Unlike the land it was named for, USA’s influence did not spread far and wide.

WHEN a group chooses to name itself after a place it can lead to all sorts of confusion. The Bay City Rollers were from Scotland, not Michigan, Japan was a London-based art-rock group, Europe was “just” Swedish and Asia comprised a quartet of Englishmen. One little-known group from Los Angeles, California, certainly picked itself a difficult name to live up to ... and disappeared with nary a trace.