According to the band's website, although the group admired Holly ( and years later produced an album covering some of his songs ), their name was inspired primarily by the sprigs of holly in evidence around Christmas of 1962.

The Grateful Dead released part of this concert as Volume 30 of the band's Dick's Picks concert album series.

Courtney Michelle Harrison was born in 1964 in San Francisco, California, to Linda Carroll, now a psychotherapist, and Hank Harrison, a publisher who had some association with the Grateful Dead ; consequently, Love was included in a group picture on the back of the band's album Aoxomoxoa ( 1969 ).

In 1997, the band released a compilation album, My Body, The Hand Grenade, which featured material from the band's earliest recordings in 1989 up until 1995, and, in September 1998, released their third studio album, Celebrity Skin, which featured a stark power pop sound as opposed to the group's earlier punk rock influences.

" Machine Gun ", the instrumental title track from the band's debut album, became a staple at American sporting events, and is similarly featured in many films, including Boogie Nights and Looking for Mr. Goodbar.

At Capitol's behest, the band's name was changed to Crowded House, which alluded to the lack of space at the West Hollywood apartment they shared during the recording of the album Crowded House.

As the band's primary songwriter, Neil Finn was under pressure to create a second album to match their debut and the band joked that one potential title for the new release was Mediocre Follow-Up.

The album was released in June 2010, in time for the band's appearance at the West Coast Blues & Roots Festival near Perth, Western Australia.

A new compilation album, The Very Very Best of Crowded House, was released in October 2010 to celebrate the band's 25th anniversary.

No mention of this album has been made on the band's official website or Twitter page, which suggests that they are not involved with its release.

Bassist Nick Seymour, who is also an artist, designed or co-designed all of the band's album covers and interior artwork.

The album was played as two continuous pieces of music on the two sides of the vinyl and produced the band's two biggest hit singles, " Kayleigh " and " Lavender ".

1: The Miracle and the Sleeper ", which was released on the band's 1992 breakthrough album, Images and Words, and is followed by the 2005 album " Octavarium ".

Although it did not achieve the same levels of commercial success as the band's later releases ( it reached # 73 on the Billboard 200 ), it has been hailed by many fans and critics as Dream Theater's masterpiece and the band's defining album.

" Pull My Strings " was never recorded for a studio release, though the performance at the Bay Area Music Awards, which was the first and only time the song was ever performed, was released on the band's compilation album Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death.

The band's album debut, Tin Machine ( 1989 ), was initially popular, though its politicised lyrics did not find universal approval: Bowie described one song as " a simplistic, naive, radical, laying-it-down about the emergence of neo-Nazis "; in the view of biographer Christopher Sandford, " It took nerve to denounce drugs, fascism and TV [...] in terms that reached the literary level of a comic book.

Also in 1979 Rhino Records released Devotees, a tribute album, containing a set of covers of the band's songs interspersed with renditions of popular songs in Devo's style.

After Wood's departure following the band's debut record, Lynne wrote and arranged all of the group's original compositions and produced every album.

For the band's fourth album, Eldorado, A Symphony, a concept album about a daydreamer, Lynne stopped overdubbing strings and hired an orchestra and choir instead.

The new logo appeared on most of the band's album covers in various forms.

It would be the band's final album of all-new material, and lead singer Holly Johnson would leave the band following the corresponding world tour, followed by a flurry of lawsuits from ZTT.

This album contains live recordings of the band's hits such as " Hey Jealousy " and " Follow You Down ", as well as recent singles such as " Learning the Hard Way " and " Long Time Gone ," and also a live cover of Elton John's " Rocket Man "

The cost of recording Rocket to Russia was roughly $ 25, 000, which was significantly higher than that of the band's two previous records.

The Underdog EP consists of only five songs: " Underdog ", about the struggles of a high school underdog football player ; " Avondale ", about backstabbing ( it was specifically written in expression of a now-resolved fight between Yellowcard singer Ryan Key and Inspection 12 singer Dan McLintock, paraphrasing lyrics from his song " Doppelganger " aimed at Ryan ); " Finish Line ", seemingly about nostalgia ( but also more deeply about the band's friendship with another band, The Starting Line ); " Powder ", about the more frightening downsides of using drugs recreationally, including abuse and addiction ( it specifically is meant to refer to oxycodone ); and " Rocket ", a sort of " punk lullaby ".

The band's debut album, Drive Like Jehu, was released in 1991 through Cargo Music and Headhunter Records, simultaneous with Rocket from the Crypt's debut Paint as a Fragrance.

According to Rocket Science's MySpace page, the band's 2008 album Different Like You was self-funded.

Around this time Reis announced in a fanzine that all fans with Rocket from the Crypt tattoos would be allowed into the band's shows for free, for life, causing tattoos of their logo to become an international phenomenon.

Seattle's The Rocket commented on the band's influence in 1997, stating " he Daddies were busting out the swing before the Squirrel Nut Zippers, stirring cocktails before Combustible Edison and skating the ska before Sublime ... the band shakes out an incredible variety of sounds with peerless verve and polish.

Like his former band's works, O ' Connor's Rocket, as the album came to be called, was widely disregarded by both radio and the general public.

Using material he and Sparks wrote for a planned fifth I-Rails album, O ' Connor made the Rocket album entirely on his own on a broken-down 1969 Ampex 16-track tape deck and a budget of $ 1, 000 and called himself Primitive Radio Gods, which is what would have been the band's last album title.

Following a 2002 split EP with Project Rocket, the band's first mini-LP, Fall Out Boy's Evening Out with Your Girlfriend, was released in 2003 on Uprising Records, though they shortly left the label to sign to Fueled By Ramen.

In addition to the title track ( which also appears on the band's 2006 album Rocket Ride ), the EP includes 5 other tracks.

) The record went multi-platinum, spawning three gold singles: " Unskinny Bop ", " Ride the Wind ", and the ballad " Something To Believe In " which was dedicated to the band's security guard and close friend James Kimo Maano who died.

The band's profile was raised by extensive touring, including an appearance at the Glastonbury Festival and tours of Japan and the United States ( with Ride ).

Kai's last recording as the band's lead singer was in 1986 on a vinyl EP titled Judas, which contained the song " Judas " and live versions of " Ride the Sky " and " Guardians " recorded at Gelsenkirchen.

Polvo's first recording was Can I Ride, a double 7 " single released on the band's Kitchen Puff Records label in 1991.

Karen Carpenter sang most of the songs on the band's first album, Offering ( later retitled Ticket to Ride ).

The next single " Ride " was released on 8 March 2004, although it wasn't a big chart success, " Ride " is one of the band's best known songs because it was featured in a number of advertisements, including commercials for Apple's iPod, Nissan, American Chopper, NASCAR Hot Pass, WKCF and Split Second: Velocity.

He subsequently spent a period of time backing the Johnny Winter Band and then joined the Edgar Winter Group where he played bass on three of their albums and wrote the band's second biggest pop hit " Free Ride " in 1972.

Ride the Wild Tom-Tom collected demos, early recordings and singles ; Paris Avenue was a posthumous album by the final lineup, based on demo tapes from the band's waning days.

The Second-hand Smoke version of this song was recorded in 1989, along with the other unreleased tracks " Had a Dat " and " Slow Ride " ( which also appeared on the band's 1991 demo tape Jah Won't Pay the Bills ).

The band's third release for SST was Take The Manic Ride, which was released in 1989.

This trio released the band's 1979 debut single " Ride the Wild " / " It's a Hectic World ", with a sound that blended Devo-like New Wave and Dick Dale-style surf.

Ulf and Jenny appeared on VH1's Lift Ticket to Ride and mentioned the band's new recordings.

Check Out This Ride !, the band's first self-produced and independently distributed album since their 1996 debut The Return of The Aquabats, was recorded to both satisfy the group's fanbase after four years of no new material, as well as serve as a potential demo to attract interest from record labels.

Long Hard Ride, the band's fifth consecutive gold album, was released in 1976, and its instrumental title track ( which again features Charlie Daniels on fiddle ) was nominated for a Grammy.

In October 2009, it was announced that their track " Become a Monk " from the band's album Season of Sweets, would be included on the soundtrack of the video game, Tony Hawk: Ride.

The band's first releases were the singles " Park and Ride " and " Your Sound " in 1998.