Of COURSE "Ben Folds" is covering "Ben Folds Five" stuff. I know PLENTY of people of people who don't give a shit about Ben Folds anymore since he's no longer with "the five." And even though he's covering "BFF" songs, these people won't go see him in concert for that. I know you're not saying "Ben Folds" and "The Ben Folds Five" are the same deal--so you must agree that Ben Folds is covering songs from a past era of a past band (even though his name is featured in it.) The band "The Ben Folds Five" is an entirely SEPARATE ENTITY from Ben Folds. I know that sounds silly, but think about it. There's a reason they split up--they didn't want to be a band anymore. And actually, the AREN'T a band anymore.
You're missing the point: Weezer is of course still Weezer if they want to be called Weezer. If the members of Ozma reformed, and then gave their instruments to farm animals and claimed that THIS was the new Ozma, then THAT would be Ozma. Get it? Bands can certainly go through changes of members and such...
Now, I HOPE you did not just imply that Pat was insignificant in Ozma. If you're going to say that, I may as well throw out Star, and hell, why not, let's dump Jose too... Honestly, all Ozma needs to be Ozma is Daniel, right? WELL, if that's what Ozma decides, then YES. But from what I know, Ozma is not just a Dan Brummel solo show.
If you ask me, any time Ryen and Dan are playing together, it's up to THEM to decide what name they are playing under. Sure, your Ozma desires are satisfied if they bust out with the old school stuff. However, are you really going to argue their intentions if they walk onto stage and say, "Thanks for coming out tonight, we are 'SuperBand' and we're gonna be covering some of our old 'Ozma' songs."
A pseudonym is essentially a pen-name. It's a ficticious name to conceal a real name. Irregardless is not known to be Ozma right now, so we can certainly get our hopes up, but lets wait for some more info first. Yes, we know who's involved in the collaboration, but that doesn't make it Ozma. Let me ask you: If they didn't end up playing ONE Ozma song on December 3rd, would you still swear that it's Ozma?
I must say, it's an interesting thought that it's "irregardless" who is playing in place of Yes Dear--and maybe this was a humourous attempt by the band. However, I think Dan knows better than this... For the record, "irregardless" is not even a real word. It's become a word that is sometimes informally accepted, but personally, I'd avoid saying it altogether. Why? Well, the double negative. It doesn't actually mean what it's incorrectly implied to mean. "Regardless" is the word you're looking for... stick "Ir" in front of it, and theoretically (based on English grammar), it wouldn't quite retain the same meaning, now would it? I think Dan and the rest of the guys wouldn't make this common, foolish, grammatical error. So, this is all further evidence that when Dan says "Irregardless" will be playing the show, "Irregardless" will be playing the show (given he's being honest).
What if, today, Pat, Jose, Star, Ryen rejoined and started Ozma back up--but instead of Dan, they offered the lead to Freddie Mercury? ...Well, that'd be pretty weird (on many levels). I don't know if I'd like that all too much--I don't think it would be very true to Ozma despite 4 of 5 members being the same... But what if they started and a band called "Floopy," and then covered Ozma songs. Those would be covers right?
