# Name that album (with very little info) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 22, 2011, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-album-with-very-little-info/575647 "2011-03-22T20:59:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PearlyJays](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b38774/32.png) [@PearlyJays](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PearlyJays)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2011, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-album-with-very-little-info/575647/1 "2011-03-22T20:59:09Z")
I have no expectations that anyone will able to help me, but I thought I’d give it a shot… There was an album released in the late 90’s by an all-female band (punk/alternative rock). The album had all the girls on the front plus one dude who was a waiter with a bowtie and no shirt… Does that ring ANY bells? Sorry I cannot remember any more details…I know you could buy the CD from Amazon, so the group wasn’t that _obscure_…thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2011, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-album-with-very-little-info/575647/2 "2011-03-22T21:31:08Z")
How many girls? Color picture or b&w? American band or UK or Japanese or other? I did some searching, including looking thru some of the more obscure Riot Grrrrl bands in my own collection but so far I got nothin’. Need more info to try and narrow it down. How did you hear about this band? Did you hear a song on the radio? ---
**Author:** ![PearlyJays](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b38774/32.png) [@PearlyJays](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PearlyJays)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2011, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-album-with-very-little-info/575647/3 "2011-03-22T23:50:49Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > How many girls? > > Color picture or b&w? > > American band or UK or Japanese or other? > > I did some searching, including looking thru some of the more obscure Riot Grrrrl bands in my own collection but so far I got nothin’. Need more info to try and narrow it down. > > How did you hear about this band? Did you hear a song on the radio? The picture is in color. If I recall correctly, the lettering is in purple. The scene looks like a backyard or a small outdoor eating section. I really cannot remember much about what everyone else in the picture is doing, but the waiter is center/top right facing forward. I believe holding a tray outward. The band is American, I _think_ from east coast - Boston or NY. Three to four girls. I know of them from college. I graduated in 2000…I can’t remember any songs or lyrics…just that I liked it. Also, I found it on Amazon like a year+ ago (I’m kicking myself for not buying it)…if there was a way to view past looked-at items, I could find it. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2011, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-album-with-very-little-info/575647/4 "2011-03-23T00:24:32Z")
I have a feeling that it might be former Boston band **Heidi** ’s self-titled cd, which would be a shame since it’s impossible to find - around 5 years ago one of the girls was selling off the CDs but had already run out by the time I found out. I can’t even find a picture of the cover art to confirm that it’s their cd I’m thinking of. All I have of them is a single from their 2002 follow up _Can’t Wait_ cd called “People We Hate,” which was possibly on _Heidi_, too. Anyway, they were a 4 piece all-girl punk band (Lisa Pimentel, Jilly B, Sandy Monticello & Janet Egan) that was active from the late 90s to early 2000s. ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2011, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-album-with-very-little-info/575647/5 "2011-03-23T00:36:17Z")
I was thinking of the band “Belly” but a wiki search showed no people on their album covers… ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2011, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-album-with-very-little-info/575647/6 "2011-03-23T03:31:08Z")
[Here’s a video from Heidi](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VFzb05JMO0). Maybe the OP can recognize them and tell us if this is the right band. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2011, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-album-with-very-little-info/575647/7 "2011-03-23T04:44:18Z")
Do you remember if this band was on the Lilith Faire circuit? That’s one way to narrow the field. ---
**Author:** ![spymaniac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@spymaniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spymaniac)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2011, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-album-with-very-little-info/575647/8 "2011-03-23T05:25:28Z")
the only all girl band from around that era I can think of is ‘The Donnas’. from memory they were kind of punk/rock-y (ish) maybe that’ll help, maybe not… ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2011, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-album-with-very-little-info/575647/9 "2011-03-23T05:41:37Z")
> [@spymaniac](#): > > the only all girl band from around that era I can think of is ‘The Donnas’. from memory they were kind of punk/rock-y (ish) > > maybe that’ll help, maybe not… Aye, but none of their album covers are conceptual like the one **PJ** described. They were my first thought too, but a quick look at my shelves showed they didn’t fit the bill. ---
**Author:** ![Anticounterrevolutionary](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f04885/32.png) [@Anticounterrevolutionary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anticounterrevolutionary)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2011, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-album-with-very-little-info/575647/10 "2011-03-23T06:34:09Z")
[The Lunachicks “Luxury Problem”](http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/1185600/a/Luxury+Problem.htm) Good album! ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2011, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-album-with-very-little-info/575647/11 "2011-03-23T06:34:46Z")
I believe you are thinking of [Lunachicks](http://www.amazon.com/Luxury-Problem-Lunachicks/dp/B00000J5XT/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1300862044&sr=1-1). ETA: Curse you!!! ETA2: How is it that this question has been sitting here, unanswered, for over nine and a half hours, and then we simulpost it? Amazing. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2011, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-album-with-very-little-info/575647/12 "2011-03-23T06:47:17Z")
gj **pulykamell** and **Anticounterrevolutionary**! ---
**Author:** ![Anticounterrevolutionary](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f04885/32.png) [@Anticounterrevolutionary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anticounterrevolutionary)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2011, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-album-with-very-little-info/575647/13 "2011-03-23T07:40:36Z")
Yeah, we both deserve full credit for that one, **pulykamell**. I keep Lunachicks in my playlists. Theo is radical. ---
**Author:** ![PearlyJays](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b38774/32.png) [@PearlyJays](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PearlyJays)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2011, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-album-with-very-little-info/575647/14 "2011-03-23T22:22:06Z")
**The Lunachicks** WOW!!! I am so impressed, amazed and GRATEFUL! Damn…you guys are good. Looking at it now, I can see a few places my memory failed…but it was no match for you two… Thank you very very much!!!