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Lawsuit or not, Ghost says they'll "never ever ever ever ever ever" refer to themselves as Ghost B.C.

by Tyler Munro

Kind of like the Bush X period here in Canada, Swedish cult-rockers Ghost have been forced to legally change their name to “Ghost B.C.” on this side of the Atlantic, a decision that’s both baffling and irritating. Lucky for fans the band says it’s just a technicality, telling Italy’s Soundsblog.it (via Blabbermouth) that they are “never ever ever ever ever ever gonna call [themselves] Ghost B.C.”

“B.C. is obviously a pun on ‘Before Christ’, but it’s just an amendment,” said the band’s Nameless Ghoul guitarist. “The B.C. is silent, and as soon as we can, it’s gonna be taken away forever.”

The announced the North American name change back in February, ignoring the anachronism of having a singer dressed like the Pope fronting a band with the “Before Christ” designation in their name. Their indifference to it obviously clears things up a bit, though the details behind the reasons for the change have curiously not yet been confirmed. It’s suspected that Japanese psych-rockers Ghost are the culprits here. Having been active since the late 1980s, they’ve got seniority on the trademark, but they haven’t released anything since a split in 2009.

Ghost [B.C.] meanwhile are set to release their sophomore album Infestissumam on April 16th.