MARCH 2006 ISSUE

ROCK SERLING And GARY PIG GOLD's TRIVIAL ROCK QUIZ
By Gary Pig Gold



WHAT 1960'S POP STAR PRODUCED THE LONDON MUSICAL "TIME" ?

(a) John Fred
(b) Jonathan King
(c) Dave Clark
(d) Van Duren

XTC'S ANDY PARTRIDGE IS PLANNING TO RE-RECORD THE THEME SONG FROM...

(a) "The Herculoids"
(b) "Fireball XL5"
(c) "Pa Pa Pa Pa Puffy"
(d) "American Idle"

THE FIRST ROCK GROUP TO RECORD WITH A MOOG SYNTHESIZER WAS...

(a) Mud
(b) Emerson, Lake & Palmer
(c) Sid King & The Five Strings
(d) The Monkees

ROY HARPER OF "OUTER SHELL" MAGAZINE ATTENDED THE SAME HIGH SCHOOL AS...

(a) Joey Ramone
(b) Bruce Springstein
(c) Rudy Martinez
(d) The Sex Clark Five

THE BACK-UP BAND ON LINDA RONSTADT'S FIRST HIT "DIFFERENT DRUM" WAS...

(a) The Stone Poneys
(b) The Cosmic Combines
(c) The Nitty Gritty Ghost Rockets
(d) Crazy Glue

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING WAS ACTUALLY THE FIRST "ROCK VIDEO":

(a) "Tell Him" by The Exciters, "live" in the Bronx Zoo
(b) "Surf Scene" television pilot starring Jan & Dean
(c) "Hurra, Die Rattles Kommen"
(d) Marilyn Monroe singing "Happy Birthday, Mr. President" to J.F.K.

KLAUS VOORMAN, LONG-TIME FRIEND OF THE BEATLES, RETURNED TO THE POP CHARTS IN THE 1980'S WITH THIS GROUP:

(a) Trio
(b) Timbuk 3
(c) Fun Boy Three
(d) Dino, Desi & Whitney

LED ZEPPELIN SET WHICH WORK OF CLASSIC FICTION TO MUSIC?

(a) "1001 Arabian Nights"
(b) "Lord Of The Rings"
(c) "The Cremation Of Sam McGee"
(d) "Moby Dick"

MONKEE MICKY DOLENZ' DAUGHTER AMI ONCE HAD A RECURRING ROLE ON...

(a) "The Young Ones"
(b) "General Hospital"
(c) "T.V. Nation"
(d) "Jandek On Corwood"

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING DID NOT RECORD "LOUIE LOUIE" ?

(a) Black Sabbath
(b) White Zombie
(c) The Edwin Hawkins Singers
(d) Smashing Garbage

THE FIRST MP3 TO "GO GOLD" WAS…

(a) "…Baby, One More Time"
(b) "Dark Side Of The Moon (Trance Remix)"
(c) "Enter, Mr. Sandman"
(d) "Hair Pie: Bake 2" (by Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band, live at the Spider Farm,
Christmas Day, 1970)

ONCE CONSIDERED MOST LIKELY TO REPLACE THE LATE ROY ORBISON AS A TRAVELING WILBURY WAS…

(a) Gene Pitney
(b) Del Shannon
(c) Altar X
(d) Ami Dolenz

SHOULD PAT BOONE EVER BE INDUCTED INTO THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME?

(a) "Who?"
(b) "Are you KIDDING?!!"
(c) "When HELL freezes over!"
(d) "Actually, I don't see why not: James Taylor's in there already…"

THE SEX CLARK FIVE'S FIRST RELEASE WAS...

(a) "Ol' Sol"
(b) "Belsen Was A Gas"
(c) "Anarchy All Over"
(d) "Never Mind La Bamba"