Next poser
 

These are the initials of band members........what are the bands?

Remember bands often have more than one line up and some of these may be the more obscure ones.

1) PG, MR, SH, TB, PC..................easy one to start.
2) CS, TH, GD, SH & AW
3) DF, PB, AW & AL
4) FM, SC, FP-M, RM DW
5) RT, PM, JH, GE & JL
6) GC, CB, TI & IA

Probably too easy for you guys but worth a shot....

1. Genesis
2. Yes
3. Camel
4. Curved Air
5. The Moody Blues
6. Jethro Tull

#4 took me some time to figure out, till I remebered one of the more recent questions

PARTIAL
 

1) genesis
2) Yes
3) Camel
4) & 5) still working on
6) Tull

Nice job Powerslave, you beat me to it!!!!

Over to you Powerslave.
 

Well done PS.

Next question please!!!!

Initially speaking...
 

I liked the idea, since I could finally get one right without guessing (and making myself look silly), so I'll continue it, only with some more recent bands. Since some of these may be quite tough, I've added their nationality and 6 out of 8 correct is all I'll require. Each band is on AM, however.
Also, each lineup is current or from the most recent album.

1. AM, RO, NDV, DM (American)
2. NM, MP, PT, RS (US/UK/SWE--sheesh what a giveaway!)
3. JB, J-FD, YJ, DJ, FD (Fr. Canadian)
4. C, SB, PA (British)
5. MR, BD, JB (American)
6. GF, DF, UP, SL (Swedish)
7. RS, IS, CN, MP, JM (British)
8. FL'E, DL, AF, SS (French)

Best of luck. Clues will be provided if needed in a later post.

#4
 

Cher, Sonny Bono, and... oh yeah, not British!

#1 I think is Spock's Beard
#2 is Transatlantic

That's as far as i got for now:(

#1 is correct
 

what a great question! If I didn't have to work I'd really be racking my brain!

#2 is Transatlantic

I'll try and figure the rest later!

Avian

I've gotten 1,2,4 and 7, but I'm not sharing my answers 'til I'm done!

1 - Spock's Beard
2 - Transatlantic
3 - Hamadryad
4 - Citizen Cain
5 - Don't know yet
6 - Galleon
7 - Arena
8 - No clue

Good job!
 

That's six correct, progdirjim! Here's all the answers, spelled out.

1. Alan Morse, Ryo Okumoto, Nick D'Virgilio, and Dave Meros = Spock's Beard
2. Neal Morse, Mike Portnoy, Pete Trewevas, and Roine Stolt = Transatlantic
3. Jocelyn Beaulieu, Jean-Francois Desilets, Yves Jalbert, Denis Jalbert, and Francis Doucet = Hamadryad
4. Cyrus, Stewart Bell, and Phil Allen = Citizen Cain
5. Mark Robertson, Bret Douglas, and Jeff Brockman = Cairo
6. Goran Fors, Dan Fors, Ulf Peterson, and Sven Larssen = Galleon
7. Rob Snowden, Ian Salmon, Clive Nolan, Mick Pointer, and John Mitchell = Arena
8. Frederic L'Epee, Didier Lustig, Andre Fisichella, and Serge Suma = Shylock (this one was by far the hardest)

I was hoping that I'd get to add some clues, but I should have known you guys were too good for that!

Next question please!

We touched on UK in an earlier question. I remember the radio ads when their debut album came out, talking about all the bands the members had played with. So, out of the original UK lineup, name at least 12 progressive acts they played with before, excluding themselves as a solo act. (So "Bruford" doesn't count, "Yes" does)

I was gonna try but...
 

I can get about half just by memory, even the not-so-obvious like Bruford on Seconds Out. Then I thought, look up the web sites - but not only could I get fired, but it's not a fair way to do it.

So, good luck everyone on another excellent question!

Holdsworth seems to be the tough one to remember. What's ironic is that after UK, all those guys played everywhere.

just to clarify, I'm using a loose definition of progressive rather than a tight one. As an example, even though none of the members played in Queen, had they, that would qualify.

and yes, Bruford on Seconds Out qualifies...

Nice one Jim.
 

If I wasn't so drunk I'd get onto it tonight. I guess it'll have to wait to the morning. Hope it's not too late then.

I'm still awake so!!!!
 

OK. Here goes. Some might not fit into Jim's parameters but what the heck..........I'm too awake now to worry!!

Bill Bruford:

Absolute Elsewhere, Flash Fearless, Genesis, Gong, Roy Harper, Steve Howe, King Crimson, Patrick Moraz, National Health, Pavlov's Dog, Annette Peacock, Chris Squire, Rick Wakeman, Yes.

Eddie Jobson:

Amazing Blondell, John Entwistle, Bryan Ferry, Dana Gillespie, Roger Glover, Mike Heron, King Crimson, Andy MacKay, Phil Manzenera, Roxy Music, Frank Zappa.

John Wetton:

Peter Banks, Roger Chapman, Edward's Hand, Brian eno, Family, Bryan Ferry, Gorden Haskell, King Crimson, Duncan MacKay, Phil Manzenera, Mogul Thrash, Larry norman, Rarebird, Roxy Music, Pete Sinfield, Street Walkers, Uriah Heep.

Alan Holdsworth:

Bill Bruford, Gong, Igginbottom's Wrench, (Tony Williams') Lifetime, Nucleus, Jean Luc Ponty, Soft Machine, John Stevens' Away, Tempest.

Way to go Keith - that's good enough for me. You even got one or two I didn't know about, but since you got enough legitimate ones I won't even check dates.

What I was thinking of: Genesis, Yes, King Crimson, Roxy Music, Curved Air, Soft Machine, Gong, Pavlov's Dog, Zappa, Uriah Heep, Lifetime, Family, Amazing Blondel - take it away!

A side question: Who has successfully answered two quiz questions, but not asked any? He got usurped both times! Hint: Probably the last guy who deserves that kind of treatment...

That'd be Avian I guess. However, in the usurper's defence there was time for YKW to post a quezzie........but I'm not going to argue. AM might be taken off the air in a fit of pique and that'd kill me!

How about you usurping me, Avian, and setting the next Quezzie?

You have two days or I'm back with a stinker.

Ok here goes with the next question.

Cryptic clues to Album titles. They're all on AM.

1) Creepy snaps.
2) Will's girl friend having trouble meeting deadline.
3) Kindergarten felony I hear.
4) Warning on shipment?
5) Piece of music sold in Wendy's.
6) It's just an illusion.
7) Trying to track down a misplaced series of notes.
8) Silly me. This is Earth not Mercury!!
9) Stops you from drowning.
10) Emergency.......I think not!!!

I'm halfway there.

Is "snaps" some piece of Brit-slang? I don't know where to start with that one...

Sorry Jim, I guess I could reword the question as:

Creepy polaroids...................does that help any?

"snaps" is obvious, now that I know what it is.

here we go:
1. Photos of Ghosts (PFM)
2. Grace Under Pressure (Rush)
3. Nursery Cryme (Genesis)
4. Fragile (Yes)
5. Hamburger Concerto (Focus)
6. Mirage (Camel) or Animation (Jon Anderson)
7. In Search Of The Lost Chord (Moody Blues)
8. Oops! Wrong Planet (Utopia)
9. Aqualung (Jethro Tull)
10. Don't Panic (Kalaban)

close?

Take it away Jim.
 

I was thinking of Crisis? What Crisis? for 10) but as ever you're superior knowledge has won through again.

Well done. I thought they might take a little longer than that to sort out.

Over to you my friend.

How about we give Avian another shot - your question, boss.

I'll come up with one in two days if you're not playing anymore...
:D

Okay, okay... I gotta read the forum more often... here goes. I'm terrible at making up prog trivia. I don't know the answer to this one, but I'm throwing this out to see if anyone can do it.

Link the Monkees to Rush


Avian

Very tenuous but........
 

Mike Nesmith and Geddy Lee both use rickenbacker guitars.

Davy Jones so popular that another Davy Jones was forced to adopt the stage name David Bowie.

David Bowie played with Brian Eno and Tony Levin

Tony Levin was on the Yes album Union

An essay in the new Yes boxed set IN A WORD (as did Geddy Lee, but I'm going yard) was written by Jon Fishman

Jon Fishman is in Phish with Trey Anastasio

Trey Anastasio is in Oysterhead with Les Claypool

Les Claypool played on Alex Lifeson's solo album, VICTOR

the big stretch
 

Wow. That has got to be the most elastic stretch I have ever heard. You might as well have said that Mike Nesmith's mother invented liquid paper (or was it post-its?), and Neil Peart had a lot of revisions in his lyrics, and so on......

I don't know - Yesspaz's answer might have been a stretch, but WHAT a stretch! It's Avian's decision, but I'd be inclined to give it to him on tenacity alone... ;)

Yesspaz is definately in the lead - but I'll let it fester for a few more days!

Avian

Rush performed a song called "The Trees"
Monkeys hang out in trees.
Monkees is a homonym for Monkeys.
:D

homonyms... okay, we're getting desperate now!

Hey, I can link myself to the Monkees!

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Monkees member Mike Nesmith wrote the hit "Some of Shelly's Blues" for the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band.

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band member John McEuen has a son named Aaron.

I work with and am friends with Aaron McEuen!

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Actually, Mike Nesmith is the key in making this work...

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Monkees member Mike Nesmith wrote the hit "Some of Shelly's Blues" for the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band.

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band member Jackson Browne sang on the soundtrack of the Sean Penn's 2002 movie "I Am Sam" with Aimee Mann.

Aimee Mann sang on Rush's "Hold Your Fire"

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Avian

I liked mine better...:D

Okay, Yesspaz, then it's your turn to ask the question!

Avian

This one's too easy...
 

This one's too easy, but it's all I can think of...



What modern rock band covered "Moonchild" by King Crimson on thier second album? HINT: It's not named " Moonchild." They incorporated it into a different song.

Re: This one's too easy...
 

I've got a sneaking suspicion that Orchid Garden covered Moonchild at some point.

Whether or not it's the one you're looking for Yesspaz I don't know.

sorry
 

That's not the one I'm looking for. Here's another hint:

Area 2

You're driving me crazy Spaz!!!!
 

I'm supposed to be working but can't get this question out of my head.

The only reference I can come up with is "Blue Man Group" and that's only because I remember you mentioning them way back in another thread.

Well??????