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The MD Pop Quiz - gryphon - 31-10-2010
seven for me !
The MD Pop Quiz - CRAZY-HORSE - 31-10-2010
i only got 6 correct,damn!
The MD Pop Quiz - gryphon - 05-11-2010
Music Discussion Quiz Number 19
Beginners Guide Special:
Now, who has done their homework and gone through all the guides ?
All questions are based on the guides and you should be able to find the answers in them.
Q1 What was the title of George Harrison’s only Zapple release ?
Ans Electronic sounds.
Q2 What was the record label upon which Clifford T Ward recorded the album “Home Thoughts From Abroad ?”
Ans Charisma
Q3 Who are BBM ?
Ans Bruce, Baker, Moore
Q4 What is Wally’s home town ?
Ans Harogate ( UK)
Q5 Scottish avant-garde composer involved in Atom Heart Mother BY Pink Floyd ?
Ans Ron Geesin
Q6 Founder member and chief song writer from Magna Carta?
Ans Chris Simpson
Q7 Address of Joe Meek’s studio?
Ans 304 Holloway Road
Q8 Where was Jean Michele Jarre Born?
Ans Lyon France
Q9 Scottish born folk singer who once shared a flat with Paul Simon ?
Ans Al Stewart.
Q10 Guitarist who almost made ELP HELP!
Ans Jimi Hendrix
The MD Pop Quiz - Tiggi - 05-11-2010
3, 5, & 6 only. I have been paying attention, but I have a bit of a memory impairment...
Had to rack my brain to recollect the name of the Floyd collaborator !!
The MD Pop Quiz - Thraak - 17-12-2010
Jeez I did bad on that one. Only got 3, 6 & 9! If its alright I've come up with a quiz of my own! The theme is collaborations!!
Collaborations
Q1) Which English rock bassist collaborated with Greek avant-garde composer & vocalist Diamanda Galás on her 'The Sporting Life' album of 1994?
Ans John Paul Jones
Q2) Which female pianist played on the second track of B.B King's self proclaimed magnum opus album 'Indianola Misssissippi Seeds' album of 1970?
Ans Carole King
Q3) Which now deceased male keyboardist and long-time Gary Moore associate played on super-trio BBM's 1994 album 'Around The Next Dream' and subsequent live tour?
Ans Tommy Eyre
Q4) Name the band that frontman Ricky Warwick has joined for their reunion tour of the UK in 2011?
Ans Thin Lizzy
Q5) Name the Scottish poet who guested on fellow Scottish rock band Idlewild's 'The Remote Part' album in 2001?
Ans Edwin Morgan
Q6) Which famous pianist made a discreet appearance with American grunge/metal band Alice In Chains on the title track of their comeback album 'Black Gives Way To Blue'?
Ans Elton John!
Q7) Name both the female and male musicians who came together to record three albums between 2005-2010, one of them entitled 'Sunday At Devil Dirt'?
Ans Isobell Campbell & Mark Lanegan
Q8) Which two musicians were mainly responsible for the excellent live album of 1993 called 'Damage:Live'?
Ans David Sylvian & Robert Fripp
Q9) Name the three American rock bands are the 'super-group' Mad Season made up of?
Ans Alice In Chains, Pearl Jam & Screaming Trees
Q10) Which eccentric English lyricist and singer guested on the track 'Seventies Night' from Edwyn Collins' 1997 album 'I'm Not Following You'?
Ans Mark E Smith!
The MD Pop Quiz - CRAZY-HORSE - 18-12-2010
yay!!!!....i got a perfect score of........................zero! DOH!
The MD Pop Quiz - gryphon - 18-12-2010
:confused:I have to admit that I only got one right and that was with help....................Duuuuuuuuurrrrrrrrrr!
The MD Pop Quiz - Tiggi - 18-12-2010
Managed 1, 2, & 7 correct.
I only got #1 cos Soulman posted the album in the Artist/Album Association Game thread, and #2 was an inspired guess...
The MD Pop Quiz - Music Head - 18-12-2010
CRAZY-HORSE Wrote:yay!!!!....i got a perfect score of........................zero! DOH!
I'm there with you
The MD Pop Quiz - Thraak - 18-12-2010
Wow, seems as though I made it a bit too hard lol. Most of the stuff is pretty obscure I suppose. Nice guess on No.2 Tiggi! Perhaps I'll do another one!
Ok, no specific theme this time which should make it a bit easier!
Q1) Can you remember the band Robin Trower was a member of from 1967 until 1972 when he left to pursue his solo career.
Ans Procol Harum
Q2) In 1993, which Scottish musician recorded a live album entitled 'Cities Of The Heart' to celebrate his 50th birthday?
Ans Jack Bruce
Q3) Which Scottish prog rock band consisting of five members released their first and only self-titled album in 1972?
Ans Bodkin
Q4) Name the prolific American jazz trumpeter who recorded the album 'Graffiti Blues' in 1973 6 years before his untimely death in 1979?
Ans Blue Mitchell
Q5) Legendary saxophonist famously nicknamed 'The Sound'?
Ans Stan Getz
Q6) Name the band & song in which the following lyric appears?
'I will remember you. Your silhouette will charge the view of distance atmosphere'
Ans Yes- 'Roundabout'
Q7) Name the unique American heavy rock/metal band which Neil Fallon fronts?
Ans Clutch
Q8) Name the groundbreaking American rock band which infamously recorded a cover of Neil Young's 'Computer Age' in 1988
Ans Sonic Youth (song wasn't released until '07 on bonus tracks of reissue 'Daydream Nation' album)
Q9) Belgian electronic group who were one of the earliest pioneers of the 'EBM' genre in the early 1980s?
Ans Front 242
Q10) Recent dubstep musician who current songs include 'Sweet Shop', 'Rasputin's Gold' & 'Badman Sound'?
Ans Doctor P