Ask a rock & roll trivia question and see if anyone knows the answer W/O using Google - Part 3

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(Guesses Are Welcome)


1) Who was the first woman to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame? (answered)

2) Who suggested to Chuck Berry that he go see Leonard Chess about making a record? (answered)

3) How old was Bob Weir when he co-founded The Grateful Dead? (answered)

4) Who or what was the band "Blondie" named after? (answered)

5) Who plays lead guitar for the Bryan Adams Band? (answered)

6) What was the name of the band Gram Parsons co-founded in 1966? (answered)

7) Which punk rock band performed 2,263 concerts & toured virtually non-stop for 22 years? (answered)

8) What was the original name of The Ramones?

9) What was the first song John Lennon learned how to play? (answered)

10) What was the original name of The Roots?









More rock trivia questions from Part 2:
https://democraticunderground.com/10181507178

[Hugh_Lebowski]

1. A few Wags ...

1) Aretha
2) Howling Wolf
7) Suicidal Tendencies
9) Maybelline

[red dog 1]

7. # 1 is Aretha Franklin

but your other "wags" are wrong, unfortunately

(Your answer # 2 is close, very close)

[Hugh_Lebowski]

13. Dang it, I knew #2 ...

Just got my names mixed up lol ...

for the punk band ... I'd imagine Green Day meets those criteria, but maybe not who you meant. Can't think of any bands but ST and Green Day that lasted 22 years continuous though. Oh ... how about Rancid? They been round since the early 90's actually.

First song I learned to play on guitar was 'Here Comes a Regular' by The Replacements. I don't know John's. But if it was Buddy Holly I'd not be at all surprised.

[Docreed2003]

2. Here's a couple trys

2). Muddy Waters (pretty sure on that one)

9). I've read "That'll be the Day" and I'd also seen "Ain't that a shame"

[red dog 1]

8. Ding! Ding!

# 9 was "Ain't That a Shame"
# 2 was Muddy Waters

[Docreed2003]

3. And one more

6 is "International Submarine Band"

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9. Ding!

[JackSabbath]

4. Number 3

15

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10. Close, but no cigar

(Bob was a little older than that)

[VGNonly]

17. Well he was 16

in 1963 when he first met up with Jerry Garcia. 18 when the Grateful Dead became "official".

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20. Wikipedia says that he co-founded The Dead when he was 17

[red dog 1]

25. Well, you were only 2 years off so I'll give it to ya

(He was 17)

[JackSabbath]

26. 👍

After more research it turns out he started playing with Jerry when he was 15, but it wasn't the Grateful Dead. It was 'Mother McRee's uptown jug Champions' which was a bluegrass thing.🙂

[DBoon]

5. 4. Blondie was named after Hitler's dog

[red dog 1]

11. Ding!

Well Done!

(I always thought Deborah Harry was the reason for the name Blondie)

[ProfessorGAC]

6. #1 Is Aretha

Late 80s as I recall

[red dog 1]

12. Who wrote "Wild Thing" and "Angel of the Morning"?

Hint: He's Jon Voigt's brother and Angelina Jolie's uncle.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

14. Somebody wrote 'Wild Thing'?

Feels like it just always existed lol ...

I cheated so I won't name the artist, but ... that is some trivia I did not know. I remember the Juice Newton cover of the latter.

Very solid trivia question I must say.

[red dog 1]

21. I think The Troggs first recorded it....After that, everybody did

[VGNonly]

31. Chip Taylor

Yea, I would change my name too!

[Hugh_Lebowski]

15. Alright I'll carry over my unanswered questions from the earlier thread ... for 80's fans

1) After singer Peter Murphy left it in the early 80's, his existing band carried on with a different name. What was it before, and what did it become?

2) Who has been in all three bands Depeche Mode, Yaz, and Erasure?

3 & 4) What 1980's (and still extant) British Goth Band's drummer's name is Doktor Avalanche, and why is this amusing? Added since last time: The Doktor and singer Andrew Eldritch are the only persistent members of the band.

5) The (guest) singer of the Massive Attack hit 'Teardrop', also known as the theme of the US show 'House', was Liz Fraser of Cocteau Twins ... what iconic alt-rock record label did that band record under?

[Hugh_Lebowski]

16. Name 3 famous rock bands that toured 35 years (at least) from 1984 to 2019 without a lineup change

Name ALL THREE bands if you can.

Don't pick one or two, don't answer unless you have all 3.

Two are from North America, one is from Europe.

One of them did so for considerably longer than that, another was founded well before 1984, but had brief lineup changes in the early 1980's. The third has existed slightly longer, but has never had a lineup change.

[Oldpunk55]

58. Sure about 2, one guess

For sure - ZZ TOP
Pretty sure - U2
Guess - RUSH (stopped touring after Peart’s death)

[Hugh_Lebowski]

59. For sure ZZ Top is right based on criteria, but is one I didn't think of!

U2 and Rush were two of three I had in mind (first and last in my mentioning of the details)

So ... who is the other (the middle clue I gave)?

Here's another to guess, #5 ... a British group, who have toured with the same lineup since 1981, with addition of exactly 1 member (and no subtractions).

[VGNonly]

18. How old was Jackson Browne

when he wrote "These Days"? (later covered by The Allman Brothers)

[TexasBushwhacker]

23. 16 n/t

[VGNonly]

19. Randy California was related to

Ed Cassidy, both of the band Spirit. What was their relationship?

[Harker]

28. Uncle and nephew.

Lot of great Spirit!

Randy Wolfe was dubbed Randy California by whom?

[VGNonly]

30. Stepfather...

maybe I'm mistaken...? Ed Cassidy was old, would be 98 if still alive. He played with jazz bands including Cannonball Adderley and Art Pepper, the great alto sax player.

Jimi Hendrix; they was another Randy (Palmer) went by Randy Texas.

[Harker]

32. Nope. You're right!

Sounds like something Hendrix would do. Heh.

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22. Before he went solo, Billy Joel co-founded what band?

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24. What member of Link 80 was the son of a famous writer?

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27. On the Sgt. Pepper album, what famous boxer is standing beside the wax figures of the Beatles?

[Harker]

29. Joe Louis. n/t

[red dog 1]

44. Nope

(I thought it was him too)

[Harker]

48. Traded a ding for a dang. n/t

[VGNonly]

43. I think it was

Sonny Liston.

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45. You got it!

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34. What well-known musician/songwriter wrote "Different Drum"?

[lame54]

37. Michael Nesmith

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38. Ding!

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35. What rock & roll icon did Freddie Mercury idolize?

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36. What was the name of Little Richard's backing band?

(Touring band)

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39. What was Pink Floyd's original name?

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40. What New York City hotel was home to many rock & roll musicians, including Patti Smith?

(Before she was a musician)

[TexasBushwhacker]

60. The Chelsea

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41. Who was Jefferson Airplane's original drummer?

[Wolf Frankula]

42. Spencer Dryden

Jerry Slick played for the Great Society. He was Grace Slick's husband for a while. I have everything that Jefferson Airplane, Great Society and Jefferson Starship ever did.

Wolf

[red dog 1]

46. Nope, sorry Wolf

The first drummer for the Airplane was Jerry Peloquin.
He left the group after only a few weeks and Skip Spence replaced him, (even though he was actually a guitarist)

The Airplane's first gig was the opening night at The Matrix, in SF, on August 13, 1965
(I think it was on Fillmore St.)

[red dog 1]

50. Peloquin left the group because of all the drugs everybody did

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47. Who taught John Lennon to play the banjo (his first instrument)?

[Mad_Dem_X]

52. His mother

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57. Yep!

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49. Who was the youngest person to play on the main stage at Woodstock?

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51. What famous rocker wrote a book that won the National Book Award?

[MatthewHatesTrump2]

66. Patti Smith

I read her book "Just Kids"...It's very good!

[MatthewHatesTrump2]

53. #5 Keith Scott plays lead guitar in the Bryan Adams Band

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55. Ding!

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54. What was the only band ever paid not to be on the Ed Sullivan Show?

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56. Approximately how long did it take Brian Wilson to finish recording "Good Vibrations"?

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[red dog 1]

61. What group recorded "The Wreck of the John B" (The John B Sails)?

[MatthewHatesTrump2]

62. Is #7 The Ramones?

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63. It is!

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64. What city is Thin Lizzy from?