1. Which 90s album inspired Charles Shaar Murray to declare in his Mojo review : "Dem a come fe mess up de area seeeeeerious".
A: Oasis - Be Here Now

2. What connects the Subway Sect and Thee Headcoats?

A: The Downliners Sect.

3. Who produced Steve Albini's first (pre-Big Black) recording session?

A: Martin Hannett.

4. What links the following records:

Charlie Pickett - Route 33 (Mo Tucker plays on this)
Luna - Bewitched (Sterling Morrison plays on this)
Nelson Slater - Wild Angel (produced by Lou Reed)
Mike Heron - Smiling Men With Bad Reputations (John Cale plays on this)

5. Who did Joe Strummer describe as the ultimate punk band, second only to the Ramones?

A: Television Personalities

6. What do Jawbone and the Air Rifle, Green Eyed Loco Man and What About Us? have in common.
A: The lyrics to each song mentions rabbits.

7. Which future chart topping act headlined the Roxy Club on 12 March 1977?
A: Shakin' Stevens

8. Which Frank Zappa song rhymes "freezing" with "wheezing".
A: The Air

9. Name the record which shared the same engineer as PIL's Flowers of Romance LP that John Lydon claimed ripped off the earlier record's drum sound.
A: Phil Collins - In the Air Tonight

10. Which well-respected artist's current LP features the notorious ''racist crank'' Gilad Atzmon on saxophone? (Anybody who read about this on a different thread is barred from answering - this also applies to members of the SWP.) You may not wish to click the "crank" link if you're at work.
A: Robert Wyatt

Thankyou for your time!

Whiskey Bay - The Chris Chapple Corporation



you’re sneezing
& wheezing
your hands are always freezing

Really?! Ha ha. Let me rephrase the question then:

Which Frank Zappa song rhymes "freezing" with "wheezing"?

1. Oasis - "Be Here Now"

3. Himself?

7. Cherry Vanilla + The Police

10. Robert Wyatt?

Ding! Correct. What a mentalist.

No - you'll be impressed by the answer.

Good thinking - but wrong.

Ding! Correct.

Oh, and having Googled to check, I think I knew #5, although endorsements of that kind from Uncle Joe were somewhat similar to Pele travelling the world every four years and telling the press of whatever country he's in that they're his tip to win the World Cup. :D

... although he wasn't buttering up the host nation when he made the pronouncement. His tributes to the Minutemen (!!) and Fugazi in the same interview might be another matter...

:D

#6 is "rabbits", isn't it?

Ding! Correct. Goddammit.

9. In The Air Tonight by Phil Collins

(Wasn't The Flowers of Romance's drum sound influenced by Peter Gabriel's third album?)

#5 - I'm going to guess The Pogues

8 "The Air" by The Mothers Of Invention off of Uncle Meat

Ding! Correct. The engineer in common was Nick Launay.

I don't know about any possible similarities with Peter Gabriel - what a revolting thought.

Ding! Correct. (And I consider myself duly chastised!)

Afraid not.

Thank you for being polite....My guess was based on the late Mr Strummer's ability to say nice things when he wanted something in return...and he was desperate to front the Pogues after Shane was booted/left....nice quiz: #5 was the only one I had a shot at....

You're welcome - and as per AHS's earlier comment, it's certainly the kind of thing you can imagine him saying on a different day...

7. The Jam

Nope!

I knew that.

7. Ian Dury

I bet "Travels In Nihilon" from XTC's Black Sea was a big influence on PiL around that time.

7. Shakin Stevens

Ding! Correct. Top darts!

(I trust there was no technological jiggery-pokery involved there!)

No 5, Ill guess the Damned.
(you could have had Scareball for the rabbits one, 'back like a rabbit etc')

5. If it's not the Pistols then maybe The Slits?

Is 5 The Stooges?

Or The Clash? :lol:

It would help to know where Joe was and to whom he was talking....as noted, he now & then gives evidence of being the offspring of a diplomat...
Shakin' Stevens: Yeah he's lame but I sure liked his version of Marie Marie.

#5 - I am going to say the Kinks because even though they weren't a punk band, in the early days they sure were a band of punks.[except for Pete Q]

At least tell us if you can, which country was Mr Strummer in when he gave out with his bit of wisdom.

...or the MC5 - yeah that's who it was, the MC5 - great quiz I am looking forward to #10....

All guesses for #5 are wrong so far!

The band are English, the interview was conducted (well published, anyway) in the States.

They're not the most obvious band you'd describe as punk - but then again, why the hell not.

He was a rather more credible figure in 77 - even John Lydon counted himself a fan (!)

5 The Wurzels

Why the hell not indeed. Thanks for the clue
not Souixsie by any chance?

... and musically speaking 1977 is basically a rewrite of All Day and All of the Night.

In a weird way you're getting warmer!

Thanks for the info about Shakin' Stevens; didn't know that....5 Wurzels?
Go Gene Go!

5. Racey

Too arty.

5 Mott The Hoople ?

5. It's someone like Splodgenessabounds.

I can see where you're comng from - but it's more likely that Mick Jones would think that. Anyway - no.