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Friends of Aerosmith Trivia Quiz

This quiz is about friends of Aerosmith mentioned in their "Walk This Way" autobiography.

A multiple-choice quiz by mamakin72. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
mamakin72

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
163,146

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
4 / 10

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773

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Question 1 of 10

1. What guitarist, whose group, The McCoy's, had a hit song with "Hang On Sloopy", attended high school in NYC with Steven after Steven was kicked out of Roosevelt High? Hint

Rick Derringer

Ace Frehley

Joe Perry

Twity Farren

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Question 2 of 10

2. Who was the guitarist of the band, Justin Thyme, that Brad formerly played in and had played with and known Steven and Joe for years? Hint

Twitty Farren

Don Solomon

Charlie Farren

Justin Thyme

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Question 3 of 10

3. Who was the band's main drug dealer in the 70's before getting busted by the FBI? Hint

Gary Buermele

Zunk Buker III

Gary Cabozzi

Mark Lehman

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Question 4 of 10

4. Who was the band's first roadie? Hint

Mark Lehman

Joe Baptista

Bob Kelleher

Jack Douglas

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Question 5 of 10

5. Who was the original rhythm guitarist who eventually ended up controlling the fan club and t-shirt merchandising for the band? Hint

Ray Tabano

Don Solomon

Rick Dufay

Jimmy Crespo

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Question 6 of 10

6. Who was the drummer in Joe and Tom's Jam Band? Hint

Joey Kramer

Ronnie Stewart

Steven Tyler

Pudge Scott

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Question 7 of 10

7. What is the name of Brad's first wife? Hint

Karen Phillips

Cyrinda Phillips

April Phillips

Lori Phillips

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Question 8 of 10

8. Who was the band's pilot in the 70's? Hint

Steve Barrasso

Zunk Buker Jr.

Frank Connoly

Tim Collins

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Question 9 of 10

9. Who did Elyssa Jerret date before Joe Perry? Hint

Jeff Beck

Keith Richards

Jimmy Page

Joe Jammer

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Question 10 of 10

10. Who was Cyrinda Foxe-Tyler's first husband? Hint

Jack Douglas

David Johanssen

James Foxe

Andy Warhol

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What guitarist, whose group, The McCoy's, had a hit song with "Hang On Sloopy", attended high school in NYC with Steven after Steven was kicked out of Roosevelt High?

Answer: Rick Derringer

Derringer, whose name was originally Rick Zerringer, opened for Aerosmith in the late 70's. His one solo hit was "Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo".

2. Who was the guitarist of the band, Justin Thyme, that Brad formerly played in and had played with and known Steven and Joe for years?

Answer: Twitty Farren

Twitty played with Steven in the band William Proud.

3. Who was the band's main drug dealer in the 70's before getting busted by the FBI?

Answer: Zunk Buker III

Steven grew up with Zunk III at Sunapee and when he got into drug dealing Steven felt it only natural to "help out" a friend by giving him steady customers.

4. Who was the band's first roadie?

Answer: Mark Lehman

Mark was a friend of Joe's who offered his services to them when the band first started. After continuous complaining by Mark and as the band kept getting bigger and bigger Aerosmith fired Mark in 1973.

5. Who was the original rhythm guitarist who eventually ended up controlling the fan club and t-shirt merchandising for the band?

Answer: Ray Tabano

Ray Tabano grew up with Steven and Joey in Yonkers, New York. He was in several bands with Steven before they joined Aerosmith. In fact if Joe Perry had not accepted Ray into the band in the first place Aerosmith may never have been created.

6. Who was the drummer in Joe and Tom's Jam Band?

Answer: Pudge Scott

David "Pudge" Scott was fifteen when Joe and Tom along with Steven went to Boston to form what became Aerosmith. Pudge was the first drummer in the future Aerosmith, joining Steven, Tom, Joe, and Ray Tabano for jam sessions in late 1969.

7. What is the name of Brad's first wife?

Answer: Lori Phillips

Lori Phillips was a secretary for Jack Douglas, a veteran Aerosmith producer and close friend of Brad's.

8. Who was the band's pilot in the 70's?

Answer: Zunk Buker Jr.

The Buker's of Sunapee were family friends of the Tallarico's. When the band finally decided to buy a plane Steven offered Zunk Jr. the lucrative job of pilot of the Aerosmith jetliner.

9. Who did Elyssa Jerret date before Joe Perry?

Answer: Joe Jammer

Joe Jammer was a London musician who knew Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, and Keith Richards which fascinated Elyssa. After "Aerosmith" was released Elyssa started hanging around with the band and spending a lot of time with Joe Perry.

10. Who was Cyrinda Foxe-Tyler's first husband?

Answer: David Johanssen

David Johanssen was in the early 70's glam-rock band The New York Dolls. In the late 80's he achieved success under the alias Buster Poindexter with the song "Hot, Hot, Hot."

Source: Author mamakin72

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