Like Ain't Love Grand, the album's sound was fairly far removed from the band's punk origins, yet featured a punchy, energetic, hard-rocking roots rock sound that in many ways represented a more natural progression from their earlier sound than the previous record had.

The origins of the band's name are unclear.

The band's origins go back to 1967 when guitarist Mick Box, who was 20 at the time, formed in Brentwood a band called The Stalkers which started playing in local clubs and pubs.

Digital Underground toured nearly every year up until 2008 ; this consisted of thousands of live shows in Europe, Japan, Canada, Australia, and the U. S. While the group's origins lay mostly in Oakland and Berkeley, California, various characters and voices from around the U. S. appeared on the band's albums, while Shock G and Money-B were the only individuals to appear on every album.

The band's origins date from when Santana guitarist Neal Schon formed the band Azteca along with Larry Graham ( bass guitar ) and Gregg Errico ( drums ), both from Sly & the Family Stone, and Pete Sears ( keyboards ), from Hot Tuna and Jefferson Starship.

The story behind the band's name is a source of speculation because Edward has given multiple explanations behind its origins.

Over the years, this mythology, and in particular the fictional backstory regarding their origins, has continually changed, evolved and occasionally been retconned to explain changes in the band's line-up.

" Much of the band's provocative style emerged from their origins as street performers, where in order to get people's attention they resorted to outrageous or theatrical tactics — the group would sometimes walk into the street and stop traffic to get noticed.

Instead of releasing a straight concert video, Duran Duran and director Russell Mulcahy thought it might be fun to play around with the origins of the band's name ( the 1968 film Barbarella ), and added a storyline and some surreal elements that are woven around and through the footage of the band playing on stage.

The song, which is on the album Double Nickels on the Dime, details the band's working class origins and populist sentiments: " Punk rock changed our lives.

The story of the origins of the Foundations can be somewhat surprising and a bit confusing as to who was responsible for choosing the band's name, and various sources give slightly different accounts of their beginnings.

The band's origins started with the disintegration of The Time in 1984.

The album was compiled without any input from the band, and the poorly-researched liner notes by Mick Wall ( in the 1993 re-issue ) contain numerous errors about the history of the band's various line-ups, as well as several errors about the origins of the tracks on this compilation.

The band's origins and how they all met is the topic of the one-shot " Hopeless Savages B-Side All-Flashback Special ".

The band name, which has ambiguous origins, also stands for the band's modus operandi.

This version, commonly referred to as " Lump 2 ", was considered too disturbing and dark to be aired on MTV ( reflecting the band's grunge and post-grunge origins ).

Regarding the band's origins as a solo project, Droste noted, " It was just like doing a little home project, and I thought " oh, this is fun, I'm just going to call this stuff Grizzly Bear.

Another McVie single from the album, " Everywhere ", reached # 4 in the UK, which would be the band's third highest ever chart peak there and their final top 40 UK hit to date ( the single peaked at # 14 in the US ).

Among Nicks's contributions to Rumours was " Dreams ", which became the band's only Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 hit single to date.

The tour was the band's largest to date, each of the band members had expanded gear with added instruments ( such as Stewart Copeland's auxiliary percussion and Andy Summers ' guitar synthesizer components ), and the band used backup singers for the first time.

The album's third single, " Just Like Heaven " was the band's most successful single to date in the US, being their first to enter the Billboard Top 40.

The album's first single, " The Distance ", written by Greg Brown, became the band's biggest hit to date and is considered their " ubiquitous " song ; it hit number 5 on the RPM Alternative 30, and entered the Modern Rock Tracks top 5.

In the spring of 1939, the band's fortunes improved with a date at the Meadowbrook Ballroom in Cedar Grove, New Jersey, and more dramatically at the Glen Island Casino in New Rochelle, New York.

It was recorded with famed producer Terry Date ( Pantera, White Zombie, Soundgarden ) and featured the band's best production to date.

It was the band's highest charting single to date, reaching number seven on the UK charts.

Rolling Stone, a magazine known for its initial dismissal of the band's music, held a favorable opinion of the album, regarding the release as the group's best effort to date.

The band's breakthrough single " Sex Type Thing " polarized critics with its lyrics, some interpreting it as advocacy of date rape.

Mercury Rev is often compared to The Flaming Lips, and in fact share close ties: soon after the band's formation, Donahue also joined the Flaming Lips as second guitarist and appeared on two of their albums ; and since the 1990 album In a Priest Driven Ambulance, Dave Fridmann has co-produced every Flaming Lips studio album to date except 1993's Transmissions from the Satellite Heart.

" Their 1987 self-titled release was reviewed favorably by Rolling Stone magazine and produced " The Lust, the Flesh, the Eyes & the Pride of Life ," the band's biggest single to date.

Karl Sanders had confirmed a release date of June 29 via a posting on the band's message board, which was later pushed back to July 20, 2007.

Departure would be the band's highest charting album to date, giving Journey their first appearance in the top 10 of the Billboard album charts, peaking at # 8.

Mott climbed into the Top 10 of the UK Albums Chart, and became the band's best seller to date in the US.

In February 2010, Mike Muir had noted that the new Suicidal Tendencies album would be released in late-2010, although this release date had already passed and at the band's performance at the FunFunFun Fest lineup at Waterloo Park in Austin, TX on November 7, 2010, he informed the crowd that a new album would be released in 2011.

With a release date yet to be announced, the new album will be the band's fourth studio offering.

Roe maintains that he was not completely happy with half of the songs, although he went on to state that in spite of this, several of the songs such as " Fast Times at Dropout High " and " Road Signs and Rock Songs " were still to date some of the band's strongest of their earlier career.

" Although Iowa is widely regarded as the band's heaviest album to date, some tracks do include melody, most apparent in " Everything Ends " and " Left Behind "; however these tracks are still considered heavy when compared to the likes of " Circle ", " Danger-Keep Away ", " Snuff ", " Vermilion " or " Dead Memories ".

Since nobody can remember the exact date, for historic purposes the band and fans have often celebrated the anniversary of the 16 February 1981 concert, in Vanbrugh College, York, England – the band's second ever gig in the form.

Fluid made the announcement of his departure during the band's live performance on the final date of the Jane's Addiction tour.

It is the band's biggest commercial success to date, with their subsequent albums selling progressively less, despite receiving high praise from critics.

More than one hour of the band's home rehearsals from 1960 have appeared on bootlegs, although the recording's date and location are uncertain.

The North American Too Dark Park tour included the band's most graphic backing film to date, featuring everything from Budd Dwyer's televised suicide, to animal experimentation, to nerve gas attacks in the Iran – Iraq War.

The band's first commercial release in years, Destiny, received a lukewarm reception from music critics, While the album's lead single " Goodbye to Yesterday " still made it to the top five, follow-up " Maybe " and double A-single " Amaze Me "/" Teardrops " became No Angels ' lowest-charting singles to date, never making it to the top 20 of any chart.