Game for audiophiles: Identify this band:

[DJ Egg]

Originally posted by Cylob
BTW Egg, do you work in the industry or something? An NME journalist by any chance? Very brief resume:
I've been a musician/DJ for ~25 years, and used to be head-of-music at Dream FM,
if that's anything to go by...

[Cylob]

It figures! It must be nice though to work within music. Some of us go to office jobs.:( A tragedy really.

[DJ Egg]

Word 1 = shining brightly, like a million...

Word 2 = small word, belonging to / from

Word 3 = sounds like '*** of the covenant' or even 'covenant of the ***', but with the extra letter, from the clue, at the end :rolleyes: :D

[Cylob]

:D
Suns of Arqa

BTW, what happened to the pic?

[DJ Egg]

umm, it was in the post (http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?postid=1257349#post1257349) further up.
Did you miss it or something?

Thought you just didn't know, lol :D

[Cylob]

I did miss the post.:D

Now then:

. _ _ _ _ _ _ _

[DJ Egg]

hmm, not sure 'bout this one.
Another clue perhaps?

Elegy, requiem, funeral/death march? :confused:

[DJ Egg]

Hmm, could it be Dot Allison perhaps?
Missed one vital clue there, lol

. _ _ _ _ _ _ _


What's the Dirge connection?
Nothing to do with One Dove...
Hmm, was she vocalist on Death in Vegas' "Dirge"?
Yeah, think she was, iirc :)

[Cylob]

He he! Mr cryptic strikes!

. Allison it is!

10/10:up:

[Cylob]

Post-punk band...

of the electronic variety.

[DJ Egg]

Fad Gadget?

[Cylob]

Correct (man that was quick).;)

[DJ Egg]

Very very easy one.
The clue/pic is too obvious, but what the Hell, hehe.

[buz]

I'd say something like, er, Television maybe?

[DJ Egg]

Hmm, maybe it wasn't as easy as I thought :weird:

New York (pre) punk pioneers ('73-'78)
One word, as given by the clue in the image filename, and in the pic itself.

Doh! Yes, you're right buz. Didn't see your post. Well done! :up:

[Cylob]

Ramones?

[NJK]

Originally posted by Cylob
Ramones?

with the clues given

a band just before they called themselves the ramones

television.

[Cylob]

buz posted Television....

The dates match (73-78). Egg can't have seen the post.:D

[DJ Egg]

Aye. I missed the post.
When I first started typing it, buz's reply wasn't there. Doh!

Television it is :) :up:

Thank yourselves lucky I didn't go for Richard Hell & The Voidoids instead :D


Re: Ramones, lol. Looks nothing like them, hehe :rolleyes: :D

[Cylob]

Richard Hell & The Voidoids are one of my fave bands!

I'd have got it straight-off.
:p

[buz]

aaaaaaahhh!!!
I've been looking for two hours what band it could be apart from Television!!!

here's the next one (sorry i couldn't find any better pic with all the band)

[edit: fixed the pic name]

[buz]

Ok, to help you guys, this is the lead singer, and he's a Kid Loco pal...

[DJ Egg]

Nah. You've got me there buz.
Should it be 'plain' or 'plane' (as in aeroplane) ?

A few wrong guesses, just to get another clue...
Air | Terminal | Chateau Flight | Broadcast ?????

[buz]

oh! my bad... it should be 'before the plane'!!! :o

so the band name is two words which correspond to a place you can find in an airport...

[DJ Egg]

Departure Lounge? (Tim Keegan)

Hmm, if I'm not mistaken, Kid Loco is their producer... yes?

[buz]

that's it! :up::up:

kid Loco produced their album Too late to die young and Tim Keegan sang on the last Kid Loco album (Kill your darlings).

[DJ Egg]

A more recent picture (from 1996) of this set of tripped out 70's spaceheads . . . missing two key members from those days (world famous guitarist/producer & his keyboard/synth playing wife) who went on to form their own spaceage techno outfit, hehe.

Should be a pretty easy one . . . again.
Though I think I'll make my next one really tough...

[Cylob]

Could it possibly be.......... GONG?

[Cylob]

These have just reformed (thanks Triton for the news).:)

Recognise them?

[Triton4]

Yes! :D

Frankie goes to Hollywood

[Triton4]

This should be quite easy:

[Cylob]

Erasure.;)

[Triton4]

Right :D:up:

Gah, that wasn't much of a competition anyway :)

[DJ Egg]

hehe :D

Yeah, Gong . . . from the Planet Gong,
with reference to the missing Steve Hillage & Miquette Giraudy (System 7 / 777).


...and lol @ FGTH (ie. as referenced in Triton's sig)
Reformed eh?! hmm, interesting...


Next!

[Cylob]

I'd see the gay old codgers! It couldn't fail to be a good night.:D

Next one, no clue given yet.....

Scream if you need help.:D

[Triton4]

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK!!!

:D

[DJ Egg]

SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAM!

No idea
(not sure if I wanna know actually) ;) :D

[Cylob]

He he! Great duo (some would say Shampoo copycats), from the US:

D _ _ _ _ _ & C _ _ _ _ _ _

:)

[Cylob]

They were much talked about in '98 but disappeared into obscurity....

[DJ Egg]

Never f$@#ing heard of them (http://musicmoz.org/Bands_and_Artists/D/Daphne_and_Celeste/) :D

[Cylob]

What talents they are.:D

[marvinbarcelona]

Daphne and Celeste......I'm very ashamed to know this.

[marvinbarcelona]

I'm even more ashamed to have not noticed that DJ Egg got it before me. But relieved that he knew them before me.....see, the glass is half full.

[marvinbarcelona]

As no ones posted...I will.:D

[marvinbarcelona]

Always a different city.

My clues are either far too easy of impossible.

[DJ Egg]

But . . . we've already done Stiff Little Fingers (http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?postid=1244172#post1244172) :p :D
Exact same pic too, lol

hehe

hmm, always a different city? :confused:
umm, as in 'Belfast'? :weird:
Oops, no, I get it now... "Alternative Ulster"
Yay! Top chooooon! :up:

[DJ Egg]

From the same era.
No clue, unless you need one?

[marvinbarcelona]

The Slits?

[DJ Egg]

yup :) :up:

(phew, glad I didn't have to try think of a clue) ;)

[marvinbarcelona]

Should be an easy one.



...hhhhhmmm.....should have made you come up with a clue.:D

[Cylob]

Easy? Easy?

Easy he says.:D

[DJ Egg]

"It's just the same old show, on my radio..."

the Selecter

[DJ Egg]

(R.I.P. the man on the left)

[DJ Egg]

Need another clue do we?
There are two major clues in my first post.

Groovy = The Grooves :D

Ye olde ancient evil city is on fire (big hit in '79)

[Cylob]

Babylon is burning?

It must be The Clash.......

[DJ Egg]

lol :D
The Clash didn't do Babylon's Burning!
And that guy looks nothing like Joe Strummer (R.I.P.)
(/me checks again... well, maybe slightly similar, hehe).

Grooves... or 'furrows' to be more precise.
Don't get stuck in one.

[marvinbarcelona]

Surely no Squeeze?

[Cylob]

The Ruts

[DJ Egg]

Well, of course, dar! :p :D :up:
Malcolm Owen R.I.P.

Next!

[DJ Egg]

Hmm, ok then ¬_¬

oh man, this clue is soooooo toooooo easy :igor: :D

[marvinbarcelona]

You're right....The Blue Oyster Cult.

[marvinbarcelona]

Okay, go get this one.

[Cylob]

Shaun Ryder?

[marvinbarcelona]

:D

[DJ Egg]

Al Green

[DJ Egg]

..

[DJ Egg]

...snow up north, cloudy in the west, gale-force winds and a cold front coming in from the sea tomorrow morning, blah blah bleh

[NJK]

Weather Report.

couldn't make it more difficult ???


alright here's mine

the guy on the left once was voted best guitar player of the world in the early seventies.

[Cylob]

Deep Purple?
:D

[NJK]

no - dutch band

[Cylob]

That's me out. I only know 2 dutch bands.....

Clan of Xymox
Legowelt

It's none of those.:D

Clue?

[NJK]

you got to use the grey stuff in your head!

[Cylob]

What if you're as thick as 2 short planks?

[NJK]

the name of the band is in the clue I gave. :D

[Cylob]

Easy Street?

[NJK]

nope - try again.

[DJ Egg]

Focus

[NJK]

Originally posted by DJ Egg
Focus

close but no cigar

you are almost there .

[DJ Egg]

Dang!

Thought you were referring to Jan Akkerman...

hmm, ok . . . /me goes off to ponder further > brb



[edit]

Brainbox

[NJK]

yep I was refering to Jan Akkerman being voted best guitar player -
and the other clue about the grey thing in your head = brain

Jan has been in several bands in the Netherlands including focus, flavium, brainbox

right egg your turn

[DJ Egg]

same era... (as if you can't tell by the pic, hehe)

[NJK]

by the looks from the guy on the right I have to say supertramp in their early years

[DJ Egg]

Nope. No connection with Supertramp whatsoever.

Big Softie is the only real clue I can give you.
2 words

umm, fee-fi-fo-thumb...

[DJ Egg]

The 'fee-fi-fo-thumb' clue is for the 2nd word of the band name.
For those who don't know it, it's the words spoken by a certain character from
Jack and the Beanstalk... :igor:

...but in this case, he'd say it much more softly (clue for 1st word)

[Cylob]

Gentle Giant

Thanks for putting it on a plate Egg.:) Who the hell are they BTW?

[Cylob]

Back to the latter half of the 70's....

\edit - just got up, forgot to attach pic.

[Cylob]

Here we are (finally)...

[Raz]

999?

[Cylob]

Nope. This Canadian punk band were big in '77.

Their debut goes down as one of the greatest punk albums of all time...

[DJ Egg]

Wow! Who's that then? The Diodes perhaps?
Tired of Waking Up Tired, hehe :)


ps. Yeah, Gentle Giant :up:
70's prog rock nutters. Set of freaks! lol :D

[Cylob]

They looked like a load of freaks....:D

A geography teacher, a history teacher, definitely a physics teacher in there somewhere.

Nice!

[DJ Egg]

Yeah, lol :D

So it was The Diodes then?

ok, a slightly less obscure and better known UK "electric punk band", who's first album DEFINITELY was one of the finest punk albums ever! (1977)

[Cylob]

Buzzcocks?

[DJ Egg]

nope.

1 word

Hmm, red/brown is live, blue is neutral, green/yellow is earth...
but the first album was raised with a different color.

[Cylob]

Wire

Dang! Great band.:)

[Cylob]

Staying with Punk/Post-Punk

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/pic200_web/drp100/p143/p14391b6k29.jpg

Consisting of members of other punk bands (but better than the orignals).:)

Clue - Masters of a not-old religious building...

[DJ Egg]

Hi. I'm back :)

Yes. Wire :up:


My my. I can't believe that no-one else has got yours in 6 hours. Not even a guess!
What is wrong with you people? :p :D j/k ;)

Lords of the New Church

[Cylob]

You're a pro Egg.

Next time I'll be lowering the bar.....:)

[DJ Egg]

I was never any good at limbo dancing.
Walking in limbo, maybe.... ;)

Intermission time...
Here's a very very easy one:

[Cylob]

I recognise Ian McCulloch anywhere.... Echo and the Bunnymen.

They're all Liverpool supporters.:up::D

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/pic200_web/drp000/p076/p07655qto06.jpg

A household pet....

[DJ Egg]

The Family Cat :D

[Cylob]

Bastard!

Nice one. :up:

[DJ Egg]

hehe :D

80's industrialists, turned nu-breakz/DnB industrial style in the 90's.

[DJ Egg]

About time I gave you a tough one, heyhey.

Hmm, another clue...

2 words, second word is abbreviated.

Second floor: haberdashery, upholstery
First Floor: clothes, footwear.
Ground Floor: groceries, restaurant.
Basement: electronics, returns, Quality Assurance ?!?!
Where we make sure everything is working properly first... :igor:

[Cylob]

Test Dept.

[Cylob]

British dreampop band (with metallic, blazing guitars).

Followers of My Bloody Valentine....

[DJ Egg]

Aye. My clue gave it away on a plate again, hehe. :up:


My Vitriol

[DJ Egg]

New Jersey based metal band

2 words

[Cylob]

*falls at first hurdle*

*breaks toe-nail*

*limps off to lick wound*

[DJ Egg]

hehe :D

This is what AMG has to say:

Genres: Rock
Styles: Alternative Metal, Speed Metal, Heavy Metal

New Jersey-based Latin metal sextet...Most of its members are of South American descent, resulting in a type of music that combines crunchy heavy metal with Latin rhythms and lyrics that alternate between English and Spanish..."The idea is to be as heavy as possible and as melodic as possible -- with a Latin twist"...The new group enjoyed exposure via the New York metal college radio station WSOU and began to gig heavily, opening for the likes of Kittie, Soulfly, Snapcase, plus a co-headlining set at the March Metal Meltdown festival in New Jersey. Soon after, the sextet signed to Roadrunner Records...in July of 2001.


Re: clues
'Sick' is an other word/definition for the first word.

The second word is of Latin/Spanish origin.

The whole thing is kind of a pun on this 'tropical pacific anomaly' thing. Or to quote the first result from a google search...
"a disruption of the ocean-atmosphere system in the Tropical Pacific having important consequences for weather and climate around the globe"


Love this band, btw.

[DJ Egg]

http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?postid=1061914#post1061914
http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?postid=1130959#post1130959

Forum search also says they're referenced in the Band/Song Name Game thread . . . somewhere.

[DJ Egg]

Hmm, I wonder Egg... could it possibly be Ill Niño ?

Ooh, well done Egg. Yes. It is Ill Niño :up:

frOOty :D

Next!

[Cylob]

Bollox! I looked up various combinations (including el nino), but didn't quite get there. A search on the word 'ill' was fruitless. Ah well - next time, next time...:D

[DJ Egg]

haha! :p :D


Ok, you should get this one easily enough then...

Genre: Electronica
Styles: IDM, Drill'n'bass, Experimental Jungle, Electronica, Jungle/Drum 'N Bass

[Cylob]

Squarepusher

I haven't got any of their stuff, it strikes me as being a bit on the clinical/steril side.:D

[DJ Egg]

Yeah. The bloke's a nutter.
Some of his stuff is pretty hefty...
Though all I've got is a few white labels from '97-2000 (ish) with some groovy remixes...

Your turn :up: :)

[Cylob]

This lot.... Saint Etienne meets the Human League.:)

The clue's in the title....

[DJ Egg]

Never heard of 'em, but it's
2-Raum-Wohnung

[Cylob]

:up:
If there's ever a music version of TP I'm on your team!

[DJ Egg]

Cool :cool:

Another easy one.
Note, I'll be back later with some more obscure shit ;) :D

[Cylob]

Crass?

[DJ Egg]

absolutely! :up:

I thought it was the backdrops which gave it away mostly... ;)

[Cylob]

Now you come to mention it, it does say 'CRASS' in the Union Jack.:D But I didn't notice it there! The anarchy sign was the give away for me.

I'll be back later with a pic. In the meantime, if anyone else wants a turn....

[marvinbarcelona]

murha.....murha......murhahahahahahaha!

[marvinbarcelona]

Double-bloody post.:mad:

[DJ Egg]

double-no-bloody-clue :mad: ;)

Hmm. They look mighty familiar...
Ok, I'll start with a wrong guess, just to get a clue.

Fairport Convention

[Cylob]

No idea.

At all.

Whatsoever.

[marvinbarcelona]

It's the only picture I could find without the lead singer present....too much of a giveaway. But I'm sure there are plenty pictures of her with her Bobby Mc........oops!

[NJK]

Janis Joplin with her band

[marvinbarcelona]

spaceplay, you're correct, but deducted all points for not knowing the band is called Bug brother & the Holding Company.

[DJ Egg]

Big, not Bug :p

http://www.bbhc.com/band.htm

Thought they looked familiar. Dang! Should've got that one straight away. Nice one! :) :up:


hmm . . . spaceplay's new one
No idea at the mo.
Bit busy at the mo with WA 5.02 updates.
I'll try again later...

Jawbreaker?

Nah, don't think so :confused: :D

[marvinbarcelona]

Holy crap! That is Janis in the photo! I'd have never recognised her. Probably the best photo she's ever taken.

[NJK]

let's get a little cryptic on this one

green in different shades .

[DJ Egg]

Still no idea (jawohl?)

Landscape?

[Cylob]

Camouflage.:D

Be back later with a pic....

[Cylob]

Here we are.... a nice easy one....

[DJ Egg]

Camouflage? You mean this (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&uid=UIDMISS70402061931281480&sql=B5jdnvwbva9yk) lot? Never heard of 'em. :D

Not too sure about yours either...
Peaches (Merrill Nisker) ???

[NJK]

Originally posted by DJ Egg
Camouflage? You mean this (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&uid=UIDMISS70402061931281480&sql=B5jdnvwbva9yk) lot? Never heard of 'em. :D


you always could check them out Egg

syth music just like , New Musik, OMD, Naked Eyes,
produced by Tony Mansfield ( yep the same guy that formed and played in New Music and Naked Eyes)

[Cylob]

Peaches it is.:up:

[DJ Egg]

cool

@spaceplay

New Musik... hmm, Nick Straker was one of the band members, yes? ("A Walk in the Park"). Those were the dudes who did "Living By Numbers". I remember that little ditty. Not bad, but not really my scene...
Also, I liked some of OMD's early stuff before they were famous (Electricity, etc), but not much after that. Alas, I've never been a great lover of 'pop' music. But I'll check out some Camouflage nevertheless. I'll start with 'Bodega Bohemia' and 'Spice Crackers', and let you know...

[DJ Egg]

You won't want to climb up this one...

[Cylob]

Porcupine Tree?

[DJ Egg]

wayhey! very good :up:

[Triton4]

Hey, that's a Middle East band, if I'm right :)

[DJ Egg]

London born/based actually (Porcupine Tree)
http://www.porcupinetree.com/

[Cylob]

I have some Porcupine Tree albums, they're not at all prickly.:D

Next - a canadian quartet.

Clue - they don't really move....

[DJ Egg]

hmm... Crash Test Dummies? :confused:

[Cylob]

Nice try!

Formed in 2000 in Montreal. Genre - Indie Rock.
Roots & Influences - The Clash, The Smiths, The Cure.

The _ _ _ _ _ _

[Magic_Midget]

Godspeed You! Black Emperor?

[Cylob]

Nope!

[DJ Egg]

The Stills (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&uid=UIDMISS70402061931281480&sql=B1ijqoa9aqijr) (and another one I've never heard of...) :o

Hmm . . . Let me see... I'll be right back ;)

[DJ Egg]

ok...

Tommy * + Shirley * + Santa *

The + 3 words

[DJ Egg]

Got you a bit stumped?

Yeah, a very cryptic clue, lol.

There's 3 first names there, so we're looking for 3 surnames
(ie. the asterisk represents the missing surname).

Hmm... the first one may have been famous only in the UK though, not sure.
So, to make it a bit easier....


The + Alice * + Shirley * + Santa * = ?


AMG says:
Genres: Rock
Styles: Post-Grunge, England, Hard Rock
Formed: Late 90's
Active: 00s

[DJ Egg]

The first surname (which forms the second word of the band name) is shared by the following famous people:

Gary (veteran actor) | Alice (rockstar) | Henry (boxer) | Tommy (comedian) :igor:

There's not many famous Shirley's, and it isn't MacLaine...

And there's only one famous Santa ;)


on a plate again, lol :D

[Cylob]

The Cooper Temple Clause.

Easy easy easy!

[DJ Egg]

Yeah, but did you get it from my first clue?
I guess that was easy enough, hehe.

Santa Claus(e) :D

:up:

[Cylob]

I admit, I was stumped at the first clue.:D But it's so easy with an extra clue thrown in!

This lot... One word.
Genres - Jazz-House, Tech-House, Club/Dance. I call it electroclash.:)

London-based artists, 3 albums strong.

[Triton4]

Making a wild guess: KMP?

[Cylob]

Nope! You have one of their albums Triton.:)

[Triton4]

Interesting...

/skims through music collection

Hmm...Swayzak?

[Cylob]

:up: Correct

BTW, just checking out that recommendation you made (in said thread).

[Triton4]

OK, here's mine:

Genre - New Wave as usual :)

[NJK]

got no idea - but the guy has the same pair of glases as trevor horn has!

[DJ Egg]

Looks like Jim Carrey to me (plus wig + glasses) :D

[DJ Egg]

soooo... umm, are we gonna get another clue then?

btw, is "click" relevant in any way? :confused:

[Cylob]

It looks like Adam Ant to me (minus the makeup).

[Cylob]

Intermission...

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/pic200_web/drp200/p243/p243851rnrp.jpg

[Triton4]

I'm back from college... Sorry I made you guys wait for so long :)

Since no one has a clue as to who the artist is, I'll give you two clues:

1. He has been mentioned in this forum before (No, not in the 'Band Name Game' or the 'Song Listening to' threads ;):D)

2. He's from the British Isles, but not from England ;)


@DJEgg - No, 'click' doesn't have anything to do with the Artist's name. Sorry if that puzzled you a bit :)

[Cylob]

So we're looking at an irishman, welshman or scotsman.

Is it one half of the Proclaimers.:D

[Triton4]

Nope, Cylob.

Third clue:

3. He's not even from Great Britain :D

(that eliminates Wales & Scotland)

[Cylob]

Come on Triton, everyone knows there are no New Wave artists from Ireland.....

Are there?

[Triton4]

Dude... think a bit deeper - The island (Eire) is not just Ireland, there's a part of it which belongs to the UK :)

*sigh* amongst the easiest clues I've given...

[Cylob]

That does narrow it down..... it's some lunatic from Belfast.

But which lunatic?

[DJ Egg]

ohhhh . . . just put us out of our misery :p :D

[DJ Egg]

Ok. I got it. Yay! :)

Baltimora (Jimmy McShane) :/

Yes, you were right Cylob. A lunatic indeed! :D


I suppose we now need another clue for your "intermission" pic.
Or was "intermission" the actual clue? She looks very familiar, btw.

[Mr Jones]

Originally posted by Cylob
Intermission...

[Image] (http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/pic200_web/drp200/p243/p243851rnrp.jpg)

Add N to X
http://www.mute.com/mute/addntox/addntox.htm

[Mr Jones]

Fuck, forgot my go...

[Cylob]

Is the dog in the band?

Could it be Moon Boot Lover?

[Mr Jones]

No, don't believe the dog is in the band :D

You are close however...

[DJ Egg]

Damn. Should've known Add N To (X)
Got quite a bit of their stuff on vinyl.
Damn white labels, heh.


Moonbootica :)
Get It On!

[Mr Jones]

Egg has it :):up:

[DJ Egg]

Well, this one could go either way...
either very simple or very tough
(probably the former, not the latter).
We shall see, hahahaha.

[Cylob]

Fridge?:D

[DJ Egg]

haha. No.
But you're warm, or not, as the case may be.

I'll give you a couple more guesses not! ,
then I might post a proper pic of them, if needs be.
btw, that pic is taken straight from the record label's site.
You'll kick yourself, hehe (but just pray that the label doesn't kick you first).

[DJ Egg]

...and hope the label doesn't give you a chop either. But if it's not a hot one, then you'll have the name of the band. :igor:

[Cylob]

It's a Rephlex band?

Were Cold Cut on Rephlex?

Me investigates....

[DJ Egg]

No. Coldcut were/are on Ninja Tune (http://www.ninjatune.net/) (kick & chop & slice, ninja style) ;)

Coldcut it is :):up:

[Cylob]

The sound of the street....

[Cylob]

Clue - tracks released on Gigolo and Rephlex labels (the latter should be a dead giveaway).

[DJ Egg]

A bit small, but it looks like that DMX Krew geezer (Edward Upton).

[Cylob]

It is indeed.:)

[DJ Egg]

Another easy one for ya... methinks

[DJ Egg]

Hmm, apparently not as easy as I thought...

AMG says:
Genres: Rock
Styles: Ambient Techno, Goth Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Industrial
Tones: Spooky, Provocative, Aggressive, Hostile

Clue: ET nympho :igor:

[Cylob]

Alien Sex Fiend
http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/pic200_web/drp100/p107/p10726hx8de.jpg

I'm slow off the mark today. I need a good kick in the teeth.:D

[Cylob]

Not sure if I've already done this...

[DJ Egg]

Hmm. No, don't think you've done this one before. Then again... ?! hehe.

Anything to do with lions?

Pretty certain it's not Lionrock.
Doesn't look like that Leon Mar dude either (Fink, Arcon2, Oil).

Again, they look VERY familiar.

Hmm... /me goes off to ponder


Well done on ASF btw. Though I'm pretty sure my 2nd post gave it away on a plate again, lol. Though, once you've seen it, you don't forget a face like Nick Fiend's :D

[Cylob]

I like their bronze statue of Hitler.:D

Another clue.....

Riot Grrrl

[DJ Egg]

Hmm... thrown by (not "to") the lions.

Le Tigre ?

[Cylob]

Correct!

Of course, lions are only the african kings of the jungle...:D

[DJ Egg]

Clue is in the filename... :/

[Cylob]

Fluke?

[DJ Egg]

lol :D

Yeah, too damn easy, meh.

:):up:

[Cylob]

80's punk band (so we're not harking back to the 70's)!

This clue could be difficult!

Band name:

The word-word word

[DJ Egg]

It can only be the one-and-only
Anti-Nowhere League

[Cylob]

And it is!

I'm listening to 'The Russians Are Coming' right now.:)

[DJ Egg]

yeah, mental! :D

Ok, I was hoping someone else might step in,
but it looks like everyone's lost interest except for me & cylob ;)

Therefore, maybe this'll be my last one for a while then...

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Clue is in the filename

[Triton4]

Everyone has not lost interest ;)

[NJK]

Originally posted by DJ Egg
yeah, mental! :D

Ok, I was hoping someone else might step in,
but it looks like everyone's lost interest except for me & cylob ;)

Therefore, maybe this'll be my last one for a while then...


no - but by the time I get the name cylob already has posted the answer - and some of the groups you post are rare and not known to most of us.

like the one you posted just yet.

[DJ Egg]

Oh, ok then :)

Hmm, everyone should know this band.
Ok, they've not had any national chart hits, but most of the best bands in the last 10 to 15 years haven't either. It's a crying shame, but such is life...

I'm pretty sure the ones I've posted are a lot less obscure than some of the ones others have posted ;)


Ok... to further the clue:
"Continental Stars"
Or to be more precise...
"Starry continent" (one word).

This band were formed in the mid/late 80's, mainly as a live/festival band, though their first official release wasn't until 1991. With 10 albums under their belt, they are still going strong today.

They are probably more famous for doing remixes of/for the likes of:
Beautiful People, Porcupine Tree, Gary Numan, Hawkwind, Suns of Arqa, Switchblade Symphony, A Flock of Seagulls, The Sweet, Van Halen, Led Zeppelin, Bob Marley, Gong, and many many others.

The 2 male members were in another band in the early to late 80's before this one. Think psilocybin, or the growth which this drug is obtained from.

If there was any true justice in the (musical) world, like there was in the 60's to mid 80's, then this band would've probably had 20 top ten hits by now :/

[DJ Egg]

One word:
First part = belonging to the stars (cosmic). Think: * planes/projection.
Second part = a continent (think: big)

:igor: :D

[Cylob]

Astralasia

[buz]

Originally posted by DJ Egg
yeah, mental! :D

Ok, I was hoping someone else might step in,
but it looks like everyone's lost interest except for me & cylob ;)

Therefore, maybe this'll be my last one for a while then...

I'm still here too! But i need to catch up on the 70's and 80's bands! I've been a bad kid at the time (early 80's), I was more interested in feeding-bottles than in rock bands!
What a shame! :D

[DJ Egg]

Originally posted by Cylob
Astralasia
Well I knew you'd get it Cylob :):up:
Though I was rather hoping someone else might chip in, hehe. ;)

Astralasia (previously known as: The Magic Mushroom Band)

http://www.magickeye.com/artists.htm
http://www.global-trance.co.uk/Astralasia.html
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&uid=UIDMISS70402120359071249&sql=Bbge097ljkrrt
http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=%22astralasia+remix%22&btnG=Google+Search

Another of my all-time fave bands :)
DJ'ed for them a couple of times back in the mid 90's, yay!

For some top cultured ambient/spacey/trancey/dubby tripped-out electronica,
I recommend you start with the "Whatever Happened to Utopia" album (1994),
then move on to "Axis Mundi" (1995) and "White Bird" (1998, and probably their most "commercial" sounding album).

Note, some of their other material (especially 12") is more "full on".

On the other hand, MMB were more traditional space rock style. And totally mad.


Next!

[NJK]

ok easy one for a change

[DJ Egg]

Gerry Rafferty

[Cylob]

Easy he says! I've asked the older guys in the office (crossword corner) and come-up blank.

[DJ Egg]

hmmm . . . but surely you/they must've seen my post, yes?

http://www.redstone-tech.com/gerry/photos.htm

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Now this is what I call easy!

[DJ Egg]

:weird: :eek:

[DJ Egg]

Well, I never!

By the way, there was no clue...
though they did play at Woodstock.

And apart from the fact that everyone should really recognize this world famous guitarist, and the percussion/congas should be a dead giveaway, and the fact that half the band name appears on the backdrop just above the guitarist's left shoulder (well, his left, our right). It doesn't say "free 'suntans' here". ;) :D

One word

One of the biggest bands of all time (1966-2004)

I'm not so keen on some of their newer stuff, but imho, just about everything they did from the late 60's to mid/late 80's was awesome!

[Cylob]

Santana?

Question - is he good, then?

A colleage leant me a Santana album, I didn't even bother to listen to it.:D I mean, it's slippers and cardigan music right?

[DJ Egg]

Huh? omg :eek: :D

You've not seen Woodstock before then?

Santana (http://www.rockonthenet.com/artists-s/santana.htm) are a rock band, or they were (late 60's / 70's / 80's).
Latin flavored, monster percussion, mammoth guitar solos, etc.

Start with Soul Sacrifice (studio and/or live (http://www.drummerworld.com/drummers/Michael_Shrieve.html) version)
with Michael Shrieve's "legendary drum solo".

Recommended albums (all gold/platinum!):
Santana 1 | 2 (Abraxas) | 3 ('69-'71)
Caravanserai ('72) | Borboletta ('74) (Mirage = top track) | Moonflower (live '77)

Santana hits (70's):
She's Not There, Black Magic Woman, Oye como va, No-One To Depend On (I Ain't Got Nobody), etc etc.

Sure, some of their tunes are a bit crappy. But when they're good they're excellent. Definitely worth a listen anyway, lol.
I guess you had to "be there" at the time to really appreciate it, hehe.

Their newer stuff is waaay too commercial, smooth & jazzy for my liking, eg. Supernatural album (1999), though it did win a Grammy award.

I honestly (wrongly) assumed that everyone knew Santana.
Strange world we live in, lol.

[Cylob]

I think everyone's heard of the chap! It was Supernatural I had, I guess I was right in not giving it time.

60's, 70's, 80's Santana = Good
90's, 00's Santana = Crap

Now, back to the early 80's (one half of a pioneering duo shown).

One word:

_ _ _ _ Disney Film Here: _ _ _ _

[DJ Egg]

Originally posted by Cylob
60's, 70's, 80's Santana = Good
90's, 00's Santana = CrapI absolutely totally agree.


As for yours, hmm, haven't got a clue...
umm, Grandmaster Flash?

[Cylob]

Another clue.... detroit based outfit.

One word:
_ _ _ _ then the name of a disney film: _ _ _ _

to make a detroit..... electronic act:
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

[DJ Egg]

Doh! I get the clue now. lol

The legendary Juan Atkins

I assume it's him and not the other half, Rick '3070' Davies
(whatever happened to him, btw?)

aka: Cybotron (robot Disney film, doh!)

I was listening to some Model 500 just the other day.
Well, it was the Underworld remixes of "The Flow", to be more precise.

Cool

[Cylob]

Correct, and well done.:up:

Yeah, Juan Atkins pictured. I have no idea what became of 3070..... he probably works at Macdonalds now.:D

I'm acquiring the Ersatz Audio discography at the minute. It's interesting how they have links with Rephlex and Gigolo (music spans the globe). The internet certainly is making the globe smaller.

Anyway, Liverpool had better win today.:D

[NJK]

well let's see if I can keep you busy for a while

with this one

clue is in the filename

[DJ Egg]

Hmm, was she also a one-hit wonder in the UK & USA?

A few (undoubtedly wrong) guesses to start with:

Janet Kay (Silly Games)
Shannon (Let the Music Play)
Anita Ward (Ring My Bell) ?

Hmm, Anita Ward maybe...?

[NJK]

yep she was a one hit wonder all over the world
and all your answers are wrong.
give you a clue

high up in the sky

[DJ Egg]

Well, you've sure got me beat.

*sniggers* Is it listed here (http://www.thelost80s.com/music/one_hit_wonders/main.shtml) or here (http://www.80sxchange.com/forums/showthread.php?t=14497)?
If not, then at least I'll know I can stop looking up and down those lists like I have been (on and off) for the past few hours, lol. ;)

However, I'm sure Cylob will be along any minute now with the answer :D

[Cylob]

Just got up (as Egg predicted).:)

But no answer as yet...

[NJK]

just a hint see my playlist - just 6100 tracks and she's in there somewhere

[Cylob]

Oh yeah, I'd have to take the day off work...

Shall I phone in sick?:D

[DJ Egg]

Well, I've been through that list twice now,
and I'm still none the wiser.

Can't seem to find anyone who fits both the picture and the clues
(one hit wonder in the 80's, high up in the sky).

Thought I had it with Tasmin Archer,
but Sleeping Satellite was a hit in 1993,
plus I think she had a few other hits.

So, well done Nick. I admit defeat :D

[Cylob]

I'm not licked just yet.:D

Is it... Evelyn Thomas?

[NJK]

Originally posted by DJ Egg
Well, I've been through that list twice now,
and found anything you liked?


Originally posted by DJ Egg
Thought I had it with Tasmin Archer,
but Sleeping Satellite was a hit in 1993,
plus I think she had a few other hits.

So, well done Nick. I admit defeat :D

you got it right- I read the bio of tasmin archer and posted the pic - in her bio ( book in library) it was written she wrote sleeping satelite during 1989 - so my mistake i took it to be a 80's song- released however in 1993- ( one always should read beyond the first two pages of a book)

so I'm sorry Egg - you were right I was wrong - but non the less you got the answer.

[Cylob]

*slaps Nick with a kipper*

[DJ Egg]

oh... right, heyhey :D
cool, no probs :cool:

*out with the trout* ;)


Nice Neil Young collection, btw :up:

[Cylob]

Interlude.....

[DJ Egg]

hooverphonic

[DJ Egg]

This one should be easy enough...
It wasn't easy to give a one word clue in the filename though.
And my god! Was it hard to find a decent picture!?

[Cylob]

I see they're wrapped ready for the oven.

Gas Mark 6, 3 hours should do it.:D

I'm delibarating.... looks like an electronic band, female vocalist, dudes in the backgorund (synth each). I should know it...

[DJ Egg]

Well, to be honest with ya, I'm not even sure who the female is.
She probably guested on one of their albums?
Hmm... she's in the pic on amg too

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/pic200_web/drp100/p168/p16817ug17f.jpg

Electronic? Yes, in the 90's, but not when they first formed in the mid 80's.
They were more of a 5-piece psychedelic indie band back then.

And, oh yes, you definitely (should) know it.

[Cylob]

The Shamen

I recognise the geezers now.:)

I think the woman's just a prop (for photo-shoots).

[Cylob]

Got one in before lunch.:)

[DJ Egg]

"It's all over now, baby blue"

I haven't got a f00kin' clue.

[Cylob]

Skint being the label.

A Lo-Fi band (supposedly).

Genre: Funky Breaks

[DJ Egg]

Hmm... I was thinking along those lines originally. Doh!
Was actually going to ask you if by "Skint" you were referring to the label, or a clue to the band name.

I even looked on the Skint (http://www.skint.net/main.htm) site, but knew for sure that it was none of the artists listed on the left . . . then again, Indian Ropeman isn't listed either. Ooh, love that Elephant Sound CD. Aah, it's listed under "Other Artists". Phew, heh.

Based on the last clue, although they used to be on Skint but are now on Sony,
it must be the

Lo Fidelity Allstars

...and the only thing lo-fi about them is the name, I guess. 'Big beat', if anything ?!

Dang. Should've got it straight away.
I've even met them a few times before.
But I seem to remember them looking more like this (http://www.mtv.com/shared/media/images/artist/l/lo_fidelity_allstars/az_official/376x180.jpg)

Good one. :):up:

[DJ Egg]

Back to the early 90's (alt. indie/dance)
Clue is to their most famous song.

[Cylob]

I didn't know Kurt Cobain was in the Lo-Fidelity Allstars (far right in your picture).:D

Yours, without doubt, EMF.

I saw them in Exeter (May '91). The lead singer could be heard saying 'This is the best fucking gig we've played yet'. Yeah, well. They were crap!

*sends off the bot to fetch a pic*