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Subject: re: group names
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Date: Wed, 24-Apr-85 07:24:38 EST
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Posted: Wed Apr 24 07:24:38 1985
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Sometime back, someone a few offices down had a clipping on his wall from the
BOSTON HERALD AMERICAN (15 July 1982), which ran a series of excerpts from
THE BOOK OF ROCK LISTS by Dave Marsh and Kevin Stein. This particular list
was entitled "Remember Acid Rock?" Here goes:

"You can't say we didn't warn you. 40 of the Most Absurd Group Names
of the Psychedelic Era"

 1. Africa Creeps Up and Up
 2. Autosalvage
 3. Aum
 4. Ball Point Pen
 5. Bubble Puppy
 6. Clear Light
 7. The Charging Tyrannosaurus of Despair (The name was later changed
	to Detroit Edison White Light Co., because the drummer refused
	to have anything to do with despair.)
 8. Chocolate Watchband
 9. Truman Coyote
10. The Crab Cometh Forth
11. Daisy Overkill
12. Dr. Zoom and His Sonic Boom
13. The Electric Rectum
14. The Electric Prunes
15. Everpresent Fullness
16. Everything is Everything
17. The Fifty Foot Hose
18. Frosted Suede
19. Frumious Bandersnatch
20. The Grateful Dead
21. Hmmm
22. The Holy Modal Rounders
23. It's a Beautiful Day
24. The Jefferson Airplane
25. Jesus Christ and the Nailknockers
26. Lothar and the Hand People
27. The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
28. The Only Alternative and His Other Possibilities
	[I think this is my favorite, though #7 above comes close. -- jmb]
29. The Peanut Butter Conspiracy
30. Ph Factor Jug Band
31. Purple Earthquake
32. Recurring Love Habit
33. The Strawberry Alarm Clock
34. 13th Floor Elevator
35. Thorsten Veblen Blues Band
36. The Time Being
37. Tiny Hearing Aid Company
38. Transatlantic Chicken Wicken No. 5
39. Ultimate Spinach
40. Uncut Balloon


--- jayembee (Jerry Boyajian, DEC, Maynard, MA)

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