Our Band's name
What's the story behind the name?
So, we get asked this question pretty often. Besides being a fun original name there is a story. Luckily, the story behind our name gives me the opportunity to highlight some of my favorite makers of music: John Moreland and BJ Barham. While John Moreland preforms under his name, most of BJ Barham's music is done as the band American Aquarium.
I have friends who I am always swapping music with. Sometimes we will send youtube videos, spotify/apple music/soundcloud links, facebook pages, and sometimes we will share music in person. To me sharing a good band is like giving a gift that someone can use the rest of their life.
Back to our name- One day I was sharing a John Moreland video with my buddy John S.
https://youtu.be/VwIWj0uNVCo
While we were watching, John S. got distracted trying to figure out what band Mr. Moreland was opening for. The camera is angled on Mr. Moreland to where he was covering half of the bass drum onstage behind him. We could only read ****ican ****ium, my friend guessed Pelican Museum. Laughs all around, then we figured out it was American Aquarium.
A few weeks later, our very new band was about to play it's first "gig" (a prestigious backyard BBQ at Kiana Lynn's father's house) and we were kicking around a few band names. None were overly impressive or cleaver, so as half a joke I said "Pelican Museum", and we ran with it.
If you get nothing else, check out John Moreland and American Aquarium!
Cheers,
PJ