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Coffee Break: Fruit and vegetable band names

Farmer Heidi Morlock grows cranberries along her wetland.
Farmer Heidi Morlock grows cranberries along her wetland.MPR Photo/Sea Stachura

by Anna Reed

September 06, 2017

Dolores O'Riordan, lead singer of The Cranberries, is 46 today.

Initially called The Cranberry Saw Us, Mike and Noel Hogan put out a call for a female lead singer in 1989 and O'Riordan showed up with a rough version of "Linger". The guys hired her, they recorded their first 3-song EP Nothing Left At All, then changed their name to The Cranberries.

So for the Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear from bands that are named after a fruit or vegetable?

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Songs played

Chuck Berry - Memphis
Blind Melon - No Rain
Fiona Apple - Shadowboxer
Strawberry Alarm Clock - Incense and Peppermints
Raspberries - Go All The Way
Bananarama - Venus
The Oranges Band - Atmosphere
Moby Grape - Omaha