BOC: NAME THAT NAME

[P Worley]

That's the (approximate) story in Rolling Stone's Rock and Roll
Encyclopedia.  But I thought they came up with the name for a song
(Subhuman), then renamed the song after they took the name for the band.

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Peter William Worley
inhaler at u.washington.edu
Phone: (206) 547-6164

On Thu, 6 Feb 1997, ROBERT FITTERMAN wrote:

> With all due respect to the others out there.  None of you have said how
> BOC really got their name.  The story out here on Long Island (where the
> band originated, and still lives) is that while Sandy Pearlman and a
> couple of members of the band were dining on oysters (probably stoned) in
> a Blue Point, Long Island restaurant, they came up with the name.  At
> least that was what a local newspaper said.