Vaguely INTERESTING POP Trivia questions

[Razzoo]

Name the person who is an iconic lead guitarist despite losing the ends of his fingers in an accident in his early years.

Tony Iommi

 

[Nitram]

Tony Iommi

Correct.

 

[DavidinSouthampton]

Name the only Beatles track to feature a lead vocal from someone other than one of the fab four?

Billy Preston? If he did, don't know which track.

 

[Mowgli37]

The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill.

Yoko Ono

And we have a winner!

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Name the person who is an iconic lead guitarist despite losing the ends of his fingers in an accident in his early years.

What about one armed rock drummers?

 

[Stato]

What about one armed rock drummers?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yZ9PyykZkE

 

[Stato]

Wreckless Eric is correct. His autobiography "A Dysfunctional Success" is a good read.

 

[Barrow Boy]

What links a former presenter of Countdown and Buddy Holly?

 

[Razzoo]

My Uncle Jamie went to St. Peter's Boys School in India with someone who became a music legend, can you name him? a clue, the years were mid to late 50's

 

[Barrow Boy]

My Uncle Jamie went to St. Peter's Boys School in India with someone who became a music legend, can you name him? a clue, the years were mid to late 50's

Freddie Mercury

 

[Razzoo]

Freddie Mercury

Yes very good, correct

 

[Prince Monolulu]

What links a former presenter of Countdown and Buddy Holly?

Whenever I see Carol V I say 'Oh Boy' so must be her

 

[wallyback]

Billy Preston? If he did, don't know which track.

You know my name!

 

[Pogue Mahone]

You know my name!

You're called Billy Preston?

 

[Bombadier Botty]

It wasn't Arthur Brown who lived in Seaford, it was Uli Jon Roth from The Scorpions, but I don't know a Hendrix connection.

Anyway, Monika Danneman was the answer, Hendrix's girlfriend at the time of his death, last person to see him alive and lived out the rest of her life in Belgrave Road, Seaford (later married Uli Jon Roth)

 

[Mackenzie]

Which racehorse trainer was once the drummer for 60's super group The Troggs?

 

[El Presidente]

Which world famous male singer used to be a gravedigger?

Dave Vanian

 

[brakespear]

You know my name!

are you sure about that? I thought it was just the Beatles plus Mal Evans and Wiki seems to mostly agree although I both sources have been proved wrong many times

 

[El Presidente]

Why according to Gary Glitter was it not possible for him to have fiddled with young girls after his gigs in the 1970's?

He was too busy fiddling with young boys?

 

[Pogue Mahone]

Dave Vanian

That's what I thought. Apparently, the answer was Rod Stewart. Maybe I'm missing something.