Music trivia.

[White trash]

I'm bored and relaxed at the same time, so I thought I'd throw on a CD I haven't listened to for ages.

It's a guy named Ed Alleyne-Johnson, very soothing and different style of music to what I traditionaly listen to.

So, why don't you give the google website a bit of a rev up and see particularly what Mr Alleyne-Johnson is famous (or not so) for. It's quite amazing, he's the John Britten of his field.

Rep points for first answer that relates to what I'm talking about.

[White trash]

Fuck. This is taking longer than I thought.

MSTRS or PaulNZ would be on the ball with this I'd imagine.

[froggyfrenchman]

i assume you are speaking of the electric violin?

[froggyfrenchman]

well? did i win?

[White trash]

Being truthfull now, did you know it or look it up? Fan-fucken-tastic piece of musical engineering. Everyone who tried, eventually gave up saying, "Nope. You can not build an elctric violin."

Amazing sound.

[froggyfrenchman]

i knew it in the back of my mind, wasnt 100% sure that it was him though so goooooogled to check. (googled after i posted though)

[White trash]

Funny how you can't judge a book and all that eh?

[froggyfrenchman]

you talkn bout me? i find most mainstream music boring, like to have a bit of the strange and different at hand, ian anderson and his flute were the reason i started listening to jethro tull

[White trash]

you talkn bout me? i find most mainstream music boring, like to have a bit of the strange and different at hand, ian anderson and his flute were the reason i started listening to jethro tull

Ahhhhhh *nods in agreement*, now I se the mullet thing working.

I'm much the same, although there's no way in hell I would have even looked at this if my Dad hadn't told me about it.

Got any Sky in your music collection? That shit still knocks my socks off.

[froggyfrenchman]

cant say i do, owe my taste in music and love of bikes to my strange stepfather. As best i can tell, the mullet is the only haircut that comes close to fitting my personaliality

[hXc]

I have another music question.

Green bling to the first person who can tell me what Black Sabbath's original name was...

[froggyfrenchman]

NOW- for rep points... What is bob dylan's real name?

[El Dopa]

I'm bored and relaxed at the same time, so I thought I'd throw on a CD I haven't listened to for ages.

It's a guy named Ed Alleyne-Johnson, very soothing and different style of music to what I traditionaly listen to.

So, why don't you give the google website a bit of a rev up and see particularly what Mr Alleyne-Johnson is famous (or not so) for. It's quite amazing, he's the John Britten of his field.

Rep points for first answer that relates to what I'm talking about.

Saw him live, supporting right-on hippie-punk group New Model Army. Must be 10 years ago now. He played violin on several of their records, as well.

[hXc]

NOW- for rep points... What is bob dylan's real name?

That wouldn't happen to be Robert Zimmerman would it?

[froggyfrenchman]

That wouldn't happen to be Robert Zimmerman would it?


Close mate, most commonly known as frank zimmerman, rep points none the less.

Next Qn- How did led zep come up with their name?

[hXc]

Close mate, most commonly known as frank zimmerman, rep points none the less.

Next Qn- How did led zep come up with their name?

Thought that they wanted to go down in history like a lead zeppelin but changed the spelling so wouldn't be said leed zeppelin...

[froggyfrenchman]

close but no cigar once again....
Several of the band members had been in a band by the name of the yardbirds, when talking bout names for the new band, one sujested "the new yardbirds" another replied "that would go down like a lead balloon" and so it was developed from there.

You will have your rep points in the next day or so, depending on when it will letme

[NC]

Ok, what was the original name for the Band Nivana?

[hXc]

...I shall post this again...

Green bling to the first person who can tell me what Black Sabbath's original name was...

[El Dopa]

...I shall post this again...

Green bling to the first person who can tell me what Black Sabbath's original name was...

The Polka Tulk Blues Band

:headbang: I AM IRON MAN! :headbang:

[hXc]

The Polka Tulk Blues Band

:headbang: I AM IRON MAN! :headbang:

Wrong!! :2thumbsup
They were never called anything like that. And I have the dvd to prove so. Try again.

[El Dopa]

Wrong!! :2thumbsup
They were never called anything like that. And I have the dvd to prove so. Try again.

Wrong yourself. Give me my goddam bling!

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

[What?]

Black Sabbath originally called themselves...
EARTH.

[What?]

close but no cigar once again....
Several of the band members had been in a band by the name of the yardbirds, when talking bout names for the new band, one sujested "the new yardbirds" another replied "that would go down like a lead balloon" and so it was developed from there.
"Several" is a bit off track. It was just Jimmy Page who was in the Yardbirds, and he was trying to continue with a new "Yardbirds" band for contractual reasons.

[Paul in NZ]

Fuck. This is taking longer than I thought.

MSTRS or PaulNZ would be on the ball with this I'd imagine.

Sorry - up to my arse in a swamp today doing my bit for the environment in a volunteer clean up thingy... arms to tired to type so .....

[Krayy]

Ahhhhhh *nods in agreement*, now I se the mullet thing working.

I'm much the same, although there's no way in hell I would have even looked at this if my Dad hadn't told me about it.

Got any Sky in your music collection? That shit still knocks my socks off.
I got some Sky for ya if you're keen. Have to dig it out of the messist CD drawer you've ever seen though :niceone:

[Krayy]

i assume you are speaking of the electric violin?
Speaking of odd electric instruments, the Ozzie Jazz legend James Morrison is playing in Auckland very soon :spudguita (unless he's already been :blink: ) and in the act he usually plays an electric trumpet. It looks like the old Kazoos you used to use at school, with a knob on the end thats controls the pitch, and the sound from it is wild as.

He's well worth a look, very high energy shows.

[hXc]

Black Sabbath originally called themselves...
EARTH.

Correctomundo. But El Dopa was correct too. You can both have rep...

[SPORK]

Rep to whoever knows where the band "Megadeth" got their name from.

[scumdog]

Chrissie Bimbo wants to know when Garth Brooks is going to be in NZ? and where his concerts will be?

[White trash]

Chrissie Bimbo wants to know when Garth Brooks is going to be in NZ? and where his concerts will be?

Don't blame it on the missus mate, we all know the truth.

[yungatart]

Fuck. This is taking longer than I thought.

MSTRS or PaulNZ would be on the ball with this I'd imagine.
MSTRS was busy yesterday and is out on the bike in the glorious HB sunshine today but back to the music thing.... we were watching a DVD of Bella Fleck and the Flecktones last night (yeah, gay name ..right) but fantastic bass player, a little black dude. He plays an incredible version of Amazing Grace as a solo-you would swear there is 4 basses. They also have a dude who plays electric banjo and another guy who plays percussion with something remarkably resembling a suitcase with buttons!! Definitely not mainstream at all

[hXc]

Rep to whoever knows where the band "Megadeth" got their name from.

Isn't it something like this?

After Mustaine was kicked out of Metallica, on the bus ride home to San Fran. He was scribbling lyrics on the back of a pamphlet, after he got bored doin that he flipped it over and it was a summary of the worlds population in Megadeaths (a million people killed by a nuclear blast) and that was what he named the song he wrote on the back of the pamphlet, that didn't fit so the song title changed to "set the world afire" and Megadeth (minus the A) was a fitting name for a speed metal band.

[SPORK]

Isn't it something like this?

After Mustaine was kicked out of Metallica, on the bus ride home to San Fran. He was scribbling lyrics on the back of a pamphlet, after he got bored doin that he flipped it over and it was a summary of the worlds population in Megadeaths (a million people killed by a nuclear blast) and that was what he named the song he wrote on the back of the pamphlet, that didn't fit so the song title changed to "set the world afire" and Megadeth (minus the A) was a fitting name for a speed metal band.
You could of just said "A million people killed in nuclear blast" or something, but jolly good show, what what.

[hXc]

Rep to the first person who can tell me who started drumkits with 2 bass drums.

[What?]

Carmine Appice?

[hXc]

Carmine Appice?

Nope. Well before him.

[What?]

Yeah - Louis Bellson

[hXc]

Yeah - Louis Bellson

Right on! Rep on it's way. Well when it will let me...