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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.
    John "Ozzy" Osbourne
    Tony Iommi
    Terence "Geezer" Butler
    Bill Ward


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
    Jeff Lynne
    Greg Masters
    Bob Lamb


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.
    Ace Kefford
    Carl Wayne
    Roy Wood
    Rick Price


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!
    Dave Pritchard
    Trevor Burton
    Roger Spencer
    Johnny Mann


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.
    Denny Laine
    John Lodge
    Viv Prince
    Mike Pinder


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.
    Al Jackson
    Gerald Freeman
    Bev Bevan
    Phil Cash


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?
    Robert Plant
    Ian Gillan
    Noddy Holder
    David Cowley


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

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