Ask a rock & roll trivia question and see if anyone knows the answer W/O using Google - Part 6

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(Guesses are always welcome)


1) What band got their name from a book by William Henry Davies? (answered)

2) How large was the audience at Queen's very first performance at London's Bedford College?

3) What New York town was "Woodstock" originally supposed to take place in? (answered)

4) The Beatles discussed playing at Woodstock, but only upon one condition, what was it? (answered)

5) What occurrence was the inspiration for the Led Zeppelin song "Black Dog"? (answered)

6) What was the original name of The Ramones?

7) What was the original name of The Sex Pistols?

8) What was the name of the first band Billy Joel joined (while still in high school)?

9) What band is often referred to as "The Bad Boys from Boston"? (answered)







More rock trivia questions from Part 5:
https://democraticunderground.com/10181540867

[Hugh_Lebowski]

1. Number 9

Aerosmith

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4. Ding!

[AZSkiffyGeek]

2. Number 8

Attila?

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5. No, it was before that

[AZSkiffyGeek]

7. Just looked it up - didn't know there was anything before Attila

Something new to check out...

[lisa58]

3. I don't know any of these, but...

My brother went to HS w/ Billy Joel and probably knows the answer to that one. That’s the best I can do.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

6. On #5 I'll just guess

based on the overall vibe of the questions ... Woodstock.

Though Misty Mountain Hop would be more logical as a song on that album.

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10. Yes, it was originally supposed to take place in Woodstock, NY

but it ended up taking place at Max Yasgur's dairy farm in Bethel, NY...40 miles southwest of Woodstock

[Hugh_Lebowski]

13. You responded to the incorrect subthread here :) nt

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15. The original question was "What New York town was Woodstock originally supposed to take

place in?"

What "incorrect subthread here" are you referring to?

[Hugh_Lebowski]

16. That was #3, this is #5

I guessed Woodstock as occurrence that inspired Black Dog.

I was being a bit cheeky

[red dog 1]

17. I get it now

[Hugh_Lebowski]

8. And #3 I will also guess ...

Woodstock

[AZSkiffyGeek]

9. That's my thinking as well

They wanted to do it in Woodstock but had to move it somewhere else.

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11. Correctamundo!

Can you name the town where "Woodstock Ventures" leased a 300 acre venue for $10,000, after being turned down by the people of Woodstock?
(in the Spring of 1969)

[AZSkiffyGeek]

12. ...

Was it Saugerties? Or was that one of the other Woodstocks?

[red dog 1]

18. Nope, it was another upstate NY town

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19. What rock guitarist's mother invented "Liquid Paper"?

[jmowreader]

28. Michael Nesmith of the Monkees

Bonus question: What was its original name? (Hint: it wasn't White Out.)

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30. He inherited $150 million when his mom died

[Harker]

43. Wite-out? No 'h'? n/t either.

[Harker]

20. What rocker was the guitarist and singer for The McCoys...

who had a #1 hit in 1965 with "Hang on Sloopy"?

[Hugh_Lebowski]

23. I know this one ...

Richard Zehringer

[Harker]

24. The Hoochie Koo boy himself!

Good one.

[MatthewHatesTrump2]

21. Number 4 ..I think The Beatles wanted the Plastic Ono Band to play too, and that was their condition

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25. Ding!

[Hugh_Lebowski]

22. I got one ...

Between October 26, 2002 and March 1, 2003 *** was in the number one spot on the Billboard Modern Rock Charts for 17 of 18 successive weeks, as a member of three different groups.

One was a long-unreleased song from a previous, defunct band the artist was in, which still went to #1 (on Modern Rock chart) when it finally came out. The other two were current songs from 2 bands the artist was in at the time.

Hints:
Both these bands still exist, though the artist is only in one of them now.
This artist sings on one of the 3 songs, and plays an instrument on the other two (and it's the same instrument).

Who is ***, and bonus question, what were the 3 different groups?

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26. What was CCR's original name? (Before The Golliwogs)

[jmowreader]

27. Number 1 is Supertramp

Number 4 was they had to be the last act on stage.

Number 5 was a black dog that kept hanging out around the studio they were recording in.

[red dog 1]

31. Ding! Ding!

You got #1 and #5

(#4 was already answered correctly..they insisted that the Plastic Ono Band play too)

[jmowreader]

29. What was the band that sued Iron Maiden over "Hallowed Be Thy Name"?

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32. What band's co-founder died in a motorcycle accident in 1971?

[MatthewHatesTrump2]

35. Allman Brothers?

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41. Yep

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33. What band first recorded "Layla"?

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34. Can you name one (or both) of the two bands scheduled to play Woodstock but didn't play?

[Brother Buzz]

36. Scheduled? Hmm

The Rolling Stones didn't play, but I have no clue if they were scheduled to play.

Bob Dylan didn't play, and I don't know if he was scheduled, but he attended with, get this, Tiny Tim as his guest.

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38. One of the main reasons they wanted the venue to be Woodstock was because Dylan lived there

(I didn't know that he was even there, let alone with Tiny Tim)

[Brother Buzz]

42. Think Big Pink and the Basement Tapes

Believe it or not, The Band backed Tiny Tim for a Down in the Basement recording session

Hope your ears don't bleed

Dylan did live in Woodstock, but The Band held court in the Big Pink, a whopping eight miles away

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44. I bought Tiny Tim's first album, and I loved it!

I wasn't too crazy about "Tiptoe Through the Tulips" but there were other songs on that album that I loved....
eg, "The Ice Caps Are Melting" (This was the 1960's, he was ahead of his time with that song)

Back in the 1990's, I was listening to "The Don & Mike" radio show one day, and Tiny Tim called in from Laughlin, Nevada (where he was performing)
They fooled around with him pretty good, but he was very polite with them.
[Don asked him whether or not he was wearing "Depends"]

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45. Is that a midget selling newspapers?

[red dog 1]

39. Turns out that the Stones didn't play because Mick Jagger was in Australia filming "Ned Kelly"

Dylan "was never in serious negotiation to appear at Woodstock" because he was planning on leaving for England on the Queen Elizabeth 2 on August 15, (the 1st day of the festival). to play at the "Isle of Wight Festival of Music" on August 31.
However,
"his son was injured by a cabin door (on the QE2) and the family disembarked.
Dylan and his wife Sara flew to England the following week."

So, I guess Dylan was at home in Woodstock at the time after all; and I guess Tiny Tim was there too
(Perhaps Tiny Tim was supposed to be house-sitting for Dylan while he was away in England?)

[MatthewHatesTrump2]

37. Jackson Browne's "Red Neck Friend" is a reference to what?

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40. What was the name of Roy Orbison's backing band?

[jmowreader]

46. What was Bruce Dickinson's first job in a band?

Two hints:

1) This is Bruce Dickinson the singer, not the one in the SNL skit
2) He wasn’t a singer originally.

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47. Name one of the three rock 'n' roll musicians who have an asteroid named after them.

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48. Which "Ten Years After" song (performed at Woodstock) catapulted them to star status?

[Harker]

49. "I'd Love to Change the World"? n/t

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50. Is that a Ten Years After song?

[Harker]

51. It is.

I now see that it was post-Woodstock.

Hugely popular in '71.

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52. I only bought one Ten Years After album.."Stonedhenge" and I loved it..played it many times

(I practiced playing drums to it)

[Harker]

54. "Cricklewood Green" was one of the bonus records I got as a kid

when I joined the Columbia Record Club

Heh.

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57. I remember the Columbia Record Club

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53. After leaving The Yardbirds, what band did Eric Clapton join?

[Harker]

55. John Mayall's Bluesbreakers. n/t

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56. You got it, Hark

[Harker]

58. There will Beano doubt! n/t

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59. What was the first song written by Keith Richards and Mick Jagger?

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60. Who was the drummer for Paul McCartney's first solo album?

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61. "Ace Frehley is a member of what popular rock band?

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62. What rocker was on the cover of both "Time" and "Newsweek" on October, 27, 1975?

[musette_sf]

63. gotta be

BRUUUUUUUUUUUUUCE

[red dog 1]

64. It was him.

[musette_sf]

65. I was at the show at Max's Kansas City

where Bob Marley and the Wailers opened for Bruce.