Rock Trivia: Round 8 Question 13- Rock General 1

In what group did Rod Stewart and Ronnie Lane work together?

Rock Trivia: Round 8 Question 12- Beatles

What did John and Yoko delare 1970 to be?

Blog Jammin’: Sparks to Play Every Note of Every Album in 21 Days

Wow. Look at what Sparks is up to! What a way to premiere a new album! Makes me wanna make my first trip to London… Click through below for full story….

 

Sh*t L*sts: Indie-Rock Style

Blender recently revealed their Top 100 Greatest Indie Rock Albums and I’m curious what you think about the list. Of course, it looks a little strange to me but so did their Worst Lyricists list a couple months back which included some of my favorites like Donovan, Sting, and Jon Anderson. Of course [...]

Rock Trivia: Round 8 Question 11- Art Rock

Name the group Ashley Hutchings left Fairport Convention to form.

Random Tube: Wyatt Wades in the Waters

This is a super cool video of ex-Soft Machine and drumming/singing legend, Robert Wyatt singing Roger Waters’ parts of Comfortably Numb with David Gilmour…

Rock Trivia: Round 8 Question 10- Rock General 1

What group did Steve Howe join in 1982?

THANKS…

…for being yourself! Have a great T-day everyone, and rest of the weekend. I will return on Tuesday. Until then, let the James Gang thank you too… (and plan your strategy for how you’re going to catch up with Crystal on Rock Trivia!)
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Rock Trivia: Round 8 Question 9- Heavy Metal

Who produced the Jeff Beck album Wired?

Rock Trivia: Round 8 Question 8- Song Titles

Romeo Delight (1980)

Record Album Roundup

Check out these albums:

The Grateful Dead and Merl Saunders - The Twilight Zone (from the 80s TV show)
Lenny Bruce - Let the Buyer Beware (Frickin’ huge box of the amazing Lenny Bruce)
Fela Kuti and Africa 70 with Ginger Baker (’nuf said)
Morgen - Morgen (Killer US psych album)
Pink Fairies - Kings of Oblivion (Great Psych-rock album)
Colosseum [...]

Sh*t L*sts: Zep Reunion Setlist Style…and CONTEST to see the show!

All right, everyone. Who doesn’t like Led Zeppelin? With the big rescheduled reunion date three weeks away, Zep is on the collective rock brain these days. We even started a Nights With Alice Cooper Zep Reunion Flyaway Contest today on the NWAC website, and since I can’t enter the contest, you should [...]

Rock Trivia: Round 8 Question 7- Rock General 2

Buddy Holly and the _______ (group)

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Rock Trivia: Round 8 Question 6- Roots of Rock

What was the first record by a British group, excluding the Beatles, to sell a million, just in Britain?

Rock Trivia: Round 8 Question 5- Song Titles

Rock In A Hard Place (1982)

Rock Trivia: Round 8 Question 4- Art Rock

Which Stranglers album title sounded like a contrast of colours?

Blog Jammin’: The Dangerous Blog for Boys

Well…what a week! Matt McCarthy’s 40th birthday was on Saturday, Led Zeppelin’s music finally became available through online digital services such as iTunes, I did my first volunteer project for NY Cares (which was planting bulbs in Ft. Greene Park), my brother’s birthday is Thursday (11/15) and my sister’s is Sunday (11/18), Paul and [...]

Rock Trivia: Round 8 Question 3- Heavy Metal

What Scorpions tune became a big FM hit in 1983?

Rock Trivia: Round 8 Question 2- Beatles

On what LP did the song “Hey Bulldog” appear?

Rock Trivia: Round 8 Begins! - Rock General 1

What group is Mike Rutherford with? (1983)

Dig This!: Richard Wright aka Nancy Taube - I Didn’t Know

I’ve got a serious little lo-fi goodie here for ya’s. This is a song that popular rock band ‘The Phish‘ made famous via their live shows, but was written in 1985 by a man named Nancy who is also known as Richard Wright. Says Nancy or Mr. Wright regarding his/her names, “Nancy is [...]

Weekend Winsdom - brought to you by Kevmoore…

Big Congrats to Kevmoore for coming along mid-round and whoopin’ ass! While Kev is receiving his prizes, let’s all regroup and get our rock brains prepared for Round 8. While you’re regrouping, check out the song that won Kev the title…Tobacco Road by The Nashville Teens…

Dig This!: Exmagma - My Box

Wow. I can’t believe that last night was the first time I heard these cats. This is some jazzy-rocky ‘out’ music that is still quite rhythmic. If this is prog-rock, I’ve not heard any proggers do it like this before. While you listen, I’ll leave you with some words from the [...]

Rock Trivia: Round 7 Question 38- Song Titles

Tobacco Road (1964)

Rock Trivia Round 7 Question 37: Rock General 1

Who played Jesus on the LP version of Jesus Christ Superstar?

Rock Trivia Round 7 Current Score!

This could end really soon guys!  Here’s the score…
Kevmoore- 9 (in the barn)
Dave- 6
Crystal- 6
Matt- 5
Mo- 5
Sue- 5
Abby F, Red David, Madmonq, Bill, Edvado- all have 1 point

Blog Jammin’: Music Consumer Ethics, Dylan, Cadillacs, and More

I have a few good links to share with ya’s today, and it seems that a couple of them are related to music consumer ethics. This is an ongoing conversation these days what with the demise of record companies, the degradation of the actual product, and the popularity of file-sharing.
My take on the whole [...]

Rock Trivia: Round 7 Question 36- Art Rock

Initially there were 4 members of the Police.  Name the 4th member dropped by the band.

So You Think You’re A Rock Trivia Master?

Dave found this Rolling Stone “Almost Impossible Rock & Roll Quiz” online and we both took it already and scored pretty damn well. Dave got a 37 (Whiz) and I got a 41 (Expert). Now how ’bout you bitches? Tell us what score you get! (Take the quiz here)