Krissy Hoadley
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It would be B. You're correct.
Mookie Blaylock.
So Pearl Jam was actually named the Mookie Blaylock Band.
That was their original name.
But because Mookie Blaylock did not know who the fuck Pearl Jam would become, he did not care for them using his name.
And they got a copyright infringement.
They got a cease and desist from the attorneys for Mookie Blaylock, who was a Hawks player, an Atlanta Hawks player.
That's what I thought.
And so Jeff Ament, who's the bassist, was a huge NBA fan.
And if you look anytime behind Pearl Jam, behind Jeff on his bass stack, the speakers behind him, you will see that he has these little bobbleheads, these NBA bobbleheads that he'll switch out.
But Mookie is always there.
So there's always a mad respect for Mookie Blaylock.
And if you are a true Pearl Jam like aficionado and collector, you can find a poster with the Mookie Blaylock band named on it from like the first six months of them in existence.
But not much else because, of course, they got the cease and desist.
So they don't put out merch like that anymore.
I think they had to.
I think they did, yes.