Name these bands from the initials of the band-members.

They are listed in this order: vocalist, lead guitarist, rhythm guitarist (if applicable), bassist, keyboards (if applicable), and finally drummer.

Some bands are represented by their "classic" line-up, rather than a line-up that might have existed later (or previously).

The list is roughly chronological, i.e. the more recent bands appear towards the end.

Anyway... name the bands!


1. MJ, BJ, KR, BW, CW

2. GC, JM, DC, CH, MC

3. EB, HV, CC, AP, JS

4. GS, MB, PK, JK, JC, SD

5. SW, JW, GW

6. RR, RD, RM, GH, LH

7. RS, RW, RL, IM, KJ

8. BG, DH, FB

9. FR, RP, AL, JC

10. LM, EF, SW, AL, DL

11. BF, PM, GS, E, AM, PT

12. IH, MR, OW, VA, B

13. ST, JP, BW, TH, JK

14. BS, AY, MY, CW, PR

15. AF, AL, BU, BA

16. JS, MJ, PS, NH

17. HD, JM, BA, DF, MJ

18. RO, EE, BO, GH, DR

19. PO, AW, JC, SS

20. NC, RSH, MH, TP, PC

21. SD, SF, KW

22. MS, PB, MM, BB

23. M, JM, AR, MJ

24. PW, MT

25. BM, GN, GH

26. BF, JS, KD, DL

27. KS, BB, DG, CO

28. IB, JS, M, R

29. DA, GC, AJ, DR

30. LG, NG, B, PM, AW

i'll get in quick with 1. the Rolling Stones.
as it might be the only 1 i get seeing as I'm a bit brain damaged

11. Roxy Music

28, The Stone Roses.

12. Mott

Is number 30 Oasis? <_<

And is 29 Blur? :angry: :angry: :angry:

Number 8 is ZZ Top...

...and Number 23 are The Smiths

I think 15 is Abba?

2 is The Byrds.

And 3 is The Animals.

And 16 is The Clash

24: The Style Council

Damn, this one's difficult. The only one I could get was the Stone Roses

4: Jefferson Airplane

Number 4 is Jefferson Airplane

My head is starting to hurt

7 is The Faces

And is 5 The Walker Brothers?

20: The mighty Birthday Party

17 is Magazine

Correct answers so far:

1. Rolling Stones
2. Byrds
3. Animals
4. Jefferson Airplane
5. Walker Brothers
7. Faces
8. ZZ Top
11. Roxy Music
12. Mott the Hoople
15. Abba
16. Clash
17. Magazine
20. Birthday Party
23. Smiths
24. Style Council
28. Stone Roses
29. Blur
30. Oasis

Must say I'm very impressed. I thought this quiz would last for days! :)

Maybe I should have gone with GK, RK, JVF, MA as one of the clues. Can anyone get that?

What do we win! What do we win! :) :) :)

22. R.E.M.

And 27 is My Bloody Valentine

I really should've got that one sooner!

14 is AC/DC.

6 is The Band... but Robbie Robertson was never much of a singer...

Is 19 The Human League?

25 is Hüsker Dü.

13 is Aerosmith, I think.

Correct answers so far:

1. Rolling Stones
2. Byrds
3. Animals
4. Jefferson Airplane
5. Walker Brothers
6. The Band
7. Faces
8. ZZ Top
11. Roxy Music
12. Mott the Hoople
13. Aerosmith
14. AC/DC
15. Abba
16. Clash
17. Magazine
19. Human League
20. Birthday Party
22. REM
23. Smiths
24. Style Council
25. Husker Du
27. My Bloody Valentine
28. Stone Roses
29. Blur
30. Oasis

Re: The Band. Sorry, Spiring, but I thought the guitarist should come before the bassist. It was a bit of a confusing one.

I'm off out in a minute, but I expect that you and The As-Yet Unborn Son will have wrapped up the other answers when I return. :)

9. Status Quo

26 is Pixies.

And 18 is The Cars...

Can't believe I didn't get Husker Du & the Pixies :o

Yes, with three lead singers, I can see that it was hard to work that one out... Levon might be offended, though.

So there´s only two left:

10. LM, EF, SW, AL, DL

21. SD, SF, KW

(and the "bonus" one)

I have no idea...

21 is Bananarama!

As for the other two, I have no idea.

10 is The Bay City Rollers.

Very well done.

The bonus one was Thin White Rope (1988 line-up). :D

"EF" (Eric Faulkner) was a dead giveaway.

Thanks ZHP, this was apparently my kind of quiz... but I was lucky to find it early.

I feel a bit relieved that the answers to the last 3rd were bands that I don´t know much about...

Never having heard of them before, and intrigued by the name (I'm a hardcore Bowie nut), I Googled Thin White Rope and found a Wikipedia article on them which concludes:

"Their name "Thin White Rope" derives from William S. Burroughs description of human semen."

Given that Bowie was a Burroughs fan, and became "the Thin White Duke" for a while, this information gave a whole new meaning to some of the Station To Station material.

The other day a friend pointed me at a fascinating site called Little Hits which contains many bizzare and long-lost obscure songs from around the world, one of which is by Thin White Rope (see here). Not at all bad (if very strange).

The whole site is worth checking out - some very strange and unusual things there, very few of which I'd ever heard of, including Drummerman by Tonight, which I used to own.