Bands/Artists Whose Names Are Weed References - Classic or HUGE FUCKING DUD

I was never a big fan of the Doobie Brothers, but I know enough people are that it might be considered a dubious assertion.

There's also that Ann Mangussen thing.

there used to be band in mpls called The Dank. they were really bad.

of course they were

Actually, I'm gonna cite FunkDoobiest (short-lived Cypress Hill sidekicks) as a possible exception to this rule as well.

"I smoke pot. Impressed yet?"

hahaha

Cypress Hill should call their next album that.

James Blunt.

artists' lyrical fixations on drug abuse can be v. entertaining, a la Lil Wyte who I'm surprised is not in a coma yet

Loose Joints
Bongwater
ZZ Top
Chalice
Lambsbread

Loose Joints is actually a yoga reference.

NB - I had never heard of Loose Joints until the previous post.

I always thought that ZZ Top were referencing Z.Z. Hill

Bongripper are great.

http://image.blog.livedoor.jp/recomints_part3/imgs/1/5/15c9f62e.jpg

ZZ Top were named after two different brands of rolling papers. I strongly doubt they used illegal drugs however, they were probably rolling tobacco. And their song "Brown Sugar" is actually how good one feels on a sugar high, not heroin.

from wikipedia:

The origin of the band's name was not officially known for many years. Some theories included: the two brands of rolling paper, Zig-Zag and Top; a tribute to blues legend Z.Z. Hill; Z-shaped barn-door braces Gibbons once saw at a farm; and/or Billy Gibbons seeing the two words running together on a dilapidated bill board. The real origin, as told by Billy Gibbons and also recorded in his book (Rock + Roll Gearhead), is derived from the name of blues musician B.B. King. They wanted to call themselves Z.Z. King, but that sounded too similar to their blues legend hero. They figured that "King" was at the "top" so thus settled on ZZ Top.

okay mom

and "Pincushion" is about sewing, not anal sex.

Correct.

but "TV Dinners" is about performing oral sex on tranny hookers?

I have no idea, chief. I was fucking around a few posts up. But I did always think it was from rolling papers, Will has set me straight.

Mary Jane Girls

Isn't that really a case of "Our Manager Smokes Weed"?

I was setting myself straight w/r/t ZZ Hill reference.. But come to think of it, I'd heard the Zig Zag/ TOP thing as well.

too right, Oilyrags...those Mary Jane Girls were too classy to be messing around with the sticky icky...

I dunno about that, but I am under the impression that Rick was the force behind the name.

Toploader - certainly not the exception etc

Built to Spill
Caustic Resin
Built to Spill/Caustic Resin

No one's mentioned Green Day yet?

Is Hoobastank some sort of weed reference? If so, dud. If not, dud.

Weed references are always dud.

Farmyard Connection by the Fun Boy Three contains any number of weed references and it's an ace track, not a dull moment.

There was a NDW band in the 80s called Spliff. I thought they sort of sucked at the time, but maybe I might enjoy them more now. Anyone else remember this band and were they any good?

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how is built to spill a weed reference

spliff was nina hagen's backing band for a while. i don't remember how they sounded.

High on Fire

CLASSIC until about 1970, when such a name would still be halfway daring
DUD thereafter
EXTREME CLASSIC during the 1920s-30s, when only jazz musicians and Mexicans would understand the allusions

Lesbian Dopeheads on Mopeds - actually that one is CLASSIC

Seen on posters for frat parties: The Joint Chiefs, The High Altitude Brownies. I wonder which did the more painful version of "Stir it Up"?

Complete dud. Ask me if I like any "funny" names, and I'll say the same, but pothead funny < any other kind of funny.

UGH M@TT THX FOR REMINDING ME OF THE DANK YOU JERK.

They were actually worse than their name. Which is saying something.

Why is pothead funny less funny? Funny is funny.

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ZZ POT
http://kidshirt.blogspot.com/2005/10/zz-pot-vs-black-dice-fort-thunder.html

Cannabis Corpse = Classic

Bongzilla?

Bongwater?

High Rise?