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Quiz about Musicians Jobs Before They Were Famous
Quiz about Musicians Jobs Before They Were Famous

Musicians' Jobs Before They Were Famous Quiz


Match the musician with the job they had prior to making good in the music industry.

A matching quiz by feedyourhead. Estimated time: 6 mins.
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Author
feedyourhead
Time
6 mins
Type
Match Quiz
Quiz #
395,122
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Difficult
Avg Score
4 / 10
Plays
133
Last 3 plays: Guest 206 (0/10), Guest 98 (10/10), Guest 216 (10/10).
(a) Drag-and-drop from the right to the left, or (b) click on a right side answer box and then on a left side box to move it.
QuestionsChoices
1. Ozzy Osbourne   
  Bricklayer's Assistant
2. Mick Jagger  
  Cashier At Woolworth's & Concrete Worker
3. Lemmy Kilmister   
  Drug Dealer
4. Patti Smith  
  Porter in a mental hospital
5. Eric Clapton   
  Toy Factory Worker
6. Robert Plant  
  Gravedigger
7. Jon Bon Jovi  
  Military Codebreaker
8. Johnny Cash   
  Slaughterhouse worker
9. Dave Mustaine  
  Jimi Hendrix's roadie
10. Rod Stewart  
  Christmas Decorations Assembler





Select each answer

1. Ozzy Osbourne
2. Mick Jagger
3. Lemmy Kilmister
4. Patti Smith
5. Eric Clapton
6. Robert Plant
7. Jon Bon Jovi
8. Johnny Cash
9. Dave Mustaine
10. Rod Stewart

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Ozzy Osbourne

Answer: Slaughterhouse worker

Ozzy actually had several jobs. Other than slaughterhouse worker he was a construction laborer, plumber trainee, apprentice toolmaker and a horn-tuner in an automobile manufacturing plant. Working in the slaughterhouse was the absolute worst for Ozzy. According to the UK magazine, Planet Rock, Ozzy is quoted as saying: "I had to slice open the cow carcasses and get all the gunk out of their stomachs," he said. "I used to vomit every day; the smell was something else."
2. Mick Jagger

Answer: Porter in a mental hospital

While Mick was a teenager attending the London School of Economics, he had a part time job running errands at the Bexley Mental Hospital. According to Philip Norman's biography, simply titled Mick Jagger, Mick had lost his virginity to a nurse in a store cupboard while working there.
3. Lemmy Kilmister

Answer: Jimi Hendrix's roadie

Lemmy was paid £10 a week to be a roadie and go on tour with Hendrix. On top of that he was given "handfuls of acid" as a bonus. According to "Sabotage Times", Lemmy told them: "We'd just take handfuls of acid together all the time."
Lemmy would prep Jimi's guitars and pick up pieces of fuzztone boxes Jimi would demolish at his shows. Then he would have to attempt to put them back together again.
The more well known bands Lemmy went on to play with were Sam Gopal (as Ian Willis), Hawkwind, and Motorhead. He also was briefly with Opal Butterfly. They released a few 45 RPM records but they didn't sell at the time so the group disbanded.
4. Patti Smith

Answer: Toy Factory Worker

This sounds like an easy, carefree job, but quite the contrary for Patti. It seems that the other there women were none too fond of her. According to "Planet Rock Magazine", Patti said: "The stuff those women did to me in that factory was horrible. They'd gang up on me and stick my head in a toilet full of p***."
Oddly, the first 45 RPM Patti recorded was titled "Pi_ _ Factory." The incomplete word is another name for urine of course.
5. Eric Clapton

Answer: Bricklayer's Assistant

Eric was born in his grandparents' home to a 16 year old mother who was not married. His grandparents, Rose and Jack Clapp, were the ones who raised him. In 1961 Eric was tossed out of art school. At that point grandpa told him he had to work with him as a bricklayer's assistant if he wanted to continue to live with him and grandma.

He was paid £15 a week. As hard a job as it was, Eric loved his job. To quote him, "(My grandfather's) legacy to me was that I should always do my best, and always finish what I started." This quote was what Eric told "Planet Rock Magazine".
6. Robert Plant

Answer: Cashier At Woolworth's & Concrete Worker

Plant had several jobs while trying to get his music career rolling, He worked in Birmingham in 1967 as a concrete worker. Another job was as a cashier at Woolworth's. He described his Woolworth's job as "drowsy and boring," His concrete worker job was a waste of time.

He said he received "a few pennies an hour" as his salary. These quotes are from an article on "Rock and Roll Garage" online magazine. Plant eventually went on to a series of bands. Delta Blues Band, Sounds of Blue, The Crawling King Snakes, The Tennesee Teens, Listen, Band Of Joy, Hobbstweedle and The New Yardbirds, which would become Led Zeppelin. Led Zeppelin was by far the most well known.

They sold millions of records.
7. Jon Bon Jovi

Answer: Christmas Decorations Assembler

What can possibly be said here. This was obviously a very seasonal job for Bon Jovi. He also swept floors at one time and sold newspapers. The best thing he ever did was to quit and dedicate himself to making music. In the 1980s he became a true superstar.

Many websites mention his job making Christmas decorations, however none give any details which casts doubt on the veracity of these websites' claims
8. Johnny Cash

Answer: Military Codebreaker

Johnny Cash was actually a military codebreaker. He served in the US Air Force starting in 1950 and worked in the cryptographic intelligence unit. When he would open his shows, he would say: "Hello, I'm Johnny Cash." Johnny was always known as "The Man In Black."
9. Dave Mustaine

Answer: Drug Dealer

This was not a total surprise. Dave Mustaine, front man for Megadeth, was indeed a pot dealer. He played guitar and sang. Prior to Megadeth he was with a band named Panic and then Metallica! When he was 15 years old he had to go to the streets to support himself. To quote an article titled: Thinking Out Loud: Dave Mustaine on drugs, politics and religion, from the "Louder" online magazine: "I'd been living on my own since I was 15. Every day was get up and play guitar and sell pot for a living. That was my existence." Dave had a girl who worked in a record store whom he had a physical relationship with.

She would visit him during the day and bring him records. That's how he got his first Iron Maiden and Motorhead records. The rest is history.
10. Rod Stewart

Answer: Gravedigger

Rod Stewart was always my favorite vocalist. He was in many bands going back to the mid 1960s. Just to name a few: Python Lee Jackson (For one album), Jeff Beck, Faces, Shotgun Express, Art Woods Quiet Melon, The Dimensions, and possibly others.
As far as work went, he was employed at London's Highgate Cemetery. He did many jobs with them with the most well known being a gravedigger. Rod also spent some time as a professional soccer player with Brentford Football Club.
Source: Author feedyourhead

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