Can you name the Backing Bands?

Lead	Band
Adam and...
Ben Harper and...
Bill Haley and...
Bob Marley and...
Bob Seger and...
Bruce Hornsby and...
Bruce Springsteen and...
Edie Brickell and...
Elvis Costello and...
Frankie Lymon and...
Frank Zappa and...
Gladys Knight and...
Grandmaster Flash and...
Huey Lewis and...

Lead	Band
Joan Jett and...
KC and...
Kool and...
Lisa Loeb and...
Martha Reeves and...
Nick Cave and...
Otis Redding and...
Paul Revere and...
Prince and...
Siouxsie and...
Sly and...
Tommy James and...
Tom Petty and...
Ziggy Marley and...

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Backing Bands Quiz

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Published: December 5th, 2008
Category: Music
Plays: 62,951

Tags: Bands Quizzes, Lead Singers, Rock Band, backing, Rock Group, lead

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	mosfunky:	Dec 5th, 2008 at 04:27 GMT	4 points
	great quiz! should've remembered lisa loeb.

	Alex:	Dec 5th, 2008 at 04:33 GMT	5 points
	awesome quiz, others that might be considered are Booker T. and the M.G.'s, Hootie & the Blowfish and George Thorogood and the Destroyers

	ku_sucks:	Dec 5th, 2008 at 04:48 GMT	3 points
	wouldn't have gotten prince's band if it weren't for that great charlie murphy/dave chappelle skit. also, how about frankie valli and the 4 seasons?

	Adrian:	Dec 5th, 2008 at 04:49 GMT	13 points
	Hootie & the Blowfish aren't the singer and his backing bands name, they're named after friends of the band, one who looked like an owl and one who looked like a blowfish. And I hate that I know that.

	cottb128:	Dec 5th, 2008 at 05:24 GMT	3 points
	Good stuff, also maybe George Clinton and the Parliament Funkadelic and Morris Day and the Time. Oh and an excellent bonus answer should be Jesse and the Rippers.

	Hackzor:	Dec 5th, 2008 at 05:38 GMT	2 points
	Morris Day and the Time possibly. Great quiz idea though.

	Psychlone:	Dec 5th, 2008 at 05:43 GMT	8 points
	Elvis Costello is currently backed by The Imposters

	chillicothe20:	Dec 5th, 2008 at 05:44 GMT	3 points
	Where is Ryan Adams and his Cardinals?

	mokos:	Dec 5th, 2008 at 05:51 GMT	6 points
	Niiiiiiiiiiice quiz. Uh......people.......is everyone going to name one of the million artists not included in this quiz? These are good choices- equal parts hard and easy.

	Vernon Gonsalves:	Dec 5th, 2008 at 10:05 GMT	2 points
	Missed Ben Harper and Otis Redding. Matt/Hackzor, I've always known "The Time" to be just that (no Morris Day) and "The NPG or New Power Generation" should be acceptable for Prince too. Think he had them credited all through the early 90's

	Bray:	Dec 5th, 2008 at 11:23 GMT	0 points
	Only got Nick Cave and Bad Seeds xD

	Rackie:	Dec 5th, 2008 at 11:34 GMT	-4 points
	What about Cliff Richard XD

	raggedyanne:	Dec 5th, 2008 at 12:37 GMT	5 points
	Looking at the previous comments, I'd say there's more than enough fodder and interest for a sequel to this quiz, and there are other possibilities I can think of too. Are you listening, O Great Sporclemeister? ;)

	Googs:	Dec 5th, 2008 at 12:41 GMT	3 points
	My brain hurts (the sign of a good quiz). I am looking forward to a sequel!

	chrispaz:	Dec 5th, 2008 at 12:49 GMT	1 point
	Being from England, i'd never heard of Edie Brickell or Paul Revere, but this was a great quiz and I second raggedyanne's idea of a sequel. There are so many good ones left (Lloyd Cole and the Commotions is my personal favourite).

	Ellinikos:	Dec 5th, 2008 at 12:51 GMT	10 points
	I have to admit, I was horribly disappointed by the lack of Dr Teeth and the Electric Mayhem :p

	Cartophiliac:	Dec 5th, 2008 at 12:58 GMT	5 points
	When Edie Brickell & New Bohemians first hit the scene, they were adamant that they were NOT "The" New Bohemians. Just New Bohemians... FWIW

	Chad:	Dec 5th, 2008 at 13:39 GMT	5 points
	Me gusta mucho esta examen!

	Westley:	Dec 5th, 2008 at 14:10 GMT	5 points
	Elvis Costello's backing band on his first CD was the Clovers, although he released that CD solo. Four of his most recent CDs were with the Imposters, which definitely should be a correct alternate response.

	Kicking222:	Dec 5th, 2008 at 16:02 GMT	4 points
	Agree on Elvis Costello (I tried Impostors before thinking of Attractions). Great quiz regardless. I would certainly love to see a sequel.

	bkb24:	Dec 5th, 2008 at 16:09 GMT	4 points
	nice to see the ants and the banshees....but where are the bunnymen!?!?! Quizzes are strange. :) Maybe a quiz about bands that rename themselves...

	pete:	Dec 5th, 2008 at 16:16 GMT	3 points
	where is Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs? Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels?

	swjm:	Dec 5th, 2008 at 16:28 GMT	-3 points
	How about B-b-b-b-b-Bennie and the Jets? Well...maybe as a bonus?

	Yennykins:	Dec 5th, 2008 at 16:29 GMT	4 points
	Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch?

	Chumley:	Dec 5th, 2008 at 17:13 GMT	4 points
	Cartophiliac is correct. There is no "the" in Edie Brickell and New Bohemians. Adrian is correct about Hootie and the Blowfish.

	CottonNero:	Dec 5th, 2008 at 17:27 GMT	8 points
	Nitpicking: It's Bill Haley and His Comets.

	magister:	Dec 5th, 2008 at 17:49 GMT	1 point
	We could have a whole quiz about ska-punk backing bands. My favorite was one my friend suggested: Johnny No-Name and The So-And-Sos.

	Statto2:	Dec 5th, 2008 at 18:06 GMT	2 points
	@bkb24 I think Echo was a drum machine. Ian McCulloch was never Echo. @chrispaz - Edie Brickell & the NBs did quite well in UK for one album & I saw them in London. Edie later married Paul Simon.

	Statto2:	Dec 5th, 2008 at 18:11 GMT	3 points
	How about Smokey Robinson & the Miracles? Neil Young & Crazy Horse? Jason & the Scorchers?

	BenA:	Dec 5th, 2008 at 18:34 GMT	3 points
	Finally the legend Nick Cave makes an appearance on Sporcle. I was actually hoping a game like this one would come along. Good quiz!

	Fawkes:	Dec 5th, 2008 at 19:02 GMT	6 points
	No one's mentioned Buddy Holly and the Crickets?

	Alan Reid:	Dec 5th, 2008 at 19:36 GMT	1 point
	who can forget Johnny and the Self Abusers - who became Simple Minds?

	grant:	Dec 5th, 2008 at 21:05 GMT	2 points
	great quiz! a lot of good bands not mentioned. and also, chancelikely's right: bill haley and HIS comets is the name of haley's band.

	TheBluesMan:	Dec 5th, 2008 at 23:37 GMT	4 points
	For the sequel - Otis Day and the Knights. Once a fictional band from Animal House, they are now a real band and still touring, thirty years later...

	Annie:	Dec 6th, 2008 at 00:05 GMT	1 point
	I'm surprised at the number I got correct. Martha Reeves confused me; I feel like it should have been just Martha and the Vandellas. But I could be wrong...

	Tom:	Dec 6th, 2008 at 01:45 GMT	2 points
	There are probably enough backing bands out there to fuel a second quiz. How about Ronnie Spector and the Ronnettes or Kenny Rogers and the First Edition?

	DerKomissar:	Dec 6th, 2008 at 02:04 GMT	-2 points
	Too many are missing. Where are George Thurgood and the Destroyers, Afrika Bambaataa and the Soul Sonic Force, Hootie and the Blowfish, Heavy D and the Boyz, Lil' Jon and the East Side Boyz, Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch, Katrina and the Waves, Dick Dale and his Del-Tones?

	pitty:	Dec 6th, 2008 at 03:31 GMT	0 points
	i loved this quiz. Possible suggestion for a sequel... Johnny Cash and the Tennessee Three.

	mattjvw:	Dec 6th, 2008 at 05:43 GMT	1 point
	How 'bout some G-Love & Special Sauce? And I have to second Dr. Teeth.

	iamthedancefloor:	Dec 6th, 2008 at 12:04 GMT	1 point
	Gah. For some reason I was convinced it was 'family Sloane.' Then again, I still did fairly badly, so it wouldn't have mattered (: