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From: cdk@avsdS.UUCP (Chris Kendall)
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: re: group names
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Date: Fri, 3-May-85 11:10:24 EDT
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Posted: Fri May  3 11:10:24 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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41. Aorta
42. Moby Grape  (although thes guys were actually very good the first
                 few times out.)
43. The 1910 Fruitgum Company (Yummie Yummie Yummie I got love in my Tummy)