man, wish he had sued the band Train from using their name
From the UK, they were known as Train and apparently never played live under the Taiconderoga name (always appeared as Train).
Train was late 60s five-piece, a hard-gigging outfit who supported the likes of King Crimson and Deep Purple. At the behest of their producer, they adopted the name Taiconderoga (a misspelling of Ticonderoga, a town in upstate New York) purely for the release of their only single (November 1969). The line-up was the following : Dave Searle, bass; Dave Blackman, vocals; Ray Defaults, lead guitar; Brian Robertson, rhythm guitar; Malcom Mortimore, drums & percussion. Drummer Malcolm Mortimore later turned up in Gentle Giant; while 18-year-old rhythm guitarist Brian Robertson subsequently changed his name to Brian James and few years after formed the leading punk band The Damned.
