A Rock Band Named 'ISIS' Is Getting Threatening Hate Mail From People Thinking They Are Terrorists

A rock band named "ISIS" has been receiving threatening hate mail from people who mistakenly believe the five-man group of musicians is in some way connected to the militant terrorist group of the same name, ABC News reports.

"It blows my mind that people can't see the difference," a band representative told ABC News. "I know they receive threats constantly via Facebook."

On the band's Facebook timeline, some have posted angry rants against the group which disbanded back in 2010 shortly after releasing their last album the previous year. The band, which originated in Massachusetts and later moved to California, has still maintained a website and a Facebook page, which has more than 170,000 fans.

i wonder if ISIS the band are happy they broke up, now there are a bunch of terrorists called ISIS. touring would have been hard.

- David Farrier (@davidfarrier) June 18, 2014

"Just like our fans, we've been watching the news in disbelief," drummer Aaron Harris told ABC, in response to brutal acts carried out recently by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS or ISIL) militant group. "We haven't commented on it because we haven't been an active band since 2010, even though our music does live on. We maintain our Facebook page to keep people up-to-date on our current musical projects."

The threats apparently got so bad that the band changed their Facebook page name from just "ISIS" to "Isis the band" in an effort to stop the confusion.

The rockers aren't the only ones to consider a name change. In July, a tech company named "ISIS" which built a mobile wallet app announced it was re-branding in the following months to avoid the negative association, The Verge reported.

"We have no interest in sharing a name with a group whose name has become synonymous with violence and our hearts go out to those who are suffering," CEO Michael Abbott told The Verge.