tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post1817558353681121607..comments2024-03-26T10:03:51.827+13:00Comments on Karl du Fresne: Great group, shame about the name - and vice-versaKarl du Fresnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05054853925940134404noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-27995178455051277502011-04-26T22:27:11.614+12:002011-04-26T22:27:11.614+12:00Too late for anyone to notice here but there was a...Too late for anyone to notice here but there was a group from Taihape called Daggy and the Dickheads. They were fantastic - so much better than their name. As were the Beatles.Stephen Stratfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00426799380228308536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-41783205321815218522011-04-07T10:50:55.034+12:002011-04-07T10:50:55.034+12:00My mate Bill Moore, former editor of the Nelson Ma...My mate Bill Moore, former editor of the Nelson Mail, protests that I didn't think to mention Cecil Peak and the Remarkables.Karl du Fresnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05054853925940134404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-78642331215386551202011-04-04T01:03:56.260+12:002011-04-04T01:03:56.260+12:00When a friend's father saw Eric Burdon crossin...When a friend's father saw Eric Burdon crossing the road with his band in Auckland he was told they were The Animals. "Quite right," he said, though they would look tame today.<br /><br />The The was a great name.<br /><br />I liked Jefferson Airplane and Jefferson Starship or was it that I, like many others, found Grace Slick super sexy when she worked up to the climax of White Rabbit?Vaughanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13105760893956912855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-51134333517076781632011-04-01T12:41:37.091+13:002011-04-01T12:41:37.091+13:00Any thoughts on the Electric Prunes, or Moby Grape...Any thoughts on the Electric Prunes, or Moby Grape?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-77337546341943581012011-04-01T08:34:41.133+13:002011-04-01T08:34:41.133+13:00@ Macdoctor: The critic in question was Keith Moon...@ Macdoctor: The critic in question was Keith Moon from the Who, who told Page his band's "New Yardbirds" name "go down like a lead zeppelin".Bearhunterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06927373498537533968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-15904445992195623442011-03-31T23:43:02.541+13:002011-03-31T23:43:02.541+13:00I have heard that Led Zeppelin took their name fro...I have heard that Led Zeppelin took their name from a critic who opined that they would "go down like a led Zeppelin". This story sounds somewhat mythological to me, but I have always liked it.macdoctorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13355791620208619049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-81486270344198889932011-03-31T14:49:43.737+13:002011-03-31T14:49:43.737+13:00Seminal Irish Celtic rockers Horslips took their n...Seminal Irish Celtic rockers Horslips took their name during a late-night meeting at a Chinese restaurant. Havingt decided more or less on the Horsemen of the Apocalypse, one of their number, fuelled by monosodium glutamate suggested they'd be better calling themselves the Poxmen of the Horslypse and so Horslips was born.<br /><br />And as a collapsed Catholic, I've always liked the Jesus and Mary Chain, who took their name from a rosary. Motorhead, meanwhile, was slang for an amphetamine user, although the original name was simply Bastard.<br /> <br />Simpler times...Bearhunterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06927373498537533968noreply@blogger.com