Pose a Rock & Roll trivia question & see if anyone knows the answer without using Google

[red dog 1]

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What's the reason Elvis Presley couldn't tour outside the U.S.?

[Leghorn21]

1. Because the Colonel was like a wanted man

In some country or another- ?

[underpants]

3. Colonel Parker was in the US without documentation

If Elvis left the US Parker could lose control of him. Elvis being stationed in Germany when he was in the Army drove Parker crazy.

Elvis’s Hawaii concert was the closest he ever got to going back overseas. Parker couldn’t risk being caught and not being able to get back in.

Parker snuck in thru Canada I think. He was in carnivals and traveling shows. Born in the Netherlands.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonel_Tom_Parker

[red dog 1]

5. Ding!

Elvis' manager, Col. Tom Parker, entered the U.S illegally by jumping off a ship he was working on while in a U.S. port.

He later enlisted in the U.S. Army, which meant he eventually could have become a citizen, but he never got around to it.

Elvis performed over 1600 performances in over 240 cities; but these were all in the USA.
(He did 3 shows in Canada in 1957)

[RockRaven]

2. Who was Metallica's first bass player and how long was he with the band?

[duckworth969]

33. Cliff Burton

But don’t know long 🤷‍♂️

[RockRaven]

57. Not Cliff Burton. He was second!

[Different Drummer]

138. Ron McGovney, but I don't know the dates.

[RockRaven]

147. You got it. He was with them for about a year, '81-'82.

[underpants]

4. Who was the original drummer in The Germs?

[Tikki]

25. Belinda Carlisle

Tikki

[Tikki]

27. OK, what was Darby Crash's given name?

and what famous Rocker died within hours of the GERMS' lead singer Darby Crash's death?

Tikki

[underpants]

34. I cheated and looked those up

I won’t post the answers

[red dog 1]

129. I do that too, occasionally

Sometimes my curiosity is so great, that I just have to look it up
(But, like you, I don't post the answers)

[AZSkiffyGeek]

86. I didn't know the exact date that Darby died, but I know what year

And there was only one other famous rock star I remember dying that year.
Wow.

[DBoon]

106. John Lennon?

[Tikki]

125. It was late into the night on Rodney's Sunday night radio show when he announced that Darby...

was dead. I was sad, such a talented young life.
The next evening I was walking the dog and when I returned home my husband
told me John Lennon was shot and killed. I was sadden and angry.

Tikki

[underpants]

28. Correct. As Dottie Danger.

[Celerity]

52. Actually that is not correct. I just watched 'What We Do Is Secret' a few weeks back and their first drummer

was Michelle Baer. Neither her nor Carlisle ever played a public show, btw.

The Germs - We Must Bleed

[Tikki]

58. Don Boles' story becoming the Germs drummer is interesting..

There is much myth and legendary around the Germs..but the music stands.


Tikki

[underpants]

61. No, she didn't play a show but she was the drummer at first

[Celerity]

71. Michelle Baer pre-dated Carlisle, but neither payed a public show

[Tikki]

72. I always heard D J played around with the Germs.

His fit with X is stellar, though.

Tikki

[Celerity]

73. never thought I would see a longish in-thread discussion about the Germs on DU!! woot woot

GERMS - THROW IT AWAY (CRUISING STUDIO SESSIONS)

[AZSkiffyGeek]

85. I saw a reunited Germs about 15 years ago w/ some actor who looked like Darby singing

I think he played Darby in a biopic or something? Pat, Lorna and Don were all there - they weren't bad.

[BOSSHOG]

6. What home did Jack live in the back of??

More apologies to English teachers for my grammatically incorrect sentence, but dammit I spent all day resetting the 100s of clocks in our house. It sure seemed like hundreds.

[Permanut]

11. When Winston Churchill was chastised for ending a sentence with a preposition..

He responded:

"This is the type of arrogant pedantry up with which I will not put."

[BOSSHOG]

14. Thx for the chuckle Permanut

Me and Winnie had to sit in the back of English class together clapping erasers.

And arrogant pendantry is the best type I am aware of.

[KPN]

118. What was the dog's name on cover of Neil Young's

“Everybody Knows This is Nowhere” album ?

[Mr.Bill]

7. When the Rolling Stones met Muddy Waters for the first time

in 1964, what was he doing?

[red dog 1]

8. Was he painting the walls at Chess Records?

("Mud" had a few hit songs by then, but I think I remember him sometimes helping out around the studio for Leonard & Phil Chess)

[Mr.Bill]

9. The story I heard was it was the ceiling.

It seems his record was not selling well enough to cover the advance they had paid him and he literally owed them money and was working it off. Keith Richards said that was an eye opener and they knew immediately that the had to own their record label someday.

Keith also said Waters was a total gentleman no matter what circumstance there was when you met him.

[RockRaven]

15. I think that anecdote is in Keith's autobiography, but it's been a while since I read it.

[Mr.Bill]

16. Yes, it is, and he mentions it briefly in

a Netflix documentary I am watching this evening.

[red dog 1]

17. I was going to mention the ceiling because I remember he was on a ladder.

In the movie about Chess Records, "Cadillac Records," Mud was outside when The Rolling Stones showed up to record there; and he helped them with their gear.
Meanwhile, Mick is telling him "we're big fans of yours, Mr. Waters, we even named our band after one of your songs."

Cadillac Records is a great movie, but not always historically accurate...In the movie, only Leonard Chess is shown, despite the fact that his brother Phil co-founded Chess Records.

[Mr.Bill]

18. I've never heard of that movie.

I'll have to look for it.

[red dog 1]

19. It's a very good movie, especially if you like Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Etta James & Chuck Berry

Beyonce plays Etta James, and she is outstanding in that role (She has a great voice)

[Freddie]

76. They were all on Shindig

[Kali]

10. Usually dark gray to black in color,

what fine-grained volcanic rock forms the columns of the famous Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland?

[Permanut]

13. A rock group question - yay!

[EYESORE 9001]

26. Basalt

It was hard to view those columns and accept the fact that they were real

[Kali]

29. such a cool formation!

[underpants]

30. 😆😆😆

[Kali]

32. ...

[justaprogressive]

42. Click-Bait!

[Kali]

45. also featured on the cover of what album from 1973?

[JoseBalow]

46. Houses of the Holy

Led Zeppelin

[Kali]

48. ...

[ms liberty]

81. Thread winner!

[Permanut]

12. The nickname of Drummer Doug Clifford ..

was used in naming one of this band's albums.

[Mister Ed]

23. It would have to be Creedence Clearwater Revival,

since Doug Clifford was their drummer. I didn't know he had a nickname, but I'm guessing it must have been "Cosmo." Hence, Cosmo's Factory

Unless his nickname was Willie...

[Permanut]

24. Bingo..

Cosmo's Factory was Doug Clifford's basement, where a lot of CCR tunes were created.

[RainCaster]

20. Where did Steely Dan get their name?

It might be steamy.

[strongermessage]

21. British prophylactic.

[strongermessage]

22. British prophylactic.

[underpants]

31. It was a torture device like an Iron Maiden

Before they were Steely Dan the drummer in their group was Chevy Chase

Leather canary
https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/how-chevy-chase-almost-became-steely-dans-drummer/

[duckworth969]

36. The name of a dildo in Burroughs novel "Naked Lunch"

[RainCaster]

38. Winner!

Yep

[Celerity]

53. correct

[happybird]

151. Naked Lunch

A dildo

[duckworth969]

35. Who is King Buzzo?

[AZSkiffyGeek]

115. From the Melvin's?

[Tikki]

37. The Duchess played electric guitar in what legendary Rockers band?

Tikki

[Harker]

95. Bo Diddley.

Thanks, Eric Burdon.

[Tikki]

96. You got it. YAY

Tikki

[MichMan]

39. What was the name of the band that had Neil Young and Rick James as members?

[VGNonly]

44. The Mynah Birds

[MichMan]

49. Correct

When I tell people that Neil and Rick James were in a band together they think I'm making it up

[Clash City Rocker]

130. I just learned about it this year

Rick (real name James Johnson) had been drafted and ran away to Canada. One night, he jumped on stage to sing when a band was playing and they asked him to join. The band added Neil shortly before recording this song for Motown.

They changed managers, the old manager ratted Rick out to the US government in retaliation, and he went to prison for awhile. After getting out, he went back to work at Motown, reviving the label for a time. Neil and Bruce Palmer drove to LA to find Stephen Stills, resulting in the formation of Buffalo Springfield.

[Aristus]

40. This landmark group's early lineup included a female bassist.

She left early on after a few rehearsals, and the group remained just four. To this day, no one is sure of her identity.

Name the group.

[underpants]

69. The Doors

[Aristus]

70. Well done.

I would think, as rare as female bassists undoubtedly were back then, that her identity would be easy to discover. But to this day, I've never seen any convincing speculation as to who she was.

[ProfessorGAC]

74. They Should Have Kept Her

Whoever she was.
Manzarek's soulless Rhodes baselines kept me from enjoying The Doors' music.

[Aristus]

75. I think they could have benefitted from a bass player.

But I liked the keyboard bass. It's one of the things that made their music so distinctive.

[ProfessorGAC]

77. If By Distinctive...

...you mean rhythmically bo4ing, I see your point!
Sorry. I loathe Ray Manzarek's playing.

[ificandream]

41. Pattie Boyd's entire spoken dialog in "A Hard Day's Night"?

[Mad_Dem_X]

43. "Prisoners?"

[JoseBalow]

47. Who were Flo & Eddie?

And for bonus points, why?

[ProfessorGAC]

50. The Turtles

Went on to man vocals for Zappa.

[JoseBalow]

59. Yes! They joined Zappa and The Mothers from 1970-1973

Flo & Eddie is a comedy rock duo consisting of Mark Volman (Flo, short for Phlorescent Leech) and Howard Kaylan (Eddie).

The two were the original founding members of the Top 40 mid-to late 1960s rock and pop group The Turtles. After the Turtles dissolved in 1970, Volman and Kaylan first joined Frank Zappa's band The Mothers of Invention as Phlorescent Leech & Eddie. Contractual restrictions imposed early in their career prevented Volman and Kaylan from using the name The Turtles, as well as their own names, in a musical context.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flo_%26_Eddie

Volman, Kaylan and Zappa were long-time friends – indeed, Kaylan was a second cousin of Zappa’s manager, Herb Cohen and, over the years, they’d often hung out together. They were dark days for the singers, however. The Turtles had just broken up and Volman recalls, "we were at a very low period of our career, we'd filed a lawsuit against White Whale, they'd filed a law suit against us, and we were just realizing that the ramifications of these lawsuits were going to prevent us from being able to be the Turtles, or even Mark Volman and Howard Kaylan; it wasn't just the demise of the band, it was the demise of everything we knew."

Zappa And The Mothers – The Flo And Eddie Years

[ProfessorGAC]

63. That's Something I Really Don't Get

How can a contract be enforceable with regard to being able to use one's own name.
The band name? Yeah, that seems reasonable, though less than completely fair.
But, they couldn't use their own names? I don't get how that wouldn't be a slam dunk case to get that rescinded.

[JoseBalow]

64. I've also always thought that was surreal

They had some very bad experiences with the business side of their career. Here they are trying to explain it...

[ProfessorGAC]

65. Like John Fogarty Being Sued...

...for writing a song that sounded like another song he wrote.
Basically,he got sued for sounding too much like himself!

[JoseBalow]

66. It's little wonder Zappa railed against the music business

Those kinds of stories are not that uncommon, sadly

[marble falls]

54. Do you mean the Phosphorescent Leach and Eddie?

[JoseBalow]

60. Close enough!

It's Phlorescent Leech, not Phosphorescent Leach

[AZSkiffyGeek]

80. And what Springsteen song do the sing on?

[marble falls]

82. Hungry Heart.

?si=pfT1sHwGvRR3JOxY

[cbabe]

51. How do the wandering rocks wander?

Wait…







Wandering Rocks of Death Valley

https://m.

[Sneederbunk]

55. What rocker was born in Scottsbluff, Nebraska?

[underpants]

62. Mmmm Mathew Sweet or Mark Coyne

Two wild guesses

[Sneederbunk]

67. No

[underpants]

68. I looked it up

They came from all over

Gilmer Texas - knew that one
Detroit- covered that in the concert I saw
Minnesota
Bassists from Nebraska and Oakland
And everybody’s favorite who grew up in New Jersey (by way of Ohio) was born in Wichita. Played oboe in his high school band.

[AZSkiffyGeek]

83. Whoa, take it easy there...

I knew the Texas and Detroit connections, but never knew about Jersey. Always think of him from Cleveland.

[BlueKota]

56. What episode of the Monkees?

What episode of the Monkees kind of eerily foreshadowed the order in which 3 of the band mates would die, leaving only 1 to sing "Hey, Hey, I'm a Monkee"?

[Boomerproud]

101. Monkee Monster Mash?

A guess.

[BlueKota]

104. Yes You Got It

[patphil]

78. What rock group did Ralph Scala play for, and what instrument.

[Docreed2003]

79. Who was the original drummer for Nirvana and why was he let go from the band?

[AZSkiffyGeek]

84. Some Phoenix Rock Trivia

What more famous bands did these Phoenix groups evolve into after leaving Phoenix:
1) The Spiders
2) The Beans
3) Pages

[DBoon]

110. did The Spiders become Alice Cooper?

Wild guess.

[AZSkiffyGeek]

113. Yes!

Like your screen name as well. Interviewed Mike Watt about 20 years ago - he got choked up talking about D Boon…

[DBoon]

124. If I had gone to San Pedro High, I would have been 2 years ahead of them

instead my parents sent me to Catholic school

[AZSkiffyGeek]

87. What prog-rock band took it's name from a classic fantasy novel

And then gave its name to a character in another classic fantasy novel, 20 years later.

[rogerballard]

88. Uriah Heep?

Longshot I know lol

[AZSkiffyGeek]

89. Good guess, but no

Marillion (From Tolkein's "Silmarillion" ). And there was a minstrel in "Game of Thrones" named Marillion.
Heep is from a Dickens' novel, right?
Which brings up another prog-related trivia question:
Which famous progger played the Artful Dodger in the London production of "Oliver" as a kid?

[rogerballard]

90. Dickens David Copperfield

I had to cheat on the Artful Dodger Progger!

[AZSkiffyGeek]

91. I will grant that "progger" might be a stretch nowadays...

[Jrose]

108. Aerosmith?

[red dog 1]

92. What rock star was on the first cover of Rolling Stone Magazine?

[Mad_Dem_X]

93. John Lennon? (Just a guess.)

[red dog 1]

94. Good guess.

[Jrose]

102. Hendrix?

[red dog 1]

97. Who was the first woman to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?

[Jrose]

103. Janis Joplin?

[red dog 1]

121. Nope, very good guess, though

[Jrose]

112. Tina Turner?

[red dog 1]

122. Nope

Good guess, though

[AZSkiffyGeek]

123. Grace Slick?

[red dog 1]

128. Another excellent guess, but, no, it wasn't her either.

[Jrose]

146. Aretha Franklin?

[red dog 1]

156. WinnerWinnerChickenDinner!

[red dog 1]

98. What Paul Simon song is named after a dish he spotted on a Chinese menu?

[Boomerproud]

100. Mother and Child Reunion.

nt

[red dog 1]

120. Yes

[Harker]

99. What American actor wrote the words, "The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys"

in Jim Capaldi's notebook while the two were travelling in Morocco?

[AZSkiffyGeek]

116. Sounds like Dennis Hopper?

[Sneederbunk]

105. Who is Stumpy Pepys?

[AZSkiffyGeek]

114. Late Spinal Tap drummer

Was he the one Ed Begley Jr played? Tall, blonde geek with glasses? Died in a bizarre gardening accident?
Yes I’ve seen that movie too many times.

[Sneederbunk]

119. Correctamundo

Yes. Ed Begley, Jr.

[CincyDem]

107. Before they were Styx...they were called...????? n/t

[CincyDem]

109. Maybe an easy one: Who was the first SNL musical guest? (bonus: who was the host?). n/t

[Jrose]

111. Paul Simon?

[CincyDem]

132. Good guess. But no.

[AZSkiffyGeek]

127. The first host was Carlin

Didn't know who the musical guest was till I cheated...

[Jrose]

133. Another guess on first SNL musical guest: 'Abba'?

[CincyDem]

134. Getting colder. Lol.

Hint: guy had no melody, none at all.

Think about it.

[Jrose]

137. Very wild guess: Andy Kaufman

[CincyDem]

140. Com'on man...you're goin' round in circles. :-)

[Jrose]

141. Oh well. I 'peeked'. Actually, there were 2 guests on that 1st show...

...one of whom was a classmate of mine in high school (I'm 74)!

[CincyDem]

142. Whoa...I peeked too. I forgot about her...cool. Thanks.

[Harker]

144. Leon Redbone?

No idea on the host.

[CincyDem]

145. George Carlin hosted. But I did learn upthread there were TWO musical guests.

And neither was Leon Redbone.

[Harker]

148. Ah. I'll await the answer! n/t

[red dog 1]

154. Carlin was the host...Was Janis Ian the musical guest?

(One of them?)

[CincyDem]

155. Yep - that's the one I forgot about. The other one did two songs IIRC. n/t

[AZSkiffyGeek]

117. What actor played bass in an early version of Chicago?

[CincyDem]

131. Can't wait for the answer on this one.

I grew up around these guys, hearing them play in church basements before the CTA album. I never knew they had a bass player before Cetera. I think Bobby Lamm was playing keyboard bass the first time I saw them.

I’m sure it’ll be time for me when someone gets this.

[Sanity Claws]

126. What exactly is igneous rock?

[Jrose]

136. Volcanic rock, i believe.

[Sanity Claws]

139. You are right!

You have answered this rock trivia question correctly. Gold star for you!

[Different Drummer]

135. What band recorded a cover of Dolly Parton's "Jolene"?

DD

[Harker]

143. The White Stripes covered it.

[red dog 1]

149. Who played drums with the Rolling Stones' at their first official performance?

The band played their first show billed as The Rollin' Stones on July 12, 1962 at the Marquee Club in London.

[red dog 1]

150. Who was the original front man for The Rolling Stones?

[Harker]

152. What American actor wrote the words, "Low spark of high heeled boys"

in Jim Capaldi's notebook while the two were traveling in Morocco?

[rogerballard]

160. Michael Parks?

[Harker]

164. Same first name! Different man. n/t

[rogerballard]

165. Michael Nesmith?

[Harker]

166. Not him, either...

Something of a "cult" favorite.

[rogerballard]

168. Michael Douglas?

He would have the ways and means to travel to Morocco

[Harker]

169. Michael J. Pollard...

[rogerballard]

170. Wow, Interesting...

He had quite the career!

[Harker]

171. Yep... busy guy. n/t

[Jrose]

178. Michael Caine?

[Harker]

179. Michael J. Pollard...

who played C.W. Moss in "Bonnie and Clyde."

[red dog 1]

153. In 1984, why was John Fogerty sued by former CCR's record label, Fantasy Records?

[Brother Buzz]

158. Fantasy Records sued Fogerty for plagiarizing his own music, no?

There were a whole slew of Fantasy Records lawsuits back in the day; we lost a whole decade of John Fogerty's genius creativity because of the funk he fell into.

Saul Zaentz was a total asshole:

Vanz can't dance, but he'll steal your money,
Watch him or he'll rob you blind

[red dog 1]

162. WinnerWinnerChickenDinner!

Saul Daentz's Fantasy Records sued John Fogerty claiming that "The Old Man Down the Road" shared the same chorus as
"Run Through the Jungle" (Fantasy, Inc. v Fogerty)

[red dog 1]

157. From where did Deep Purple take their name?

[rogerballard]

159. Nino Tempo and April Stevens?

[red dog 1]

161. That's it! It was Ritchie Blackmore's grandma's favorite song.

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[rogerballard]

167. I almost said a beautiful sunset in another country.

the deep purple song was honestly a total guess because it is one of my most favorite songs too

[Harker]

163. There's a 1930s(?) song by that title. n/t

[red dog 1]

172. What was the name of the first band Ozzy Osbourne was in?

[Harker]

173. What UK band, produced by George Martin...

had a hit debut single with "Do You Want to Know a Secret?" b/w "I'll Be On My Way", both Lennon-McCartney songs?

[red dog 1]

174. The Beatles

[Harker]

175. Not The Beatles, Red. n/t

[rogerballard]

176. Herman's Hermits

[Harker]

177. Not them, either.

These guys are hardly a household name in the US.

[maccafan]

180. Gerry and the Pacemakers

[Harker]

181. I'm sorry.

Looks like this one might linger for a bit.

[Stargleamer]

182. Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas?

[Harker]

183. Yes!

William Ashton and Co. is correct.

[red dog 1]

184. What was The Rolling Stones first album without long-time bassist Bill Wyman?

[red dog 1]

185. What British musician is considered "a founding father of British blues'?

He played with many well-known musicians including,
Jack Bruce
Charlie Watts
Terry Cox
Ginger Baker
Long John Baldry
And more

[Harker]

190. Alexis Korner.

[red dog 1]

193. Ding!

[Harker]

194. The blues ain't nothing but a botheration on your mind. n/t

[red dog 1]

186. Before joining Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne and Geezer Butler played together in what band?

[red dog 1]

187. What was the restaurant on Saturday Night Live that featured Stevie Nick's name?

[red dog 1]

188. What rocker grew up thinking his mother was his sister?

[VGNonly]

189. Clapton?

[red dog 1]

192. You got it!

[JoseBalow]

191. Ted Bundy

didn't like music, he only ever listened to talk radio.

I've also heard that Jack Nicholson plays the piano, but he's not a rocker either

Those are the only two people that I can think of that fit the question, but I don't think neither one is the answer.