Brain Yoga!

Whether you do them while being a couch potato, pumping pedals on a exercise bike or to pass the time while standing in the queue at the supermarket, we’ve got all your puzzle needs covered with The Classic Rock Lockdown Activity Book!

Think you know your rock’n’roll? See how much you really know by warming up a few brain cells on the questions below. Some you’ll know, some you’ll have a hard time with, others... well, you might need to phone a friend (but please don’t phone us).

And if you’re still stuck on any of the questions and can’t take the strain any longer, you’ll find the answers (the correct ones, too) on page 82.

1 Which classic AOR song was played in the final scene of the last ever episode of The Sopranos?

2 Who produced Dalbello’s Who Man Four Says album?

3 Which singer links Brad, Satchel and Pigeonhed?

4 Who duetted with Phil Collins on his solo smash hit single

Separate Lives?

5 Who was the DJ at the 1972 Greasy Truckers Party starring Hawkwind and friends at London’s Roundhouse?

6 What is the opening track on Rainbow’s album

Rainbow Rising?

7 Cronos, Mantas and Abaddon comprise the classic line-up of Venom. But what are their real names?

8 Which lead singer once described his band’s music as “big rock” rather than heavy metal, and added: “I see a lot of these categories as being based mostly on haircuts and shoes. My haircut’s alright for heavy metal, but baby, my shoes are all wrong.”

9 What connects Buggles with Violent Femmes, Pixies, The Offspring, Radiohead and Presidents Of The United States Of America?

10 What had to be removed from the front cover of Pink Floyd’s Ummagumma double album for its US release?

11 Who, along with Donald Fagen, was the other lead singer on Steely Dan’s debut album Can’t Buy A Thrill?

12 Which 70s band included former members of Roxy Music, Matching Mole and Curved Air?

13 The name of the band The Mooney Suzuki is made up of the surnames of two singers from which band?

14 Which sampler album, released in 1969, included We Used To Know by Jethro Tull, Woman by Free and 21st Century

Schizoid Man by King Crimson?

15 What do the lead singers of SoCal punk bands Bad Religion and The Descendents have in common?

16 Name the band that recorded a five-second track titled The

Ballad Of Jimi Hendrix, comprised of just the opening notes of Purple Haze and the sole lyric ‘You’re dead’.

17 What is the real name of the group that once adopted the thinly veiled pseudonym Henrietta Collins & The WifeBeating Child Haters?

18 What connects ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons, Jello Biafra, Fugazi’s Ian MacKaye, Butthole Surfers’ Gibby Haynes and Cheap Trick’s Rick Nielsen and Robin Zander?

19 On their 1991 album Revenge Fantasies Of The Impotent, surrealist punks Alice Donut recorded an instrumental cover of which Black Sabbath song, with a trombone playing the guitar parts?

20 Ain’t Done Nothin’ by Jet Bronx & The Forbidden reached No.49 in 1977. Name the band’s lead singer?

21 One of Los Angeles’ leading hardcore bands tried out three lead vocalists before settling on their most noted mouthpiece. Which singer followed Keith Morris, Ron Reyes and Dez Cadena, and what was the name of the band?

22 Which noted architect of punk appears on the cover of his 1977 debut album with ‘you make me’ written on his chest, and as the corpse of Madonna’s dead boyfriend in

Desperately Seeking Susan?

23 ‘I tried to join a ping pong club, sign on the door said “all full up…”’ Name the song and the firebrands who recorded it.

24 Which post-punk phenomenon’s mother was Paul McCartney’s cleaning lady?

25 What does German guitarist Michael Schenker have in common with Peter Sarstedt, who in 1969 had a hit single with the cheesy Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)?

26 What inspired the title of the song A200, an instrumental on Deep Purple’s 1974 album Burn?

27 Which rank in royalty links UFO, Diamond Head, Metallica, Ozzy Osbourne, Adam & The Ants and Cecil Bustamente Campbell?

28 In which South American country was Slayer bassist/vocalist Tom Araya born?

29 Which bands had the following original names: 1. White Clover. 2. The Edge. 3. Group X. 4. Legacy. 5. Roxx Regime?

30 What connects Kiss, Glenn Danzig, Coheed And Cambria and My Chemical Romance?

31 Which old goth once proclaimed that “the Nazis had the best uniforms of the twentieth century”?

32 Which famous sleeve artist was Ian Dury’s tutor at the Royal College Of Art?

33 All seven members of Madness have nicknames. What are they?

34 Which two bands did Bill Drummond manage before forming The KLF and burning a million quid?

35 Which member of Osibisa went on to play with Free?

36 What is unusual about the rhythm section who played on David Bowie’s 1979 hit Boys Keep Swinging?

37 Which two members of Jefferson Airplane formed the side project Hot Tuna?

38 Who replaced Jerry Goodman in Mahavishnu Orchestra?

39 Who performed the theme tune to The Sopranos?

40 40 Holly Knight has written songs with the big names including Aerosmith and Bon Jovi, but which pop-rock trio was she a member of in 1986?

41 Eddie Vedder recorded the soundtrack to which film directed by Sean Penn?

42 Harry Nilsson’s hit single Without You was originally written and recorded by which band?

43 Steve Earle’s ex-wife is a rootsy singer, and so is her sister. Who are they?

44 Which Uxbridge punk band’s original line-up comprised of Arturo Bassick, Manic Esso, Pete Stride and Howard Wall?

45 Which former Bowie publicist and Andy Warhol superstar toured the UK with The Police as her backing band?

46 Which band’s original line-up included Francis Monkman (keyboards, guitar), Florian Pilkington-Miksa (drums) and Rob Martin (bass), and whose debut single reached the UK Top 5 in 1971?

47 Whose guitar started the rock’n’roll memorabilia collection of the Hard Rock Café?

48 What links these songs: Iggy Pop’s Home, Cheap Trick’s You’re All Talk and Sammy Hagar’s Little White Lie?

49 What do the bands Three Fish, Wellwater Conspiracy and The Rockfords have in common?

50 Which double album links The Storys’ Steve Balsamo with Alice Cooper?

51 Which singer was voted Ugliest Man On Campus by fellow students at the University Of Texas in 1963?

52 What links Status Quo’s bassist John ‘Rhino’ Edwards and Atomic Rooster’s keyboard player Vincent Crane?

53 Name all five members of Chequered Past.

54 Which three members of the Rolling Stones were fined five pounds for Insulting Behaviour after they urinated on the forecourt of a garage in Romford Road, West Ham in 1965?

55 Prior to joining one of the top pop groups of the 80s, who played drums for the Damned, The Clash, Adam & The Ants and the Nipple Erectors?

56 Who is drummer Phillip Hugh Norman Witschke Rudzevecuis better known as?

57 Which regular chart-visiting British vocalist turned down an offer replace Ian Gillan In Deep Purple in 1973?

58 Which Texan vocalist/bassist turned down an offer to replace In Gillan in Deep Purple in 1990?

59 Which UK Top 10 hit has a title comprised only of the names of the chords used in the song?

60 Which chart topper previously appeared as a schoolkid in The Beatles film A Hard Day’sNight?

61 Which German metal bands have released albums called: A) Zombie Attack, B) Obsessed By Cruelty, C) Flag Of Hate, D) Eternal Devastation, E) Gates To Purgatory?

62 What connects Bon Scott, Jon Lord, ELP, Motörhead, Girlschool and the D’Molls?

63 What is the opening track on Rush’s Signals album?

64 Party ’Til You Puke, Bavarian Beaver and Piss Off are all songs by which veteran metal band?

65 Where do the brackets go in the following song titles: Don’t Fear The Reaper by Blue Öyster Cult, Make Me Smile Come Up And See Me by Cockney Rebel, Break On Through To The Other Side by The Doors, Bang Bang My Baby Shot Me Down by Cher, Remember The Days Of The Old Schoolyard by Cat Stevens, Big Bad Bill Is Sweet William Now by Van Halen, We Are The Road Crew by Motörhead.

66 Which Guns N’ Roses album was their only one to reach No.1 in both the UK and US?

67 On March 24, 1973 a crazed fan leapt on stage in Buffalo, New York, shouted “Leather”, and did what?

68 Which was the first Santana album released after guitarist Neal Schon joined the band?

69 With which Beatles song did the Rolling Stones have their first Top 20 hit?

70 Which band’s albums include Mental Jewelry and US No.1

Secret Samadhi?

71 He was the only Beach Boy who could surf, but in which year did Dennis Wilson drown?

72 What do David Bowie’s Aladdin Sane, Deep Purple’s Made In Japan, Led Zeppelin’s Houses Of The Holy, Roxy Music’s

For Your Pleasure and Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side Of The Moon have in common?

73 Which UK singer did the vocals on German prog band Weed’s 1971 self-titled album?

74 Which guitarist has been paid a floral tribute at the Chelsea Flower Show with a garden in his name?

75 Which country music star guests on Def Leppard’s Songs

From The Sparkle Lounge album?

76 What was Duane Allman’s real first name?

78 Buzz Osborne and Dale Crover are the core of which band?

79 Which British band got into the Guinness Book Of Records for playing shows on three continents (Africa, Europe and North America) in one day in 1995?

80 Which was the first ever album to be certified platinum?

81 Which singer played flute on a track on Cat Stevens’ 1970 album Mona Bone Jakon?

82 What do the line-ups of Cream, Fleetwood Mac, the Rolling Stones and Free have in common?

83 Which classic No.1 album’s sleeve was designed by a former Manfred Mann bassist?

84 Rockin’ With Rita (Head To Toe), the 1986 single by the Vindaloo Records Summer Special, featured which artists?

85 The Cure, Stereophonics and the Incredible String Band have all written tree-related songs. What are they called?

86 According to the Beach Boys, how do northern girls ‘keep

their boyfriends warm at night’?

87 What was special about every Madness vinyl seven-inch?

88 Which comeback synth star of the 80s has flown a Harvard WW2 trainer, a Bristol Blenheim and various aerobatic planes?

89 Who was the first person to play keyboards on a UFO album?

90 Which Canadian band’s early releases came out on the Kot’’Ai record label?

91 What do bassists Bob Daisley, Rudy Sarzo, Don Costa, Pete Way, Phil Soussan, Geezer Butler and Robert Trujillo have in common?

92 What canine reference connects Ted Nugent, Adam & The Ants, Joni Mitchell and AC/DC?

93 Gong (Friday headliners), Rory Gallagher (Saturday) and Black Oak Arkansas (Sunday) were the main attractions at which year’s Reading Festival?

94 According to Roxy Music’s Remake/Re-model, ‘She’s the sweetest queen I’ve ever seen’. But what was the car’s

registration number?

95 When Jimi Hendrix enlisted in the US armed forces in 1961, which branch was he assigned to?

96 One of the earliest punk singles of the movement’s first wave was Super Punk, in December 1976. Who recorded it?

97 Gaye Advert’s real name is the same as the name of a mountain range. What is it?

98 Which former art editor of Flexipop co-wrote Feed My

Frankenstein recorded by Alice Cooper’s?

99 Who is the bass player with Extreme?

100 What was the title of Tony Kaye and Peter Banks’s band Badger’s 1973 debut album?

101 Which artist designed the logo for Badger?

102 Which sleeve designer did the artwork for Yes’s 1977 album Going For The One?

103 Who sang the theme song for the James Bond film

Tomorrow Never Dies?

104 Which classic rock song that charted in 1969 begins with the line: ‘Thinking about the times we drove in my car’?

105 Which track marks Rick Wakeman’s first appearance on a Top 10 record?

106 Which band’s line-up included Corey Glover, Will Calhoun and Muzz Skillings?

107 On which Peter Gabriel album did Paul Weller play guitar?

108 What is title of the last track on the first Led Zeppelin album?

109 Iron Maiden is a song on Iron Maiden’s first album. Which British band’s first album includes the song The Iron Maiden?

110 In Slipknot numerology, what is the sum of The Pig and The Clown?

111 Who played the fictional rock band Camel Toe in John Waters’s film Serial Mom?

112 Who had an exact replica of Johnny Thunders’s ‘Too Fast To Live, Too Young To Die’ heart-and-dagger tattoo on his right bicep?

113 Alice Cooper and Ringo Starr co-starred alongside Mae West, Timothy Dalton and Tony Curtis in which 1978 film?

114 Which New Zealander was electrocuted on stage in September 1974, and died of a heroin overdose in December 1975?

115 Robert Plant once said: “I started playing [an album] and my son said: ‘Dad, what’s that?’ I said: ‘Well, that’s God.” Who was Percy talking about?

116 Which band played a secret gig under the name Bingo Hand Job?

117 Which LSD guru is referenced in the Moody Blues’ Legend

Of A Mind?

118 Which psychedelic band had a US Top 20 hit with the song

Hot Smoke And Sassafras?

119 The Lilac Hand Of Menthol Dan was an early song by which

glam-rocker?

120 In 2008, in the US a man shot his lawnmower because it wouldn’t start. Which band wrote a song about just such an incident more than 30 years ago?

121 Which former members of Sisters Of Mercy were later in the bands Ghost Dance, The Mission and Sisterhood?

122 Which straight-edge Christian metalcore band is named after an existential novel by life-long alcoholic William Faulkner?

123 Whose bands over the years have included the drummers Mick Fleetwood, Keef Hartley and Jon Hiseman?

124 Which was Slade’s first No.1 single?

125 In which Brazilian city did Sepultura form?

126 Whose albums include The Kick Inside and The Dreaming?

127 Name the band member who completes the following line-up, and name the band: Eric Erlandson, Jill Emery, Caroline Rue.

128 Which band’s classic line-up included Bill Spooner, Vince Welnick, Rick Anderson, Roger Steen, Michael Cotten and Prairie Prince?

129 Which bands were associated with the following Martians: A) Mick Mars, B) Chris Mars, C) Mars Bonfire?

130 Which bass player links the bands Spirit, Jo Jo Gunne and Heart?

131 Which Johnny Cash song did the Gaslight Anthem cover on All Aboard! A Tribute To Johnny Cash?

132 Which legendary sleeve designer directed the video for The Specials’ Ghost Town?

133 Who produced the Damned’s second album – and who did the band actually want to produce it?

134 Who were the original rhythm section in Dire Straits?

135 Which band’s 70s albums include Mirage, Rain Dances,

A Live Record and Breathless?

136 Which multi-platinum award-winning band started out with the name Atomic Mass?

137 Which singer’s first solo album was titled 12 Bar Blues?

138 Supertramp’s The Logical Song, Ian Dury And The

Blockheads’ Reasons To Be Cheerful Part 3 and Kiss’s I Was Made For Lovin’ You were all UK hit singles in which year?

139 Fran Cosmo, Barry Goudreau, Bruce Smith and Michael DeRosier were better known as which short-lived band?

140 Along with Shirley Manson and Butch Vig, who are the other two members of Garbage?

141 In which band would you have found Kendall Jones, Walter Kibby, Chris Dowd, John Norwood Fisher, Philip Fisher and Charlie Down?

142 Which outcast from The Wildhearts helped form Honeycrack before rejoining The Wildhearts?

143 Which animal features on the front cover of Mike Oldfield’s

Hergest Ridge album?

144 What was the cause of Mountain bassist and Cream producer Felix Pappalardi’s death in 1983?

145 From which US state do The Offspring originate?