Rock Trivia Thread

Bukkake Tsunami Number of posts : 25557 Age : 53

Want more Monkees triv? Sure you do...here's an easy one.

After the success of the tv show, what soon-to-be-famous rock star changed his birth name of David Jones so he wouldn't be confused with the Monkee Davy Jones?

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Metal, Movies, Beer Number of posts : 37954 Age : 54

...then I am eternally grateful to Mike Nesmith's Mom, cuz without Liquid Paper I wouldn't have survived all those high school/college term papers. When not on a computer I am a terrible typist.

Quote :: After the success of the tv show, what soon-to-be-famous rock star changed his birth name of David Jones so he wouldn't be confused with the Monkee Davy Jones?

Wild stab in the dark... David Bowie?

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Bukkake Tsunami Number of posts : 25557 Age : 53

Ding! Ding! Ding!

Annnnnd that will do it for me & Monkee-Mania this morning. Thanks for playing and we have some wonderful parting gifts for all our contestants, including a year's supply of Turtle Wax and Rice-a-Roni, the San Francisco treat.

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Metal, Movies, Beer Number of posts : 37954 Age : 54

Damn! Good guess on my part.

Anyway, I'm listening to Helstar right now so here's one about them:

On Helstar's BURNING STAR debut, vocalist James Rivera was credited, for reasons known only to himself, under a pseudonym. What was it?

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Bukkake Tsunami Number of posts : 25557 Age : 53

No takers on this one, huh? I had no clue, so I looked it up.

I won't ruin it here for anyone that wants to guess, but I will say that it's a really lame stage name. Nothing cool like James van Hellfire or Attila Thundercock. 2 names which I'm copywriting by the way in case my band project ever takes off.

So while everyone is checking the credits of their Helstar albums, here's another question to chew on, inspired by Ult's latest review updates....

On the Bulletboys s/t debut, who is the song 'Owed to Joe' about?

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Metal, Movies, Beer Number of posts : 37954 Age : 54

MetalGuy71 wrote:: On the Bulletboys s/t debut, who is the song 'Owed to Joe' about?

I wanna say Joe Perry, but that's just a wild guess on my part because in my book the BulletBoys were just a lame Aerosmith/VH wanna-be. Amirite? Amirite?

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Bukkake Tsunami Number of posts : 25557 Age : 53

Yup, one-half of the Toxic Twins, Mr. Joe Perry. While he's never specifically mentioned in the song, if you read the lyrics, it's all references to him and Aerosmith.

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Metal, Movies, Beer Number of posts : 37954 Age : 54

Woot.

As for the Helstar question, since there were no takers, James Rivera went by the stage name "Bill Lionel" on that first record. It must've seemed like a good idea at the time.

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Metal is my Life Number of posts : 19329 Age : 53

Let me jump in with some Monkees' trivia of my own. Mike Nesmith co-wrote the screenplay for what cult sci-fi movie?

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Leatherface wrote:: Let me jump in with some Monkees' trivia of my own. Mike Nesmith co-wrote the screenplay for what cult sci-fi movie?

"Timerider" starring Fred Ward.

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Scurvy Skalliwag Number of posts : 12851 Age : 60

kmorg wrote:

Fat Freddy wrote:

James B. wrote:: True or False

Did Ray Gillen ever sing for Savatage ?

True.

False.... He sing with them, not for them Laughing

I saw a show during "The Streets" tour at Jezebels' in Santa Anna, Calif that Ray sang pretty much the whole set. They did a few covers, so perhaps it still doen't count ?

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Metal is my Life Number of posts : 19329 Age : 53

Fat Freddy wrote:

Leatherface wrote:: Let me jump in with some Monkees' trivia of my own. Mike Nesmith co-wrote the screenplay for what cult sci-fi movie?

"Timerider" starring Fred Ward.

Yup. I just gotta ask, did you look it up?

Road Warrior Number of posts : 17180 Age : 48

Fat Freddy wrote:

Leatherface wrote:: Let me jump in with some Monkees' trivia of my own. Mike Nesmith co-wrote the screenplay for what cult sci-fi movie?

"Timerider" starring Fred Ward.

I've been trying to remember the name of that movie! I first seen it back in '84 on cable...

Metal, Movies, Beer Number of posts : 37954 Age : 54

Leatherface wrote:

Fat Freddy wrote:

Leatherface wrote:: Let me jump in with some Monkees' trivia of my own. Mike Nesmith co-wrote the screenplay for what cult sci-fi movie?

"Timerider" starring Fred Ward.

Yup. I just gotta ask, did you look it up?

Nope. I just saw that movie on HBO a sh*t load of times back in the day.

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Duff Mckagan played in a band with future Mother Love Bone drummer Greg Gilmore. What was the name of the band?

Bukkake Tsunami Number of posts : 25557 Age : 53

Leatherface wrote:: Duff Mckagan played in a band with future Mother Love Bone drummer Greg Gilmore. What was the name of the band?

The Fastbacks? Just a random guess, but that's the only pre-GnR band I can remember him being a member of.

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Metal is my Life Number of posts : 13862 Age : 49

James B. wrote:

kmorg wrote:

Fat Freddy wrote:

James B. wrote:: True or False

Did Ray Gillen ever sing for Savatage ?

True.

False.... He sing with them, not for them Laughing

I saw a show during "The Streets" tour at Jezebels' in Santa Anna, Calif that Ray sang pretty much the whole set. They did a few covers, so perhaps it still doen't count ?

Wow did not know that. Have never heard about such a show! Would love to know the place and date for that.

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Metal is my Life Number of posts : 19329 Age : 53

MetalGuy71 wrote:

Leatherface wrote:: Duff Mckagan played in a band with future Mother Love Bone drummer Greg Gilmore. What was the name of the band?

The Fastbacks? Just a random guess, but that's the only pre-GnR band I can remember him being a member of.

Ten Minute Warning

Bukkake Tsunami Number of posts : 25557 Age : 53

Leatherface wrote:

MetalGuy71 wrote:

Leatherface wrote:: Duff Mckagan played in a band with future Mother Love Bone drummer Greg Gilmore. What was the name of the band?

The Fastbacks? Just a random guess, but that's the only pre-GnR band I can remember him being a member of.

Ten Minute Warning

Ya got me there. Never heard of 'em.

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Bukkake Tsunami Number of posts : 25557 Age : 53

On the Queens of the Stone Age album Rated R, what legendary metal singer provided back-up vocals on the song 'Feel Good Hit of the Summer'?

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Heart of Metal Number of posts : 1635 Age : 50

MetalGuy71 wrote:: On the Queens of the Stone Age album Rated R, what legendary metal singer provided back-up vocals on the song 'Feel Good Hit of the Summer'?

Robbie Halford

Bukkake Tsunami Number of posts : 25557 Age : 53

Bingo! Give that man a smokeless cigar!

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What 80s one-hit-wonder played keyboards on Def Leppard's Pyromania?

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Leatherface wrote:: What 80s one-hit-wonder played keyboards on Def Leppard's Pyromania?

I believe that was Thomas "She Blinded Me With Science" Dolby

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Fat Freddy wrote:

Leatherface wrote:: What 80s one-hit-wonder played keyboards on Def Leppard's Pyromania?

I believe that was Thomas "She Blinded Me With Science" Dolby

Yep.

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