Ringo were an English alternative rock

Alternative rock

Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...

 band led by singer and songwriter Tim Keegan

Tim Keegan

Tim Keegan is an English singer, songwriter and guitarist.Keegan has recorded and performed with various bands and as a solo artist. He has worked with a number of noted musicians including Robyn Hitchcock – he can be seen in Jonathan Demme's film about Hitchcock, Storefront Hitchcock – and...

, active between 1992 and 1994. Originally known as Railroad Earth, they changed their name to Ringo to avoid confusion with the American band Railroad Jerk

Railroad Jerk

Railroad Jerk was a New York-based indie-rock band of the 1990s, specializing in a hard-driven punk blues sound. Their lineup changed frequently, but the stalwart members were Minnesota native Marcellus Hall and North Carolina-born and Trenton, N.J.-bred Tony Lee...

. Ironically, there has been another American band called Railroad Earth

Railroad Earth

Railroad Earth is a roots and Americana-based newgrass band from Stillwater, New Jersey. Their name was borrowed from the Jack Kerouac short story "October in the Railroad Earth," to which the band also has a song by the same name...

 since 2001.

The line-up of the band was:

• Tim Keegan
  Tim Keegan
  Tim Keegan is an English singer, songwriter and guitarist.Keegan has recorded and performed with various bands and as a solo artist. He has worked with a number of noted musicians including Robyn Hitchcock – he can be seen in Jonathan Demme's film about Hitchcock, Storefront Hitchcock – and...
  
  - lead vocals, rhythm guitar
• Patrick Ranscombe - lead guitar
• Andy Prins - bass guitar
• Graham Russell - drums