I'm with the Movie...er Band : Volume 1 Quiz

Answer: The Band

Filmed by Martin Scorsese in 1976 and released in 1978, "The Last Waltz" brought together many of The Band's musical influences as well as musicians they had played with. The Band started out playing with Ronnie Hawkins as the Hawks in the 1950s and backed up Bob Dylan in the 1960s (when they were referred to as "the band" and that became their name) before they went out on their own. Both Dylan and Hawkins as well as Neil Young, Eric Clapton and Muddy Waters--to name just a few, performed in the movie/concert.

Some of The Band's biggest hits were "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down", "The Weight" and "Up on Cripple Creek".

Answer: Pink Floyd

Based on Pink Floyd's album "The Wall", the movie was released in 1982. Roger Waters said the work was influenced by the story "The Wall" by Jean-Paul Sartre. Waters wrote the screenplay and the animation was done by Gerald Scarfe who had done the illustrations on "The Wall" album. Bob Geldof (Boomtown Rats) played Pink, who shaved his hair and eyebrows in the midst of his breakdown and thought he was a neo-Nazi dictator in the concert scene.

Answer: Spinal Tap

Directed by Rob Reiner and released in 1984, "This is Spinal Tap" was a mock documentary of the band, Spinal Tap, whose members included Christopher Guest as Nigel Tufnel, Michael McKean as David St. Hubbins and Harry Shearer as Derek Smalls, David Kaff as Viv Savage and a succession of drummers who came to bad ends.

The movie was considered a modest success when released, but has grown into a cult favorite and paved the way for other mockumentaries, many of which were written by Christopher Guest and star some of the same actors as in "Spinal Tap".

Answer: Joan Jett

Filmed in the Chicago area (as well as Indiana and Ohio) and released in 1987, the movie featured Michael J. Fox and Joan Jett as siblings in a bar band in Ohio. The movie starred Gena Rowlands as their mother, who had a troubled relationship with Joan Jett's character, Patti Rasnick, an unwed mother. The movie also starred Michael McKean ("Spinal Tap", "Lavergne and Shirley") as a member of their band, the Barbusters.

Joan Jett and the Blackhearts charted with "I Love Rock and Roll", a cover of "Crimson and Clover" and "I Hate Myself for Loving You". Her song, "Bad Reputation" was featured in the movie, "Shrek".

Answer: Almost Famous

Cameron Crowe wrote and directed this semi-autobiographical movie about William Miller (played by Patrick Fugit), a young "Rolling Stone" reporter and his adventures on tour with fictional band, Stillwater. Frances McDormand was great in a small part as his mother.

Kate Hudson's mom, Goldie Hawn, played an ex-groupie in "The Banger Sisters".

Answer: Detroit Rock City

Starring Edward Furlong as Hawk, the movie was about a KISS cover band who were trying to see the band play a concert in 1978 and the obstacles they faced to do so. KISS did appear in the movie and the soundtrack featured other heavy metal bands of the time. The movie takes its title from a song by KISS.

Answer: Alice Cooper

While backstage at an Alice Cooper concert, Alice told Wayne and Garth that Milwaukee was pronounced "mill-e-wah-que" which was Algonquin for "the good land". "Wayne's World" starred Mike Meyers and Dana Carvey as Wayne and Garth, the hosts of a cable show filmed in Wayne's basement in Aurora, Illinois.

The band took the name, "Alice Cooper," in 1968. They put on great stage shows featuring props, dancers and special effects. Front man Vincent Damon Furnier took the name Alice Cooper for himself in 1975. The "Welcome to My Nightmare" tour was aired as a television special and Alice appeared on the "Muppet Show", the "Midnight Special" concert series in the 1970s and in film. Some of Alice's hits include "I'm Eighteen", "School's Out" and "Poison".

Answer: I Wanna Hold Your Hand

Starring Nancy Allen as Pam Mitchell, one of the girls did manage to get into their hotel room. Reflecting the Beatlemania of the time, the movie did a good job of showing just how crazy fans could be. There were also fun references to future Beatles songs that weren't recorded at the time of Beatlemania, as well as plenty of Beatles' music.

The movie was co-written and directed by Robert Zemeckis and was released in 1978.

Answer: Up in Smoke

The movie was released in 1978 and featured Stacy Keach as Sergeant Stedanko (Hard Hat Hard Hat) and Tom Skerritt as Strawberry. The plot centered around Cheech and Chong trying to purchase some pot and the many odd characters they met and situations they got themselves into. For instance, after being deported to Mexico, they unknowingly drove a truck made of marijuana back to Los Angeles.

"Earache My Eye" was a song first included on the comedy album, "Cheech & Chong's Wedding Album" released in 1974.

Answer: The Blues Brothers

Begun as a comedy sketch on "Saturday Night Live," Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi starred in this 1980 movie as Jake and Elwood Blues, who put their old band together to raise money to pay the taxes on the orphanage they grew up in. Members of the band included Steve Cropper, Lou Marini, Alan Rubin, Jonny Rosch, Matt "Guitar" Murphy, Donald "Duck" Dunn and Eddie Floyd.

Some of the musicians had played with Booker T and the M.G.s and others were from the "Saturday Night Live" band. Featured performers in the movie included James Brown, Aretha Franklin and Ray Charles.