# Angry Salad **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 16, 2003, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angry-salad/188965 "2003-07-16T19:55:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Photog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c77e96/32.png) [@Photog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Photog)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angry-salad/188965/1 "2003-07-16T19:55:33Z")
Anybody know the meaning behind the [band’s](http://www.angrysalad.com) name? The website only states… > [@](#): > > to get the story behind the name, you’ll have to corner the band at a live show A friend tells me it goes something like: The band members were dining at a restaurant when one of them spotted Freddie Mercury seated nearby. They approached Freddie and asked his advice for a good band name. The answer…“Angry Salad”. So, they took it…only later to find out that the “Angry Salad” is some “vile homosexual act”. So, is the story accurate? And, if so, what’s an “angry salad”? ---
**Author:** ![Photog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c77e96/32.png) [@Photog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Photog)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angry-salad/188965/2 "2003-07-17T12:42:36Z")
anyone? ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angry-salad/188965/3 "2003-07-17T14:55:15Z")
No, but I’m sad they moved out west. Used to be from Maine, you know. I’ll probably never get to see them again now \ You know, I don’t remember them giving an answer at the show, but they were the opening act, so maybe they didn’t get to it… but, hey, the Herald says something about it, maybe it’s true. [http://angrysalad.com/portpressherald7499.htm](http://angrysalad.com/portpressherald7499.htm) ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angry-salad/188965/4 "2003-07-17T14:57:40Z")
Oops, The _same_ thing, not something. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angry-salad/188965/5 "2003-07-17T18:08:27Z")
Well, there’s the hackish term [angry fruit salad](http://info.astrian.net/jargon/terms/a.html#angry_fruit_salad). I don’t know the band…does “flashy and attention-getting but uncomfortable for long-term use” seem to fit? Not that it had anything to do with naming the band, I just found it amusing. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Morgainelf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Morgainelf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgainelf)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angry-salad/188965/6 "2003-07-17T19:05:44Z")
I don’t know what an Angry Salad is, but those guys look familiar. Were they called Controlled Aggression at some point? ---
**Author:** ![aaslatten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f14d63/32.png) [@aaslatten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aaslatten)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angry-salad/188965/7 "2003-07-17T19:09:21Z")
Harlan Ellison had a book called Angry Candy. ---
**Author:** ![Morgainelf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Morgainelf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgainelf)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angry-salad/188965/8 "2003-07-17T19:17:46Z")
Hmmm…after some research, they were not Controlled Aggression. But they still look familiar. It’s going to drive me nuts now, until I figure out how I might have seen them. (I’ve seen dozens of Boston area bands, so I might have come across them at one time or another, I just can’t remember.) ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2003, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angry-salad/188965/9 "2003-07-18T01:41:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Morgainelf \* > \*\*Hmmm…after some research, they were not Controlled Aggression. But they still look familiar. It’s going to drive me nuts now, until I figure out how I might have seen them. (I’ve seen dozens of Boston area bands, so I might have come across them at one time or another, I just can’t remember.) \*\* Did you go to the Holiday Bizarre in 2000? They played with Guster, Shootz Groove and Jimmie’s Chicken Shack then… ---
**Author:** ![Morgainelf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Morgainelf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgainelf)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2003, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angry-salad/188965/10 "2003-07-18T16:57:56Z")
Nope, I figured it out. They used to open for **O Positive** in the early 90s. I went to a few of those shows around Lowell, Ma. Though the Holiday Bizarre sounds cool! ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2003, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angry-salad/188965/11 "2003-07-18T21:58:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by aaslatten \* > \*\*Harlan Ellison had a book called Angry Candy. \*\* And Nora Ephron had a book called Crazy Salad. Crazy Candy. Band name!