 The band takes its name from a line found in the 1983 Elvis Costello song "Shipbuilding".Diving For Pearls originated in Boston, MA, and was formed by Danny Malone (lead vocals, guitar) and Jack Moran (keyboards), both former members of local act The Trademarks.After slugging it out on the Boston scene for a couple of years, Malone and Moran moved to New York City where they were eventually joined by Yul Vazquez (guitar, vocals), formerly with Urgent, and Peter Clemente (drums), who had played with the Michael Monroe fronted NY act Secret Chiefs and appears on Monroe's 1987 debut solo album, "Nights Are So Long"; Vazquez and Clemente had also both been part of Jean Beauvoir's "Drums Along the Mohawk" touring band.