GREEN JELLŸ
Green Jellÿ (pronounced “green jello”) is an American comedy rock band formed in 1981. Originally named Green Jellö, the band changed its name due to legal pressure from the owners of the Jell-O trademark, Kraft Foods, who claimed that it was an infringement of their trademark. Despite the spelling difference, the new name and the old are pronounced identically. (More from Wikipedia)
After the comic-punk band Green Jellö had an unexpected hit on MTV with “Three Little Pigs”, a retelling of the nursery rhyme The Three Little Pigs (despite bargain-basement production values), General Foods – who holds the trademark on Jell-O – threatened a copyright infringement lawsuit, so the band changed its name to Green Jellÿ (though they kept the umlaut and maintained that the pronunciation is the same).
(July 2012)
