OK, I have no musical talent at all, but I found the name. I was looking for the August birthstone and there’s an alternate one, Sardonyx. Pronounced like Sardonics!! And the stone itself is purty:
Say, didn’t you open for the Spoons at Century Gardens back in '89? I was in third year and I rented a room on Fallway Rd and I just walked over. Good times, man.