Star Trek: 10 Things You Didn't Know About Beverly Crusher

Okay, so this one is extremely left-of-field, but then again, there could be no greater bit of maybe unknown miscellany, nor ode to a character, than Star Trek meets acid punk/rock. This inspired fusion of genres is exactly the case for Seattle-based music group 'Beverly Crusher'. If you've come for the Starfleet Medical conference, you'll be getting a gig instead. Oh, and 'Cheeseburger Liquor Party' is the title of Beverly Crusher's (the band's) first album, followed up by the perhaps more apt 'Pills Pills Pills'.

The eponymous homage came rather naturally as well. Lead vocalist/guitarist Cozell Wilson had locked himself away one summer to watch Star Trek (as all of us quite literally have too) and decided that 'Beverly Crusher' would probably make a good band name… and it did. The name does mean that Wilson's fellow band members get to introduce themselves in rather comedic (and good natured) fashion: "Hey! I'm Sam Stiles. I cook and play drums for Beverly Crusher" and "My name is Max Stiles. I play bass in Beverly Crusher."

The 'real' Beverly Crusher was more used to string quartets and piano recitals aboard the Enterprise, but we get the feeling she was more hardcore than that. As Gates McFadden told The Shuttlepod Show, she has always wanted to learn how to play the drums. Perhaps a collab with her on-screen's off-screen namesake?