Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Bands with fruit in their title

I have some friends with whom we share a good deal of musical interests. Given our collective range of knowledge about music we get into asking each other rock trivia questions. Usually the questions can get obscure, for example, ‘Name the make & model guitar responsible for Ted Nugent’s signature sound.’ Recently one person asked, ‘Can you list bands that have a fruit in their title?’ What an excellent question!!! Here’s the list we’ve compiled so far. Thanks to Brian, Christina, Jen, Matt, Chris, Sung, Malcolm, Jeremy & Lisa for input. By the way, Ted Nugent almost exclusively plays a Gibson Byrdland, which is a semi-hollow body guitar.

Berries:
The Strawberry Alarm Clock
The Strawberry Zots
Strawberry Switchblade
Chuck Berry
The Raspberries
The Cranberries
The Cherry Poppin Daddies

Peaches:
Peaches & Herb
Peaches
Peaches Christ
Peach Union

Oranges:

Agent Orange

Orange Juice Jones

Apples:
Fiona Apple
Apple
Apples in Stereo

Bananas:
Juicy Bananas
Bananarama
Electric Banana

Lemons:
The Lemonheads
The Mighty Lemondrops

Limes:
Lime Spiders

Figs:
The Figs

Fruits have seeds in them. So…
Chilies: the Red Hot Chili Peppers
Pumpkins: the Smashing Pumpkins
Tangentially (and it's pushing it) ... Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Legumes are fruits so…The Black Eyed Peas

5 comments:

Christina said...

The one-hit wonder from the late '90s, pop-rocker Eagle Eye Cherry. His song was "Save Tonight."

Stephen Hegedus said...

Yes, and of course Neneh Cherry. Speaking of cherries, here's a few more: Bing Crosby & Black Cherries. I've been reminded by Brian of a few more: Blind Mellon, Olive & Tangerine Dream.

amp said...

The Fruit Bats

The Oranges Band

Stephen Hegedus said...

Moby Grape. Thanks to Sharon for reminding us of this San Francisco psychedelic band

Stephen Hegedus said...

Here's another fruit band I just discovered "Moldy Peaches" website: http://www.moldypeaches.com/