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| 197.1 | NAME GAME!! | ANT::TURBA | Cop didn't see it,I didn't do it | Fri Aug 12 1988 07:38 | 20 |
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AC/DC got there name by Angus's sister. She thought it was a
Good name refering to power. Not knowing at the time that
in Australia AC/DC meant that you went both ways....
They caught S**t for that!!
LED ZEPPELIN got there name when a promotor (I THINK) said
thery would flop and fall like a LEAD ZEPPELIN. They dropped
the a and the rest is history.
VAN HALEN use to be called MAMMOTH until GENE SIMMONS saw them
playing in a night club, gave them money for their first record,
and they changed their name......
If any information is incorrect, please feel free to
correct me. I am trying to remmember this from
books and mags...
F.M.
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| 197.2 | | SUBURB::DALLISON | Louder, I still have brain cells | Fri Aug 12 1988 08:20 | 2 |
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Iron Maiden got their name from a medieval torture device.
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| 197.3 | One small correction. | SYSENG::MCLAUGHLIN | | Fri Aug 12 1988 08:34 | 9 |
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RE .1
Led Zep got their name from a quote by Who drummer Keith Moon.
Before their first American tour as the New Yardbirds, Keith commented
that they would go over like a lead balloon.
sm
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| 197.4 | Thanks! | ANT::TURBA | Cop didn't see it,I didn't do it | Fri Aug 12 1988 09:25 | 6 |
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RE: -1
Thanks for the corrections.
F.M.
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| 197.5 | WILD EYED SOUTHERN BOYS | USADEC::BJUBINVILLE | | Sun Aug 14 1988 23:26 | 8 |
| The once was a group in an old abandoned warehouse, owned by one
of the memebers, practicing lae at night. A new by house called
the cops because it seemed like a wild party. The cops showed up
and the band members came to the windows. The cops said "Come out
with your hands up or we'll let the .38 Specials do the talking.
And that's how they got their name..... .38 Special!!
BJ
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| 197.6 | | MARKER::BUCKLEY | IROC, do you? | Sat Aug 20 1988 14:49 | 6 |
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Kiss got their name out of a compromise between paul and gene.
gene wanted to call the band F$#k!
Re .1
I thought AC/DC was off of Angus' sister's sewing machine?
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| 197.7 | The drawing Lep.... | CECV03::OPNOTES | | Tue Oct 25 1988 12:25 | 13 |
| DEF LEPPARD got their name from a drawing that Joe Elliott drew.
A drawing of a leopard with an old fashioned hearing cone
sticking out of his ear.
The original way it was spelled was DEAF LEOPARD but people got
the wrong impression of the band. They (listeners) thought they
were trashy, so they changed the spelling to what it is now.
note: yes Joe Elliot was into art work!!
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| 197.8 | | 56860::GALLANT | Devil in disguise... | Tue Oct 25 1988 13:21 | 8 |
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....Ohhhh.....so THAT was what the cute looking pink
panther laser type character was doing with the hearing
cone at the concert!!!
Tig~~
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| 197.9 | Another Fast Fact | USWS::BUREN | | Wed Jun 28 1989 13:42 | 2 |
| Bad English took their name from a bad shot in pool. "Got some bad
english on that ball, Jack. Care to rack'm up again? AH HA HA HA HA!"
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| 197.11 | | MARKER::BUCKLEY | Where the down boys go | Wed Jun 28 1989 14:31 | 5 |
| Jamaican Vacation was a name thought up for us by an affectionate
female follower of the band...it described the reggaeish music we USED
to play in the early days (just ask Greg House!), but also it lead
reference to some of the dark vices one of the band memebers (the
former drummer) found interest in.
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| 197.12 | Grandma Pearl | COMET::VEGAF | | Thu Oct 21 1993 11:02 | 10 |
| It was said that Grandma Pearl was known for making a Jam that was
a halucanagen (sp), out of payote dust. She was Eddy's Grandma, they
claim that the recipie was lost.
-Pearl Jam_
Vega
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| 197.13 | | POWDML::BUCKLEY | lead us still, as thou hast lead.. | Thu Oct 21 1993 11:26 | 7 |
| >It was said that Grandma Pearl was known for making a Jam that was
>a halucanagen (sp), out of payote dust. She was Eddy's Grandma, they
>claim that the recipie was lost.
I heard the "Pearl Jam" name was gotten from some baseball player's
nickname they all worshiped (I donno, I don't do sports, but that is
what I remember from eMpTyV reports).
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| 197.14 | Don't know who tho. | DECAGE::HOWES | Cruisin' through this fairytale... | Thu Oct 21 1993 11:38 | 4 |
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Buck you are close it was because of a basketball player...
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| 197.15 | Please pass the Jelly.... | PATE::SCHIAVONE | Should've let 'em starve | Thu Oct 21 1993 11:42 | 11 |
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> Buck you are close it was because of a basketball player...
I think you're talking about Earl the Pearl, but I still contend
it's the Hallucinogenic thing. "TEN" thanks Grandma Pearl in the
liner notes...
/Cap'n Quad
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| 197.16 | glad to help | FRETZ::HEISER | visualize whirled peas | Thu Oct 21 1993 11:51 | 1 |
| It was because of Mookie Blaylock, now of the Atlanta Hawks.
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| 197.17 | more help.. | ICS::WHITMAN | | Thu Oct 21 1993 14:57 | 6 |
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Isn't that why they named the album "10"? Isn't that his number?
Whit-
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| 197.18 | For The Practicing Idiot | COMET::VEGAF | | Thu Oct 21 1993 16:08 | 10 |
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I don't Know If Grandma Pearl Is True or not. They did an interview
for GUITAR, And I read it in there.
SO who Knows
Vega
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| 197.19 | | POWDML::BUCKLEY | lead us still, as thou hast lead.. | Thu Oct 21 1993 17:08 | 3 |
| Well, I remember seeing Eddie and the bassist (name?) on MTV in an
interview, and it was MTV who asked the pointed question and Eddie
who supplied the answer...
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| 197.20 | | GOES11::HOUSE | Did it. Done it. *WHAP* owwww! | Thu Oct 21 1993 18:26 | 5 |
| re: Buck
I'm confused, which answer did Eddie supply?
gh
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| 197.21 | Better than A Pearl_NeckLess,I Guess. | WMOIS::MAZURKA | Son_Of_One_Who_Is_Not_Wearin_Under_Wear | Thu Oct 21 1993 19:16 | 1 |
| I Think Auntie Put Drugs Into The_Jam.
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| 197.22 | | ICS::WHITMAN | | Fri Oct 22 1993 09:43 | 5 |
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No, I think he ment the basketball one...
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| 197.23 | | POWDML::BUCKLEY | lead us still, as thou hast lead.. | Fri Oct 22 1993 10:04 | 5 |
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Yeah -- Glh, Eddie gave the Basketball player answer, and at LENGTH,
too ... I was more than bored hearing about it, which is probably
why I remembered it in the first place!
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| 197.24 | HOW THE CRUE BECAME MOTLEY... | KDCA01::CDCUP_TORREN | | Wed Feb 16 1994 10:30 | 7 |
| The guys in Motley Crue (with Vince) were sitting around at a bar,
and a friend came in and said "Hey isn't this a Motley looking Crew",
they that that was cool so the wrote it down, they were gonna call
the band CHRISTMAS...But they also said if any member of the Crue
dies, or decides to leave, they would have to change the name of
the band because it'd be a different band...Bullsh!t, thats probably
another reason I sided with Vince....
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