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The duo preferred to be referenced using both their first and last names. In an interview with Esquire, Oates said, "There isn't one album that says Hall and Oates. It's always Daryl Hall and John Oates, from the very beginning. People never note that. The idea of 'Hall and Oates', this two-headed monster, this thing, is not anything we've ever wanted or liked."[70] In a 2015 interview, Oates said that "it's a horrible name" and that "it was a totally conscious decision" not to be known as "Hall & Oates". "We didn't want to be the Everly Brothers, or Loggins & Messina, or whatever." 71]
In a 2017 interview with The Mercury News, Hall stated that "the reason we've always insisted on our full names is because we consider ourselves to be two individual artists. We're not really a classic duo in that respect."72! Despite their stated dislike for the name Hall & Oates, the group sued a Brooklyn-based granola company in 2015 for naming one of their products "Haulin' Oats", claiming it was a "well-known mark" of the group.!73]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:zm5cs2amet3jzbure2fmqrqo/bafkreie65gydrmbril64kebedczsytzxm3kvuumg5hptrtzqtc3tbugyny)
