I'm With the Band Trivia Quiz

Answer: Jeff Beck

Neither Clapton, Beck nor Page were original members of the Yardbirds when the band formed in June, 1963. Clapton joined about four months afterward but quit in early 1965 over his objection to the band's veering from their blues origins into pop. He would go on to join Cream, Derek and the Dominoes and Blind Faith.

Clapton was replaced by Beck who influenced later guitarists such as Jimi Hendrix. Page joined the band in 1966 and the Yardbirds entered into what many afficionados consider to be their golden period, with two 'world-class' guitarists in the group.

After the band broke up in 1968 Page founded Led Zepplin and Beck achieved success with The Jeff Beck Group, the Honeydrippers and as a solo musician.

The other musicians who were inducted as part of the Yardbirds into the Rock and Roll Hall of Rame in 1992 were Chris Dreja, Jim McCarty, Keith Relf and Paul Samwell-Smith.

Answer: The Righteous Brothers

According to their biography in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Righteous Brothers defined 'blue-eyed soul.' Their hits included "You're My Soul and My Inspiration", "Unchained Melody" and "You've Lost That Lovin Feelin." Medley also scored a hit with Jennifer Warnes in 1987 with "(I've Had) The Time of My Life", from "Dirty Dancing".

Answer: The Velvet Underground

The Velvet Underground achieved a hip urban fame when they became the "house band" at Andy Warhol's Factory in the mid-1960s. Their songs reflected previously taboo subjects in white-bread American society such as drug usage, paranoia, sexual proclivities and urban nihilism. The group's fourth album "Loaded" never charted in the top 200 yet two of the songs, "Sweet Jane" and "Rock and Roll" have become rock classics.

1972's "Walk on the Wild Side" is commonly attributed to the Velvets but was in reality a solo effort by frontman Lou Reed.

Answer: Linda Ronstadt

Ronstadt has been a major influence in the music industry in a 40+ year career that has included a leading role on Broadway in "The Pirates of Penzance", a trio of best-selling big band albums recorded with legendary orchestra leader Nelson Riddle and two hit country rock albums with her friends Dolly Parton and EmmyLou Harris. Ronstadt also has recorded mariachi, Latin-American, blues, pop and jazz albums. Incredibly, though she has been the highest earning woman in rock (1978), was one of the first rock artists (male or female) to have a double-platinum album and has had more million-selling albums than several members already in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Linda Ronstadt has not yet been inducted.

For that matter, neither have Pat Benatar, Cher, Carole King (as an artist) or Carly Simon.

Answer: Nikki Sixx

Motley Crue was started in Los Angeles in 1981. Its' members have received as much publicity for their lifestyles as for their music. Their biggest selling albums were 1983's 'Shout at the Devil', 'Theatre of Pain' from 1985 and 'Girls, Girls, Girls' in 1987.

Sixx's memoir was taken from journal entries he wrote at the peak of his heroin addiction. Interestingly, after each passage there was a present day follow-up written by Motley Crue members, ex-lovers and others commenting on their perception of the events Sixx had described.

Answer: Spinal Tap

The band, of course, is fictional. The main characters in "This is Spinal Top" were played by Michael McKeon (St. Hubbins), Harry Shearer (Smalls) and Christopher Guest (Tufnel) who also wrote the 1984 film. Cameo roles were filled by Guest-directed movie regulars Fred Willard and Ed Begley, Jr. as well as Paul Shaffer, Fran Drescher, Bruno Kirby, Howard Hesseman, Patrick Macnee, Anjelica Huston, Dana Carvey and Billy Crystal.

Answer: Jeff Lynne

According the Mo Austin, chairman of the board of Warner Bros. Records, the group came to be when George Harrison needed to record a "B" side to his single "This is Love" from the "Cloud Nine" album. Harrison and the song's co-writer, Lynne, were hanging at Bob Dylan's studio with friends Petty and Orbison.

He asked his friends to help him knock off a song while they were all in the studio. The resulting number "Handle With Care" was so good that Cloud Nine's producer urged a full collaboration and The Traveling Wilburys were born.

A third volume (The Traveling Wilburys III) was recorded following Orbison's death.

Answer: The Go-Gos

The Go-Gos were the first all-female band to top the charts that also played their own instruments and produced their own music. Their first album 'Beauty and the Beat' (1981) is considered a new wave classic. They followed it up the next year with 'Vacation' which included the hit title track. The band had reached their peak and folded in 1985.

Lead singer Carlisle has had the most solo success, including the hit singles 'Heaven is a Place on Earth' (#1 Billboard, Dec. 1987) and 'Mad About You' which reached #3 on Billboard in 1986. That same year she married producer Morgan Mason, son of legendary British actor James Mason.

Answer: Drew Barrymore - Buddha and the Chocolate Factory

Pinkett plays with Wicked Wisdom (founded in 2002) as Jada Koren. The Lt. Dan Band, featuring Sinise and fellow Steppenwolf Theater member Kimo Williams, has played for USO shows and at military bases in the US and overseas. The name of Crowe's band is said to come from a movie industry term for dubbing sound over a scene. 'Buddha and the Chocolate Box' was an album released by Cat Stevens in 1974.

Answer: Pamela Des Barres

Born Pamela Miller, Des Barres was referred to as "Miss Pamela". She and her groupie/performance art troup the GTOs (Girls Together Outrageously) have been referenced as the basis for the characters of Penny Lane and her fellow "Band Aids" in the 2000 film "Almost Famous." Des Barres's early life was also seen as the inspiration, in part, for 2002's "The Banger Sisters."

She married actor/glam rocker Michael Des Barres in 1978 and has written several other books, both fiction and non-fiction, chronicling the backstage rock lifestyle.