Ask a question about a band & see if anyone can answer it without using Google..Part 4

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1) Who was the original front man & lead vocalist for The Grateful Dead? (answered)

2) What was the name of Ike Turner's band?

3) What was the original name of Danny & the Juniors?

4) What was the name of Bob Seger's first band?

5) What band was Mickey Dolenz in before he joined The Monkees?

6) What was the original name of Queen? (answered)

7) Which Commander Cody founding member is now a regular on "A Prairie Home Companion"?

8) What was the name of the first band Bruce Springsteen was in?

9) What was Dire Straits original name?

10) What was the original name of Paul Revere & the Raiders? (answered)

11) What city are the Cowboy Junkies from?

12) What group was Marty Balin in before he co-founded Jefferson Airplane?

13) What band is considered to be the first of the underground San Francisco bands of the '60s? (answered)

14) What was the original name of The Quarrymen? (later became The Beatles)

15) What city are The Doobie Brothers from? (answered)

16) What's the first band Debbie Harry was in?

17) What's the name of the first band Johnny Depp was in?

18) What band did Bryan Adams join as lead vocalist when he was 15?19)

19) What was Cheap Trick's original name?

20) What was the name of the band John Belushi & friends formed in high school?








More band questions from Part 3:
https://democraticunderground.com/10181407429

[pitchforksandtorches]

1. #1 Pigpen (Ron McKernan)

He was great!

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5. Yes, he was.

[DBoon]

2. Is #12 "The Great Society"?

is #13 The Charlatans?

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6. The Charlatans is correct.

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# 12 is not The Great Society..(It was a folk singing group)

[Brother Buzz]

9. The Charlatans, by most measures, were the first psychedelic band...

but what constitutes an underground band?

Factoid: The Charlatans were the first band to perform on LSD, whacked out on Owsley Stanley's product, in Virginia City.

They were Beta testing the San Francisco sound in Virginia City, while Stanley was Beta testing his Acid Test thingy.

[Harker]

3. 3. Danny and the Freshmen?

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10. Here's a good band name for a bunch of geezers who play oldies:

Danny and the Seniors

[Harker]

12. That's good, Red. n/t

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19. Thanks

[Claire Oh Nette]

4. #15 San Jose

Bob Seger---Quicksilver messenger service

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7. You got it!

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8. What city is Cheap Trick from?

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11. After they found out that another band was called The Warlocks, and they needed a new band

name for a demo tape, what band name did Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, & "Pigpen" McKernan use (briefly)?

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13. What was the name of the first band Willie Nelson was in?

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14. What 1960's British band did music critic Lester Bangs call "the progenitors of punk"?

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15. Who did Phil Lesh replace as bass player for The Warlocks?

(Extra credit for this one)

[JustGene]

16. #8 Asbury Jukes?

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17. Nope, good guess though

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18. What was the first group inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame?

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20. What was the name of the band Mickey Hart co-founded while he was in the U.S. Air Force?

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21. What's the name of the band co-founded by Bob Dylan's son, Jakob?

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22. Before she formed her own band, Patti Smith wrote lyrics for what band?

(Hint: She was romantically involved with the keyboardist)

[Harker]

35. Blue...

Õyster... Cult. Her voice is audible on "Vera Gemini."

I chatted with her briefly as she ate a sandwich in the bookshop where I worked.

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23. Name the backing band Elvis Costello used for his debut album?

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24. What was the original name of "Three Dog Night"?

[musette_sf]

25. # 10

The Downbeats

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26. OK

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27. What was the original name of The Sex Pistols?

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28. How did "Florence and the Machine" get their name?

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29. Where did "REO Speedwagon" get it's name from?

[Harker]

34. An old paddy wagon.

Saw them in Denver, 1976.

"Riding the Storm Out" was written in the Rocky Mountain winter, of course.

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43. That REO vehicle was the first pick-up truck ever made.

[Harker]

44. I pictured them bigger, like the "Ironside" van.

[Danmel]

30. #6 is Smile

Which I know from watching Bohemian Rhapsody

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31. Ding!

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32. What band was Roger McGuinn in before he co-founded The Byrds?

[jmowreader]

33. What song was Spinal Tap playing when Nigel quit the band and walked offstage?

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38. "Hellhole"?

"Big Bottoms"?

[jmowreader]

40. Sex Farm Woman

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41. Ha Ha Ha Ha

[Harker]

36. 11... Austin, TX? n/t

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39. Nope, good guess though

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37. What was the original name of "Ten Years After"?

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42. What city is Wilco from?

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45. Who was the original drummer for The Charlatans?

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46. Name the song that was the first released single by The Chiffons?

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47. What song did the Grateful Dead always play around midnight at the original Fillmore Auditorium?

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(Come on, folks, this one is easy...part of the answer is in the question itself)

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48. What band was Sammy Hagar in before he joined Van Halen?

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49. What band was the first to record "Love Potion Number 9"?

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50. What band had a hit record in 1961 called "Let Me In"?

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51. Who plays lead guitar in the Brian Adams Band?

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52. What was the name of the first band Jerry Garcia was in?