'Music For Chameleons' - Animals in Rock Quiz

Answer: Tiger

Mud was formed in London during 1966 and consisted of Les Gray on vocals, flamboyant guitarist Rob Davis, Ray Stiles on bass and drummer Dave Mount. From the successful Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman stable, Mud had success with 'Tiger Feet' which was the United Kingdom's biggest selling hit single of 1974, 'Lonely This Christmas' and 'Oh Boy!'; a total of three number ones from fourteen top 20 hits over a three year period between 1973 and 1976. Rob Davis enjoyed further success after Mud as one half of a song-writing team with the UK's Cathy Dennis producing huge club hits such as 'Toca's Miracle' for the band Fragma and 'I Can't Get You Out Of My Head', a massive worldwide hit for Australian singer Kylie Minogue.

Answer: Cat Scratch Fever

Nugent began his career with the Amboy Dukes, from which he departed for a solo career in 1975. During the late 1980s and the 1990s Nugent performed with the supergroup Damn Yankees but his musical career has taken something of a backseat in recent years; his efforts more channelled towards support for the US National Rifle Association, conservation projects, hunting and Republican politics.

Cat Scratch Fever, also known as Teeny's Disease, is a mild infection contracted after receiving a scratch from an animal or, in some cases, by thorns; it is easily treated with a course of antibiotics, but most normally healthy people are able to fight off the infection with no medical intervention being required.

Answer: Psycho Monkey

The track 'Psycho Monkey' is the thirteenth track on Satriani's instrumental album 'Crystal Planet'. Unfortunately the piece was never released as a single and has no lyric content which makes it difficult, nay impossible, to write about, so please bear with me! Guitar virtuoso Joe Satriani released the album 'Crystal Planet', his seventh, during March 1998.

The album achieved the number fifty position on the US Billboard 200 chart and has been described in the music press as being "Satriani's finest all-instrumental effort since 'Surfing with the Alien'"...

In this author's opinion, although 'Crystal Planet' certainly contains some superb work such as 'Train of Angels' and 'Lights of Heaven', I still believe that his 1992 album 'The Extremist' contains his best compositions.

Answer: American Horse

The song 'American Horse' appeared on 'Sonic Temple' the band's 1989 album release. The band that was to become The Cult was founded in Bradford during 1981 by Ian Astbury. Originally known as the Southern Death Cult, this incarnation lasted until February 1983 after which Astbury, with guitarist Billy Duffy formed the nucleus of a new band they named Death Cult.

In less than a year the band had changed once again to become what they are known as today, The Cult. They achieved mainstream success with the release of their fourth single 'She Sells Sanctuary' which they quickly followed with the issue of their second album 'Love' which peaked at position number four on the UK Album Chart in 1985.

Although generally still considered a cult band (I hope you'll excuse the pun!) they have enjoyed a long and successful career, their 1987 album 'Electric' also peaking at the number four spot on the UK Album Chart.

In spite of two break-ups the band are still active and released the album, 'Hidden City' in February 2016.

Answer: Eagle

Written as a tribute to the US country-rock band, the Eagles, this was the opening song to ABBA's fifth album simply entitled 'ABBA: The Album' and at a running time of five minutes and fifty one seconds, it is the longest song in this fine band's catalogue.

Unfortunately, the song was heavily edited to make it more radio friendly; this did the song no favour and it performed poorly in those countries in which it was released which included Australia, Belgium, West Germany and Switzerland. The track was also featured on the band's 1977 drama-documentary 'ABBA: The Movie' which followed the band on their Australian tour and which featured what is probably one of the most tenuous plots in movie history... You need to see the film to appreciate this but the fact shouldn't detract from the fabulous music and concert footage that the film features.

Answer: Johnny the Fox

This album, Thin Lizzy's seventh, was written by Phil Lynott whilst he was in hospital recovering from hepatitis. 'Johnny the Fox' was the last Thin Lizzy album to feature the talent of guitarist Brian Robertson. In keeping with other albums by this band, the recording process was fraught at the best of times. Lynott and Robertson constantly clashed over musical and song writing issues; Lynott disappeared for a few days after some harsh criticism of his song 'Don't Believe a Word' although he later had his revenge when he omitted Robertson's name from the song credits after he (Robertson) had re-worked it from the original.

The album sleeve artwork was designed by Thin Lizzy collaborator, Jim Fitzpatrick who also provided the artwork for the albums 'Nightlife', 'Jailbreak' and 'Black Rose' amongst others. Jim Fitzpatrick's most famous and widely copied work is his two colour portrait of Cuban revolutionary, Che Guevara.

Answer: Diamond Dogs

With a running time of five minutes and fifty eight seconds, the song 'Diamond Dogs' is the longest track on the 1974 album of the same name. The album, Bowie's musical interpretation of a dystopian world, was the result of an intended co-operation with the estate of George Orwell, the author of the novel 'Nineteen Eighty-Four' but a refusal to co-operate put paid to Bowie's idea of a musical theatrical production.

The album was released on the 24th of May 1974 and achieved its highest placing on the UK Album Chart at the number one position and a highest placing at the number five position on the US Billboard 200 Chart.

The original album artwork by Belgian Guy Peellaert, proved controversial in that the half-man, half-dog figure of a reclining David Bowie was displaying its genitals and although the offending organs were airbrushed out in the later gatefold sleeve version of the album, any copy of the incredibly rare original sleeves often command prices well into thousands of dollars.

In addition to the song 'Diamond Dogs', other songs from the album released as singles were 'Rebel, Rebel' and '1984'.

Answer: Spider

Is 'Boris the Spider' a novelty song? Jimi Hendrix certainly didn't think so as he cited it as a favourite as did the legions of The Who fans who caused it to become one of the most popular songs performed during the band's live shows. The song, his first ever for the band, was written by Entwhistle after a drinking session with his friend Bill Wyman, bassist with the British megastars The Rolling Stones, a session during which the pair were trying to think of humorous names for animals.

The song was only ever released as a track on the 1966 album 'A Quick One'.

Answer: Lobster

This zany song was taken from the eponymous album released by the even zanier band, the B-52's. Written by Fred Schneider and Ricky Wilson, 'Rock Lobster' was the first single for the B-52's and was a hit in the US where it achieved the number 56 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart.

The song was a massive hit in Canada where it occupied the number one spot on the Canadian Singles Chart, numbers three and thirty eight on the Australian ARIA Chart and on the Official New Zealand Music Chart respectively and the number thirty seven spot on the UK Singles chart. 'Rock Lobster' has been released on five separate occasions each with a different 'b'-side track but has, in spite of this, become something of a signature tune for the B-52's although on a personal level even though I find the song amusing but fascinating I think that it has been eclipsed by their 1989 hit 'Love Shack' as their signature song.

Answer: Gary Numan

Tubeway Army was founded in London in 1976 by Numan himself, Jess Lidyard and Paul Gardiner. In 1978, after the band's first two singles both failed to chart, they released their first eponymous album on the Beggars Banquet record label. Meeting with limited success, the album achieved the number fourteen position on the UK Album Chart.

Their second album, 'Replicas', released in 1979, was a huge hit in the UK reaching the number one spot on the Album Chart achieving a gold certification. The single 'Are Friends Electric?' released on the 19th of May 1979, was a worldwide hit achieving number one status on the UK Singles Chart and top twenty positions in Austria, Belgium, Ireland, the Netherlands and New Zealand. Shortly after the success of 'Replicas' Numan dropped the Tubeway Army name and began releasing material under his own name enjoying huge success before his popularity finally waned from 1983 onwards. Numan still commands a small but very loyal fan base and is still performing and touring. Comedian Steve Coogan's alter-ego, the depressive DJ and television chat show host Alan Partridge, can be seen performing a very amusing air guitar sequence along to 'Music for Chameleons' in his Series two episode 'I Know What Alan Did Last Summer'.