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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsTake the quiz - how many 70's bands do you recognize
http://www.zimbio.com/trivia/XcLU8eGCTjY/How+Many+70s+Bands+Can+NameI got an 89%. I can't believe I missed fricking Steve Miller Band. I mean I only have seen them in concert like 6 times but geez that was starting in the 80s. No clue what the guy looked like in the 70s.
Missed Lynyrd Skynyrd because let's face it - can anyone actually name the original members of that band? And I think I got Santana wrong too. But other than that it was pretty easy. I mean if there were 5 people on the screen some you could eliminate like CSN or ELP. D'uh
KMOD
(7,906 posts)I missed Joy Division. Who the heck is Joy Division? I don't remember them.
CBGLuthier
(12,723 posts)Sadly the lead singer committed suicide so they were not around long.
mackerel
(4,412 posts)Sedona
(3,769 posts)Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)They helped usher in a whole new sound, and they are still very revered and cited today, along with the Smiths, another Manchester band who came along just a bit later.
Joy Division's lead singer Ian Curtis killed himself in 1980. The band only released two albums. Joy Division spawned New Order after Ian died.
The movie "24 Hour Party People" chronicles some of this music scene in Manchester in the 80s-90s.
KMOD
(7,906 posts)I dig them.
Thanks.
Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)For the most part New Order has quite a different sound than Joy Division.
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)is a masterpiece, pure and simple. It has more than stood the test of time..
LynneSin
(95,337 posts)I Joy Division
Essentially Joy Division is the prequel to New Order with one exception. Before New Order existed there was Joy Division and the lead singer was Ian Curtis. Ian Curtis had this absolutely amazing very distinctive voice that will haunt you when you hear it. If you can find a rare live video of Joy Division in concert he also had this disturbing way he moved when he sang, kind of a jerkish back and forth movement. Their first album is 'Unknown Pleasures' and probably one of my absolutely favorite non-Zeppelin albums out there. It's a great album to listen to on a Saturday afternoon when you're stuck in the house in a weird funk and want to listen to something moody and brooding and off-center.
But what happened to Joy Division and how did they become New Order you ask? Well that is the sad story. Unfortunately Ian Curtis was severely afflicted with epilepsy, which some say a few times on stage he actually had seizures and his treatment with medication was sometimes hit or miss. He also suffered with depression too. The combination of these 2 things was probably what lead to his suicide in 1980.
The surviving members did opt to continue on but instead of keeping the name Joy Division decided to use a new band name which was New Order.
Joy Division is considered Post-Punk in their sound but honestly I think they are the pre-cursor to what became the New Wave sound of the 80s
KMOD
(7,906 posts)hifiguy
(33,688 posts)Very talented, very troubled guy.
He sounded sort of like a cross of Jim Morrison at his less pretentious and late Iggy - a deep, dark mournful voice.
The three truly great bands that emerged in the first flash of post-punk were Magazine, Joy Division, and Siouxsie and the Banshees. Thank Celestia the art-school kids took over again after punk quickly burned itself out.
femmocrat
(28,394 posts)Some lucky guesses and process of elimination. LOL
I did hear of Joy Division. My son used to listen to their music in the 1980s.
The 70's were REALLY rough on me....
femmocrat
(28,394 posts)I just made some lucky guesses. My music addiction ended around 1970 when the Beatles broke up.
GeorgeGist
(25,321 posts)Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)Jokerman
(3,518 posts)OK, Joy Division was a lucky guess and I may not have got Steve Miller Band if you hadn't mentioned them in the OP.
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)Most that I didn't immediately recognize had an identifiable character. I guessed on Joy Division and King Crimson...correctly.
I'd like to see that quiz with 90's grunge bands.
LynneSin
(95,337 posts)Abba, Fleetwood Mac and Queen
Since the photo included no females or Freddie Mercury I figured that had to be King Crimson.
progressoid
(49,990 posts)I just sold a bunch of Fripp albums on Ebay.
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)Before he adopted the professorial look he has sported for 40 years, Fripp always looked like a misplaced Hobbit.
progressoid
(49,990 posts)Or because I sold the albums?
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)progressoid
(49,990 posts)But I needed the $ and the space.
After the birth of our first daughter, I also needed some quick cash so I sold a stack of Zappa albums. He died a couple years later and they quadrupled in price.
Callmecrazy
(3,065 posts)FINAL SCORE: 93%
Pretty good! You are either a child of the '70s or you listen to the classic rock radio station a lot.
PufPuf23
(8,776 posts)My technique was product of elimination or recognizing specific individuals or knowing three person bands
Bands I missed proved that Doobie Brothers was not a good strategy/
Saw Steve Miller twice at Fillmore West 1969 and 1970 and loved the albums but the concerts Steve Miller sets were disappointing; not Elvis Costello I'm POed and don't want to play today at Berkeley Community Theatre or Lee Michaels at Fillmore West the roadies broke my fucking organ and this piano doesn't do it for me, fuck this place bad, just disappointing.
blogslut
(38,000 posts)I missed Joy Division because I thought they were an 80's band. The other one I missed was Lynyrd Skynyrd because I never liked them.
LynneSin
(95,337 posts)but you were close
mockmonkey
(2,815 posts)I thought I was going to do badly. Much of it wasn't that I knew who was pictured but rather who it wasn't.
treestar
(82,383 posts)Did me some good too!
rdking647
(5,113 posts)it's tougher than i though to name the band by their photo
Owl
(3,642 posts)treestar
(82,383 posts)Would not have known them from Adam. I guessed Joy Division right because I knew they were new wave 80s and picked them as the ones with short hair
Brother Buzz
(36,434 posts)It's true: If You Remember the 70s, You Weren't Really There.
Le Taz Hot
(22,271 posts)I still don't know who "Joy Division" is.
shenmue
(38,506 posts)Became known as New Order after their first vocalist, Ian Curtis, died in 1980. He killed himself.
DinahMoeHum
(21,789 posts)Seriously, though, many of the bands could be determined by deductive reasoning, aka "Calculatus Eliminatus"
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)TexasBushwhacker
(20,190 posts)So young! I got 96%. I missed King Crimson. There were some that were process of elimination though.
Archae
(46,328 posts)Besides, who could ever recognize Steve Miller band, since no one sober ever showed up at their concerts?
LynneSin
(95,337 posts)Back in the days the Mann Music Center use to let you bring unopened bottles of water into the concert. I learned how to unscrew the cap off of a bottle of Poland Spring so the seal would not break. I'd empty the bottle and then fill it up with vodka. I'd make a lot of friends at Steve Miller Band concerts!!!
Archae
(46,328 posts)(snerrrk)
LynneSin
(95,337 posts)because you know all they lyrics to the songs so it was like one big drunk singalong. I think at one point I actually saw Steve Miller Band more times than Robert Plant and you know what a huge Plant fan I am (that has long since changed around 2000)
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)hifiguy
(33,688 posts)Shit, they were practically wheeling the ludeheads and wineskin-full-of-sloe-gin drunks out in iron lungs at Sabbath and Uriah Heep shows back in the day.
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)FINAL SCORE: 93%
Pretty good! You are either a child of the '70s or you listen to the classic rock radio station a lot.
Gidney N Cloyd
(19,835 posts)FINAL SCORE: 79%
Pretty good! You are either a child of the '70s or you listen to the classic rock radio station a lot.
shenmue
(38,506 posts)trof
(54,256 posts)geezer
LynneSin
(95,337 posts)that's because I'm turning 50 next year but still passing for late 30s
laundry_queen
(8,646 posts)Only alive for the latter half of the decade so there were a few iffy ones for me. I recognize the music better than I recognize the photos of the bands.
LiberalElite
(14,691 posts)FINAL SCORE: 65%
Pretty good! You are either a child of the '70s or you listen to the classic rock radio station a lot.
I don't get that - "listen to the ...radio" That wouldn't help me know what they look like.
Tom Kitten
(7,347 posts)Only Supertramp gave me pause but I figured it wasn't any of the other bands...never saw them live, never knew what they looked like!
And I guessed Lynyrd Skynyrd because I knew they had a lot of members (hey 3 guitarists!) Did you know one of them, Ed King, was in the Strawberry Alarm Clock before Skynyrd?
LynneSin
(95,337 posts)Hence why today Skynyrd is booking shows at local Farm Shows and Gun Rallies but the last time Led Zeppelin did a concert like 20 million people submitted requests to buy tickets. Helps when people actually know all the names of people in your band.
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)the definitive version of which is
from the 1980s. I wonder whatever happened to Brix Smith. She was the essence of cool, though Chrissie Hynde was right there with her, and had a neat voice.
Solly Mack
(90,767 posts)He's in his mid-40's and I'm in my early 50's. He plays bass and the acoustic and was in a band in his younger days.
I added a link to this thread in the photo contest thread. I enjoyed the quiz.
Kaleva
(36,301 posts)logosoco
(3,208 posts)some of that was lucky guessing.
Now I see where my talents lay. This and remembering long ago commercial jingles. I wish I could put that stuff on a resume!
treestar
(82,383 posts)I knew Skynyrd but was weak on Black Sabbath or Emerson Lake and Palmer. One pic was small and I thought the guy in the middle was Steven Tyler and got it wrong.
LynneSin
(95,337 posts)I have no clue what he once looked like when he was young. I've heard people give shit about how much Robert Plant has aged but I'd rather see a wrinkled natural looking face that a stretched out unnatural one.
treestar
(82,383 posts)weird way, and it's better to look old in a natural way.
LynneSin
(95,337 posts)you have to wonder if they realize us common folks know it's fake and it is bad.
lovemydog
(11,833 posts)I rock.
Miles Archer
(18,837 posts)LynneSin
(95,337 posts)tinymontgomery
(2,584 posts)Missed Joy Division and Queen. Can't believe I missed Queen.
Joe Shlabotnik
(5,604 posts)I'm a bit surprised because I'm more a fan of listening to the music, rather than following the bands and their personalities/images etc.
ms liberty
(8,577 posts)Mendocino
(7,492 posts)The only one I didn't know by the photo alone was Joy Division and the multiple guess option made it easy to pick them. But having hundreds of LP's from 60/70's or going to countless concerts in the 70's didn't hurt either.
underpants
(182,805 posts)I actually got a couple waiting for the image to load - process of elimination - hasnt seen Skynyrd or ACDC yet.
Joy Division I had no idea but since they had been an option so many times I figured it was them.
progressoid
(49,990 posts)I would have missed it if hadn't said something!
100%
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)100%
Not bad for an increasingly old fart.
trackfan
(3,650 posts)I forget which ones I missed.