wrote about on that day’s update. You can see some of the early examples then, and more the next day, August 4th, as well as discussion of theory. Initially the entries were much shorter and were almost entirely about the band’s name, with maybe one comment about something else, and no background inf
