Yes, I would definitely treat them the same as stage names and put the band name in the first name field only. If they won't completely fit in the first name field, it's safe to break them up in the other fields.

If it's:

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Morgan Freeman
Coldplay
Luke Wilson

then it's Coldplay in the first name field and you are done.

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Morgan Freeman
Coldplay (presumably looking like some sort of title)
_Gwyenth Paltrow's Husband
_Gwyenth Paltrow's Husband's Buddy #1
_Gwyenth Paltrow's Husband's Buddy #2
Luke Wilson

then you would put Coldplay in a divider and list the rest normally.

But band names shouldn't be expanded to list band members who aren't listed in the credits.

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But band names shouldn't be expanded to list band members who aren't listed in the credits.

Fully agree!

And yes, band names go into the first name field.

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But band names shouldn't be expanded to list band members who aren't listed in the credits.

If the band members are individually identifiable, it would certainly be valid to enter them individually, flagged uncredited.  With bands where members come and go this data could be important.

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But band names shouldn't be expanded to list band members who aren't listed in the credits.

If the band members are individually identifiable, it would certainly be valid to enter them individually, flagged uncredited.  With bands where members come and go this data could be important.

True enough. 

I was thinking of someone directly replacing the credited band name with individual band members (credited).  Haven't seen it done but i'm sure someone has done it.

Understood.  (Just didn't want someone to think the other is verboten.    )

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I was thinking of someone directly replacing the credited band name with individual band members (credited).  Haven't seen it done but i'm sure someone has done it.

I've seen it done wrong in a few recent audits. It seems like what I saw was done by fans, who were trying to give credit where there was none.

For example, The Crow had a great original soundtrack, but not all tunes were new. Nine Inch Nails did a cover, of which their version was new, but the songwriting credits were for The Cure. Someone still tried putting Trent Reznor as a songwriter, but his name was nowhere in the credits. For a couple other songs one or 2 writers out of 4-5 were listed. I guess tried is the wrong word, as the wrong credits were there (most likely from the intervocative days, but there).

Then for Rage Aagainst the Machine, they were credited for writing as 'Rage Aaginst the Machine", but their were credits for Zach and the guitar player's names alone (no credited as or links to RATM), both of which were wrong.

Similar thing was going on with Judgment Night. Someone picked the artists they liked, credited them as songwriters, but the end credits weren't even close. With those they'd list one rapper, then leave the 4-6 other writers from the bands out. Even better, the rappers were only half right, the credits had their real names while the stage names were listed. I fixed those with credited as where I could, erased the wrong ones and added all the rest left out.

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But band names shouldn't be expanded to list band members who aren't listed in the credits.

If the band members are individually identifiable, it would certainly be valid to enter them individually, flagged uncredited.  With bands where members come and go this data could be important.

True enough. 

I was thinking of someone directly replacing the credited band name with individual band members (credited).  Haven't seen it done but i'm sure someone has done it.

What I usually do if the bandmembers are indentifiable is:
e.g. "The Money Pit" credit is "White Lion":
Mike Tramp [White Lion]
Vito Bratta [White Lion]
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So it's possibly me who has done it.