The United States in the early 1990's was a very dark and tragic place where figures such as ''Vanilla Ice'' and ''MC Hammer'' were popular figures"musicians". It was also an era when ''Zumba Pants'' were somehow fashionable, pants which looked as if the wearer could parachute with them on. MC Hammer perpetuated the trend, making many normal citizens look incredibly stupid while shuffle-dancing to shallow rhymes. Hammer Jammers are named after the hammer pants trend.