Tuesday 3rd, May 2005
Category : etcetera
There is actually a band called Ritalin Kids:
I heard one of their songs on the radio the other day so I looked them up. They had to change their name to Riddlin Kids after the pharmaceutical company sued them.
Why did you change the band’s name from Ritalin Kids to Riddlin’ Kids?
C: Because Ritalin is trademarked. It’s just like saying, “We’re the Excedrin Boys.” So we chose Riddlin’ Kids because we’re talking about Riddles. Nudge, nudge, wink, wink.
How did the name manifest?
D: Clint’s brother played bass in the band, and he came up with the name Igmo. When he left the band he said we had to change the name. Clint’s brother and I had this idea for a joke band that we called Ritalin Kids. I would play guitar right handed even though I’m left handed and he would play the bass left handed because he was right handed and we would make a bunch of noise and racket until people shut us down. We would be Ritalin kids and just freak out on stage until they shut us down. When Clint’s brother left the band we decided to change the name to Ritalin Kids. It wasn’t really out of spite, but it was almost out of spite. He was cool with it, and he’s still a really good friend of ours. The name sort of stuck. It totally fits us because we jump around and act crazy on stage. The more we started maturing and getting comfortable on stage the more we started running around and getting crazy, so it’s fitting. The name Ritalin Kids, if we were talking about the drug, would fit us because we are so active on stage. Now Riddlin’, like riddles, fits us because we’re a mysterious, obscure band. (He says is a fake, cheap English accent.)
I heard one of their songs on the radio the other day so I looked them up. They had to change their name to Riddlin Kids after the pharmaceutical company sued them.
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