What band am I thinking of?

[Phillycat]

Go ahead, ask me questions and try to figure it out. :D

[pokerfan]

1. Who?

[Phillycat]

4. Nope.

[RetroLounge]

2. Are they a trio?

:shrug:

RL

[Phillycat]

5. Excuse me, FIVE people in the band.

My bad.

[RetroLounge]

11. 4 musicians and a lead singer?

:shrug:

RL

[Phillycat]

12. Correct.

[RetroLounge]

17. How would you classify their "genre"

metal, blues, jazz, etc...

:shrug:

RL

[Phillycat]

18. Rock and roll

[RetroLounge]

26. Would you classify them as from a certain decade ?

50's, 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's?

:shrug:

RL

[Phillycat]

27. Yes.

:D

[RetroLounge]

Nice...

Which decade? :D

RL

[Phillycat]

33. Heh.

Well, they had the majority of their hits in the 80's but they crossed into the 90's as well.

[RetroLounge]

38. So they are NOT a one-hit wonder?

RL

[Phillycat]

40. No sir.

[RetroLounge]

41. Did they have a certain "fashion style"

were they video ready?

RL

[Phillycat]

45. Oh yes.

[RetroLounge]

49. Were they so cute that they named them twice

I was going to say Duran Duran, but I see the answer below...

:(

RL

[Phillycat]

70. Play again tomorrow!

I'm going to post another one. :D

[RetroLounge]

78. Fun!

:hi:

RL

[Richardo]

3. Do we have to 'score one' for them?

[Phillycat]

6. Nope.

[edbermac]

7. The Beatles!

The gift that keeps on giving!

[Phillycat]

8. Nope.

[eyepaddle]

9. do they have a keyboard player? nt

[Phillycat]

10. Occasionally one of the band members will play keyboard.

But not a regular keyboard player, no.

[Whoa_Nelly]

13. Five people

The Dave Clark Five! :D

[Phillycat]

14. Cool answer! But no.

[chknltl]

15. Did they at one time regularly wear plaid shirts...

...and have their long-johns sticking out from under their cut up jeans?

[Phillycat]

16. Nope.

[chknltl]

19. Well that rules out Jane's Addiction

I thought maybe because of your name....

[Phillycat]

21. And also Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Alice in Chains....etc :)

[chknltl]

29. Were they part of any invasions?

[Phillycat]

34. Nope.

[InternalDialogue]

20. Have they played for more than a decade in a generally stable form?

[Phillycat]

22. Nope.

In fact, they are not currently together.

[Strawman]

23. Would you say a majority of their hits were in the current decade...

meaning 2000-2006?

[Phillycat]

24. Nope.

[Phillycat]

25. Delete dupe.

[Phillycat]

28. Be back in 5 minutes.

[Richardo]

31. .

[Phillycat]

35. Hee!

Sometimes they make me work here, you know. :shrug:

[underpants]

30. King Missile's 'The Little Sandwich that got a guilt complex because

he was the sole survivor of a horrible bus crash'

?????

Or was it their fine song "The adventures of Planky"????

Of course it has to be one of those because iTunes doesn't have "Detachable Penis"!!!! :grr: oh but there are some fine fine penis songs on there but oh no don't even think about finding any Husker Du there no way no sir not on iTunes just like none of Soul Asylum's early work OR anything from Game Theory or the Fleshtones my goodness no.

[Phillycat]

36. Um.

No.

[Phillycat]

39. PS.

Just rip your CD's, you big whiny baby.

[underpants]

43. I haven't gotten to that point yet

Beware of K-tel's "Magnificient Tracers" they are a K-Tel cover band that put out whole albums of songs meant for teenagers to think is the original artist. I think that is the deal anyway-I found their version of "Ramble on" (Zeppelin) and that lead to a search. Amazing those K-Tel people

[tigereye]

60. that was an interesting guess, UP

I loved King Missile!

[Strawman]

32. The Replacements?

[Phillycat]

37. Good guess! But no.

[Strawman]

I'll stay on the Tommy Stinson theme...Guns N' Roses?

[Phillycat]

47. DING DING DING DING DING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Very nice! You win...oh shit. I guess i didn't think this through. You win...a picture of me!

[ProfessorGAC]

55. Nobody In That Band Played Keyboards

They might have played around with one, but that's very different than playing it! (OK, i'm a little parochial about piano. When i used to see Axel sitting at a piano, i wanted to puke!)
The Professor

[Phillycat]

56. All right, well...

I was trying to be as true to the spirit of the question as possible. If I'd said, "No, never", that would have been a lie, since there was that extremely popular video for November Rain with Axl playing piano. :shrug:

[ProfessorGAC]

59. I Knew What You Meant

I just had to mention the puking part when i saw that video. BTW: That piano part is something i would expect a 2nd year student to be able to play. So, when i said "playing around" rather than playing, i meant it.

But, you're right. You had to say yes. It would have been unfair otherwise. In fact, it would be almost as unfair as making me think of that Nov. Rain video.
The Professor

[Phillycat]

63. LOL!

My little Christmas gift to you, Professor. :hug:

[Strawman]

64. Hey there's a longstanding rock/metal tradition of poor piano playing

Ozzy in Black Sabbath playing piano on "Changes." Tommy Lee in "Home Sweet Home."

[Phillycat]

65. OMG I love Home Sweet Home so fucking much.

I am in an 80's metal swoon over here.

[Strawman]

72. The "Rock Never Stops," my friend

The mere mention of Home Sweet Home has me flicking my Bic and searching for "Theater of Pain" on my Ipod. I like all kinds of music but will always have a soft spot for 80's metal.

[Phillycat]

79. I just saw them, opening for Aerosmith.

One word. Don't. It will make you sad. He can't hit any of the notes anymore. Kickstart My Heart (my favorite) was a fucking mess.

On the other hand, Steven Tyler's pact with the devil is working out quite well, since he sounds EXACTLY THE FUCKING SAME as he did in the 70's (only, you know, less drugged).

[Strawman]

80. Yeah. I saw Vince solo and it was equally sad

I don't think he even had Steve Stevens with him then. His band was bad and Vince was totally fat and winded. Couldn't sing half the words. Same deal with Stephen Pearcy when I saw his version of Ratt ("Stephen Pearcy's Ratt"...lol). It was sad. Ratt with the replacement singer and Warren DiMartini, on the other hand, sounded really good.

I saw Billy Idol the summer before this past one and I thought he sounded and looked great considering what he's been through physically.

[ProfessorGAC]

74. Don't Make Me Come Over There!

You must never mention Ozzy using a piano again! Never! Here's the deal: If there is a piano part on any song, country, rock, pop, that has ZERO 4 tone chords, we will all agree that said piano part doesn't really exist! Deal?
The Professor

[Strawman]

76. Don't provoke me into playing the intro to "Jump"

Like I did everytime I saw a piano in a music store as a kid...cuz I'll do it.

[Phillycat]

77. I am dying over here.

:rofl:

[ProfessorGAC]

81. As Long As You Can Play The Solo. . .

. . .i'll listen. If all you know is the intro, i'm slamming the key cover! That'll teach ya!
The Professor

[Strawman]

58. All right!

And that's a nice prize. Thanks!

[chknltl]

44. oops wrong posting spot

[underpants]

51. Big Star

Hodoo Gurus

um

Herb Alpert???

[ForrestGump]

42. A female lead singer from Georgia and, sometimes,

some Memphis-type dudes backing her up?

:D

[Phillycat]

48. Heh.

Someone got it, see above. :D

[ForrestGump]

53. Darn

I liked my choice more. :P

:hug:

[chknltl]

46. The Genitorturers?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genitorturers

[Phillycat]

50. Yikes.

Definitely not.

[chknltl]

54. Yeah, Gen has that effect on folks...

GREAT shows though.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

52. Devo?

[Phillycat]

57. LOL!

Yes! Devo! Only...not. :D Answer above.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

61. Ah...

Damnit, I wanted the prize! :D

[Phillycat]

69. I'm going to post one thread like this a day until we're all sick of it.

So you'll have another chance! :D

[Starbucks Anarchist]

73. Cool!

:D

[tigereye]

62. The Smithereens!

I'm nowhere in the ballpark, am I?


guess I'd better get out my musical family tree....

[Phillycat]

67. I loved them.

Even though all their songs sounded the same. :D

Answer is GnR, thanks for playing!

[tigereye]

71. yeah, they did - I suspect it was the same chords over and over

But, they did have some killer rave-ups! Wall of Sleep, and House We Used to Live In (sic) come to mind....

:hi:

[chknltl]

66. That was fun...thanks janesez

[Phillycat]

68. I was thinking of doing one every day.

What do you think?

[chknltl]

75. Well it's no kitty pic thread......

Great idea. I did have fun and I am glad to have been in on the first one. I suspect someone will copycat it though....don't take it personal, all the best ideas get copycat threads around here.