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What was the epithet hurled at Bob Dylan at the 1966 Royal Albert Hall concert when he and his band played a set with amplified instruments?

The sudden popularity of English bands in the U.S. was called (two words)

What is (born) Reginald Dwight's stage name that is now his real name. (2-4 words)

What was the keyboard instrument used in the introduction to 'Strawberry Fields Forever' (one word)

Owley Stanley was an engineer credited with making the first large house PA systems for the Grateful Dead. What else did he manufacture and give away freely?

George Harrison teamed with this Bengali sitar player to produce the benefit 'Concert for Bangladesh'.

Who were the bodyguards for the Rolling Stones at the Altamount where a member of the audience was stabbed and killed? (Two words)

Who woke up after dozing off with a tape recorder and woke up to hear a riff and the words "I can't get no satisfaction' followed by nothing but snoring.

Who was Mrs. Phil Spector that was a member of the 'Ronettes'?

What is the main cause of Pete Townsend's tinnitis?

What is the REAL title of 'Teenage Wasteland' by the Who from their "Who's Next?" album named for Meher Baba, a guru that Townshend studied and followed?

What British Bands 1971 album with a prism on the cover spent 741 weeks on the Billboard Top 200.

Who showed up at Dennis Wilson's (The Beach Boys) doorstep and ended up moving in and livng at his house?

What word did Ed Sullivan tell Jim Morrisson of the Doors not to sing during their set? (Morrison did anyway)

What did Roger McGwuin go out and buy after seeing George Harrison play one in "Hard Day's Night" that would define their staple 'jangle strings' sound?

In what has been classified as a very strange event which band won the 1989 Grammy for 'Best Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Performance' that beat out Metallica's '....And Justice For All'. (Two words) Hint: They AIN'T no hard rock/heavy metal band.

Where did Elvis Presley pay $3.98 to cut an acetate demo in 1953 as a present for his Mother?

Who played the 'Acid Queen' in the 1975 movie version of 'Tommy'?

What 1969 concert took place on Max Yasgur's dairy farm? (one word)

What event in 1958 brought Elvis' career to a halt?

Who invented the "Wall of Sound"?

Who turned the Beatles on to marijuana?

Which band was known for being burned out of their venue in Montreax, Switzerland? Who was playing when they arrived?

Who adopted the persona of 'Ziggy Stardust'?

What was the first blending of Rock and Roll and Country called?

Who lost a coin toss to Ritchie Valens in 1959 that put him on the tour bus instead of Buddy Holly's plane?

What was the name Beatles animated movie in 1968?
 
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Who was Mrs. Phil Spector that was a member of the 'Ronettes'?

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Who invented the "Wall of Sound"?
Ronnie Spector was the lead singer for the Ronettes. It was said that Phil married her so he wouldn't have to pay her. He was the cheapest () in the business and stiffed everybody. Sonny Bono went to Phil to learn the music business and Phil told him something like:

"OK, you can work for me but I won't pay you and you'll be working 100 hours a week."

And he was true to his word (according to Sonny).

Phil "invented" the wall of sound but it may have been by accident. He was so cheap he always crammed all his players and singers into cramped studios and hot miced the recordings in single takes. I believe the (now well known) time delay effect where microphones picked up sound from other sources gave it a bigger sound. Such delay effects are now built into audio amps. The point is Phil would have two pianos, four guitars, three singers, two drummers etc and everybody recording on separate mics at the same time crammed so close together that they had adjacent pickup so I suspect his "big sound" came from that.
 
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British Invasion
Elton John
harpsichord (?)
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Ravi Shankar
Hell's Angels
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Power chords?
Baba O'Reilly
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Jethro Tull
Sun Records (?)
Tina Turner
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Deep Purple. Frank Zappa and the Mother's.
David Bowie
Rockabilly
Waylon Jennings
Yellow Submarine.

Pleasant waste of time, able to sip coffee and burn brain cells.
Please help a not quite semi hip white guy with the rest!


Woodstock
induction into Army
 
How hip are you???



What is (born) Reginald Dwight's stage name that is now his real name. (2-4 words) Elton John

What was the keyboard instrument used in the introduction to 'Strawberry Fields Forever' (one word) Mellotron

Owley Stanley was an engineer credited with making the first large house PA systems for the Grateful Dead. What else did he manufacture and give away freely? According to the internet, LSD


Who were the bodyguards for the Rolling Stones at the Altamount where a member of the audience was stabbed and killed? (Two words) Hell's Angels, I believe

Who woke up after dozing off with a tape recorder and woke up to hear a riff and the words "I can't get no satisfaction' followed by nothing but snoring. Keith Richards



What is the REAL title of 'Teenage Wasteland' by the Who from their "Who's Next?" album named for Meher Baba, a guru that Townshend studied and followed? Baba O'Riley

What British Bands 1971 album with a prism on the cover spent 741 weeks on the Billboard Top 200. Pink Floyd and the album is "Dark Side Of The Moon"

What word did Ed Sullivan tell Jim Morrisson of the Doors not to sing during their set? (Morrison did anyway) High or Higher, don't remember exactly


Who played the 'Acid Queen' in the 1975 movie version of 'Tommy'? Tina Turner, and she was perfect for the part too!

What 1969 concert took place on Max Yasgur's dairy farm? (one word) Woodstock!!!!


Which band was known for being burned out of their venue in Montreax, Switzerland? Who was playing when they arrived? Deep Purple I believe. At least they are the ones that wrote "Smoke On The Water" And the band playing was Frank Zappa and the Mothers.

Who adopted the persona of 'Ziggy Stardust'?David Bowie, of course!


What was the name Beatles animated movie in 1968?Yellow Submarine

I've answered inside the quotes. I didn't answer all of them, just the ones I knew or could easily look up (the LSD one)
 
Off the top of my head:

How hip are you???

The sudden popularity of English bands in the U.S. was called (two words)
British Invasion

What is (born) Reginald Dwight's stage name that is now his real name. (2-4 words)
Elton John

George Harrison teamed with this Bengali sitar player to produce the benefit 'Concert for Bangladesh'.
Ravi Shankar

Who were the bodyguards for the Rolling Stones at the Altamount where a member of the audience was stabbed and killed? (Two words)
Hell's Angels

Who showed up at Dennis Wilson's (The Beach Boys) doorstep and ended up moving in and livng at his house?
Charles Manson


What event in 1958 brought Elvis' career to a halt?
Drafted in to the Army

Where did Elvis Presley pay $3.98 to cut an acetate demo in 1953 as a present for his Mother?
Sun Records

Who adopted the persona of 'Ziggy Stardust'?
David Bowie

What was the first blending of Rock and Roll and Country called?
Rock-a-billy

Who lost a coin toss to Ritchie Valens in 1959 that put him on the tour bus instead of Buddy Holly's plane?
Waylon Jennings
 
Ronnie Spector was the lead singer for the Ronettes. It was said that Phil married her so he wouldn't have to pay her. He was the cheapest () in the business and stiffed everybody. Sonny Bono went to Phil to learn the music business and Phil told him something like:

"OK, you can work for me but I won't pay you and you'll be working 100 hours a week."

And he was true to his word (according to Sonny).

Phil "invented" the wall of sound but it may have been by accident. He was so cheap he always crammed all his players and singers into cramped studios and hot miced the recordings in single takes. I believe the (now well known) time delay effect where microphones picked up sound from other sources gave it a bigger sound. Such delay effects are now built into audio amps. The point is Phil would have two pianos, four guitars, three singers, two drummers etc and everybody recording on separate mics at the same time crammed so close together that they had adjacent pickup so I suspect his "big sound" came from that.
Ronnie Spector was mentioned in the Eddie Money song "Take Me Home Tonight".

Take Me Home Tonight by Eddie Money Songfacts
 
Are you guys good or WHAT???

What was the epithet hurled at Bob Dylan at the 1966 Royal Albert Hall concert when he and his band played a set with amplified instruments?

@@@ JUDAS!!! Dylan was 'supposed' to be a folk artst.

The sudden popularity of English bands in the U.S. was called (two words)

@@@ British Invasion

What is (born) Reginald Dwight's stage name that is now his real name. (2-4 words)

@@@ Sir Elton Hercules John

What was the keyboard instrument used in the introduction to 'Strawberry Fields Forever' (one word)

@@@ The Mellotron. It became a staple for bands like the Moody Blues who used it's swirling sound for an ethereal effect.

Owley Stanley was an engineer credited with making the first large house PA systems for the Grateful Dead. What else did he manufacture and give away freely?

@@@Acid or LSD

George Harrison teamed with this Bengali sitar player to produce the benefit 'Concert for Bangladesh'.

@@@ Ravi Shankar

Who were the bodyguards for the Rolling Stones at the Altamount where a member of the audience was stabbed and killed? (Two words)

@@@ Hell's Angels

Who woke up after dozing off with a tape recorder and woke up to hear a riff and the words "I can't get no satisfaction' followed by nothing but snoring.

@@@ Keith Richards

Who was Mrs. Phil Spector that was a member of the 'Ronettes'?

@@@ Ronnie Bennett

What is the main cause of Pete Townsend's tinnitis?

@@@ The Who were known to be one of the loudest bands but his problem started when they started destroying their instruments after playing and a pyrotechnic (read bomb) went off close to Townshend that was a bit more powerful than it should have been.

What is the REAL title of 'Teenage Wasteland' by the Who from their "Who's Next?" album named for Meher Baba, a guru that he studied and followed?

@@@ Baba O'Riley

What British Bands 1971 album with a prism on the cover spent 741 weeks on the Billboard Top 200.

@@@ Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon"

Who showed up at Dennis Wilson's (The Beach Boys) doorstep and ended up moving in and living at his house?

@@@Charles Manson, who also cut some records and had a bit of talent for singing/songwriting. You can find the recordings on the web.

What word did Ed Sullivan tell Jim Morrison of the Doors not to sing during their set? (Morrison did anyway)

@@@ "Higher" as in "...girl we couldn't get much higher"

What did Roger McGuin go out and buy after seeing George Harrison play one in "Hard Day's Night" that would define the Byrds staple 'jangle strings' sound?

@@@ A 12 string guitar

In what has been classified as a very strange event which band won the 1989 Grammy for 'Best Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Performance' that beat out Metallica's '....And Justice For All'. (Two words) Hint: They AIN'T no hard rock/heavy metal band.

@@@ Jethro Tull, know for a fusion of Rock, Blues and British folk music made an album with a cut called 'Steel Monkey'. They had not won a Grammy but a 'Lifetime Achievement' would have been more appropriate.

Where did Elvis Presley pay $3.98 to cut an acetate demo in 1953 as a present for his Mother?

@@@ Sun Records

Who played the 'Acid Queen' in the 1975 movie version of 'Tommy'?

@@@ Tina Turner


What 1969 concert took place on Max Yasgur's dairy farm? (one word)

@@@ Woodstock

What event in 1958 brought Elvis' career to a halt?

@@@ He was drafted into the Army

Who invented the "Wall of Sound"?

@@@ Phil Spector

Who turned the Beatles on to marijuana?

@@@ Bob Dylan

Which band was known for being burned out of their venue in Montreax, Switzerland? Who was playing when they arrived?

@@@ Deep Purple (Smoke On The Water), Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention

@@@Who adopted the persona of 'Ziggy Stardust'?

@@@ David Bowie

What was the first blending of Rock and Roll and Country called?

@@@ Rockabilly

Who lost a coin toss to Ritchie Valens in 1959 that put him on the tour bus instead of Buddy Holly's plane?

@@@ Waylon Jennings

What was the name Beatles animated movie in 1968?

@@@ 'Yellow Submarine'
 
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I really enjoyed this quiz. I'm either same age or older than most of the folks I hang out with and I would absolutely BURY them in a long series of these and it wouldn't be close. (I'm 43.) In this particular quiz, I probably got about 2/3 of them correct (I didn't put the effort in to counting! ;)) but it kind of surprised me that some of these questions were REALLY easy and some were quite difficult. At least, in my opinion.

Examples I would give to show the far ends of easy vs difficult:
Ziggy Stardust and Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon... seems to me that if you can't answer those, you shouldn't even click on the quiz. Haha. I'm not saying that 95% of Americans should know those... I'm simply saying that it would seem odd to even wish to take the quiz if you didn't know them.

Whereas the coin flip for the bus/plane trip, who moved in to Dennis Wilson's house, Ravi Shankar (I did know that one but I can't imagine many folks would...) were pretty difficult.

Hmmm, then again... maybe hitting far ends of the spectrum is what makes a quiz entertaining. A little something for everyone!

Great quiz!
Did you write this or snag it from somewhere?
 
Thank you

I really enjoyed this quiz.

@@@Thank you!

I'm either same age or older than most of the folks I hang out with and I would absolutely BURY them in a long series of these and it wouldn't be close. (I'm 43.)

@@@@ I'm 60 and I grew up on this stuff

In this particular quiz, I probably got about 2/3 of them correct (I didn't put the effort in to counting! ;)) but it kind of surprised me that some of these questions were REALLY easy and some were quite difficult. At least, in my opinion.

@@@ I was wondering. I didn't want to do anything TOO obscure but concentrated on some of the highlights of Rock lore.

Examples I would give to show the far ends of easy vs difficult:
Ziggy Stardust and Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon... seems to me that if you can't answer those, you shouldn't even click on the quiz. Haha.

@@@LOL - Some people probably read the title and said, "I could care less!"

I'm not saying that 95% of Americans should know those... I'm simply saying that it would seem odd to even wish to take the quiz if you didn't know them.

Whereas the coin flip for the bus/plane trip, who moved in to Dennis Wilson's house, Ravi Shankar (I did know that one but I can't imagine many folks would...) were pretty difficult.

@@@ Manson and Waylon Jennings would be a surprise to somebody that didn't know. Shankar is interesting because the sitar sound became VERY popular in the late 60s. If people couldn't play one (difficult as hell) they imitated it with guitars.

Hmmm, then again... maybe hitting far ends of the spectrum is what makes a quiz entertaining. A little something for everyone!

Great quiz!
Did you write this or snag it from somewhere?

I made it up all by my little self. (I didn't know about 'Satisfaction' though) So even I wouldn't get 100.

Thanks and a tip of the hat.
 
Good quiz.
Trivia to me is funny, my head is full of much very specialized, mostly useless information. On this one, I probably got 2/3 or so correct. I have always read a lot and some stuff sticks and some doesn't. I am not even that much of a rock and roll fan.
However, I will tell you an amazing coincidence, at least to me.
Just before last Christmas, I talked to Ed Sullivan's son-in-law, Bob Precht on the phone. I was doing some checking on graves in a little, remote cemetery where my parents are buried and became interested in some of the other names on graves there. Just googling I found out that the man and his wife buried closest to my folks were the grandparents of the man that married Ed Sullivan's daughter. He was also the man that was heavily involved in the incident with Bob Dylan on the Sulliivan show. I found an email address, sent him a message with my phone # and he called me bacK! He is in his mid 80's, a widower, a retired guy living in Montana.
Is that amazing or what?
 
I'm amazed. I'm a high-mileage 1937 model who was thirty-two, married with two kids and a minister when Woodstock went down, and I was able to answer all but a couple of those.

As Albert Alligator used to say in "Pogo", "I is quietly proud."
 
That is......

Good quiz.
Trivia to me is funny, my head is full of much very specialized, mostly useless information. On this one, I probably got 2/3 or so correct. I have always read a lot and some stuff sticks and some doesn't. I am not even that much of a rock and roll fan.
However, I will tell you an amazing coincidence, at least to me.
Just before last Christmas, I talked to Ed Sullivan's son-in-law, Bob Precht on the phone. I was doing some checking on graves in a little, remote cemetery where my parents are buried and became interested in some of the other names on graves there. Just googling I found out that the man and his wife buried closest to my folks were the grandparents of the man that married Ed Sullivan's daughter. He was also the man that was heavily involved in the incident with Bob Dylan on the Sulliivan show. I found an email address, sent him a message with my phone # and he called me bacK! He is in his mid 80's, a widower, a retired guy living in Montana.
Is that amazing or what?

That is amazing AND what! My brother called Ray Blouin of the 'Wayfarers' one time when they still well known (I doubt anybody here knows who they are) and got him on the phone and chatted a while. Said he was a right nice guy. 10 years later, guess who comes to teach at the Tech college I went to? Ray Blouin. He and a former band member opened a club in downtown Charleston called 'The Whale's Tale' and I hung out there and got to know him pretty well. They played their own music and it was GREAT! They had great instrumentation and tight harmony. I think one of the best of the old 'folk' groups. Pretty high energy. Last I heard he was playing up in middle part of Virginia, I think.
 
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