Yeah yeah, I know I know, We may very well be at least a year or three late jumpin' upon the ol' "Who Wants To Be A Rock Geek" bands-wagon, but my resident musical sidekick Rock Serling and I nevertheless decided it very high time indeed to concoct a little ear 'n' brain teaser, for all of you VH-wannabe's out there who can indeed take their rock with a pinch of salt.

So throw on your color-coordinated shirt and tie, grab those lifelines, and THEN try to tell us...

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) "The View"
(d) "Bloopie's Buddies"


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


D.J. JOHNSON OF "COSMIK DEBRIS" ATTENDED THE SAME HIGH SCHOOL AS...
(a) J. Mascis
(b) J. Ramone
(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) "Bloopie's Buddies"


WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING DID NOT RECORD "LOUIE LOUIE"?
(a) Black Sabbath
(b) White Zombie
(c) The Edwin Hawkins Singers
(d) Nardwuar The Human Serviette


THE FIRST RECORDING TO "GO GOLD" ON MP3 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) Peter & Jeremy
(d) Ami Dolenz


SHOULD PAT BOONE EVER BE INDUCTED INTO THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME?
(b) "Are you KIDDING?!!"
(c) "When HELL freezes over!"
(d) "Actually, I don't see why not: James Taylor's in there already..."


WHO LET THE DOG OUT?
(a) Rig Doggy Pal
(b) Bytor & The Snow Dogs
(c) The Baha Marimba Men
(d) Bloopie's Buddies


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"




(C) 2001 - Gary "Pig" Gold


[Ed. Note: If you have finished your quiz and are trying to figure out where to turn them in, please keep trying. Once you have figured it out, please report back to us so we can turn ours in and get rid of the several thousand others that have been left at our doorstep. Also, find out if there are any really neat prizes for winners. Oh, and bring back a cherry coke and some rings, willya? Thanks.]