not a perfect metaphor

One hit wonders? Y'mean, like Bonnie Tyler's "Total Eclipse of the Heart"? Don't know if Gary ("In Cars") Numan counts, since he seemed to have a career. (But wow, did I loathe Ah-Ha.)

I saw Genesis in the Lamb Lies Down on Broadway tour, which was Gabriel's last tour with the band. (Phil Collins is another drummer I quite like, as his stuff with Brand X shows.) I have a bunch of Gabriel albums, including the first three, which were all eponymous. (A different record company for each.) I loved the bit in "South Park" where somebody tells Stan the most romantic thing he could do would be to stand outside Wendy's window with a boombox playing a Peter Gabriel song, and he does so, using "Shock the Monkey."

So, do you have Smash Your Head Against the Wall? I played that elpee ragged. I have the CD, and enjoy the ultra-faithful cover of Neil Young's "Cinnamon Girl." (Young's Everybody Knows this is Nowhere is also a lifelong fave. (By that you can extrapolate that yeah, I liked Nirvana and I lo-o-ove Radiohead.))

considering most of my generation thinks you're asking them a question when the band name comes up. ::rolls eyes::

But what's wonderful about that is it's back to the original intent of the name!