Less Talk More Rokk game, Split 1

[Spindrift]

I Wanna Be Your Man - Stones song.

[Noise]

It's actually a song by the Beatles.

[Cytosine]

A member of The Beatles was John Lennon.

[Tequila Sunrise]

John Lennon helped David Bowie come up with the title track "Fame" and can also be heard at the end of the song repeating the word fame.

[~Mr. Indecisive~]

David Bowie is mentioned in the song "Feel Berlin" by The 69 Eyes.

[Dan]

Do you guys mind bolding the part of the post we're supposed to be referencing?

Roger Waters played a concert at the destruction of the Berlin Wall.

[Cytosine]

Roger Waters wrote the album Radio Kaos. (I think that's spelled correctly)

[Conscience]

"The Tide Is Turning" is a song on this album written after Live Aid, when Waters was turned down by organiser Bob Geldof.

[Fire King]

Bob Geldof starred in the film Pink Floyd The Wall.

[Spindrift]

Pink is caught writing "poems" in class during one of the movies most famous scenes. The teacher reads them aloud. They are the lyrics to Money from Dark Side of the Moon.

[Dan]

A famous ABBA song also shares a similar title with the Pink Floyd song.

[Fire King]

The A*Teens are famous for covers of ABBA songs.

[Kid_A]

The A*Teens were invited to tour with Britney Spears in the summer of 2000.

[Victoria]

Britney Spears songs have been covered by various artists, even the likes of Marilyn Manson.

[Spindrift]

Victoria, you are a lifesaver. I thought we were going to drift into pop music ;_;.

Marilyn Manson have covered many other songs as well. A well know one is Depeche Mode's Personal Jesus.

[Doctor Gonzo]

"Personal Jesus" is not the only Depeche Mode song that has a famous cover. Enjoy the Silence has also been covered by numerous artists.

[Victoria]

One of the bands that have covered Enjoy the Silence is Lacuna Coil.

[Cytosine]

Lacuna Coil are featured with a bonus song in Guitar Hero, along with In Flames.

[The Crowing]

Lacuna Coil are featured with a bonus song in Guitar Hero, along with In Flames.

The Fall of Troy is featured in the same game

[Fire King]

Because Tom Waits has a song entitled The Fall of Troy, The Fall of Troy have a song entitled Tom Waits.

[mr.rpg king]

Tom Waits debut album Closing Time, is the named the same as the hit Semisonic song

[Kid_A]

Semisonic covered the Wings song "Jet" for the Paul McCartney Tribute album.

[Dan]

There is a rumour still going around to day that Paul McCartney is dead. The album cover for Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is a Beatles album which contains allgedly many clues.

[Sparky]

A song from the album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is A Day In The Life.


Sorry, my text is bold by default.

[Dan]

A promotional film of A Day In The Life includes footage of Mick Jagger.

Heh, forgot to bold Mick Jagger.

[mr.rpg king]

In the music video for the song "Hate to say I told you so" The Hives lead singer Pelle Almqvist once stated that he was trying to emulate Mick Jagger as much as possible.

[Fire King]

The Hives are on the soundtrack for Madden NFL 2005, as are Franz Ferdinand.

[Mike!]

Franz Ferdinand's music appeared on the first Guitar Hero.

[Spindrift]

Dude, Fire King. That is still my favorite Madden game. The soundtrack is amazing too.

I'm assuming the thing I'm suppose to go from is Guitar Hero.

Guitar Hero also had Sharp Dressed Man by ZZ Top in it.

[coheed]

Nickelback covered Sharp Dressed Man at the 2007 Vh1 Rock Honors show.

[Cytosine]

Nickelback also covered Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting), which I believe was written by Elton John (or at least he did a version).

[Kid_A]

Elton John formed his own MCA-distributed label, Rocket Records, and signed acts such as Neil Sedaka.

NOTE: Let's try to stick to the artist/album/song topic. Were we playing for points, Guitar Hero would not have counted.

[Spindrift]

He had a chart topping hit with the name "Stairway to Heaven." Led Zeppelin would a decade later have a hit with a song of the exact same name.

e: 'He' refers to Neil Sedaka.

[Cytosine]

Led Zeppelin wrote the song Achilles' Last Stand.

[Tequila Sunrise]

A Led Zeppelin medley, which featured parts of Achilles Last Stand, was recorded by Dream Theatre.

[coheed]

Dream Theatre toured with 3 on the Progressive Nation Tour.

[The Crowing]

3's lead singer/guitarist Joey Eppard has played concerts with the members of Parliament

[mr.rpg king]

Parliaments George Clinton helped produce the Red Hot Chili Peppers 2nd album Freakey Styley

[Conscience]

One of the singles on this album was Catholic School Girls Rule.

[Tequila Sunrise]

"Catholic School Girls Rule" has only been played by The Chili Peppers live twice and is loosely based on a girl singer Anthony Kiedis had a fling with.

[mr.rpg king]

For his New American Union festival, Anthony Kiedis put together a slew of acts, ranging from standard rock acts all the way to r&b and hip-hop artist Gnarles Barkely.

[Majin]

Gnarls Barkely has covered Radiohead's Reckoner live.

[Fire King]

Radiohead released the stems to Reckoner in much a similar fashion to Nude.

[Cytosine]

The singer on the song Nude is Thom Yorke (no sh*t).

[coheed]

While touring for The Bends in Europe, Thom Yorke became close buddies with R.E.M. singer Michael Stipe.

[Bird Flu]

Michael Stipe did a song called "In the Sun" with Chris Martin from Coldplay.

[Majin]

Chris Martin ripped off Joe Satriani

[Cytosine]

Joe Satriani founded G3, another common appearance there being from Steve Vai.

[Kid_A]

Chris Martin ripped off Joe Satriani

Let's keep the game going with fact instead of opinion. If you want to start a thread about the differences between the two songs, go for it, just don't start it here.


Vai worked on the album Ozzmosis with Ozzy Osbourne, but his guitar parts were replaced with that of Zakk Wylde.

[Cytosine]

Zakk Wylde is the singer and guitarist for Black Label Society.

[mr.rpg king]

Black Label Society's former bassist Robert Trujillio is now in Metallica

[Fire King]

Metallica made headlines when it was discovered that the sound quality of their new album Death Magnetic was so poor, people bought the album on Guitar Hero 3.

[Spindrift]

Death Magnetic is named for musicians in the music business who have passed away. The most notable one was Alice in Chains former member, Layne Staley.

[mr.rpg king]

Jerry Cantrell's album Degradation Trip is in Staley's honor.

[Tequila Sunrise]

Cantrell was supposed to do a collab with Chad Kroeger on "Hero", but couldnt attend recording for it and was replaced.

[Cytosine]

Chad Kroeger's band, Nickelback, released a cover of Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting) on The Long Road. It featured a guest solo by Dimebag Darrell.

[Dan]

Dimebag Darrel was the guitarist for Pantera, one of the most celebrated metal bands of the 90s.

[Cytosine]

Phil Anselmo was the singer for Pantera but is now in the band Down.

[Dan]

Down's album Down II: A Bustle in Your Hedgerow is an obvious reference to the song Stairway to Heaven which appears on Led Zeppelin IV.

[Kid_A]

In 1990, IV was certified by Billboard magazine as the biggest selling rock album in American chart history, along with Def Leppard's album Hysteria.

[Tequila Sunrise]

Def Leppard dropped a new album last year, with their first single being titled "Nine Lives" which features country singer Tim McGraw.

[Addicted to Oi!]

Allison Kraus and Robert Plant covered a Bluegrass version of "Black Dog", a song off of Led Zeppelin IV.

EDIT: Wow, sorry 'bout that.

Tim McGraw is married to fellow country music entertainer Faith Hill.

[mr.rpg king]

Faith Hills is reminscent of 80s quirky metal band Faith No More.

Edit: Faiths hills name

[coheed]

Faith No More's song "Falling to Pieces" was played in the movie Black Hawk Down because Axl Rose wouldn't let them use "Welcome to the Jungle."

[Whale Biologist]

Axl Rose is a member of Guns and Roses (or is it Guns 'N Roses)

[Addicted to Oi!]

Guns 'N Roses covered the song "Live and Let Die", originally recorded by Paul McCartney.

[coheed]

Paul McCartney recorded "The Girl is Mine" with Michael Jackson.

Edit: Got the song title wrong. Epic fail. Fixed.

[Whale Biologist]

Michael Jackson's Smooth Criminal was covered by Alien Ant Farm.

[Bird Flu]

Alien Ant Farm was on the Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 soundtrack, along with the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

[Dan]

@ATO!: Live and Let Die is a Wings song.

Red Hot Chilli Peppers guitarist John Frusciante has appeared on albums by The Mars Volta.

[Impulsive!]

The Mars Volta's singer, Cedric Bixler-Zavala, is regarded for the lengths he can raise his voice to without going soprano, such as in L'Via L'Viaquez.

[Dan]

As well as his vocal range, Cedric is known for his grotesque and vivid lyrics, such as those in his previous band At The Drive-In.

[coheed]

Some former members of At the Drive-In went on to form the band Sparta.

[mr.rpg king]

Sparta's song Taking Back Control is featured in "The Invisible Man" soundtrack along with a song by A Perfect Circle.

[Kid_A]

Many famous musicians from other bands have been members of A Perfect Circle at one time, including the likes of Jeordie White, bassist for Nine Inch Nails.

[Addicted to Oi!]

Nine Inch Nails' frontman, Trent Reznor, appeared as a cameo in the video for "I'm Afraid of Americans" by David Bowie.

[Tequila Sunrise]

David Bowie was scared off stage in the 80's when Elton John came out dressed up as a gorilla for a joke.

[Bird Flu]

Elton John did a live performance of Eminem's song "Stan" with Eminem.

[Whale Biologist]

Eminem sampled "Sing for the Moment" by Aerosmith for one of his tracks.

[Demikain]

Aerosmith collaborated with Run DMC in 1986 on a reworking of their song Walk This Way

[Bird Flu]

Run DMC's album Raising Hell was produced by Rick Rubin, as was Slayer's Reign in Blood.

[Cytosine]

Slayer's album Reign In Blood was released in the same year as Bon Jovi's Slippery When Wet.

[Bird Flu]

Slippery When Wet was recorded in Vancouver, British Columbia. Vancouver is the home of the band Hot Hot Heat.

oh, it's Victoria, BC. Sorry about that.

[Kid_A]

Hot Hot Heat's first full-length release, Make Up The Breakdown, was produced by Jack Endino who also produced bands such as Soundgarden and Nirvana.

[Spindrift]

Nirvana was one of many grunge bands to come out of Seattle in the early 90's. Alice in Chains was another one.

[Bird Flu]

Alice in Chains had a band member named Jerry Cantrell, who also worked with Ozzy Osbourne

[coheed]

When Ozzy was honored at the Vh1 Rock Honors in 2007, the song Paranoid was performed by Queens of the Stone Age.

[Bird Flu]

Queens of the Stone Age lead singer Josh Homme had a feud about OzzFest with OzzFest organizer Sharon Osbourne

[Dan]

Eminem sampled "Sing for the Moment" by Aerosmith for one of his tracks.


The song is called Dream On.

Sharon Osbourne is married to Ozzy Osbourne, lead singer of Black Sabbath. Another member of the band was Tony Iommi.

[Bird Flu]

Tony Iommi is the only member of Black Sabbath who has remained constant. This is also true for Dave Mustaine of Megadeth.

[Conscience]

Megadeth's other founding member was bassist David Ellefson.

[Tequila Sunrise]

David Ellefson is a guest instrumentalist on the album "Death Rap" which is underground rap emcee Necros 2007 album.

[Kid_A]

Necro first became known in 2000 for his single that sampled LL Cool J's "I Need Love

[Conscience]

LL Cool J stands for Ladies Love Cool James. (Name another musician called James)

[Bird Flu]

James Brown worked with the Black Eyed Peas.

[Conscience]

Stacey Ferguson aka Fergie was one of the solo artists who came for BEP.

[Forgotten]

Fergie is rumored to be a guest vocalist on Slash's new solo album.

[Conscience]

Slash was the guitarist for Guns n Roses.

[One Of Light]

Thom Yorke played with Radiohead in the Tibetan Freedom Concert's first incarnation, which included the band Rage Against The Machine, among others.

[Dan]

How is that related to Guns N Roses? Furthermore, you bolded two.

Guns N Roses front man Axl Rose recently released the album Chinese Democracy.

[One Of Light]

whoa my bad... all I can say is for some reason my browser showed this page back at the Thom Yorke degree... of course I'm stuck on IE 6 at the moment, so...
sincere apologies.

[Forgotten]

Chinese Democracy was released after 15+ years. This is more than 3 times the amount of years it took for Metallica to release Death Magnetic.

[coheed]

Metallica placed at #17 on Blender magazine's 25 Biggest Wusses list. Robert Smith of The Cure placed at #25 on the same list.

[One Of Light]

Paul McCartney recorded "The Girl is Mine" with Michael Jackson.

Edit: Got the song title wrong. Epic fail. Fixed.

I thought Paul and MJ recorded "Say Say Say" together...

oh yeah and The Cure (obviously featuring Robert Smith on vocals) did a cover of John Lennon's "Love" for Amnesty International's "Make Some Noise" album.

[Dan]

John Lennon acheived his greatest fame as a member of The Beatles, collaborating primarily with band mate Paul McCartney.

[Fire King]

Paul McCartney recently performed with David Grohl and The Foo Fighters at this year's Grammys.

[coheed]

Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins drummed on Coheed and Cambria's last album.
I thought Paul and MJ recorded "Say Say Say" together...
They did that one, too.

[Kid_A]

Coheed & Cambria is said to be influenced by bands such as At The Drive In.

[One Of Light]

At the Drive In had multiple members who have moved on to current prog masterminds The Mars Volta, notably singer Cedric Bixler-Zavala, guitarist Omar a-Rodriguez-Lopez and bass player Paul Hinojos.

[Dan]

John Frusciante of the Red Hot Chilli Peppers has guested on several TMV songs.

[Tequila Sunrise]

Frusciante was going to audition for Frank Zappas musical ensemble, but changed his mind when he found out that Zappa strongly prohibited use of illegal drugs.

[Magneto]

Frank Zappa's "Memories of El Monte" was recorded by The Penguins. (This should be a good one...)

[One Of Light]

... I got nothing... other than the fact that the Penguins only top 10 hit, "Earth Angel", shares most of its chords and melodic changes with "Blue Moon," which was covered by (among others) Elvis Presley.

(does that work?)

[Magneto]

(Works for me :shrug:)

On Elvis' self-titled album in '72, he covered "Don't Think Twice, It's Alright", originally performed by Bob Dylan.

[Mystic Pickle]

Bob Dylan was a member of the supergroup The Travelling Wilburys

[Magneto]

The Traveling Wilburys officially named well known drummer Jim Keltner to the band in there 2007 collection box set.

[Mystic Pickle]

Jim Keltner hails from Oklahoma, as do The Flaming Lips.

[Dan]

The Flaming Lips have won a Grammy for Best Rock Instrumental Performance, much like Pink Floyd with the song Marooned.

[Mystic Pickle]

Pink Floyd's Another Brick In The Wall Part 2, taken from the album The Dark Side Of The Moon was sampled for the track Proper Education by Eric Prydz.

I'm not just mentioning Prydz because of the sweaty gym girls in the Call On Me video, honest... :blush:

[One Of Light]

Pink Floyd's Another Brick In The Wall Part 2, taken from the album The Dark Side Of The Moon was sampled for the track Proper Education by Eric Prydz.

I'm not just mentioning Prydz because of the sweaty gym girls in the Call On Me video, honest... :blush:

Another Brick In The Wall pts 1-3 are on "The Wall," not Dark Side...
and another popular Prydz single was "Call On Me," which topped the UK singles chart back in 2004, and included a sample of "Valerie," a song by solo artist and former Blind Faith member Steve Winwood.

[Dan]

Pink Floyd is easily my favourite singer. He's just sooo good ^_^

One of Steve Winwood's eariler bands was Blind Faith. The drummer for that band was Ginger Baker.

[One Of Light]

Pink Floyd is easily my favourite singer. He's just sooo good ^_^

One of Steve Winwood's eariler bands was Blind Faith. The drummer for that band was Ginger Baker.
Ginger Baker was also a founding member of Cream, with Guitarist Eric Clapton (obviously) and Jack Bruce.
(this one should be interesting... let's see if you guys think the way I do...)

[coheed]

Jack Bruce was a member of Ringo Starr's All Starr Band, which also featured Peter Frampton on guitar.

[One Of Light]

(one note - frampton's debut solo album featured not only Ringo Starr but Billy Preston)
Peter Frampton played first in the band Humble Pie - during his time with the band he recorded with many artists, including Harry Nilsson.

[Magneto]

The song that won Nilsson his first Grammy, Everybody's Talkin', was written by Fred Neil.

[Bird Flu]

Fred Neil also wrote "The Other Side of This Life", which was covered by Jefferson Airplane

[Magneto]

Jefferson Airplane was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1996, the same year as David Bowie.

[Dan]

David Bowie's music has been featured on the TV show Life On Mars along with many other bands such as The Who.

[One Of Light]

The Who's concept masterpiece "Tommy," is oft-cited as an Inspiration to other concept pieces of the time, most notably Pink Floyd''s "The Wall," which Roger Waters has even said shared similar protagonists due to said inspiration.

[Bird Flu]

Roger Waters was a member of Pink Floyd, as was David Gilmour.

[One Of Light]

(Note - David Gilmour ALMOST ended up putting arguably his most recognizable work - Comfortably Numb, on his first solo disc, but it was finished too late to make the record, so he brought it to the band, where it made its place on "The Wall.")

David Gilmour's last studio disc, released in 2006, featured numerous guest artists, including David Crosby and Graham Nash, who shared vocals on the single "On An Island."

[One Of Light]

wow... no reply?