572677 Sun Nov 16 09:40:56 -0800 2008 41 29 Not About Food 0 4177739 Since the "songs referencing food" thread has hit a wall, let's think about artists with food/ingredients in their name. I'll start with 10 from a quick scan of my record collection Smashing Pumpkins Marc Almond Moldy Peaches Death by Chocolate Screaming Broccoli Ultimate Spinach Red Hot Chili Peppers Cracker the Jam Huevos Rancheros Okay, some obscure ones in there, but you get the idea. Tell me yours. Sun Nov 16 09:40:56 -0800 2008 11115 Sloth 1 4177759 These are not ALL in my music collection, but the few I immediately thought of were: The Cranberries Meatloaf Cream Bread Ice T ;-) Bananarama Fiona Apple Lemonheads Black Eyed Peas Squirrel Nut Zippers The Honeydrippers Sun Nov 16 09:52:48 -0800 2008 4177739 10532 LindaWhit 1 4177774 Cake Blue Oyster Cult Cherry Poppin' Daddies Amy Winehouse Sun Nov 16 10:00:37 -0800 2008 4177739 127625 fern 2 4178031 Pearl Jam! Sun Nov 16 12:37:49 -0800 2008 4177774 127625 fern 1 4178028 Wild Cherry Hot Chocolate Peaches & Herb Humble Pie Hot Tuna Strawberry Alarm Clock A Taste of Honey Sun Nov 16 12:36:57 -0800 2008 4177739 11701 MrsT 1 4178106 Leftover Salmon Bad Livers Phish (LOL!) Sun Nov 16 13:17:59 -0800 2008 4177739 61135 Boudleaux 2 4178124 Well, if Phish flies, how about KORN and Eminem? Sun Nov 16 13:27:24 -0800 2008 4178106 127625 fern 1 4178180 Gin Blossoms April Wine Hot Chip Vinegar Joe Grapes of Wrath Sugar Ray Meat Puppets Sun Nov 16 13:54:50 -0800 2008 4177739 153184 im_nomad 1 4178342 Jello Biafra. Sun Nov 16 15:19:24 -0800 2008 4177739 11001 phee 2 4178386 Which makes me think of Green Jello who had to change their name to Green Jelly due to trademark infringement. Thank you all. I actually own music by everyone mentioned so far and am coming up with a set that is bound to confuse the neighbors. Maybe I should have come clean at the start, but I DJ as a hobby and always play a theme set. Usually, people "get it" by the 4th or 5th song. I'm hoping that this one will keep people wondering for awhile. Some additions Lemon Pipers Tangerine Dream Vanilla Fudge Honeycombs 1910 Fruitgum Co. Electric Prunes Apples in Stereo Chocolate Watchband Jellyroll Morton Crawdaddys Mickey & the Milkshakes Eve's Plum Moby Grape Neutral Milk Hotel Blind Melon Blind Lemon Pie (fictional, but its from the Rutles, so it kinda counts) Keep 'em coming! Sun Nov 16 15:46:50 -0800 2008 4178342 11115 Sloth 3 4178442 Stringbean. :) Sun Nov 16 16:14:51 -0800 2008 4178386 61135 Boudleaux 1 4178503 Veruca Salt ! Salt n' Pepper edit: p.s. does Noodle from the Gorillaz count? and also Juice Newton Sun Nov 16 16:47:42 -0800 2008 4177739 153184 im_nomad 1 4178684 Besides Cake, there's also The Sea & Cake... http://www.theseaandcake.com/ Sun Nov 16 18:10:30 -0800 2008 4177739 11106 tatamagouche 1 4179104 Some that haven't been mentioned yet: Angel In Heavy Syrup (all-girl Japanese guitar-noise band; admittedly not an actual food, but clearly food-inspired) The Apple Pie Motherhood Band (minor figures of the late '60s Boston scene best known for their single "Gypsy") The Applejacks (third-string British Invasion act, first band to record Ray Davies' "I Go To Sleep") Beaujolais (new solo project from a guy formerly in Wolfie and The Like Young) Beef Terminal (Canadian post-rock tangentially related to Broken Social Scene) Big Star (tangential: named for a Memphis-based supermarket chain) Black Eyed Peas (mostly awful contemporary pop band, though I do like their single "Shut Up") Blancmange (UK synth-pop duo best remembered for their fantastic 1982 single "Living on the Ceiling") The Bran Flakes (New Jersey noise-pop act tangentially related to my friend R. Stevie Moore) T-Bone Burnett (minor alt-country legend, these days best known for the soundtrack to O BROTHER WHERE ART THOU) The Cake (not the '90s group Cake, but a '60s girl group) The Cakekitchen (one of my beloved New Zealand bands) The California Oranges (current indie pop act with roots in the '90s band Holiday Flyer) Candypants (short-lived but awesome LA power pop act) Chicharones (Canadian hip-hop duo best known for their single "Pork Rind Disco") Cinnamon (Swedish '90s act quite similar to the Cardigans) The Close Lobsters (fantastic but sadly little-remembered Scottish band from the late 80s UK scene retroactively called C86) Cloudberry Jam (another Swedish group from the '90s, quite loungy and cool) The Cookies (early '60s girl group) Dolly Mixture (early 80s Scottish indie kids named after a local confection) The Donuts (Philly indie rockers led by a guy I know) Fantastic Everlasting Gobstopper (UK indie act named after...well, you know) The Fatback Band (70s instrumental funk) Flying Burrito Brothers (the band Gram Parsons formed after he left the Byrds) Grab Grab The Haddock (the band the rest of the Marine Girls formed after Tracey Thorn left for Everything But the Girl) Grapefruit (late '60s UK act best remembered for the single "Dear Delilah") Half Man Half Biscuit (maybe my favorite band ever) Amy Honey (Canadian alt-folk singer-songwriter) Jupiter Apple (great contemporary Brazilian psych artist) Kid Creole and the Coconuts (great 80s dance band) Lambchop (fantastic chamber pop act from Nashville, featuring one of my favorite contemporary singers) Lemon Kittens (experimental UK post-punk act featuring singer Danielle Dax, who later went solo) The Marshmallow Coast (offshoot of the Olivia Tremor Control) Martha and the Muffins (great Toronto act best remembered for "Echo Beach," one of the all-time greatest new wave singles) Mary's Danish (late '80s LA college rockers remembered for the singles "Don't Crash the Car Tonight" and "Julie's Blanket" -- they were a GREAT live band) The Mighty Lemon Drops (another C86 band) The Mutton Birds (another one of my beloved New Zealand bands) The Noisettes (current UK indie band with a great bilingual pun of a name) The Orange (another one of my beloved New Zealand bands) Orange Cake Mix (one-man-band indie bedroom pop) Orange Juice (one of the most influential UK bands of the early 80s, best remembered for the great single "Felicity") The Orange Peels (their debut album SQUARE is among my favorite albums of the 1990s) Outrageous Cherry (eclectic Detroit indie rock band who regularly reinvent their sound) Papas Fritas (Boston indie trio of the 90s best remembered for the singles "Hey Hey You Say" and "Way You Walk") Peaches (gender-bending Montreal electro-rock diva best known for the amazing single "**** The Pain Away") Peanut Butter Wolf (one of my favorite DJs) The Peppermint Rainbow (60s one-hit wonders -- the great "Will You Be Staying After Sunday") The Pipettes (another current UK indie act with another bilingual pun) Red Snapper (UK electronica duo) Spearmint (Scottish indie act) Syrup USA (dream pop act led by ex-Swirlies singer) Mayo Thompson (leader of long-running Texas freaks the Red Krayola whose solo album CORKY'S DEBT TO HIS FATHER is a particular fave) The Vejtables (San Francisco folk-rockers circa 1965) The Virgin Prunes (artsy Irish cross-dressers including the brother of U2's guitarist) Wheat (Boston indie rockers) Sun Nov 16 22:12:09 -0800 2008 4177739 17548 BarmyFotheringayPhipps 2 4179425 Seconding one of my favorite musicians since I began to listen to music: MEAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! As in Meatloaf. As in Marvin Lee Aday. Mon Nov 17 05:49:41 -0800 2008 4179104 11104 dolores 3 4179995 Or, as the NY Times once memorably called him, in deference to their style guide, Mr. Loaf. (he spells it as two words) Mon Nov 17 09:24:58 -0800 2008 4179425 12829 Bob W 2 4356209 barmy, a tour de force! Sun Jan 25 12:07:05 -0800 2009 4179104 105717 alkapal 1 4179974 Tommy Roe! Also, I have to mention Boston's beloved Nervous Eaters. Their one and only album -- I have a promo copy -- features a complete set of teethmarks. Mon Nov 17 09:18:46 -0800 2008 4177739 12829 Bob W 1 4180135 Jimmy's Chicken Shack Vanilla Ice Country Joe and the Fish Chuck Berry Buck Cherry Wild Cherry the Eels Brandy Eddie Rabbit Rosemary Clooney iggy Pop Johnny Mars (candy bar) Bad Brains Mon Nov 17 10:05:27 -0800 2008 4177739 154901 roro1831 2 4180210 Also: Eagle Eye Cherry and his sister Neneh Cherry Bowling for Soup Soup Dragons Jellyfish bananarama Sugarcubes Mon Nov 17 10:28:52 -0800 2008 4180135 154901 roro1831 3 4180261 Don't forget their dad, free jazz trumpeter Don Cherry. Or, for that matter, funk bassist Busta "Cherry" Jones, who worked with Parliament, Talking Heads and the Gang of Four. Mon Nov 17 10:43:22 -0800 2008 4180210 17548 BarmyFotheringayPhipps 4 4181496 I had a massive girl crush on Neneh Cherry back in college. http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=neneh+cherry&btnG=Search+Images&gbv=2 Mon Nov 17 17:37:54 -0800 2008 4180261 11106 tatamagouche 1 4182438 Trout Fishing in America Fishbone Reel Big Fish The Raspberries Tue Nov 18 05:58:54 -0800 2008 4177739 154901 roro1831 1 4182650 Country Joe and the Fish ..... oops just saw that someone else noted them, and realize that I just dated myself for no good reason. Tue Nov 18 07:33:30 -0800 2008 4177739 50431 chef chicklet 2 4183426 The Tea Party Tue Nov 18 11:29:45 -0800 2008 4182650 73013 LabRat 3 4191760 Marmalade The Gourds Fri Nov 21 09:23:02 -0800 2008 4183426 154901 roro1831 1 4194067 discovered another one today while patrolling the music blogs: "The Oranges Band" (the song is When Your Mask is Your Revealing Feature. Sat Nov 22 09:21:35 -0800 2008 4177739 153184 im_nomad 1 4289681 Just to name a few... Strawberry Switchblade Wild Seeds Blind Lemon Jefferson Fri Jan 02 09:03:55 -0800 2009 4177739 233294 cuccubear 1 4289795 cibo matto Fri Jan 02 09:39:31 -0800 2009 4177739 158016 cassoulady 1 4295163 On a classical note, let's remember the very famous Italian opera composer Rossini and his very tasty tournedos Rossini! Sun Jan 04 13:02:15 -0800 2009 4177739 45440 joschus 2 4356237 The Seeds Jellyroll Morton Opera singers of 100 years ago: Nelly Melba - where they got Melba Toast and Luisa Tetrazzini - as in "Chicken" Sun Jan 25 12:21:37 -0800 2009 4295163 13853 Leonardo 3 4356474 she inspired peach melba, too http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peach_Melba oh, look, a wiki about foods named after people! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_foods_named_after_people Sun Jan 25 13:42:03 -0800 2009 4356237 105717 alkapal 4 4356701 WOW!! that is a long list. I had no idea. Very interesting. Thanks. I can now show off how much I know about food :) :) :) Sun Jan 25 15:11:28 -0800 2009 4356474 251167 billieboy 4 4356749 Oh great. Thanks alkapal. Yet *MORE* trivia to get stuck in my brain. ;-) Sun Jan 25 15:30:15 -0800 2009 4356474 10532 LindaWhit 1 4356239 Iron and Wine, Lemon Jelly, Olive Sun Jan 25 12:22:27 -0800 2009 4177739 242801 CoryKatherine 2 4356458 Joe Bananas and the Bunch (Music with a peel) Sun Jan 25 13:38:30 -0800 2009 4356239 251167 billieboy 1 4357058 The Beatles; some countries eat them.... Sun Jan 25 17:33:25 -0800 2009 4177739 12873 OCAnn 2 4357238 a-ha. well in that case...Papa Roach, The Grasshoppers & Adam Ant should all count as well. and i guess then we could also include any artists or groups whose names include any variation of Dog, Cat, Horse, Kangaroo, Squirrel... ;) i'm pretty sure all the ones i came up with were already mentioned, except two - Lime Credo (indie rock band out of Atlanta back in the early 90's that never really blew up), and God Street Wine. Sun Jan 25 18:54:56 -0800 2009 4357058 103920 goodhealthgourmet 1 4357074 Peaches and Herb...Oh saw they already mentioned I did sound for a LI band in the '70s called MUSHROOM. Sanford and son tv show had Blind Mellow Jelly T-Bone Walker. Sun Jan 25 17:40:08 -0800 2009 4177739 28638 phantomdoc 2 4357091 There are a current duo called "Infected Mushroom" ....although that doesn't sound particularly appetizing :) I'm particularly fond of "Forgive Me" off their album "Vicious Delicious" Sun Jan 25 17:47:27 -0800 2009 4357074 153184 im_nomad 3 4357118 infected mushroom....related to infected corn? http://www.thesneeze.com/mt-archives/000344.php Sun Jan 25 17:57:37 -0800 2009 4357091 105717 alkapal 4 4357167 lol, love those. i'm particularly fond of the Beggin' Strips and the Prison Wine entries.....Steve needs to make more "Don't eat it"s....those are funny as hell. Sun Jan 25 18:23:01 -0800 2009 4357118 153184 im_nomad