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The "Brum Beat"

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The Brum Beat game quiz
"The "Brum Beat" was a vibrant music scene in Birmingham UK in the '60s. How many of its major players can you identify from my condensed biographies?"

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  



1. After a brief spell in prison, this singer helped to found Black Sabbath. His outrageous antics both on and off stage led to a split with the band. In recent years he has become a cult TV personality.
    Bill Ward
    Terence "Geezer" Butler
    John "Ozzy" Osbourne
    Tony Iommi


2. This singer and multi-instrumentalist found success in three different bands: The Spencer Davis Group, Traffic and Blind Faith before embarking on a successful solo career.
    Chris Ward
    Jim Capaldi
    Steve Winwood
    Dave Mason


3. This singer and guitarist was in cult Birmingham band The Idle Race, before joining The Move and then co-founding ELO, with whom he had huge international success.
    Dave Carroll
    Bob Lamb
    Greg Masters
    Jeff Lynne


4. This singer and multi-instrumentalist was in legendary Birmingham band Mike Sheridan and the Nightriders before co-founding both The Move and ELO. He left ELO before they became really successful, but found further success with his glam-rock band, Wizzard.
    Roy Wood
    Rick Price
    Carl Wayne
    Ace Kefford


5. This one's a little more difficult. This founder member of The Move left the band shortly after a now famous on-stage altercation with the band's drummer!
    Johnny Mann
    Dave Pritchard
    Trevor Burton
    Roger Spencer


6. Guitarist and singer with The Moody Blues, this man left the band soon after their early successes. He was part of several largely unsuccessful projects until linking up with Paul McCartney in Wings, who had massive single and album successes worldwide.
    Viv Prince
    Mike Pinder
    John Lodge
    Denny Laine


7. Guitarist who lost the tips of two fingers in a factory accident. Despite this setback, his driving riffs helped to define his band's sound, and also helped give birth to "Heavy Metal".
    Pat Pegg
    Neil Cressin
    Tony Iommi
    Alan Meredith


8. Drummer with several local bands but more famously with both The Move and ELO. He was also briefly the sticksman for Black Sabbath.
    Bev Bevan
    Phil Cash
    Gerald Freeman
    Al Jackson


9. Remarkably the "Brum beat" group The Band of Joy contained two members destined for worldwide stardom: the vocalist and the drummer both were to join a band initially called The New Yardbirds. They soon changed this name and went on to become one of the biggest rock groups of all time. The singer was?
    David Cowley
    Noddy Holder
    Robert Plant
    Ian Gillan


10. And the drummer with The Band of Joy was?
    Steve Brett
    John Handcox
    John Bonham
    Alan Madden


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