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1. Erstwhile Pink Floyd leader Syd Barrett had always been a bit of an unstable character. But the copious amounts of LSD he began consuming during the initial rise of fame of his band were beginning to take their toll. He became unmanageable to such a degree that in 1968 the rest of the band forced him to leave. The mentally crushed Barrett made two solo albums and then disappeared from view, to live in anonymity with his mum. Which band wrote the song "I Know Where Syd Barrett Lives"?
2. When 13th Floor Elevators singer Roky Erickson was arrested for the possession of one joint in 1969, he pleaded insanity to avoid a prison sentence. What followed went a bit "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest", as Erickson was subjected to electro-shock therapy and was never the same again. These days he lives behind a porn shop in Austin, Texas doing what?
3. Reggae and Dub mastermind Lee Perry had built his own studios in 1974 in Kingston, Jamaica. There he produced tracks for Bob Marley, Junior Murvin and Max Romeo, among others. But Perry was not only a dab hand at recording, he could also consume quite a bit of weed and rum. First he covered every inch of the walls, floor and equipment with his idiosyncratic little rhymes. And in 1979, in a stupor, he burned his studio down. Later he blamed bad wiring, but sometimes he'll also claim he burned it down because Satan was living there. What was the name of the studios? Its black remains are still there today, by the way.
4. Nowadays Ozzy Osbourne may be a lovable celebrity who's more than welcome to visit your All-American houses on a weekly basis, but there used to be a time when he was a little bit wilder. He even gets invited to have dinner with President Bush. But I don't think ol' Dubya would've been so welcoming if he'd known the Ozzer was once arrested for one of these following offences - which one?
5. Everybody knows the story about how Beach Boy Brian Wilson shelved the supposed masterpiece "Smile". However, in 2004 he released the "Smile" project as a solo album. What band recorded the album with him and toured with him as well?
6. The Who drummer Keith Moon, aka 'Moon the Loon', was quite a wild character but some of the stories that are told about him are purely apocryphal. Which of the following is completely untrue?
7. Who was the only musician to fall victim to California's 'three strikes and you're out'-law? During an argument with a neighbour he reportedly fired a gun into the air. He was arrested and convicted of illegal possession of a firearm and reckless discharge of a firearm. He had had earlier convictions: assorted drug charges, two alleged arson incidents (he once broke into an ex-girlfriend's apartment and tried to burn it down), and driving without insurance since 1963. He received eight to twelve years.
8. Who is the electronic music prankster who once DJ'd at a glitzy New York party using only sanding paper on his turntables? He's also the proud owner of an armed tank, does gigs surrounded by fighting bunnies bearing his face and makes remixes for other bands, often without even listening to the original recording.
9. During the recording of his masterpiece, "Trout Mask Replica", Captain Beefheart called for eight men with a specific profession to come round to the house where they were recording. Which profession was this?
10. Which musician once broke into an old lady's house and chucked her out of a window because he was convinced that she was possessed by the devil?
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