Atomic Rooster Trivia Quiz

Answer: Death Walks Behind You

Composed by Vincent Crane, "Tomorrow Night" is a song taken from the band's album "Death Walks Behind You". Both the single and the album were released in 1970. Chart-wise, the single peaked at number eleven on the UK Charts and stayed in the charts for twelve weeks.

Answer: Death Walks Behind You

Atomic Rooster personnel featured on the 1970s album were John Du Cann - guitars, lead vocals, Vincent Crane - Hammond organ, piano, keyboard bass, backing vocals and Paul Hammond - drums, percussion. The song was written by John Du Cann. The track starts off with a brilliant intro and builds up slowly.

Answer: Death Walks Behind You

The track "Gershatzer" is an instrumental. The distinctive sound of the Hammond organ comes from Vincent Crane. Crane also wrote the music for the track. Vincent Crane was the original organist for the English rock band The Crazy World of Arthur Brown. Crane joined Atomic Rooster in 1969.

Answer: Death Walks Behind You

"Vug" was another instrumental from the band. The track was written by Vincent Crane and produced by Paul Hammond, John Du Cann, and Vincent Crane.

The album "Death Walks Behind You" is a fantastic blend of heavy rock and progressive music and the unmistakable sound of the Hammond organ at full blast. This album was the band's second studio album, released on the original B&C label in the UK and Elektra Records in the US. The album is considered to be the band's best album from the 1970s, both commercially and by the music industry.

Answer: Atomic Roooster

"Friday the 13th" was written by keyboardist Vincent Crane. The album was produced by the band; however, tracks one and seven were produced by Tony Colton, a writer and arranger who had links with the band Yes and later was the frontman for the band Heads, Hands, and Feet.

The lyrics from the song are about the cry for help and the state of being saved or protected from harm.

Answer: Atomic Roooster

"Before Tomorrow" is an instrumental and was written by Vincent Crane.

The track "Before Tomorrow" has intricate drumming by Palmer, a strong lead guitar, and Hammond hammering, with orchestration, strings, and cello. It's definitely a sound from the 1970s that you can dig!

Answer: Atomic Roooster

In the late 1960s, Vincent Crane composed the song "Banstead," following his involuntary admission to the Banstead Asylum. The first verse of the song is as followers,

"Please take me out of this place,
Yeah, I know I'm never gonna learn.
Please, take me out of this place,
What I do with my life is my own concern."

Answer: Atomic Roooster

"Atomic Rooster" is the debut album for the band. The album was recorded between December 1969 and January 1970 and finally released in February 1970. Members of the band on the album were Vincent Crane (Hammond organ, Rhodes piano, backing vocals), Nick Graham (bass guitar, lead vocals, flute), and Carl Palmer (drums, percussion), congas (tracks 4, 9), and glockenspiel (track 7). Nick Graham left the band a few weeks after the launch of the album and was replaced by John Du Cann, who was a vocalist and guitarist and could also play the cello.

Answer: In Hearing of Atomic Rooster

"In Hearing of Atomic Rooster" was the band's legendary third studio album, released in 1971 on the Pegasus label and on the Elektra Label in the US. The album reached number 18 on the UK Albums Chart.

Personnel on this album were Vincent Crane, John Cann, Pete French and Paul Hammond.

Answer: In Hearing of Atomic Rooster

The guitarist Cann composed the song "Break the Ice," which included a snappy riff on the guitar and keyboard that the group hammered out. Thankfully, it was a killer riff that the band was known for. At the song's conclusion, you also get to hear Cann round up the song with one of his signature guitar riffs.

Answer: In Hearing of Atomic Rooster

Another song written by Vincent Crane and produced by Paul Hammond, John Du Cann and Vincent Crane. The artwork for the cover was by Roger Dean, an English designer, publisher, and artist. In the late 1960s, he got involved in artwork for album sleeves and produced the cover for the band. He has worked with bands such as Yes, Asia, and Uriah Heep.

Answer: In Hearing of Atomic Rooster

This song is an instrumental. Atomic Rooster had a history of instrumentals.

In 1973, Hammond left the group when Crane fired Du Cann. After leaving, both of them joined Bullet (later renamed Hard Stuff). Later, Du Cann joined Thin Lizzy as Gary Moore's replacement. Atomic Rooster never truly recovered, despite a brief comeback in the late 1970s with the reuniting of the "classic" line-up.