OK, you skinny rats...

1. Name the foppish journalist who attended the Sex Pistols' debut gig at St Martin's while he was an art student there.

AA Gill.

2. The sleevenotes for which 70s LP contains the following deathless prose:

"such psychic weaklings has Western civilisation made of so many of us"

Brian Jones Presents the Pipes of Pan at Joujouka

3. What is the connection between 21st Century Schizoid Man and Land of Make Believe by Bucks Fizz?

The lyrics for both were written by Pete Sinfield.

4. Which Brummie band's drum kit was pressed into service for the first Cravats single?

Judas Priest.

5. What do Love Me Do by the Beatles and the anarcho-punk classic Can't Cheat Karma by Zounds have in common?

Both bands had a session drummer imposed on them in the studio by the producer.

6. Which LP sleeve contains endorsements from Jonathan Demme, Mark Edwards, Thurston Moore, Mac McCaughan, JG Thirlwell and John Peel?

The American promo for The Infotainment Scan.

7.What do Crass, This Heat and Fushitsusha have in common?

Charles Hayward has played drums for all three bands.

8. Which song was covered by both the Pogues and the Skids?

The Band Played Waltzing Matilda.

9. What do King Kurt and Snakefinger have in common?

They both released stuff on Ralph Records.

10. What links The Idiot by Iggy Pop and Dare by the Human League?

They were the last records heard by Ian Curtis and Lester Bangs, respectively.

#8 I would like to guess Honky Tonk Women

Afraid not!

I'll give up when I've exhausted my Pogues singles:

Cracklin' Rosie

Well it was a cover, I'll give you that...

Waltzing Matilda

Correct! The Skids covered it on their 2nd LP - can't say I've ever heard it, thank God.

Shane did a very effective vocal on this. It's pretty much an anti-war song when all the verses are done, which the Pogues did.
Yeah: Crackling Rosie: What could they have been thinking?

2. Brian Jones Presents the Pipes of Pan at Joujouka.

Good quiz... tricky.

I much preferred their original 7" version - the Rum, Sodomy and the Lash one seemed a bit over-elaborate in comparison.

3. Both have words by that master lyricist Pete Sinfield
(who can forget his immortal line "the bearded sea-goat casts his runes thru walls of mirrored tears...."? Not from either of those songs tho, I don't think.

Well played sir!

I did wonder if I might have made a bit too obscure -oh well, too late now...

Anyway, the answers will be worth knowing (hopefully!).

Yes!!! The dominoes are tumbling now...

Something's telling me #1 is Danny Baker.

Something else is telling me that's complete bollocks! :rolleyes:

Your second instinct was more accurate - although I love the idea of Danny Baker being an arts student at St Martin's!

:ohdear: :lol:

No 1, is it Jarvis Cocker?

Oooooooh - no, but he was later at St Martin's so you get a bonus point for that.

#10 - Iggy did a track on The Idiot called Nightclubbing - Human League did a track on their Holiday 80 EP (just prior to Dare) called Nightclubbing.

Not sure if it's the same song or just the title linking...

{Awaiting inevitable mockery... :rolleyes: }

Remember rainmaster, the fun is in the playing so let's put Mr :ohdear: away for a more appropriate occasion and celebrate :D your having taken part and all the joy that comes with that. I'm sure that if Mr Cap weren't so busy he would already have awared you a :rollover: for your fine effort and your taking the time to make such a well informed, though incorrect, guess [it seems],

[you can say,"Of fuck you" if it make you feel better]

Nice lateral thinking but the link I'm looking for is much more macabre.

Actually I've just remembered that my original question stated that the individual concerned is a journalist so I'm afraid that bonus point has been unilaterally withdrawn!

10. The Idiot has been the last record Ian Curtis played before his suicide. Dare was the last album Lester Bangs heard before his death.

Correct!!! Top darts.

5. I can only think that a variety of different drummers were employed on both records.

1. CSM?
4. ELO?
5. Ringo didn't play drums on either of them?
6 The Infotainment Scam.
7. Dunno. And I know me anarcho-punk bands. Grrr!
8. Galway Bay.
9. The letter i.
10. Death.

9. They both had releases on Ralph Records (The Residents' original label with the slogan "buy or die").

1: Nick Kent - didn't he get a broken nose there?

6: L'Enfant Assassin Des Mouches by Jean-Claude Vannier (rings a bell)

Incredibly close!

Just... one... more...push....

Correct! Quite how King Kurt ended up there is one of those all-time mysteries... Maybe they were actually the Residents.

All wrong I'm afraid (apart from 10 but that was already answered anyway!) but I'll give you 6 - it was actually a promo that Matador distributed in the states to coincide with the release of The Infotainment Scan.

(Well obviously your answer to 5 is technically correct but I'm looking for something a bit more specific!)

It wasn't Nick Kent - you're thinking of him being attacked at the 100 Club a few months later...

Yes, wishful thinking on my part I suppose. Can't think of any journalist more foppish than him though.

I should point out he's not a music journalist...

4: Steel Pulse?

Both bands used session drummers.

Right era - genre could not be more different!

1. Name the foppish journalist who attended the Sex Pistols' debut gig at St Martin's while he was an art student there.

Auberon Waugh? Hitler? It's Hitler, isn't it?

4. Which Brummie band's drum kit was pressed into service for the first Cravats single?

Black Sabbath?

5. What do Love Me Do by the Beatles and the anarcho-punk classic Can't Cheat Karma by Zounds have in common?

I stand by my Ringo answer - drummer replaced by session robot.

7.What do Crass, This Heat and Fushitsusha have in common?

They're all completely unlistenable?

Correct!

But to be more precise, both the Beatles and Zounds had a session drummer imposed on them in the studio by their producer, who felt in each case that the permanent drummer didn’t cut it. While this doesn’t seem too strange in the Beatles case, as they were recording for The Man, it baffles me how Penny Rimbaud squared this rather dictatorial approach with Crass’s ideological commitment to personal autonomy etc!

Certain Forum Members would certainly agree with you!

Ooooh - getting much closer now...

How dare you, sir. Lock the thread!