London-based Cynics has been forced to change their name and will now be known as Great Cynics. The change stems from a lawsuit threat by Pittsburgh, PA-based garage revival act The Cynics. Frontman Giles Bidder explained the change in an interview with The 1st Five:

"The Cynics, a garage rock revival band from Pittsburgh, sent an email which pretty much said they will take us to court if we don't change our name. They've been going for 27 years which is longer than I've been alive and we didn't want to try and risk having to pay them a fuck load of money if we didn't get away with it, so we cut our losses and added a 'Great' onto the front of the name … It has the same meaning as the original name did, which is about people who sit back and tell you that you can't do what you want to do whilst doing fuck all themselves."

The band's debut full-length Don't Need Much is due out June 14, 2011.