Re: (TV) How did they get their names? (OT)

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brian Young" <raggedglory57@yahoo.com>
To: "Marquee Moon" <tv@obbard.com>
Sent: Monday, December 12, 2005 4:42 PM
Subject: (TV) How did they get their names? (OT)


> Hi folks,
>
>  How did Johnny Thunders and Ween arrive at their names? I figured that 
> someone on this list would know off the cuff and I wouldn't have to Google 
> it (I know, lazy F am I).
>
>  I ask about Thunders because I just finished the excellent biography on 
> Sam Cooke entitled "Dream Boogie", written by Peter Guralnick (much easier 
> read than Chronicles for me, since fiction didn't enter into the 
> narrative). In there, they mention a singer from Florida (I think) who 
> went by the name Johnny Thunder.

Probably the Loop-De-Loop one. There are also a couple of comic book 
characters by that name, as well as a Kinks song.
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