1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:03,200 Speaker 1: Guess what, Mango, what's that? Will? So I know we're 2 00:00:03,200 --> 00:00:06,440 Speaker 1: both pretty good at celebrating each other's accomplishments. But I 3 00:00:06,519 --> 00:00:08,920 Speaker 1: do have to admit there's one thing you have on 4 00:00:08,960 --> 00:00:12,320 Speaker 1: your resume that I've honestly always been a little jealous of. 5 00:00:12,800 --> 00:00:14,520 Speaker 1: You have a band named after you, Mango. 6 00:00:16,400 --> 00:00:18,520 Speaker 2: I mean, that's a bit of a stretch. 7 00:00:18,720 --> 00:00:20,240 Speaker 1: I don't think it's a stretch at all, all right, 8 00:00:20,280 --> 00:00:22,960 Speaker 1: So our listeners will know. When we were in college, 9 00:00:23,160 --> 00:00:25,319 Speaker 1: Mango was playing the keyboards and a band that a 10 00:00:25,360 --> 00:00:28,319 Speaker 1: few of our closest friends had started. Well, this also 11 00:00:28,320 --> 00:00:30,080 Speaker 1: happened to be around the time we were trying to 12 00:00:30,080 --> 00:00:33,640 Speaker 1: start Mental Floss, and Mango realized there just weren't enough 13 00:00:33,680 --> 00:00:36,880 Speaker 1: hours in the day. So, fortunately for all future fans 14 00:00:36,880 --> 00:00:40,240 Speaker 1: of Mental Floss and even part time genius, Mango decided 15 00:00:40,280 --> 00:00:42,680 Speaker 1: to keep working on our new venture, and he dropped 16 00:00:42,680 --> 00:00:45,000 Speaker 1: out of the band. Now, this was also around the 17 00:00:45,040 --> 00:00:47,000 Speaker 1: time that the band was just starting to get a 18 00:00:47,040 --> 00:00:49,440 Speaker 1: few more gigs, and I mean some of their shows 19 00:00:49,440 --> 00:00:51,000 Speaker 1: were getting I don't know, what would you say, Mango, 20 00:00:51,080 --> 00:00:52,680 Speaker 1: like tens of people in the audience. 21 00:00:52,760 --> 00:00:53,800 Speaker 2: It was at least ten. 22 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:57,440 Speaker 1: It was impressive, but they needed to settle on a name, 23 00:00:57,800 --> 00:01:01,320 Speaker 1: so they decided to simultaneously honor and throw a little 24 00:01:01,320 --> 00:01:03,680 Speaker 1: bit of a friendly jab at Mango by calling the 25 00:01:03,680 --> 00:01:05,360 Speaker 1: group Minus Mango. 26 00:01:06,680 --> 00:01:09,320 Speaker 2: Well I'm not sure honor is the right term for that. 27 00:01:09,840 --> 00:01:12,160 Speaker 1: Well, either way, the band ran with it, and they 28 00:01:12,200 --> 00:01:14,720 Speaker 1: had a short but fun run. And I've even heard 29 00:01:14,720 --> 00:01:16,959 Speaker 1: the band inspired some songs like I think it was 30 00:01:17,040 --> 00:01:20,720 Speaker 1: meatloafs I would do anything for love and shares believe 31 00:01:20,880 --> 00:01:21,959 Speaker 1: if I'm not mistaken. 32 00:01:22,520 --> 00:01:25,080 Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, there's only one problem with that theory, Will, 33 00:01:25,120 --> 00:01:27,960 Speaker 3: And actually there's several problems with that, the main one 34 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:30,600 Speaker 3: being that it's not true, but the other being that 35 00:01:30,640 --> 00:01:33,160 Speaker 3: both those songs came out well before the band formed. 36 00:01:33,280 --> 00:01:35,440 Speaker 1: Well, I just think that's what makes it so impressive. 37 00:01:35,480 --> 00:01:38,560 Speaker 1: I mean, that is really remarkable. But anyway, we're not 38 00:01:38,720 --> 00:01:41,000 Speaker 1: here to talk about Minus Mango today. We're here to 39 00:01:41,000 --> 00:01:43,840 Speaker 1: talk about the origins of some other band names and 40 00:01:43,959 --> 00:01:47,039 Speaker 1: maybe even create a little hall of fame of great 41 00:01:47,160 --> 00:02:11,280 Speaker 1: and terrible band names. So let's get started, Hey, their 42 00:02:11,320 --> 00:02:14,240 Speaker 1: podcast listeners, welcome to Part Time Genius. I'm Will Pearson, 43 00:02:14,280 --> 00:02:16,680 Speaker 1: and as always I'm joined by my good friend Mangeshot 44 00:02:16,720 --> 00:02:19,480 Speaker 1: Ticket and on the other side of that Soundproof Glass 45 00:02:19,760 --> 00:02:23,200 Speaker 1: rocking a T shirt for his favorite mashup cover band, Mango. 46 00:02:23,240 --> 00:02:24,680 Speaker 1: I don't know if you'd heard of this one before. 47 00:02:25,080 --> 00:02:29,040 Speaker 1: I had not. It's called Beatallica. Anyway, that's our friend 48 00:02:29,080 --> 00:02:32,320 Speaker 1: and producer Tristan and McNeil, and you know, Beatles songs 49 00:02:32,360 --> 00:02:35,519 Speaker 1: covered in the style of Metallica. It's not something you'd 50 00:02:35,560 --> 00:02:38,519 Speaker 1: expect to work, but Tristan played me a few tracks 51 00:02:38,560 --> 00:02:41,040 Speaker 1: earlier and I've honestly got to say I really kind 52 00:02:41,040 --> 00:02:41,480 Speaker 1: of dug it. 53 00:02:42,160 --> 00:02:44,640 Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, the way they blended Blackbird with Fade 54 00:02:44,639 --> 00:02:47,760 Speaker 3: to Black is pretty masterful. That My favorite probably is 55 00:02:47,800 --> 00:02:49,440 Speaker 3: still All you Need is Blood. 56 00:02:49,919 --> 00:02:52,280 Speaker 1: I mean, it really says it all, don't you say. 57 00:02:52,520 --> 00:02:56,360 Speaker 1: But anyway, as funny or clever as cover band names 58 00:02:56,400 --> 00:02:59,200 Speaker 1: and song titles can be, the stories behind them are 59 00:02:59,320 --> 00:03:02,639 Speaker 1: usually not all that interesting. I mean, by definition, they're 60 00:03:02,680 --> 00:03:05,560 Speaker 1: pulled from or at least made in reference to existing 61 00:03:05,720 --> 00:03:09,000 Speaker 1: works by other artists, and all the origin stories for 62 00:03:09,040 --> 00:03:11,200 Speaker 1: the names of original bands tend to be a lot 63 00:03:11,200 --> 00:03:13,880 Speaker 1: more interesting. Even that's not a sure thing. I mean, 64 00:03:13,919 --> 00:03:17,040 Speaker 1: take the Beatles, for example. They've definitely earned their place 65 00:03:17,080 --> 00:03:19,160 Speaker 1: in the rock and Roll Hall of fame, But in 66 00:03:19,240 --> 00:03:22,320 Speaker 1: the band name hall of fame, I really don't think 67 00:03:22,400 --> 00:03:24,320 Speaker 1: they belong there. I mean, they took the name of 68 00:03:24,360 --> 00:03:27,320 Speaker 1: an insect and kind of turned it into this obvious 69 00:03:27,360 --> 00:03:29,880 Speaker 1: pun on musical beats, and so it doesn't tell you 70 00:03:29,960 --> 00:03:32,520 Speaker 1: anything about the group or the kind of music they play, 71 00:03:32,639 --> 00:03:35,680 Speaker 1: and honestly, worst of all, there's no hidden meaning or 72 00:03:35,680 --> 00:03:37,360 Speaker 1: interesting story behind it at all. 73 00:03:37,960 --> 00:03:38,440 Speaker 2: That's right. 74 00:03:38,520 --> 00:03:41,160 Speaker 3: So for today's show, we're gonna set aside the artist 75 00:03:41,240 --> 00:03:43,880 Speaker 3: and their work and really focus instead on what they 76 00:03:43,920 --> 00:03:46,680 Speaker 3: chose to call themselves. Even bad band names are on 77 00:03:46,720 --> 00:03:48,840 Speaker 3: the table, just as long as the stories behind them 78 00:03:48,840 --> 00:03:50,400 Speaker 3: are strange or interesting. 79 00:03:50,920 --> 00:03:52,440 Speaker 1: Yeah, and I thought we could do this like we 80 00:03:52,480 --> 00:03:54,400 Speaker 1: did a while back in that episode where we tried 81 00:03:54,400 --> 00:03:57,800 Speaker 1: to assemble our own version of Mount Rushmore. And of 82 00:03:57,840 --> 00:03:59,440 Speaker 1: course it was so much fun to hear from all 83 00:03:59,440 --> 00:04:02,640 Speaker 1: the listeners with ideas of what other presidents we should 84 00:04:02,640 --> 00:04:05,120 Speaker 1: include on Mount Rushmore and why. So we're kind of 85 00:04:05,160 --> 00:04:07,400 Speaker 1: doing the same thing here. We'll each pitch some of 86 00:04:07,400 --> 00:04:09,680 Speaker 1: the best band name origins that we had, you know, 87 00:04:09,680 --> 00:04:13,040 Speaker 1: come across while researching and kind of gradually fill out 88 00:04:13,080 --> 00:04:15,200 Speaker 1: our Hall of Fame. And you know, the one thing 89 00:04:15,240 --> 00:04:17,960 Speaker 1: we noticed while preparing for this episode is how many 90 00:04:18,040 --> 00:04:22,160 Speaker 1: band names fall into similar categories, whether that's band's name 91 00:04:22,200 --> 00:04:25,160 Speaker 1: for literary works or band's name for TV shows. So 92 00:04:25,560 --> 00:04:28,120 Speaker 1: we'll try to limit our picks to one per category 93 00:04:28,160 --> 00:04:30,400 Speaker 1: so that we end up with a pretty good mix 94 00:04:30,440 --> 00:04:32,560 Speaker 1: of origins. So, all right, Mango, I'm gonna leave it 95 00:04:32,640 --> 00:04:34,000 Speaker 1: up to you. Where do you think we should start? 96 00:04:34,279 --> 00:04:36,200 Speaker 3: So I was thinking about this, and I think we 97 00:04:36,200 --> 00:04:39,640 Speaker 3: should start with band names inspired by history, because those were, 98 00:04:39,760 --> 00:04:41,840 Speaker 3: you know, some of the most interesting to me and 99 00:04:42,160 --> 00:04:44,960 Speaker 3: also some of the hardest to choose from. So a 100 00:04:45,080 --> 00:04:47,000 Speaker 3: few are pretty well known at this point. I mean 101 00:04:47,040 --> 00:04:49,800 Speaker 3: you think about like Franz Ferdinand, which takes its name 102 00:04:49,839 --> 00:04:52,839 Speaker 3: from the archduke whose assassination led to World War One, 103 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:54,839 Speaker 3: Or there were lots of other ones I knew that 104 00:04:54,880 --> 00:04:57,360 Speaker 3: were taken from history, Like did you know that U 105 00:04:57,360 --> 00:05:00,440 Speaker 3: two was actually named after a spy plane currently You 106 00:05:00,560 --> 00:05:03,440 Speaker 3: two's were used to monitor the Soviets in the nineteen fifties. 107 00:05:03,720 --> 00:05:06,119 Speaker 1: You know, I've heard of this term before, but actually didn't. 108 00:05:06,160 --> 00:05:08,479 Speaker 1: I didn't realize that, but I guess it makes sense 109 00:05:08,520 --> 00:05:11,200 Speaker 1: though a lot of You two songs contain, you know, 110 00:05:11,240 --> 00:05:14,279 Speaker 1: references to political and historical events. And actually I was 111 00:05:14,320 --> 00:05:16,880 Speaker 1: just thinking about one the other days. Isn't Sunday Bloody 112 00:05:16,880 --> 00:05:19,280 Speaker 1: Sunday about the gorilla warfare in Northern Ireland? 113 00:05:20,240 --> 00:05:20,600 Speaker 2: It is? 114 00:05:20,839 --> 00:05:24,200 Speaker 3: Actually have you watched that Alan Partridge episode where Steve 115 00:05:24,240 --> 00:05:28,159 Speaker 3: Coogan's like a total buffoon and he's talking about this 116 00:05:28,320 --> 00:05:32,120 Speaker 3: inspiration for the song and he's like, it's just so relatable, 117 00:05:32,279 --> 00:05:34,760 Speaker 3: like when you're in line at Tesco's and you just 118 00:05:34,839 --> 00:05:39,240 Speaker 3: think Sunday Bloody Sunday. 119 00:05:38,680 --> 00:05:42,120 Speaker 1: Maybe that actually is the origin. I'm not sure. That's 120 00:05:42,160 --> 00:05:42,640 Speaker 1: pretty good. 121 00:05:42,839 --> 00:05:45,400 Speaker 3: But what's funny to me though, is that the band 122 00:05:45,480 --> 00:05:47,520 Speaker 3: really didn't choose you two to make any sort of 123 00:05:47,520 --> 00:05:50,520 Speaker 3: political statement, Like they went with it because it sounded 124 00:05:50,560 --> 00:05:54,039 Speaker 3: ambiguous and also I guess inclusive, like you know the 125 00:05:54,040 --> 00:05:56,919 Speaker 3: phrase you two. And also it was just more interesting 126 00:05:56,960 --> 00:05:59,440 Speaker 3: than their earlier names, like they started out as Feedback 127 00:05:59,440 --> 00:06:02,160 Speaker 3: in nineteen seventy six before switching to the Hype and 128 00:06:02,200 --> 00:06:03,560 Speaker 3: then U two within the span. 129 00:06:03,520 --> 00:06:06,159 Speaker 1: Of two years. Yeah, it's funny because I found another 130 00:06:06,279 --> 00:06:08,520 Speaker 1: band that couldn't seem to settle on a name until 131 00:06:08,520 --> 00:06:12,320 Speaker 1: they stumbled upon an historical one. So you remember Jethro Toll, right, 132 00:06:12,680 --> 00:06:14,240 Speaker 1: m hm well, they had a hit with that song 133 00:06:14,320 --> 00:06:17,960 Speaker 1: Aqualong in the early seventies, and apparently Jethro Toll was 134 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:20,680 Speaker 1: a real person, just not a member of the band. 135 00:06:20,760 --> 00:06:24,400 Speaker 1: He was actually this English agricultural pioneer who played this 136 00:06:24,760 --> 00:06:28,200 Speaker 1: pretty pivotal role in bringing about the British agricultural revolution 137 00:06:28,440 --> 00:06:31,640 Speaker 1: in the early eighteenth century. And so his biggest claim 138 00:06:31,640 --> 00:06:34,400 Speaker 1: to fame was the invention of a horse drawn seed 139 00:06:34,520 --> 00:06:38,200 Speaker 1: drill to easily sew seeds in orderly rows, which really 140 00:06:38,320 --> 00:06:40,760 Speaker 1: laid the groundwork for modern agriculture. 141 00:06:41,640 --> 00:06:45,599 Speaker 3: That's just so rock and roll, you said. The band 142 00:06:45,839 --> 00:06:47,039 Speaker 3: just happened upon that name. 143 00:06:47,480 --> 00:06:49,880 Speaker 1: Yeah, So, in the band's early days, they had this 144 00:06:49,960 --> 00:06:52,640 Speaker 1: habit of making up a new name for every single 145 00:06:52,720 --> 00:06:56,520 Speaker 1: gig because their performances were so spotty and most places 146 00:06:56,520 --> 00:06:59,520 Speaker 1: didn't book them a second time. So after about seriously 147 00:06:59,600 --> 00:07:03,240 Speaker 1: like four something name changes, the group finally hit on 148 00:07:03,279 --> 00:07:07,279 Speaker 1: this unexpected winner with their homage to an eighteenth century agronomist. 149 00:07:07,320 --> 00:07:08,320 Speaker 1: You know, that's the way it goes. 150 00:07:09,200 --> 00:07:10,400 Speaker 2: That's pretty incredible. 151 00:07:10,840 --> 00:07:13,840 Speaker 1: Well, but agricultural roots aside. My favorite band name with 152 00:07:13,880 --> 00:07:16,880 Speaker 1: an historical origin probably has to be Foo Fighters. 153 00:07:17,120 --> 00:07:20,040 Speaker 3: So this is strange, right, because I consider myself something 154 00:07:20,080 --> 00:07:22,840 Speaker 3: of a history buff. I actually won mister Zippy's History 155 00:07:22,840 --> 00:07:26,200 Speaker 3: Award in tenth grade. But I have no idea what 156 00:07:26,240 --> 00:07:29,000 Speaker 3: part of history that could possibly come from, like where 157 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:32,120 Speaker 3: the Foo Fighters, Genghis Khans, elite bodyguards or something. 158 00:07:32,040 --> 00:07:34,480 Speaker 1: Not even close. It actually comes from the tail end 159 00:07:34,520 --> 00:07:36,960 Speaker 1: of World War Two, and this is when the Allied 160 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:41,200 Speaker 1: pilots began reporting some sightings of these mysterious German aircraft 161 00:07:41,280 --> 00:07:44,560 Speaker 1: and they really couldn't be identified, and so the pilots 162 00:07:44,560 --> 00:07:48,240 Speaker 1: took to calling these UFOs foo Fighters. And when frontman 163 00:07:48,360 --> 00:07:50,720 Speaker 1: Dave Grohl came across the nickname he was reading a 164 00:07:50,760 --> 00:07:53,720 Speaker 1: book about UFOs, he actually just decided it was perfect 165 00:07:53,800 --> 00:07:54,640 Speaker 1: for his new band. 166 00:07:55,480 --> 00:07:57,800 Speaker 3: So did he ever elaborate on what made it sound 167 00:07:57,840 --> 00:07:58,600 Speaker 3: so perfect to him? 168 00:07:58,840 --> 00:08:02,120 Speaker 1: Well, girl actually cour of the entire first Food Fighters 169 00:08:02,160 --> 00:08:05,320 Speaker 1: album all by himself, but he kind of wanted everybody 170 00:08:05,360 --> 00:08:07,560 Speaker 1: to think it was the work of a proper group, 171 00:08:07,600 --> 00:08:10,000 Speaker 1: and for whatever reason, he thought a World War two 172 00:08:10,120 --> 00:08:12,520 Speaker 1: term for UFOs would lead people to assume there was 173 00:08:12,600 --> 00:08:15,080 Speaker 1: more than just one man behind this music. 174 00:08:16,760 --> 00:08:18,160 Speaker 2: That's pretty funny reasoning. 175 00:08:18,560 --> 00:08:22,400 Speaker 3: So you know, I read this history article of Nirvana 176 00:08:22,440 --> 00:08:25,840 Speaker 3: where the guys would always apparently remind Dave Grohl that 177 00:08:25,880 --> 00:08:28,440 Speaker 3: he wasn't in the first iteration of the band. So, 178 00:08:29,040 --> 00:08:31,520 Speaker 3: I mean, it's kind of like telling Ringo he wasn't 179 00:08:31,520 --> 00:08:34,240 Speaker 3: an original Beatle, just over and over, and I feel 180 00:08:34,280 --> 00:08:37,480 Speaker 3: awful for him, But you know why, food fighters like 181 00:08:37,480 --> 00:08:37,959 Speaker 3: he could have. 182 00:08:37,920 --> 00:08:40,280 Speaker 2: Chosen any word that was a plural noun. 183 00:08:40,720 --> 00:08:43,840 Speaker 1: Well, you know, girl apparently came to a similar conclusion 184 00:08:43,840 --> 00:08:46,600 Speaker 1: because later he said in an interview, he said, had 185 00:08:46,640 --> 00:08:49,680 Speaker 1: I actually considered this to be a career, I probably 186 00:08:49,760 --> 00:08:52,319 Speaker 1: would have called it something else because it's the stupidest 187 00:08:52,400 --> 00:08:53,880 Speaker 1: effing band name in the world. 188 00:08:55,559 --> 00:08:57,560 Speaker 3: So I almost kind of want to add it to 189 00:08:57,600 --> 00:09:00,280 Speaker 3: our list just for that reason. But really, if we're 190 00:09:00,320 --> 00:09:02,520 Speaker 3: going to narrow it down to a single band per category, 191 00:09:02,920 --> 00:09:03,719 Speaker 3: I think we have. 192 00:09:03,720 --> 00:09:05,160 Speaker 2: To give this to the Decembrius. 193 00:09:05,640 --> 00:09:07,960 Speaker 1: Okay, So I know their songs tend to be very 194 00:09:07,960 --> 00:09:11,720 Speaker 1: literary and sometimes recount or maybe pull from historical events. 195 00:09:11,760 --> 00:09:14,760 Speaker 1: And I do remember a little bit about the Decembers 196 00:09:14,760 --> 00:09:17,360 Speaker 1: from a Russian history class I took years and years ago. 197 00:09:17,480 --> 00:09:20,400 Speaker 1: But I think I need a little bit of a refresher. 198 00:09:20,880 --> 00:09:24,760 Speaker 3: Right, So the historical Decembris, whose spelling actually is different 199 00:09:24,800 --> 00:09:26,800 Speaker 3: from the month in the band because it doesn't actually 200 00:09:26,840 --> 00:09:29,199 Speaker 3: have a third e in it. They were this group 201 00:09:29,200 --> 00:09:33,240 Speaker 3: of Russian revolutionaries who led almost a failed uprising in 202 00:09:33,280 --> 00:09:36,000 Speaker 3: the December of eighteen twenty five, and so the group 203 00:09:36,040 --> 00:09:39,000 Speaker 3: was composed mostly of these young Russian officers and also 204 00:09:39,120 --> 00:09:42,160 Speaker 3: members of the upper classes who they wanted to reform 205 00:09:42,200 --> 00:09:45,080 Speaker 3: the autocratic government into more of a liberal system. And 206 00:09:45,600 --> 00:09:48,400 Speaker 3: they actually took advantage of the chaos surrounding the death 207 00:09:48,440 --> 00:09:51,559 Speaker 3: of one tzar and the sension of another to stage rebellion. 208 00:09:52,040 --> 00:09:54,760 Speaker 3: But because it had been so poorly organized, their revolution 209 00:09:54,920 --> 00:09:57,000 Speaker 3: was quickly put to an end, and their hope of 210 00:09:57,080 --> 00:09:59,800 Speaker 3: overturning an oppressive system has really only lived on. With 211 00:10:00,200 --> 00:10:02,680 Speaker 3: martyred December is now serving almost as a source of 212 00:10:02,720 --> 00:10:05,160 Speaker 3: inspiration for new generations of Russian rebels. 213 00:10:05,920 --> 00:10:08,319 Speaker 1: So is that actually where the band name comes from. 214 00:10:09,120 --> 00:10:11,800 Speaker 3: Yeah, so that's the thing it does, and it doesn't. So, 215 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:15,840 Speaker 3: according to the band's frontman, Colin Molloy, the name's partly 216 00:10:15,880 --> 00:10:18,640 Speaker 3: derived from the Russian freedom fighters and partly from the 217 00:10:18,640 --> 00:10:19,840 Speaker 3: month of December itself. 218 00:10:19,960 --> 00:10:21,880 Speaker 1: I mean, it feels like you might be cheating a 219 00:10:21,920 --> 00:10:24,800 Speaker 1: little on this one, Mango. It's only a half reference 220 00:10:24,800 --> 00:10:26,959 Speaker 1: to history, So why do you feel like it deserves 221 00:10:26,960 --> 00:10:28,760 Speaker 1: a spot on our list because. 222 00:10:28,480 --> 00:10:30,760 Speaker 3: This is the only historical band name we've mentioned where 223 00:10:30,760 --> 00:10:34,120 Speaker 3: the reference wasn't chosen at random. So with the December 224 00:10:34,200 --> 00:10:37,040 Speaker 3: is there's actually this real thematic connection between the band's 225 00:10:37,080 --> 00:10:41,400 Speaker 3: name and its music. And as Colin molloy puts it, quote, 226 00:10:41,640 --> 00:10:43,720 Speaker 3: I like to think that the drama behind the month 227 00:10:43,760 --> 00:10:46,520 Speaker 3: of December, there's a group of people who that is 228 00:10:46,559 --> 00:10:48,640 Speaker 3: their month and they're sort of stuck in this month, 229 00:10:48,960 --> 00:10:50,680 Speaker 3: And I think that sort of speaks to the songs 230 00:10:50,720 --> 00:10:53,480 Speaker 3: and the characters and the songs sort of marginalized, sort 231 00:10:53,480 --> 00:10:55,920 Speaker 3: of on the outskirts, all living in the coldest month. 232 00:10:56,160 --> 00:10:58,640 Speaker 1: Well that is pretty interesting, But actually, didn't you say 233 00:10:58,640 --> 00:11:01,400 Speaker 1: the real Decembers were from the nobility. It kind of 234 00:11:01,679 --> 00:11:04,319 Speaker 1: doesn't sound like they were marginalized people living on the 235 00:11:04,679 --> 00:11:06,199 Speaker 1: outskirts as he was describing. 236 00:11:06,840 --> 00:11:09,320 Speaker 2: Yeah, so they were definitely a minority in terms of 237 00:11:09,360 --> 00:11:12,400 Speaker 2: openly opposing the system that ruled them. And once their 238 00:11:12,440 --> 00:11:15,880 Speaker 2: rebellion was sort of stifled, the Decembrists became well and 239 00:11:15,880 --> 00:11:19,120 Speaker 2: truly marginalized. Most of the surviving members were sent off 240 00:11:19,120 --> 00:11:22,520 Speaker 2: to remote work camps in Siberia, where their descendants still 241 00:11:22,520 --> 00:11:24,800 Speaker 2: eke out a living even though they brought education and 242 00:11:24,840 --> 00:11:26,240 Speaker 2: culture with them to that land. 243 00:11:26,880 --> 00:11:29,400 Speaker 1: Well all right, well it's not the cheeriest historical connection, 244 00:11:29,480 --> 00:11:31,560 Speaker 1: but but you're right, it certainly seems like one of 245 00:11:31,600 --> 00:11:34,320 Speaker 1: the deepest. And because of that, I agree, and I'll 246 00:11:34,320 --> 00:11:36,640 Speaker 1: give it to you. The Decembrists deserved the first spot 247 00:11:36,840 --> 00:11:38,720 Speaker 1: in our band name Hall of Fame. 248 00:11:39,240 --> 00:11:42,679 Speaker 3: Ding ding Dings, So they probably don't know it, but 249 00:11:42,760 --> 00:11:45,360 Speaker 3: that's a huge honor. And since it took us a 250 00:11:45,400 --> 00:11:47,319 Speaker 3: while to decide on that first entry, I actually have 251 00:11:47,360 --> 00:11:49,840 Speaker 3: a category that we can probably knock out pretty fast, 252 00:11:50,240 --> 00:11:53,880 Speaker 3: and that's best band named acronym that isn't actually an acronym. 253 00:11:54,200 --> 00:11:56,840 Speaker 3: And remember ARIM is disqualified from this one because it 254 00:11:56,920 --> 00:12:00,960 Speaker 3: really is an acronym and it stands for rabbit eye movement. 255 00:12:01,240 --> 00:12:04,000 Speaker 3: Apparently Michael Stipe just cribbed it from the dictionary after 256 00:12:04,080 --> 00:12:05,400 Speaker 3: pointing to the word at random. 257 00:12:05,920 --> 00:12:07,880 Speaker 1: Yeah, probably the laziest way to come up with a 258 00:12:07,920 --> 00:12:10,559 Speaker 1: band name, but you do hear that happening a lot, right, Well, 259 00:12:10,720 --> 00:12:13,280 Speaker 1: I guess my pick for this one would be kiss. 260 00:12:13,320 --> 00:12:15,600 Speaker 1: I would think, you know, everybody's heard the rumors that 261 00:12:15,640 --> 00:12:18,840 Speaker 1: the name secretly stands for something sinister. I remember hearing 262 00:12:18,880 --> 00:12:21,080 Speaker 1: as a kid that it stood for things like kids 263 00:12:21,080 --> 00:12:24,400 Speaker 1: in Satan's service. But you know, according to Jane Simmons, 264 00:12:24,400 --> 00:12:27,240 Speaker 1: the name doesn't stand for anything and was simply just this, 265 00:12:27,960 --> 00:12:31,000 Speaker 1: like this idle suggestion from one band member to another. 266 00:12:31,040 --> 00:12:33,040 Speaker 1: And it was it was Paul Stanley that came up 267 00:12:33,040 --> 00:12:35,360 Speaker 1: with this, And he's actually gone on record that he 268 00:12:35,480 --> 00:12:39,079 Speaker 1: chose the name Kiss because it quote just sounded dangerous 269 00:12:39,080 --> 00:12:40,600 Speaker 1: and sexy at the same time. 270 00:12:42,800 --> 00:12:45,920 Speaker 3: I mean, I guess you can't argue with the results, 271 00:12:46,400 --> 00:12:48,439 Speaker 3: or I guess you can actually, but. 272 00:12:48,520 --> 00:12:51,439 Speaker 2: I'm sure some people found them sexy and others dangerous. 273 00:12:51,800 --> 00:12:54,439 Speaker 1: I think my sister would be included in that category. 274 00:12:54,640 --> 00:12:56,480 Speaker 1: I know I've told you this before, but my sister 275 00:12:56,520 --> 00:12:57,920 Speaker 1: is a few years older than I am, so when 276 00:12:57,920 --> 00:12:59,840 Speaker 1: I was little, I would sneak into her room and 277 00:13:00,280 --> 00:13:02,920 Speaker 1: to her music. But i'd also, of course go through 278 00:13:03,000 --> 00:13:05,079 Speaker 1: all of her stuff. And one of the things I 279 00:13:05,160 --> 00:13:07,600 Speaker 1: remember finding was this shoe box, and it was full 280 00:13:07,640 --> 00:13:09,439 Speaker 1: of these Kiss trading. 281 00:13:09,080 --> 00:13:10,400 Speaker 2: Cards, kiss ianthing. 282 00:13:10,440 --> 00:13:13,360 Speaker 1: It's hilarious to look at it. I really wish she 283 00:13:13,480 --> 00:13:14,160 Speaker 1: still had. 284 00:13:14,000 --> 00:13:15,720 Speaker 2: These and that's pretty amazing. 285 00:13:15,800 --> 00:13:18,400 Speaker 3: But you know, for my money, the best faw acronym 286 00:13:18,440 --> 00:13:20,600 Speaker 3: band name is still wasp Oh. 287 00:13:20,640 --> 00:13:22,840 Speaker 1: I remember them. So they were a heavy metal band 288 00:13:22,840 --> 00:13:24,400 Speaker 1: and back in it was this seven. I guess this 289 00:13:24,480 --> 00:13:27,200 Speaker 1: was the eighties, right, And I can't believe that's not 290 00:13:27,200 --> 00:13:29,920 Speaker 1: actually an acronyman. They even put a period between each 291 00:13:29,920 --> 00:13:30,680 Speaker 1: of the letters. 292 00:13:31,160 --> 00:13:32,680 Speaker 3: I know, I mean, I guess it's from the era 293 00:13:32,800 --> 00:13:36,360 Speaker 3: where you'd put gratuitous like umlots and nonsense and names 294 00:13:36,440 --> 00:13:39,280 Speaker 3: like wing dings and whatever. But supposedly it was just 295 00:13:39,280 --> 00:13:41,679 Speaker 3: because not many other bands had done it at that time, 296 00:13:41,960 --> 00:13:43,960 Speaker 3: and they hoped it would make them stand out and 297 00:13:44,000 --> 00:13:47,120 Speaker 3: get people curious about the band. But just like Kiss, 298 00:13:47,240 --> 00:13:49,800 Speaker 3: rumors swirled that the acronyms did for all sorts of 299 00:13:49,920 --> 00:13:54,240 Speaker 3: naughty stuff, like we are sexual perverts, we are Satan's preachers, 300 00:13:54,679 --> 00:13:58,800 Speaker 3: we all smoke pot. But my favorite red herring of 301 00:13:58,840 --> 00:14:01,240 Speaker 3: that lot is an answer that one of the band 302 00:14:01,240 --> 00:14:04,360 Speaker 3: members gave when he was doing an interview, and he said, 303 00:14:04,880 --> 00:14:06,400 Speaker 3: you know, they asked what does was stand for? 304 00:14:06,559 --> 00:14:08,199 Speaker 2: He said, we ain't sure, pal. 305 00:14:08,440 --> 00:14:11,680 Speaker 1: Oh, I like that. There's some pretty good ones there, 306 00:14:11,880 --> 00:14:14,000 Speaker 1: all right, So the periods were just a marketing technique. 307 00:14:14,000 --> 00:14:15,600 Speaker 1: But what about the name itself, I mean, does it 308 00:14:15,640 --> 00:14:18,080 Speaker 1: stand for anything or like, why WASP? 309 00:14:19,000 --> 00:14:21,280 Speaker 3: I guess one of the band members saw wasp one 310 00:14:21,400 --> 00:14:23,680 Speaker 3: night and thought it might make for a cool band name. 311 00:14:25,360 --> 00:14:27,080 Speaker 1: All right, Well, I guess you kind of stacked the 312 00:14:27,120 --> 00:14:29,160 Speaker 1: deck with this category, but I'm still gonna give you 313 00:14:29,200 --> 00:14:31,600 Speaker 1: this one as well for WASP, so we will add 314 00:14:31,640 --> 00:14:32,920 Speaker 1: them to the list here. 315 00:14:33,400 --> 00:14:37,360 Speaker 3: Which is awesome because I'm two for two and I 316 00:14:37,400 --> 00:14:39,000 Speaker 3: don't think you have any points on the board. 317 00:14:38,880 --> 00:14:40,960 Speaker 1: Right No, but don't don't get too cocky. We've still 318 00:14:41,000 --> 00:14:42,800 Speaker 1: got a bunch of origins to get to and I 319 00:14:42,960 --> 00:14:45,080 Speaker 1: really doubt you're gonna be able top this next one. 320 00:14:45,200 --> 00:14:46,680 Speaker 1: But before I hit you with it, let's take a 321 00:14:46,720 --> 00:15:01,840 Speaker 1: quick break. You're listening to Part Time Genius and we're 322 00:15:01,840 --> 00:15:05,680 Speaker 1: talking about the weird stories behind famous band names, all right, mango. 323 00:15:05,760 --> 00:15:07,560 Speaker 1: So now our Hall of Fame needs to be the 324 00:15:07,600 --> 00:15:10,000 Speaker 1: best story for a band name taken from a TV 325 00:15:10,120 --> 00:15:12,960 Speaker 1: show or movie. It can be either one, and I 326 00:15:13,040 --> 00:15:16,600 Speaker 1: actually think I've got the perfect contender. Now. At first 327 00:15:16,640 --> 00:15:18,920 Speaker 1: I thought about fallout Boy, you know, because I'm always 328 00:15:18,920 --> 00:15:21,880 Speaker 1: thinking about Fallout Boy, or maybe not, but you know, 329 00:15:21,880 --> 00:15:24,760 Speaker 1: They've been this nameless band until they pulled the audience 330 00:15:24,800 --> 00:15:27,920 Speaker 1: at their second show and someone in the crowd shouted 331 00:15:27,920 --> 00:15:32,080 Speaker 1: out the name of Radioactive Man's superhero sidekick from The Simpsons, 332 00:15:32,160 --> 00:15:33,920 Speaker 1: and it actually just sort of stuck. 333 00:15:34,240 --> 00:15:35,800 Speaker 2: That's amazing, that's where it comes from. 334 00:15:35,880 --> 00:15:38,400 Speaker 1: Yeah, it's a pretty good story. So but actually then 335 00:15:38,440 --> 00:15:40,880 Speaker 1: I thought I'd go with something a little more obscure, 336 00:15:41,360 --> 00:15:43,640 Speaker 1: and that's what led me to the Bloodhound Gang. Do 337 00:15:43,640 --> 00:15:44,800 Speaker 1: you remember the Bloodhound Gang? 338 00:15:45,640 --> 00:15:47,840 Speaker 3: Yeah? I mean I wish I didn't, because they had 339 00:15:47,840 --> 00:15:51,040 Speaker 3: that annoying song bad Touch, and the video of it 340 00:15:51,080 --> 00:15:53,800 Speaker 3: was just them in monkey costumes running around town and 341 00:15:53,880 --> 00:15:56,840 Speaker 3: I guess doing weird, dirty things to everyone inside. 342 00:15:57,000 --> 00:15:58,600 Speaker 1: I don't know. It was just art mango. I don't 343 00:15:58,600 --> 00:16:00,880 Speaker 1: know why you don't want to remember that. Well, there 344 00:16:00,960 --> 00:16:03,120 Speaker 1: is something interesting I found out about that when you 345 00:16:03,160 --> 00:16:05,760 Speaker 1: talk about them running around doing weird and dirty things 346 00:16:05,800 --> 00:16:08,240 Speaker 1: to everything in the video, And honestly, that's that the 347 00:16:08,240 --> 00:16:10,840 Speaker 1: Bloodhound Gang was actually a lot more wholesome than you 348 00:16:10,920 --> 00:16:13,240 Speaker 1: might think, or or at least their name was. And 349 00:16:13,280 --> 00:16:16,000 Speaker 1: that's because the band took it from this recurring sketch 350 00:16:16,080 --> 00:16:18,440 Speaker 1: that was on the old three to one Contact show 351 00:16:18,920 --> 00:16:20,720 Speaker 1: the Way from PBS in the eighties. I know you 352 00:16:20,720 --> 00:16:22,720 Speaker 1: were a big fan as a kid, definitely. Well, the 353 00:16:22,720 --> 00:16:25,920 Speaker 1: sketch was all about this group of dorky kids called 354 00:16:25,960 --> 00:16:28,600 Speaker 1: the Bloodhound Gang, and so they'd get together and try 355 00:16:28,600 --> 00:16:31,320 Speaker 1: to solve these crimes using math puzzles, and that's where 356 00:16:31,320 --> 00:16:31,960 Speaker 1: they got the name. 357 00:16:32,560 --> 00:16:35,000 Speaker 3: That's pretty funny that, you know, such a raunchy bend 358 00:16:35,000 --> 00:16:38,320 Speaker 3: would take their name from kids program. But uh, you know, 359 00:16:38,600 --> 00:16:40,800 Speaker 3: even though three two one Contact Magazine was actually a 360 00:16:40,920 --> 00:16:45,160 Speaker 3: huge influence on me in mental fluss. Seriously, I'm I'm 361 00:16:45,200 --> 00:16:46,840 Speaker 3: still not sure I want those guys in our Hall 362 00:16:46,880 --> 00:16:47,200 Speaker 3: of fame. 363 00:16:47,920 --> 00:16:50,120 Speaker 1: Oh wow, I guess that video did a number on you. 364 00:16:50,160 --> 00:16:53,080 Speaker 1: But all right, I do agree with you. No Bloodhound 365 00:16:53,120 --> 00:16:54,920 Speaker 1: Gang allowed, So we got to come up with another one. 366 00:16:55,400 --> 00:16:58,200 Speaker 2: So what sort of slammed on entry do you have 367 00:16:58,280 --> 00:16:59,200 Speaker 2: for TVA movies? 368 00:16:59,640 --> 00:17:01,960 Speaker 1: Well, that would be a little band I like to 369 00:17:02,080 --> 00:17:07,040 Speaker 1: call exclamation Point, exclamation Point, exclamation point, or as fans 370 00:17:07,040 --> 00:17:11,480 Speaker 1: have wisely decided to call them, Chickchick Chick. Yeah, of course. 371 00:17:11,520 --> 00:17:14,040 Speaker 1: So they're this post punk funk group out of Sacramento, 372 00:17:14,440 --> 00:17:17,040 Speaker 1: and they actually took their unusual name from the nineteen 373 00:17:17,119 --> 00:17:20,320 Speaker 1: eighty South African comedy The Gods Must Be Crazy. You 374 00:17:20,320 --> 00:17:21,439 Speaker 1: remember this movie, right. 375 00:17:21,800 --> 00:17:22,720 Speaker 2: Yeah, that's crazy. 376 00:17:22,800 --> 00:17:25,560 Speaker 3: So for listeners who haven't seen it, it's about this 377 00:17:25,640 --> 00:17:28,360 Speaker 3: remote African tribe that lives in peace until they find 378 00:17:28,359 --> 00:17:30,800 Speaker 3: a coke bottle that falls out of an airplane and 379 00:17:31,160 --> 00:17:33,640 Speaker 3: they all start fighting over it. And you know, it's 380 00:17:33,640 --> 00:17:35,879 Speaker 3: a funny movie. But I have tomit. I don't know 381 00:17:35,880 --> 00:17:37,840 Speaker 3: what it has to do with those three exclamation points. 382 00:17:38,080 --> 00:17:41,400 Speaker 1: Well, in the movie, the Bushman Shoshin language was subtitled 383 00:17:41,400 --> 00:17:44,600 Speaker 1: as a series of exclamation points, and the band liked 384 00:17:44,600 --> 00:17:46,800 Speaker 1: this idea of using that to refer to a different 385 00:17:46,880 --> 00:17:49,240 Speaker 1: kind of sound, you know, one that's hard to categorize, 386 00:17:49,280 --> 00:17:52,520 Speaker 1: And I guess that's how they viewed their own music now, 387 00:17:52,560 --> 00:17:56,000 Speaker 1: because the bush language sometimes sounds a lot like clicking sounds. 388 00:17:56,040 --> 00:17:59,840 Speaker 1: I guess you know, the most common pronunciation is chickchick, chick. 389 00:18:00,280 --> 00:18:02,720 Speaker 1: But according to the band, the intention was for people 390 00:18:02,720 --> 00:18:05,080 Speaker 1: to use any three repetitive sounds and they could just 391 00:18:05,200 --> 00:18:07,720 Speaker 1: choose them, so you could call the band bam bam 392 00:18:07,760 --> 00:18:10,440 Speaker 1: bam or pow pow pow, and you know, you technically 393 00:18:10,480 --> 00:18:12,800 Speaker 1: still be talking about the same band. I can give 394 00:18:12,840 --> 00:18:15,720 Speaker 1: you other examples example, that's. 395 00:18:15,520 --> 00:18:18,639 Speaker 3: Right, all right, Well, I think you sold me on 396 00:18:18,720 --> 00:18:20,800 Speaker 3: Chick Chick Chick, and that's gonna get my vote. But 397 00:18:21,160 --> 00:18:23,280 Speaker 3: I have a feeling this next category is going to 398 00:18:23,320 --> 00:18:26,000 Speaker 3: be a bit more hotly contested, and it's the best 399 00:18:26,000 --> 00:18:28,359 Speaker 3: band name for somebody who isn't in the band. 400 00:18:28,760 --> 00:18:31,439 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, there's a bunch of good examples for this vote. Actually. 401 00:18:31,640 --> 00:18:34,680 Speaker 1: For instance, you you know Alice Cooper, right, mm hmm. Well, 402 00:18:34,720 --> 00:18:38,080 Speaker 1: the band was originally called the Earwigs, but after playing 403 00:18:38,080 --> 00:18:40,560 Speaker 1: around with a Wuiji board, it put him in touch 404 00:18:40,600 --> 00:18:43,159 Speaker 1: with a ghost name Alice Cooper, so they decided to 405 00:18:43,200 --> 00:18:44,240 Speaker 1: switch to that instead. 406 00:18:44,720 --> 00:18:46,600 Speaker 2: So I love that Wuiji board story. 407 00:18:46,640 --> 00:18:48,600 Speaker 3: But you know what's weird is that I didn't even 408 00:18:48,640 --> 00:18:51,119 Speaker 3: know Alice Cooper was a band, Like I thought it 409 00:18:51,160 --> 00:18:51,960 Speaker 3: was just the one guy. 410 00:18:52,359 --> 00:18:54,720 Speaker 1: Well not at first. There was the guy that ended 411 00:18:54,800 --> 00:18:56,480 Speaker 1: up taking the name, and it was the front man. 412 00:18:56,520 --> 00:18:59,560 Speaker 1: His real name was Vincent Fernier. But after he split 413 00:18:59,600 --> 00:19:02,040 Speaker 1: off from the band, he went solo and he actually 414 00:19:02,119 --> 00:19:04,080 Speaker 1: ended up just taking the name Alice with him. 415 00:19:04,320 --> 00:19:07,000 Speaker 3: Well, I mean that is pretty cool, but you know, 416 00:19:07,160 --> 00:19:09,920 Speaker 3: I prefer bands named after real people, thank you very much. 417 00:19:09,960 --> 00:19:12,880 Speaker 2: And that's why my pick for this category is Pink Floyd. 418 00:19:13,680 --> 00:19:15,320 Speaker 1: No way is that they have a real person. 419 00:19:16,320 --> 00:19:18,439 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's actually the name of two real people. 420 00:19:18,560 --> 00:19:21,000 Speaker 3: So you know, one of the band's founding members, the 421 00:19:21,080 --> 00:19:23,639 Speaker 3: legendary said Barrett came up with idea for combining the 422 00:19:23,720 --> 00:19:26,520 Speaker 3: names of two of his favorite blues musicians, and that's 423 00:19:26,560 --> 00:19:28,440 Speaker 3: Pink Anderson and Floyd Council. 424 00:19:29,000 --> 00:19:31,000 Speaker 1: Oh wow, I had no idea about that, all right, 425 00:19:31,040 --> 00:19:33,879 Speaker 1: but that does mean if I'm not mistaken that Anderson 426 00:19:34,040 --> 00:19:36,040 Speaker 1: Council would still be on the table then. 427 00:19:35,960 --> 00:19:37,600 Speaker 2: Right, definitely. 428 00:19:37,720 --> 00:19:40,320 Speaker 3: So for any nameless bands out there, here's the answer 429 00:19:40,400 --> 00:19:43,080 Speaker 3: you've been looking for, all right, Well, I have. 430 00:19:43,040 --> 00:19:44,600 Speaker 1: To give it to you. Pink Floyd is a two 431 00:19:44,640 --> 00:19:47,880 Speaker 1: for with that double homage, and that is tough to beat. 432 00:19:48,000 --> 00:19:50,720 Speaker 1: But I have one I've been saving, and I think 433 00:19:50,800 --> 00:19:52,560 Speaker 1: I want to give the edge to, you know, to 434 00:19:52,600 --> 00:19:54,520 Speaker 1: my Alabama brothers Leonard SKINNERD. 435 00:19:55,640 --> 00:19:57,240 Speaker 2: I mean, aren't they from Florida? 436 00:19:57,840 --> 00:19:59,560 Speaker 1: Details details name. 437 00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:03,560 Speaker 3: I mean in terms of fake sounding names like Leonard SKINNERD, Like, 438 00:20:03,720 --> 00:20:05,120 Speaker 3: no real name has that many? 439 00:20:05,160 --> 00:20:05,440 Speaker 2: Wise? 440 00:20:05,680 --> 00:20:08,800 Speaker 1: Right, how many times I've written it? I don't know 441 00:20:08,840 --> 00:20:10,520 Speaker 1: how many times I've actually written it, but I never 442 00:20:10,600 --> 00:20:12,800 Speaker 1: can seem to get it right. But you might have 443 00:20:12,840 --> 00:20:14,920 Speaker 1: a point, because you know, while the band did take 444 00:20:14,960 --> 00:20:17,400 Speaker 1: their name in honor of their real life gem teacher 445 00:20:17,480 --> 00:20:20,159 Speaker 1: and basketball coach, they also tweaked it a little to 446 00:20:20,240 --> 00:20:23,119 Speaker 1: sound a little bit more interesting. So the real guy's 447 00:20:23,200 --> 00:20:26,200 Speaker 1: name was Leonard Skinner, and after the band made him 448 00:20:26,240 --> 00:20:29,399 Speaker 1: their namesake, Skinner reconnected with his old pupils and actually 449 00:20:29,480 --> 00:20:32,800 Speaker 1: even m seed one of their shows. But really, though, 450 00:20:32,800 --> 00:20:34,800 Speaker 1: the band might have been better off just sticking with 451 00:20:34,880 --> 00:20:37,320 Speaker 1: Leonard Skinner, because you know, their name was just so 452 00:20:37,400 --> 00:20:39,879 Speaker 1: hard to remember how to spell, and the misspelled version 453 00:20:39,920 --> 00:20:43,440 Speaker 1: they went on was just so phonetically confusing that even 454 00:20:43,480 --> 00:20:47,000 Speaker 1: their self titled debut album, it had this little pronunciation. Guy, 455 00:20:47,040 --> 00:20:48,800 Speaker 1: I don't know if you've seen this before, but on 456 00:20:48,880 --> 00:20:51,640 Speaker 1: the cover of the album to help people know how 457 00:20:51,640 --> 00:20:53,280 Speaker 1: to pronounce it, you know, just to be safe. 458 00:20:53,720 --> 00:20:57,000 Speaker 2: That's ridiculous. Okay, so I guess you're two for two. 459 00:20:57,040 --> 00:20:58,000 Speaker 2: I'm gonna give that one to you. 460 00:20:58,080 --> 00:21:00,840 Speaker 3: But this next category I think is all mine because 461 00:21:01,200 --> 00:21:03,800 Speaker 3: I found the all time best band name inspired by 462 00:21:03,840 --> 00:21:06,359 Speaker 3: another artist, and it belongs to none other than the 463 00:21:06,359 --> 00:21:08,520 Speaker 3: man who taught the world to do the twist, mister 464 00:21:08,680 --> 00:21:09,439 Speaker 3: Chubby Checker. 465 00:21:10,000 --> 00:21:12,400 Speaker 1: Oh wow, So who inspired Chubby Checker's name. 466 00:21:12,960 --> 00:21:15,119 Speaker 3: So apparently it's a riff on the name of fellow 467 00:21:15,200 --> 00:21:20,000 Speaker 3: musician and near contemporary Fats Domino. Yeah, but the first 468 00:21:20,040 --> 00:21:22,359 Speaker 3: person to ever call Ernest Evans by the name Chubby 469 00:21:22,400 --> 00:21:25,480 Speaker 3: Checker was actually Dick Clark's wife, and they met when 470 00:21:25,560 --> 00:21:28,479 Speaker 3: Chubby appeared on Dick Clark's American Bandstand in nineteen sixty 471 00:21:28,960 --> 00:21:31,760 Speaker 3: and during the recording, Chubby launched into this impression of 472 00:21:31,800 --> 00:21:34,560 Speaker 3: Fats Domino, And afterwards he told missus Clark that his 473 00:21:34,600 --> 00:21:37,280 Speaker 3: friends actually called him Chubby, and she smiled and said 474 00:21:37,520 --> 00:21:40,560 Speaker 3: as in Checker, and he just kind of liked it 475 00:21:40,600 --> 00:21:42,240 Speaker 3: so much that he used it as a stage name 476 00:21:42,240 --> 00:21:42,679 Speaker 3: from then on. 477 00:21:43,359 --> 00:21:45,359 Speaker 1: You know, this is one of those that, in hindsight 478 00:21:45,440 --> 00:21:48,880 Speaker 1: you think that Fats Domino and Chubby Checker, it seems obvious, 479 00:21:48,920 --> 00:21:52,240 Speaker 1: but I actually had never made that connection before. All right, 480 00:21:52,320 --> 00:21:54,919 Speaker 1: so I will concede this when Chubby Checker should have 481 00:21:54,960 --> 00:21:56,600 Speaker 1: a spot in the band Name Hall of Fame. 482 00:21:57,840 --> 00:22:00,720 Speaker 3: Well, I'm glad you're on board, because I really like 483 00:22:00,800 --> 00:22:03,080 Speaker 3: that one, and it just kind of lines up perfectly 484 00:22:03,119 --> 00:22:05,240 Speaker 3: with an article I read about the science of choosing 485 00:22:05,240 --> 00:22:06,240 Speaker 3: the perfect band name. 486 00:22:06,600 --> 00:22:08,359 Speaker 1: Oh, I definitely want to hear more about this, but 487 00:22:08,400 --> 00:22:23,679 Speaker 1: first let's take a quick break, all right, mango, So 488 00:22:23,680 --> 00:22:25,920 Speaker 1: it's time to spill it. What is the secret to 489 00:22:26,000 --> 00:22:28,400 Speaker 1: coming up with a truly top shelf band name? 490 00:22:28,720 --> 00:22:31,440 Speaker 3: Well, if we've shown anything today, it's that memorable band 491 00:22:31,520 --> 00:22:33,280 Speaker 3: names come from all different places. 492 00:22:33,400 --> 00:22:33,560 Speaker 1: You know. 493 00:22:33,640 --> 00:22:36,879 Speaker 3: Some are homages to real life events and people. Others 494 00:22:36,880 --> 00:22:40,440 Speaker 3: are nonsense words or appealing phrases crib for media or 495 00:22:40,480 --> 00:22:43,920 Speaker 3: other musicians. And some names come in sudden flashes of inspiration. 496 00:22:44,600 --> 00:22:46,679 Speaker 3: I mean, others just seem to be whatever a drummer 497 00:22:46,720 --> 00:22:48,600 Speaker 3: happened to be looking at at the time. And there's 498 00:22:48,640 --> 00:22:51,840 Speaker 3: really no one fixed approach that works. But there actually 499 00:22:51,840 --> 00:22:54,159 Speaker 3: do seem to be some linguistic patterns that crop up 500 00:22:54,200 --> 00:22:55,399 Speaker 3: among the best band names. 501 00:22:56,280 --> 00:22:58,119 Speaker 1: All right, So what do you mean by patterns? 502 00:22:58,800 --> 00:23:01,800 Speaker 3: So, just on a basic level, most compelling band names 503 00:23:01,840 --> 00:23:04,080 Speaker 3: have something unusual about them. So you know, you think 504 00:23:04,080 --> 00:23:06,479 Speaker 3: about like the Grateful Dead or the Flaming Lips, and 505 00:23:06,840 --> 00:23:10,080 Speaker 3: those are just these unexpected word combinations that you find 506 00:23:10,080 --> 00:23:12,080 Speaker 3: together and when you hear them, they kind of grab 507 00:23:12,119 --> 00:23:15,400 Speaker 3: your attention. But there's also this other factor that's more 508 00:23:15,440 --> 00:23:19,840 Speaker 3: cultural than linguistic, and what's that. So this might sound 509 00:23:19,840 --> 00:23:21,680 Speaker 3: a little strange, but it comes down to the way 510 00:23:21,760 --> 00:23:25,000 Speaker 3: people connect words and names that belong to a certain category. So, 511 00:23:25,440 --> 00:23:28,520 Speaker 3: for example, like think about something the naming patterns for cars, right, 512 00:23:28,760 --> 00:23:31,760 Speaker 3: two big ones that might come up are fast moving animals. 513 00:23:31,800 --> 00:23:34,800 Speaker 3: You've got things like the Jaguar, the Mustang, even the viper, 514 00:23:35,160 --> 00:23:42,520 Speaker 3: And also astronomical figures, so like turists or mercury, nova, Saturn, Subaru. Like, 515 00:23:42,760 --> 00:23:44,760 Speaker 3: at this point, we're kind of so used to these 516 00:23:44,800 --> 00:23:48,200 Speaker 3: recurring patterns and carnons that any words that fit into 517 00:23:48,280 --> 00:23:50,720 Speaker 3: that genre like that rings true to us. 518 00:23:50,840 --> 00:23:51,840 Speaker 2: Is a good name for a car? 519 00:23:52,440 --> 00:23:54,840 Speaker 1: That's yeah, that's true definitely, But so are you're saying 520 00:23:54,840 --> 00:23:57,080 Speaker 1: that the same kind of thing happens with band names. 521 00:23:57,640 --> 00:24:00,240 Speaker 3: Totally, But this isn't something I recognized on my own. 522 00:24:00,280 --> 00:24:03,119 Speaker 3: It's actually the theory of this linguist named Chilu. And 523 00:24:03,520 --> 00:24:05,800 Speaker 3: one important thing she points out in her research is 524 00:24:05,800 --> 00:24:08,600 Speaker 3: that these cultural associations that we create for categories of 525 00:24:08,680 --> 00:24:12,359 Speaker 3: names are always changing over time. So here's actually a 526 00:24:12,440 --> 00:24:15,120 Speaker 3: quote from her article in Jay Store where she lays 527 00:24:15,160 --> 00:24:18,360 Speaker 3: out some of these generational patterns of music, she writes. 528 00:24:19,080 --> 00:24:22,760 Speaker 3: Quote short names beginning with the and a common noun 529 00:24:22,960 --> 00:24:25,640 Speaker 3: is an obvious pattern from the mid twentieth century. We've 530 00:24:25,640 --> 00:24:28,480 Speaker 3: got the beetles, the monkeys, the animals, the Kanks, and 531 00:24:28,560 --> 00:24:31,360 Speaker 3: that scene a revival in recent times. The heavy metal 532 00:24:31,440 --> 00:24:34,639 Speaker 3: genre is one of the classes with more obvious linguistic patterns, 533 00:24:34,880 --> 00:24:39,240 Speaker 3: usually involving death, so Megadeth's Layer, of course, and other 534 00:24:39,280 --> 00:24:43,600 Speaker 3: perils such as dangerous animals, white snake weapons, guns n' roses, 535 00:24:43,680 --> 00:24:47,760 Speaker 3: iron Maiden, or sometimes drugs and unhealthy substances poison. 536 00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:49,480 Speaker 1: All Right, so I guess it does make sense. Like 537 00:24:49,480 --> 00:24:52,119 Speaker 1: when you were talking about Chubby Checker before, it lines 538 00:24:52,200 --> 00:24:56,679 Speaker 1: up pretty well with this idea of these these naming patterns. Obviously, 539 00:24:56,760 --> 00:24:58,840 Speaker 1: in this case, it was picking a name that wasn't 540 00:24:58,880 --> 00:25:01,800 Speaker 1: too far off from somebody else's, you know, Fats Domino 541 00:25:01,880 --> 00:25:03,760 Speaker 1: in this case. And so he kind of found that 542 00:25:03,880 --> 00:25:06,280 Speaker 1: ultimate shortcut to making a recognizable band name. 543 00:25:06,600 --> 00:25:08,280 Speaker 3: Right, And I mean that seems to be like the 544 00:25:08,320 --> 00:25:11,479 Speaker 3: cardinal rule of rock and roll, where the music's always derivative, right, 545 00:25:11,520 --> 00:25:13,960 Speaker 3: Like it's always pulling from the blues. So why shouldn't 546 00:25:13,960 --> 00:25:16,800 Speaker 3: been naming conventions be derivative? As well just copy the 547 00:25:16,880 --> 00:25:17,600 Speaker 3: other guys. 548 00:25:17,880 --> 00:25:19,480 Speaker 1: Yeah, it's a good point and it does seem to 549 00:25:19,520 --> 00:25:21,520 Speaker 1: work all right. Well, I wanted to come back to 550 00:25:21,560 --> 00:25:23,560 Speaker 1: some of these other names, but I'm not sure if 551 00:25:23,560 --> 00:25:25,800 Speaker 1: you experienced this, but in doing the research, there were 552 00:25:25,880 --> 00:25:28,520 Speaker 1: definitely a ton of fun band name origins that they 553 00:25:28,600 --> 00:25:31,640 Speaker 1: kind of don't fit into a particular category. I feel 554 00:25:31,640 --> 00:25:33,520 Speaker 1: like we should take a little bit of time to 555 00:25:33,600 --> 00:25:35,720 Speaker 1: just throw out a few wildcard entries for our band 556 00:25:35,800 --> 00:25:37,959 Speaker 1: name Hall of Fame. Yeah, I love that. 557 00:25:37,960 --> 00:25:38,479 Speaker 2: It's perfect. 558 00:25:38,520 --> 00:25:41,639 Speaker 3: So I've actually been dying to talk about Dexy's Midnight Runners, 559 00:25:41,680 --> 00:25:43,680 Speaker 3: and I don't think there's any other way I could 560 00:25:43,720 --> 00:25:44,199 Speaker 3: work them in. 561 00:25:44,760 --> 00:25:46,800 Speaker 1: Yeah, it sounds like kind of a tough sell, So 562 00:25:46,960 --> 00:25:49,080 Speaker 1: I have to admit, who are they exactly? 563 00:25:50,119 --> 00:25:52,080 Speaker 3: So you might remember them as the British band they 564 00:25:52,119 --> 00:25:54,560 Speaker 3: gave us the eighties hit song come On Eileen. 565 00:25:54,960 --> 00:25:56,760 Speaker 1: No, I definitely don't remember them as that. I mean, 566 00:25:56,800 --> 00:25:58,600 Speaker 1: of course I remember the song that I couldn't have 567 00:25:58,600 --> 00:25:59,399 Speaker 1: told you who sung it. 568 00:25:59,680 --> 00:26:00,120 Speaker 2: Yeah. 569 00:26:00,160 --> 00:26:03,160 Speaker 3: Well, either way, their naming situation is basically the exact 570 00:26:03,160 --> 00:26:06,119 Speaker 3: opposite of what happened with the Bloodhound Gangs. So instead 571 00:26:06,119 --> 00:26:08,600 Speaker 3: of being like a raunchy band with an innocent name. 572 00:26:09,000 --> 00:26:12,240 Speaker 3: The Dexi's Midnight Runners were I guess, like a squeaky 573 00:26:12,320 --> 00:26:14,560 Speaker 3: clean band with a highly suspect name. 574 00:26:15,160 --> 00:26:17,399 Speaker 1: That sounds pretty funny, but I think you're gonna have 575 00:26:17,440 --> 00:26:19,639 Speaker 1: to walk me through because I honestly have no clue 576 00:26:19,680 --> 00:26:21,199 Speaker 1: what a Dexi's Midnight Runner is. 577 00:26:22,200 --> 00:26:25,440 Speaker 3: Okay, So the band openly admitted that the Dexi's part 578 00:26:25,480 --> 00:26:27,600 Speaker 3: of their name comes from a you know, a stimulant 579 00:26:27,720 --> 00:26:30,880 Speaker 3: called dexa Dream and this was popular among soul music 580 00:26:30,920 --> 00:26:33,720 Speaker 3: fans in Northern England during the seventies, and the Midnight 581 00:26:33,800 --> 00:26:37,119 Speaker 3: Runners part that refers to the users who used the 582 00:26:37,200 --> 00:26:38,800 Speaker 3: drug as a way to dance all night long. 583 00:26:39,320 --> 00:26:41,320 Speaker 1: Oh wow, so so, but you said these guys were 584 00:26:41,320 --> 00:26:42,360 Speaker 1: like a squeaky. 585 00:26:41,960 --> 00:26:43,520 Speaker 2: Clean band totally. 586 00:26:43,560 --> 00:26:46,199 Speaker 3: So they were completely sober and they didn't even have 587 00:26:46,280 --> 00:26:47,600 Speaker 3: alcohol at any of the shows. 588 00:26:47,760 --> 00:26:50,200 Speaker 1: Oh wow, that's pretty bizarre. But that's great, all right. Well, 589 00:26:50,440 --> 00:26:52,919 Speaker 1: I think my wild card pick is an oldie but 590 00:26:52,960 --> 00:26:54,960 Speaker 1: a goodie, and that would be the one and only 591 00:26:55,200 --> 00:26:58,000 Speaker 1: led Zeppelin. You can kind of think of this as 592 00:26:58,000 --> 00:27:00,560 Speaker 1: the Yankee Doodle Award for our Hall of Fame because, 593 00:27:01,119 --> 00:27:03,520 Speaker 1: just like in that song, the name led Zeppelin has 594 00:27:03,560 --> 00:27:07,080 Speaker 1: its origins in something that was originally intended as an insult. 595 00:27:07,720 --> 00:27:10,359 Speaker 1: So the story goes that The Who's Keith Moon was 596 00:27:10,400 --> 00:27:13,240 Speaker 1: actually invited to drum for this new London band, but 597 00:27:13,720 --> 00:27:16,760 Speaker 1: ended up being so unimpressed with the other members and 598 00:27:16,800 --> 00:27:20,199 Speaker 1: he mockingly predicted that they would quote go down like 599 00:27:20,240 --> 00:27:24,000 Speaker 1: a lead balloon. So then John Entwhistle basis for The Who, 600 00:27:24,200 --> 00:27:26,840 Speaker 1: went even further than that, and he remarked that the 601 00:27:26,840 --> 00:27:29,399 Speaker 1: new band would be such a colossal failure that it 602 00:27:29,440 --> 00:27:31,760 Speaker 1: would be more like a led Zeppelin. 603 00:27:32,440 --> 00:27:34,840 Speaker 2: Which is pretty harsh but also kind of clever. 604 00:27:35,160 --> 00:27:37,880 Speaker 1: Yeah, it was, but maybe as clever as that. When 605 00:27:37,880 --> 00:27:40,359 Speaker 1: the insult made its way back to Jimmy Page and 606 00:27:40,400 --> 00:27:43,280 Speaker 1: his manager, they actually thought it was so funny that 607 00:27:43,320 --> 00:27:45,720 Speaker 1: they decided to make it the official band name, though 608 00:27:45,800 --> 00:27:49,280 Speaker 1: only after dropping the A from lead, and the whole 609 00:27:49,280 --> 00:27:52,000 Speaker 1: reason was to, you know, to keep Americans from mispronouncing 610 00:27:52,000 --> 00:27:53,200 Speaker 1: it as lead Zeppelin. 611 00:27:54,440 --> 00:27:56,320 Speaker 3: So I don't know what I should be impressed by 612 00:27:56,320 --> 00:27:59,360 Speaker 3: how much they cared about preserving like that lead balloon joke. 613 00:27:59,160 --> 00:28:00,000 Speaker 2: At all costs. 614 00:28:00,640 --> 00:28:04,040 Speaker 3: I guess insulted by how little they thought of American intelligence. 615 00:28:05,119 --> 00:28:06,359 Speaker 1: I don't know. I sort of think it was a 616 00:28:06,400 --> 00:28:08,720 Speaker 1: smart call. I mean, you remember the pronunciation guide I 617 00:28:08,760 --> 00:28:10,920 Speaker 1: mentioned about Leonard Skinner, right, Yeah. 618 00:28:10,760 --> 00:28:13,280 Speaker 3: Of course, And I guess I understand that desire to 619 00:28:13,280 --> 00:28:16,399 Speaker 3: make sure your name comes across as intended, because the 620 00:28:16,480 --> 00:28:19,040 Speaker 3: name a band goes with can have this major impact 621 00:28:19,040 --> 00:28:22,679 Speaker 3: on a musician's career, didnerring everything from their radio exposure 622 00:28:22,800 --> 00:28:26,200 Speaker 3: to merchandise design to you know, what kind of people 623 00:28:26,240 --> 00:28:28,920 Speaker 3: will actually listen to the songs. And even after the 624 00:28:29,000 --> 00:28:32,199 Speaker 3: music stops and the spotlight shifts to someone else, a 625 00:28:32,240 --> 00:28:34,199 Speaker 3: good name can still keep a band afloat in the 626 00:28:34,200 --> 00:28:36,680 Speaker 3: cultural site, guys, so long as there's an interesting story 627 00:28:36,680 --> 00:28:37,800 Speaker 3: about where it came from. 628 00:28:37,960 --> 00:28:39,760 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, I mean I think you're absolutely right. I 629 00:28:39,840 --> 00:28:42,000 Speaker 1: was actually this close to talk about Hoody and the 630 00:28:42,000 --> 00:28:44,760 Speaker 1: Blowfish today and Mango. It's twenty eighteen. 631 00:28:46,200 --> 00:28:48,000 Speaker 2: Well, you haven't missed your opportunity yet. 632 00:28:48,040 --> 00:28:50,480 Speaker 3: It's time for the fact off and there's still a 633 00:28:50,520 --> 00:28:52,800 Speaker 3: few empty spots left to talk about band names. 634 00:28:53,120 --> 00:28:55,880 Speaker 1: All right, Well, dust off your Blowfish, Hoody, you're coming in. 635 00:29:03,960 --> 00:29:05,040 Speaker 2: So I'm going to start us off. 636 00:29:05,080 --> 00:29:07,400 Speaker 3: And I love it when bands named themselves after songs 637 00:29:07,440 --> 00:29:10,000 Speaker 3: from other bands, as somewhat of a tribute, and that's 638 00:29:10,000 --> 00:29:12,960 Speaker 3: actually how Radiohead got their name. When they first formed 639 00:29:13,000 --> 00:29:15,480 Speaker 3: in the mid eighties, they were known as on a Friday, 640 00:29:15,720 --> 00:29:17,760 Speaker 3: which was the day that they got together to practice. 641 00:29:17,760 --> 00:29:19,920 Speaker 3: But then five or six years later, when they signed 642 00:29:19,920 --> 00:29:22,760 Speaker 3: with EMI, they actually changed their name to Radiohead as 643 00:29:22,800 --> 00:29:25,080 Speaker 3: a tribute to the Talking Heads and their nineteen eighty 644 00:29:25,080 --> 00:29:26,680 Speaker 3: six song Radiohead. 645 00:29:27,040 --> 00:29:29,760 Speaker 1: You know, something similar actually happened with the Rolling Stones. 646 00:29:30,200 --> 00:29:32,640 Speaker 1: So Jagger and Richards first formed the band back in 647 00:29:32,680 --> 00:29:35,160 Speaker 1: the early sixties, and at that point they were called 648 00:29:35,200 --> 00:29:38,040 Speaker 1: the Blue Boys. But the story goes that during an 649 00:29:38,120 --> 00:29:42,440 Speaker 1: interview with this jazz focused newspaper, guitarist Brian Jones spotted 650 00:29:42,480 --> 00:29:44,840 Speaker 1: this Muddy Waters record. It was just sitting there on 651 00:29:44,880 --> 00:29:47,120 Speaker 1: the floor where he was doing the interview, and it 652 00:29:47,120 --> 00:29:49,840 Speaker 1: made him think about that song Rolling Stone from the 653 00:29:49,880 --> 00:29:51,800 Speaker 1: same album, and that's where they got the name. 654 00:29:52,440 --> 00:29:53,200 Speaker 2: That's really cool. 655 00:29:53,680 --> 00:29:55,440 Speaker 3: So, you know, having played in a band in high 656 00:29:55,440 --> 00:29:57,960 Speaker 3: school or several bands in high school, I love stories 657 00:29:58,000 --> 00:30:00,720 Speaker 3: of groups that you know, met hiss kids and kept 658 00:30:00,720 --> 00:30:03,640 Speaker 3: performing together. And another one of those was a group 659 00:30:03,680 --> 00:30:06,200 Speaker 3: that came together in the nineties out of Cleveland. They 660 00:30:06,200 --> 00:30:09,040 Speaker 3: were just in junior high school when they started rapping together, 661 00:30:09,080 --> 00:30:12,640 Speaker 3: and one day Anthony Crazy Bone Henderson had this minor 662 00:30:12,680 --> 00:30:15,200 Speaker 3: crash on his moped, and in somewhat of an act 663 00:30:15,240 --> 00:30:18,080 Speaker 3: of solidarity, the group all spored bandages and they started 664 00:30:18,080 --> 00:30:20,920 Speaker 3: calling themselves the band Aid Boys, And while that name 665 00:30:20,960 --> 00:30:23,880 Speaker 3: didn't stick, we now know them as Bone Thugs and Harmony. 666 00:30:24,080 --> 00:30:26,000 Speaker 1: You know, I also think it's fun when bands don't 667 00:30:26,040 --> 00:30:29,000 Speaker 1: seem to actually remember their origin, or at least there 668 00:30:29,000 --> 00:30:31,920 Speaker 1: are competing stories for origins. And one of these where 669 00:30:31,960 --> 00:30:35,240 Speaker 1: I saw so many different stories on this was Pearl Jam, 670 00:30:35,440 --> 00:30:37,239 Speaker 1: and so I won't share all of them. But there 671 00:30:37,480 --> 00:30:39,800 Speaker 1: have been some claims that the band name was inspired 672 00:30:39,800 --> 00:30:43,280 Speaker 1: by Eddie Vedder's great grandmother Pearl, who apparently made this 673 00:30:43,440 --> 00:30:46,080 Speaker 1: famous peote jam. I don't know if this is true enough. 674 00:30:46,120 --> 00:30:48,160 Speaker 1: And I thought that was pretty funny, and then it 675 00:30:48,280 --> 00:30:50,440 Speaker 1: ranges to the much less interesting. You know, one of 676 00:30:50,480 --> 00:30:52,880 Speaker 1: them that they just liked the word pearl and then 677 00:30:52,920 --> 00:30:55,000 Speaker 1: they added jam to it because that's what a group 678 00:30:55,080 --> 00:30:57,320 Speaker 1: of musicians do. So I think I'm gonna stick with 679 00:30:57,360 --> 00:30:59,280 Speaker 1: the great grandmother story. It just seems so much more 680 00:30:59,320 --> 00:30:59,920 Speaker 1: fun to believe. 681 00:31:00,560 --> 00:31:01,600 Speaker 2: Yeah, I like that a lot. 682 00:31:01,680 --> 00:31:04,280 Speaker 3: Well, I know, we're not really focusing on cover bands, 683 00:31:04,280 --> 00:31:06,880 Speaker 3: but there's one that's kind of a cover band but 684 00:31:07,160 --> 00:31:10,680 Speaker 3: also kind of a weirdly inspired band called Austrian Death Machine, 685 00:31:11,040 --> 00:31:14,680 Speaker 3: and apparently they sing entirely in the style of Arnold Schwarzenegger, 686 00:31:15,080 --> 00:31:17,480 Speaker 3: and all their songs are from some of his famous 687 00:31:17,480 --> 00:31:19,800 Speaker 3: one liners. So you know, like it's not a tumor, 688 00:31:19,880 --> 00:31:22,080 Speaker 3: which you can actually find on the band's first album, 689 00:31:22,120 --> 00:31:25,280 Speaker 3: Total Brutal, which is right, that's actually the first album's name. 690 00:31:25,360 --> 00:31:29,280 Speaker 1: Oh, just the first album. Wow, this band is something else. 691 00:31:29,320 --> 00:31:31,400 Speaker 1: I would imagine that's one of those shows that you're like, 692 00:31:31,440 --> 00:31:33,400 Speaker 1: this is gonna be so hilarious, and for the first 693 00:31:33,480 --> 00:31:36,120 Speaker 1: five minutes it's so hilarious, and then it's just torture 694 00:31:36,120 --> 00:31:39,600 Speaker 1: from that point on. All right, Mango, I don't want 695 00:31:39,600 --> 00:31:42,560 Speaker 1: to disappoint anybody, because we promised to include Hoody and 696 00:31:42,600 --> 00:31:45,240 Speaker 1: the Blowfish, and I'm here to deliver. I'm not sure 697 00:31:45,280 --> 00:31:47,800 Speaker 1: that we actually did promise, but we said Hoody and 698 00:31:47,840 --> 00:31:48,400 Speaker 1: the Blowfish. 699 00:31:48,400 --> 00:31:49,600 Speaker 2: We promised, we did. 700 00:31:49,680 --> 00:31:52,440 Speaker 1: We promised Hoody. But you know, I think most people 701 00:31:52,480 --> 00:31:55,800 Speaker 1: assume that the frontman Darius Rucker was Hoody and that 702 00:31:55,960 --> 00:31:59,400 Speaker 1: his supporting band members were the Blowfish. But it actually 703 00:31:59,480 --> 00:32:01,880 Speaker 1: turns out that he's kind of both, or at least 704 00:32:01,920 --> 00:32:04,880 Speaker 1: both names came from people that Darius went to school with. 705 00:32:05,400 --> 00:32:07,440 Speaker 1: So one was this kid they called Hoodie because I 706 00:32:07,440 --> 00:32:10,320 Speaker 1: guess he kind of looked like an owl. And there 707 00:32:10,400 --> 00:32:13,440 Speaker 1: was a separate classmate that had these puffed up cheeks 708 00:32:13,480 --> 00:32:17,240 Speaker 1: and was nicknamed Blowfish. So I'm not sure why they 709 00:32:17,280 --> 00:32:20,160 Speaker 1: decided to combine these two, and I kind of want 710 00:32:20,200 --> 00:32:23,240 Speaker 1: to see pictures of these guys. It just would make 711 00:32:23,240 --> 00:32:25,959 Speaker 1: for an interesting story. But it seemed to work. And 712 00:32:26,600 --> 00:32:30,200 Speaker 1: I've actually got an equally important fact because just recently 713 00:32:30,240 --> 00:32:32,600 Speaker 1: a friend reminded me that in our high school yearbook 714 00:32:32,800 --> 00:32:35,440 Speaker 1: there was a photo of me playing basketball in a game, 715 00:32:35,440 --> 00:32:38,120 Speaker 1: and for some reason, when I was dribbling, I would 716 00:32:38,120 --> 00:32:40,200 Speaker 1: do this thing where I'd blow out my cheeks like 717 00:32:40,240 --> 00:32:43,320 Speaker 1: a blowfish, you know, kind of like Jordan's tongue, but 718 00:32:43,560 --> 00:32:46,480 Speaker 1: much less cool and much less effective. 719 00:32:46,040 --> 00:32:48,080 Speaker 2: Of course, when you weren't dunking. 720 00:32:48,240 --> 00:32:50,880 Speaker 1: When I wasn't dunking, that's what I was doing. And anyway, 721 00:32:50,920 --> 00:32:53,120 Speaker 1: I was doing that in this photo, and the capture 722 00:32:53,240 --> 00:32:56,520 Speaker 1: under it said Willie and the Blowfish. So how about 723 00:32:56,520 --> 00:32:57,840 Speaker 1: that Mango? Pretty good. 724 00:32:58,720 --> 00:33:01,160 Speaker 3: Well, I feel like you deserved today's trophy just based 725 00:33:01,160 --> 00:33:02,200 Speaker 3: on that story alone. 726 00:33:02,440 --> 00:33:04,800 Speaker 1: Thank you very much, and thank you guys for listening. 727 00:33:04,880 --> 00:33:07,120 Speaker 1: I know we must have left out so many great 728 00:33:07,160 --> 00:33:10,080 Speaker 1: origin stories of band names, so please let us hear 729 00:33:10,120 --> 00:33:12,320 Speaker 1: those from. You can always email us part Time Genius 730 00:33:12,320 --> 00:33:15,080 Speaker 1: at HowStuffWorks dot com. 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