Published on 1/8/09
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The Pump Room was the first restaurant whose strict dress code later inspired the name of an up-and-coming artist’s album. Was it:
a) Cake’s Short Skirt Long Jacket
b) Love Battery’s Nehru Jacket
c) Phil Collins’s No Jacket Required
d) Blink-182’s Take Off Your Pants and Jacket
Scroll down for the answer.
Answer: c. Back when Genesis was gaining popularity in the States, a suit jacket-less Phil Collins was refused entry into the Pump Room’s elite dining room. After his solo album No Jacket Required topped the American charts in 1985, the Pump Room sent Collins a complimentary jacket as an apology.