Nope

wasn't the punker a woman?

Nope.

man, I'm totally stumped...

wild guess

Lee Ving?

Henry Rollins

Nope, and Nope...

John Doe?

Nope...

How long should I let this go?

Another 7 hours

can we ask for clues?

was this person from the west coast scene in the late 70s/early 80s?

Most definitely, west coast, and during that time period.

Ok That one was probably a bit too obscure. Jack Grisham of True Sounds Of Liberty (T.S.O.L.) was the answer. He lived down the street from a girl I dated in High School.

Who did the lead vocals on Bob and Doug McKenzie's song "Take Off"?

Lame, I knew the Jack Grisham one. I'm almost twelve hours late though. Damn my tardiness.

Damn. I know that group, but I've never known the names of any members of the band.

I almost said Keith Morris from the Circle Jerks, but I knew that couldn't be true, lol.

Next question!

That would be Geddy Lee of Rush (eh?)

- I knew I would get one: Lee guest starred on the Hoser's hit tune, Take Off, while Doug & Bob provide background. I have an advantage in that my father was a teacher at the high school where Rush members were students.


As for TSOL, I was a punker in the late '70's, but must confess to not knowing them.

T.S.O.L. was big on the west coast, especially in Long Beach, CA. where they are from.


Geddy Lee would be correct...your up Leto

Which group did Nils Lofgren start out with (long before he hooked up with the E-Street Band)?

I think he was a member of Crazy Horse, but I might be thinking of the wrong guy.

ya, game on Anxst... (Neal Young anyway)

This band's fans rioted at Red Rocks amphitheatre in 1971, causing the police to drop tear gas from helicopters on the crowd. The band played on through the riot, putting on what reviewers claimed was a great show. The incident caused Red Rocks to not allow rock concerts for years afterwards.

Who were they?

Ooh, good question. It was Jethro Tull, wasn't it?

My guess is wild but I'll take the Moody Blues as being the band.

i'm trying to imagine the crowd at a moody blues show rioting...

i have no idea which band might have been involved...

Correct as usual, King Friday!

Nice job, Martian. It took me a while to think that one up.

Bring it on!

Right. Let's take things in a whole new direction. Hip hop!

This man started his hip hop career under the name the Blastmaster, reportedly due to his lyrical skills during battle raps. However, early in his career something occurred which caused him to reject that persona in favour of the new moniker the Teacha, since as he's fond of stating "knowledge reigns supreme over nearly everybody."

Who is he and what happened?

i would guess krs-one
but i dont know the other answer.

It is KRS One. He went from Blastmaster to The Teacha when Scott La Rock got shot in '87, if I remember right. That was the end of Boogie Down productions.

There it is. Scott LaRock and KRS-One collectively made up BDP, joined occasionally by another MC whose name escapes me at the moment. LaRock was killed while mediating a gang dispute and his death greatly affected KRS-One, who has since advocated education and equality. Admittedly all of his temple of hip hop stuff is a bit over the top, but for the most part it's a pretty sound concept.

roachboy gets bonus points for knowing who it was, but Anxst gets the credit for knowing the full answer. You're up, my man.

I'm not sure I would have remembered that without Roachboy. Thanks for the assist, man!

What Pink Floyd album was named by Douglas Adams, and what did he demand in return for use of the name?

Alright now, wait a second. I've been away for a few days... Anxst, are you telling me that Nils Lofgren was a member of Crazy Horse? If that's true, This is exactly why I love this thread! I would have never known that! I'm a huge Springsteen fan, and I'm a huge Neil Young fan, but never knew this....

There was a time when I knew the answer to this question. I cannot now remember it for the life of me.

My educated guess is that the album is The Division Bell. That's my hunch, anyway. As to what Adams asked in return, I have no clue.

It's true. He played with Neil Young and with Crazy Horse, then used that connection to start Grin.

you know, if there's one factoid about krs that folk know about, it'd the murder of scott la rock. but for some reason, i didnt think that was what the question was looking for. go figure.

glad i was able to help, though, comrades.

It is The Division Bell. I'll throw credit to you for the partial answer.

Adams demanded that the band pay 25000 pounds sterling to the Save the Rhino foundation in return for naming the album, which they gladly did.

Whoops, I guess y'all want me to get my ass in gear. Sorry, I got distracted.

Many people (myself among them) think that the Allman Brothers lost their heart and soul with the deaths of Duane Allman and Berry Oakley. Describe the odd bit of synchronicity in their deaths.

Another softball, I know. I'll try to come up with a real challenge for my next one.

They both died in motorcycle accidents, and I believe it was within a block or 2 of where the other had died, and within 2 months.

I love their music, but I'm sketchy on my history there. I'll wait for confirmation on this one for sure.

One of those three is wrong.

EDIT - Hell with it. I've decided that two out of three aint bad (I want youuuu, I need youuuu....)

Duane and Berry did both die due to motorcycle accidents in Macon Georgia and the sites of the two accidents were roughly a block from each other. Duane had his accident in late October of 1971 and Berry his in early November of 72, making them almost exactly a year a part.

Technically Berry didn't die in the accident, but he died later due to injuries caused by it. Me, I get hit by a bus I figure I'll get a doctor to check me out, but Mr. Oakley thought he was fine.

Wasn't there a peach truck involved in one of the crashes?

Hey, at least I sort of remembered what had gone on, right? :)

Everyone knows that February 3rd, 1959, a plane crash took the lives of Buddy holly, Ritchie Valens, and The Big Bopper.

What later famous musician gave up his seat on that plane?

I believe that would be the 'Outlaw' Waylon Jennings.

Correctamundo!

You're up, MM. Hit meh!

Yay!

Well, this one's probably too easy, but I don't know a lot of obscure trivia:

Who are William Jonathan Drayton, Jr. and Carlton Douglas Ridenhour more popularly known as.

Flava Flav and Chuck D!

Not that easy of a question, I just happen to be a big fan.

Me, too. :)

And, of course, you are correct!

We'll go for a tough one.

What song, from the album Signals, is the only Rush song written by all 3 band members?

My gut tells me it's Subdivisions, but I'm not sure on that.

Well technically, you're right Martian. But, it's a trick question because all the songs on that album were written by all 3 of them.

Oh, hell. I had always been told by my old roommate (a huge Rush fan) that Chemistry was the only one written by all 3 of them.

I'm confused. Do I get the point for saying Subdivisions then, or does GoT for knowing the full story?

I hereby relinquish my turn to you Martian if I am deemed to have the correct answer.

So ask away.

Right. I'm drawing a blank. So how about this one...

Name the one original (ie, non-cover) track recorded by Nirvana that was not written by Kurt Cobain. For bonus points, also name who wrote it and where it appeared.

I seem to remember either reading or hearing somewhere that someone from R.E.M. had something to do with "Heart Shaped Box". I don't know if it has anything to do with the writing of the song though. Just my best guess.

Nope, Heart Shaped Box was a Cobain original.

Anyone? Anyone? Something d-o-o economics...

EDIT - Voodoo economics...

I'm two hours early, but I don't expect to be around this afternoon. So in the interests of keeping things moving, let's put this one to bed and move on.

I'm actually surprised that nobody knew that the only non-Cobain Nirvana song officially released was Marigold. It was written by Dave Grohl, who also performed guitar and vocals on the track. It was released as a b-side to Heart Shaped Box and has since been incorporated into the Foo Fighters catalogue.

Okay, 'nother random direction. This one is Beatles trivia, so it'll probably be nailed three minutes after I hit save, but whatever.

I think in a thread like this one we can take it as granted that we all know Paul McCartney was not the original bassist of the Beatles. When the man who held the position first left, Paul moved over to bass from rhythm guitar, and when selecting a bass to play with the band chose a Hoffner. What about that particular bass caused Paul to decide on it?

It was for a left hander, which Paul is. Up until that time he had always just taken his guitars and turned them upside down so he could play left handed.

Not 3 minutes, but 50. Nice catch, Pan.

The way I've always heard it was that Paul's original Hofner was still right handed, but due to it's violin shape, it simply looked better when flipped over.

I believe Hofner later made him a left-handed version.

This is the more accurate version. Paul's first Hofner was not a left-handed bass, strictly speaking, but as it was a symmetrical design it looked pretty much the same either way. He simply chose the instrument that looked best when flipped over.

Of course, then Jimi came along a few years later and made a statement by flipping his strat over, but that's neither here nor there.

I didn't know Hofner made him a left handed one later, but it wouldn't surprise me. Anyway, that's your question.

I've always wondered what instruments the Beatles used, and what influence it may have had on their music. Does anybody know?

It's a bit OT, but I do know to an extent. I know the guitars they used anyway, being a guitarist myself. Paul, as discussed, famously used a Hofner 'violin' bass; today these are sometimes known as Beatle basses because of it. He also used a Rickenbacker for the Beatles' later material. The Beatles as a whole made extensive use of Rickenbackers, which contributed mightily to their popularity today. George switched it up a lot, and used Gibsons, Fenders and Gretsch guitars as well; he used a Rickenbacker for a while, as did John (I've heard that John bought his as a result of his experience with George's, but I don't know if that's actually true) and used a Rickenbacker twelve string on a number of their albums. John is also famous for using an Epiphone Casino and Paul had an Epi acoustic; Epiphone makes signature replications of both instruments today. I have no idea what all went into Ringo's kit or what sort of pianos they used, as I'm not particularly knowledgeable regarding either instrument.

Of course, the Beatles were also fond of incorporating non-traditional instruments into their work, particularly the later stuff. George was quite an accomplished sitar player and his sitar can be heard Within You Without and, more famously, Across the Universe. John liked anything with a keyboard and used a mellotron and a harmonium for a number of their recordings. Some of these instruments (the sitar probably being the best example) played a big role in the Beatles sound, particularly late in their career when they started to really explore musically. As a result, they've become rather more common in rock.

So, yeah. That's about as much as I know about the instrumentation the Beatles used, although I'm sure someone can add to it. Maybe someone knows something about Ringo's drumming; aside from the fact that he played drums, I really can't say anymore on the matter.

OK, lets go with British Metal this time around.

What lead singer of a popular 80's British metal band is now a pilot for Astraeus Airlines?

I know this one!

It's Bruce Dickinson. What a weird career move, but reportedly he loves it.

That's the guy.

You're up.

Getting hard to think of questions.

We'll go with one about a tour. In 2001, The "Tour of Brotherly Love" featured 3 bands fronted by brothers. One of them was Spacehog. Who were the other 2?

Oasis (Noel and Liam Gallagher), and The Black Crowes (Chris and Rich Robinson.)

Yes, the Bruce Dickinson.

/cowbell

You know it! That was a great tour.

You're up.

Yes it was a good one.

Okay my first question of the thread: This band reportedly went to a garage sale held by Angus and Malcolm Young and bought a box of riffs they never actually turned into songs for $5.00. This band used those riffs in a few of their songs, including their debut single. What band am I talking about.

ac/dc

edit later: my whiskey intake caused me to misread the question.
blech...

dunno.

Just a guess Midnight Oil.

Roachboy I completely forgive you as my beer intake probably caused me to word the question horribly. Pan, Midnight Oil is not the correct answer.

I have no idea. However, I'm thinking that the band in question is probably from Oz. Based on that and on stylistic similarities in some of the riffs I'll say Jet, although I suspect they're much too recent to be the group in question.

Shot in the dark here. Hoodoo Gurus?

I'm thinking it's got to be someone close in age.... it could be Inxs

Martian it is Jet. It's also rumored they bought some of the Beatles' unused stuff from Paul and used that also. You're up.

Are you serious? Even when I was posting that, I didn't think it was the right answer.

I have a bit of a migraine situation going on right now and can't really think clearly, so this is going to be ridiculously easy, but whatever.

Describe the sequence of events that lead to the creation of Deep Purple's iconic song, Smoke on the Water.

on the shores of lake geneva
frank zappa and the mothers were playing the best place around
when some stupid with a flare gun burned the place to the ground.

This is not the full story. What happened next?

geez....i dont remember any more of the song.

i have assiduously avoided deep purple since high school...and was surprised that i remembered that much.

this'll probably be a softball now for someone else
o well.

Really? Nobody knows this?

In 1971 Deep Purple was in Montreaux, site of the famous jazz festival, to do some recording. They were recording at the casino there with a mobile studio, where the Mothers of Invention were concurrently playing a show. As noted, "some stupid with a flare gun" fired off a flare inside the casino's concert hall, resulting in a fire that consumed the entire casino (fortunately the studio was saved and due to the actions of "funky Claude," the festival director, no lives were lost).

The band found themselves with a very high tech recording studio and nowhere to actually record. Even worse, "Swiss time was running out;" they only had the studio available for a limited amount of time, and if they couldn't find a site to record they'd be unable to complete the album on schedule.

Eventually, the band "ended up at the Grand Hotel," which they converted into a makeshift studio with the "Rolling Truck Stones thing" (the mobile studio) parked outside. The band was able to lay down all of the tracks and complete the album on schedule; they also recorded a new track written about the events that had just transpired and titled it after the image of the smoke of the casino fire hanging over Lake Geneva.

How about Zep, then. Led Zeppelin included a track on their third album called Bron-Y-Aur Stomp. What's Bron-Y-Aur?

Apparently I'm being too obscure.

Bron-Y-Aur (or, more properly, Bron-Yr-Aur) is a cottage in Wales, owned by Robert Plant's family. Jimmy Page and Robert Plant spent time there in the seventies and wrote several songs, including, unsurprisingly, Bron-Y-Aur Stomp.

I'm going to go for a very easy one now, because I think it's time for someone else to ask a question.

Who was Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here written for?

Could it be Syd Barrett?

It could be Syd Barrett.

Your question, sir.

That was an easy one..... let's make a hard one.

Bands seem to go through drummers, the Beatles had Pete Best, SmashMouth has been through many, Spinal Tap's drummers keep blowing up.... but the Kinks had a drummer who actually started with the Rolling Stones and lasted almost 20 years with them.... who was he?

Ok let's try something much easier....

What singer coined the phrase "better to burn out than to fade away"

Bonus if you name the movie and character that used the phrase to nuns.

That's clearly Neil Young, in the song Hey Hey, My My, aka Into the Black. As to the movie, I'm not sure.

EDIT - I do want to know about the drummer, though. I wasn't aware that the Stones had ever used a drummer other than Watts.

Ol' Rust himself. The movie was Highlander, Kurgen said it to nuns in a parish after confronting McLeod and letting him know how good his wife was.

The drummer was Mick Avory, wonder what would have happened if Avory had stayed with the Stones and Watts had become a Kink or they had gotten a Keith Moon. http://www.drummerworld.com/drummers/Mick_Avory.html

Ahh, I guess you want a new question now. I'm starting to run dry here...

Jazz maybe?

Easy jazz, to start.

Name the man who's widely credited with creating the jazz subgenre of cool jazz. For bonus points, name the album that started as well.

miles davis birth of the cool, yes?

Yes and yes.
Your question.

jazz again...

who was the dummer who replaced elvin jones in john coltrane's band in 1965?

I'm just not that knowledgeable about Jazz. I like it, but don't have the fount of useless knowledge of it I do for other genres.

Hit us again, Roachboy!

buddy rich?

rashied ali

huh....ok so let's go in a totally different direction..

sofia coppola's "lost in translation" featured music by the guitarist and main songwriter from one of my favorite groups of the early 90s.

who's the guitarist?
what was the band?

hint: their last record bankrupted the record label that put up the cash for the project...

Oooh, I think I know this one.

Kevin Shields (I think it's Shields) from My Bloody Valentine?

I believe they drove Creation Records bankrupt.

that would be correct sir.

your move.

We'll go with a weird one I found out recently.

Warren Zevon wrote an ad jingle and sang it (with The Turtles) for what car, in the 70's?

The Camaro, of all things.

Okay, something else. A pretty easy one.

Declan MacManus, big on the scene as a forerunner of New Wave and a bit of a low key punk rocker, is better known by what stage name?

Elivs Costello

You know it, Leto.

You're up!

Okay, here is an easy one. This band recorded a song which described the mystery around Bill Barilko. Bill was the hockey player who scored the winning goal for the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1951 Stanley Cup final. He disappeared that summer.

Name the song and band.