sputnik Posted April 28, 2005 Share Posted April 28, 2005 ---------------- On 4/28/2005 10:03:32 AM ben. wrote: Pearl Jam was actually named after one of the Chicago Bulls of the era. His nickname was Pearl. Can't remember who... ---------------- I don't really know much about them, but "Pearl Jam" came out of a previous band "Mother Love Bone." I think that's a hint. I don't know about the basketball player but there was also something about Eddie Vetter's grandma Pearl's hallucinogenic peyote jam. I'm sure the name can have many meanings (gives it a cool factor) but I think Freudian interpretations are usually the most accurate for rock bands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Songer Posted April 28, 2005 Share Posted April 28, 2005 I was in a band called the "Vulvarines" once--that's pretty funny, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickB Posted April 28, 2005 Share Posted April 28, 2005 ---------------- On 4/27/2005 11:13:49 AM picky wrote: I'm not kidding on this one! A local band: SMEGMA ......look it up if you dare. ---------------- I looked it up, and I'm sorry I did. I wonder if the same lucky person that first discovered that condition got to name it too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tubes Horns and Buds Posted April 28, 2005 Author Share Posted April 28, 2005 Another fave: dirty sanchez go to urbandictionary.com and check that one out, lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardP Posted April 28, 2005 Share Posted April 28, 2005 I never saw this local band, but they were the "White Trash Express," their self-labelled style as evolutionary bluegrass. Their poster was illustrated with that famous human evolution series, showing the progression from ape-like forms to modern humans, but in place of the modern human, the evolutionary series ended with Stringbean, the country music comic from the 70s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fletcherkane Posted April 28, 2005 Share Posted April 28, 2005 A christian rock band--Silar's Bald Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olorin Posted April 28, 2005 Share Posted April 28, 2005 ---------------- I don't really know much about them, but "Pearl Jam" came out of a previous band "Mother Love Bone." I think that's a hint. I don't know about the basketball player but there was also something about Eddie Vetter's grandma Pearl's hallucinogenic peyote jam. I'm sure the name can have many meanings (gives it a cool factor) but I think Freudian interpretations are usually the most accurate for rock bands. ---------------- (Begin thread drift) Well, two of the members, Jeff Ament and Stone Gossard, played in Mother Love Bone. Prior to that they were with Mudhoney, and prior to that they were part of Green River. Green River was, to my knowledge anyway, more or less the beginning of the whole "Seattle scene" of the late '80s and early '90s. At any rate, Ament and Stone were the only two members of MLB that came forward into Pearl Jam, but it is because of them that Eddie Vedder appears with Chris Cornell and Matt Cameron of Soundgarden on the "Temple of the Dog" (a good funny name in itself) memorial project for Andy Wood, lead singer of MLB, who killed himself with a syringe. Now I always thought "Pearl Jam" metaphorically equates to male creative energy. I'll leave it to the reader to make that connection . . . (End thread drift) There was a hometown band called Vomit Launch in my college town, and they actually got a video on MTV. Not a bad name for this topic. They often played with another local favorite, Brutilicus Maximus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tubes Horns and Buds Posted April 28, 2005 Author Share Posted April 28, 2005 ---------------- (Begin thread drift) Well, two of the members, Jeff Ament and Stone Gossard, played in Mother Love Bone. Prior to that they were with Mudhoney, and prior to that they were part of Green River. Green River was, to my knowledge anyway, more or less the beginning of the whole "Seattle scene" of the late '80s and early '90s. At any rate, Ament and Stone were the only two members of MLB that came forward into Pearl Jam, but it is because of them that Eddie Vedder appears with Chris Cornell and Matt Cameron of Soundgarden on the "Temple of the Dog" (a good funny name in itself) memorial project for Andy Wood, lead singer of MLB, who killed himself with a syringe. Now I always thought "Pearl Jam" metaphorically equates to male creative energy. I'll leave it to the reader to make that connection . . . (End thread drift) There was a hometown band called Vomit Launch in my college town, and they actually got a video on MTV. Not a bad name for this topic. They often played with another local favorite, Brutilicus Maximus. ---------------- That is pretty much the history. While you are on the subject, what was the band and album that Mike McCready was in in the mid-90. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olorin Posted April 28, 2005 Share Posted April 28, 2005 Is Mad Season what you have in mind? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tubes Horns and Buds Posted April 28, 2005 Author Share Posted April 28, 2005 yup. Good albun with 2 or 3 great songs. I need to get another copy of that, it got snagged years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike stehr Posted April 28, 2005 Share Posted April 28, 2005 LARD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicholtl Posted April 28, 2005 Share Posted April 28, 2005 Has anyone mentioned Butthole Surfers yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike stehr Posted April 28, 2005 Share Posted April 28, 2005 Skinny Puppy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben. Posted April 28, 2005 Share Posted April 28, 2005 I'd guess that my version of the Pearl Jam name is true, as it is the least interesting. I don't know for sure, it's just what I remember from an interview back when they gave interviews and Eddie was happy to be a rock star. (Before "Jeremy" came out.) Interesting tidbit about pre/post "Jeremy" Pearl Jam. I was on the booking commitee for the Student Association back in college, and we were looking into Pearl Jam for a concert in the fall. $5000. Not bad, but we weren't sure they'd really draw, so we went another direction (C+C Music Factory, IIRC). When we revisited the idea for the spring outdoor hoopla, they were $50,000. We had no choice but to go another direction... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tubes Horns and Buds Posted April 28, 2005 Author Share Posted April 28, 2005 Although it is not the name of a band, this must qualify. Remeber the chick-band music festival, Lillith Fair?? My buddy coined the term "Vulvapalooza". I thought it was the funniest thing I had ever heard at the time. I told him to copyright that name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wheelman Posted April 28, 2005 Share Posted April 28, 2005 ---------------- On 4/28/2005 10:03:32 AM ben. wrote: Pearl Jam was actually named after one of the Chicago Bulls of the era. His nickname was Pearl. Can't remember who... How about- G. Love and Special Sauce Soul Coughing The Inbreds The Pizzacto Five (the band consists of three Japanese girls) Engelburt Humperdink ---------------- Seriously? I heard they were named after Edd's or someones aunt in the band who made this incredible tasting jam. Aunt Pearl made the best jam or something like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben. Posted April 28, 2005 Share Posted April 28, 2005 Like I said, man, just what I remember from an interview way back when. It may not have been a guy nicknamed Pearl, it may have just been descriptive of a guy's dunking style. I might have had too much Mad Dog. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wheelman Posted April 28, 2005 Share Posted April 28, 2005 ---------------- On 4/28/2005 11:13:00 PM ben. wrote: Like I said, man, just what I remember from an interview way back when. It may not have been a guy nicknamed Pearl, it may have just been descriptive of a guy's dunking style. I might have had too much Mad Dog. ---------------- I hear ya. I think I had a fever of a hundred and five when I read the interview I did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olorin Posted April 29, 2005 Share Posted April 29, 2005 Forgot about Grunt Truck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgb Posted April 29, 2005 Share Posted April 29, 2005 (admin edit: some of these are marginal, but this one stepped over. The topic says "funny!!") had a truly revolting cover on their first LP. Revolting in a good way though. I'll add Meat Puppets Stiff Little Fingers MDC (Millions of Dead Children/Cops, McDeathburger Corporation) Angry Samoans The death metal names are outrageous. I used to look at the CDs at the store just for that. Deicide Cannibal Corpse Napalm Death Morbid Angel Real fun stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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