No googling....

1) Who was the inspiration behind the Boomtown Rats' "She's So Modern" Zoot Horn Polo - Mariella Frostrup (what a lovely couple)

2) What did the Clash and Jam do in 1977 that the Beatles had done in 1963 New Profile Razor Unit - all released two singles which finished with the same last word (Complete Control/Remote Control, All Around The World/This Is The Modern World, From Me To You/She Love You)

3) Miami, Atlanta, .................. (what's next) Billybigbananas - Raleigh (Cities listed in order in James Brown's Night Train

4) Run DMC, ......................, Anthrax (who is missing) Billybigbananas - "Eric B" - Public Enemy, Bring The Noise.

5) What links the Ruts to the Smiths

6) Who sang backing vocals on Tina Turner's "We Don't Need Another Hero" and went on to be an England sporting hero himself? Grease For Roads - Lawrence Dallaglio

7) Who was a member of the 101st Airborne Division of the US Army but was discharged in 1962 for (according to one biography) his "homosexual tendencies"?
elvischomsky - Hendrix

8) "ahead of us lies a wide valley, the sun shines with glittering rays" is the english translation of lyrics from what song? Zoot Horn Polo - Autobahn

9) who links John Peel, Idlewild and Herman's Hermits - elvischomsky - JFK

10) What links David Bowie, Buddy Holly and the Human League Zoot Horn Polo - All three have 'reprised' characters from previous songs
Scores on the doors:

Zoot Horn Polo 3
Billybigbananas 2
elvischomsky 2
Grease For Roads 1
New Profile Razor Unit 1

2) American Number Ones?

4) Public Enemy?

Nope

3. Kingston, Jamaica.

They're the places where Eric Clapton recorded his seminal sequence of mid '70s albums.

Two albums in one year?

2. sack the drummer.

5. Is it something to do with Laurel Aitken?

No correct answers so far

"Georgia" - Night Train, James Brown?

9 jfk.

"Eric B" - Public Enemy, Bring The Noise.

2. Play the Rainbow?

7 hendrix

5 heroin.

2 put liverpool on the map.

very very very close

10 fear of flying.

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8. Autobahn.

:applaud:

John Peel was present at the press conference when Lee Harvey Oswald was unveiled as the suspect, Herman’s Hermits were signed because producer Mickie Most saw a photo and reckoned that the 16-year-old singer looked like a young JFK, and Idlewild was the previous name of the airport in New York now known as JFK.

Oi!

What about this one?!

Not that I am aware of

true I guess, but not the answer I'm looking for

is 1 maggot thatcher.

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hopeless record sleeves with street signs on.

nope

2. Play The Cavern (or at least a club in Liverpool called the Cavern)?

5.Is it something to do with the venue of their last gigs?

2. Have someone called Paul in their line-up.

Point, please.

not the answer I'm looking for

1 Twiggy?

No to both of those.

The Smiths/Ruts link is extremelly specific

Ah, must be "Raleigh - North Carolina", then!

While true, it's not teh answer I was looking for.

10. They're all mentioned in songs by The Undertones, apart from David Bowie and Buddy Holly.

Correct :applaud:

Nope.

I'll give you a clue - she worked in the Polygram Records press office in the late 70s before going on to be famous in her own right.

Mariella Frostrup.

Incorrect.

Clue - think of songs.

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