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i’m a real sucker for a music quiz – and to combine it with visual literacy – well it’s just about perfect!

Virgin Digital Exercise your Music Muscle is a beautiful image comprising 75 band names apparently. How many can you spot?

Read on for my list so far…

Gorillaz

Led Zeppelin

B-52s

Pink (bubble) / Blondie (hair?)

The Angels / The Pixies

White Snake

Corner Shop

Goldie / Yellowman

Blonde Redhead / Kiss / Embrace

The Doors

Madonna

Dead Kennedys

Seal

White Zombie

The Postal Service

Guns and Roses

50 Cent

Dinosaur Junior

The Roots

Queen

Prince

Sex Pistols

The Eels

Scissor Sisters

Nine Inch Nails

Eminem

Smashing Pumpkins

Matchbox 20

Jewel

Cranberries

Green Day

Lemonheads

Red Hot Chilli Peppers

Blind Melon

Korn

Alice in Chains

Blur

Cowboy Junkies

Modest Mouse

Garbage

Hole

Radiohead

Beach Boys

Television

Black Crows

The Eagles

Bee Gees

U2

Crowded House

Black Flag

Rolling Stones

The Cars

The Police

Iron Maiden

The White Stripes

Deep Purple

Spoon

Cornershop

Manic Street Preachers

Blood Brothers

The Vines

Cyprus Hill

and some maybes…

Bloc Party (up in the apartment next to crowded house?)

Pavement (i can see pavement)

Air (all around?)

Crash Test Dummies (in the shop window?)

Fat Boy Slim (the three guys ontop of the apartment – one’s fat, one’s thin, one’s slim shady?)

Comments

1. laura said on the 28th Nov 2005 @ 03:30 pm:

dinosaur jr

2. laura said on the 28th Nov 2005 @ 03:43 pm:

cranberries

oh you already had dinosaur jr.

hey what’s that band with dildo’s init’s name…. isn’ the queen person holding up dildo guns

3. mik said on the 28th Nov 2005 @ 03:51 pm:

sex pistols laura ;)

4. Ty said on the 28th Nov 2005 @ 04:16 pm:

Led Zeppelin
Nine Inch Nails
Gorillaz
The Streets
Sex Pistols
Guns N’ Roses
Alice In Chains
The Eagles
U2
Whitesnake
Smashing Pumpkins
Matchbox 20
Scissor Sisters
The Eels
Eminem
Cowboy Junkies
The Rolling Stones
Black Flag
Bloc Party/Crowded House
The Beach Boys
Phish
50 Cent
The Roots
Prince
Radiohead
The Police
Cornershop
Blur/Social Distortion
Dinosaur Jr.
White Zombie
The White Stripes
Manic Street Preachers
Cypress Hill
Dead Kennedys/Presidents Of The USA
Seal
Blood Brothers
Deep Purple
Spoon
Jewel
The Cranberries
The Black Crowes
Hole
Television
Boomtown Rats/Modest Mouse
Iron Maiden
Green Day
The Cars
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Madonna
Kiss
The Faces
The Ramones
Queen
B-52’s/Jet/Screaming Jets
The Pixies/The Angels
Bee Gees
Garbage
Blind Melon
Korn
The Lemonheads
The Doors

The ones I’m looking for are Pearl Jam, Coldplay, Black Sabbath, Metallica, Nirvana, and I so have no idea what the 3 skipping girls are, or the contourtionists!

5. mik said on the 28th Nov 2005 @ 04:24 pm:

the contortionists are Twisted Sister.

I’ve actuallt discovered that the image i referenced has been cropped! there’s more to the left of it, including the Pet Shop boys, Cake, Scorpion and others. I’ll try to put it up soon

6. laura said on the 28th Nov 2005 @ 06:08 pm:

ohhh i’m suffering pregnant brain… that’s my excuse…

is there a list of the actual bands somewhere so you can check them off….or do you just have to fudge it til you get 74?

7. Dr B. said on the 28th Nov 2005 @ 07:02 pm:

The Killers??

Go-gos??

8. ana hilda said on the 29th Nov 2005 @ 04:41 am:

u u = double u (or not?)
there are three fairies: sugarplum fairies (CA-USA) or Pink fairies (UK)?

9. ana hilda said on the 29th Nov 2005 @ 04:44 am:

YELLOW MAN?

10. Rebecca Magill said on the 30th Nov 2005 @ 01:16 am:

u u = U2!

11. Bruce King said on the 30th Nov 2005 @ 02:25 am:

Packet of M&Ms behind the nine inch nails… Eminem?

People on top of “Crowded house” are “The Carpenter’s”

12. Bruce King said on the 30th Nov 2005 @ 02:29 am:

Cyprus tree on a hill in the back..

13. Rickeboy said on the 30th Nov 2005 @ 04:46 am:

try RATT instead of mouse

14. Rickeboy said on the 30th Nov 2005 @ 05:03 am:

try RATT instead of mouse

15. Josh said on the 30th Nov 2005 @ 06:09 am:

I can’t believe no one got The Monkees! damn kids mutter mutter with their ipods grumble grumble

16. j o e l said on the 30th Nov 2005 @ 06:35 am:

what about the three skipping girls?

cant figure that one

17. Josh said on the 30th Nov 2005 @ 06:40 am:

Oh, and there’s a copy of the uncropped image at www.hydeparkrecords.net/v.jpg….

As for my additional 2 cents:
Fern (that pot plant in the bottom left hand corner?)
The Vines/The Roots
Main Street
Yello/DJ Yellow/Yellowbelly/Yellow Magic Orchestra/
Shark Attack/Great White
Talking Heads/Television
MC Hammer/Smashing Pumpkins
The Vibrators/Sex Pistols
Goldie/Phish
The Shadows
The Cars/The Datsuns
The Eagles/Wings
The Killers/Blood Brothers
Rooftop Singers/Men At Work?
3 Non Blondes
Ratt

18. Josh said on the 30th Nov 2005 @ 06:49 am:

Jane’s Addiction (she’s hangin with the Cowboy Junkies)
The Twisted Sister one could be Spandau Ballet?
The 3 guys on the roofs are The Carpenters
Pink (the sky)
311 (3 vases with 11 guns in them – god i’m tired…)
And there’s stones in the bottom of the roses vase – Stone Roses

19. Josh said on the 30th Nov 2005 @ 06:56 am:

The three dancing girls has to be the Go-Gos… check the outfits :)

20. Jake Lyon said on the 30th Nov 2005 @ 07:10 am:

The Jam (traffic jam at back)

Average White Band (By the girls Kissing)

Velvet revolver (at a push two guns at front both the queen and other guy wearing velvet?)

21. Jake Lyon said on the 30th Nov 2005 @ 07:16 am:

oh and also the whole picture is – Madness -

22. Wolf14 said on the 30th Nov 2005 @ 07:26 am:

Need Some Help

for

—-> ‘Bikini Girl’ in the Shop

—-> ‘Green Plant’ near Flowers

—-> ‘Object’ under Date Sheet

—-> ‘Yellow Flowers’

Many thanks in advance.

23. chips said on the 30th Nov 2005 @ 07:35 am:

Prince and Queen with the Sex Pistols

24. chips said on the 30th Nov 2005 @ 07:38 am:

Green Day (the green square on the calendar)

25. Wolf14 said on the 30th Nov 2005 @ 10:51 am:

01 50 Cent
02Alice in Chains
03B-52s
04Beach Boys
05Bee Gees
06Black Crowes
07Black Flag
08Blind Melon
09Blondie
10Blur
11Cake
12Carpenters
13Cars
14Cornershop
15Cowboy Junkies
16Cranberries
17Crowded House
18Cult
19Cypress Hill
20Dead Kennedys
21Deep Purple
22Dinosaur Jr
23Doors
24Eagles
25Eels
26Eminem
27Garbage
28Go-Go’s
29Gorillaz
30Great White
31Green Day
32Guns n’ Roses
33Hole
34Iron Maiden
35Jane’s Addiction
36Jewel
37Killers
38Kiss
39Korn
40Led Zeppelin
41Lemonheads
42Madonna
43Matchbox Twenty
44Nine Inch Nails
45Pavement
46Pet Shop Boys
47Phish
48Pink
49Pixies
50Police
51Postal Service
52Prince
53Queen
54Radiohead
55Ratt
56Red Hot Chili Peppers
57Rolling Stones
58Roots
59Scissor Sisters
60Scorpions
61Seal
62Sex Pistols
63Skinny Puppy
64Smashing Pumpkins
65Spoon
66Talking Heads
67Twisted Sister
68U2
69White Stripes
70White Zombie
71Whitesnake
72Yellowman
73
74

26. Marion said on the 30th Nov 2005 @ 12:43 pm:

This is what I got

1.Smashing pumpkins
2.Scissor sisters
3.Guns and roses
4.Gorillaz
5.The Eagles
6.Alice is Chains
7.Queen,
8.Prince
9.50 cents
10.Match box 20
11.Rolling stones
12.Lemon heads
13.Seal
14.The B52’s
15.Radiohead
16.U2
17.Beegees
18.The pixies
19.Madonna
20.Whitesnake
21.Garbage
22.Sex pistols
23.Eminem
24.The Eels
25.The dead Kennedy’s
26.Green Day
27.cowboy junkies
28.corner shop
29.Dinosaur junior
30.Manic Street Preachers
31.The Doors
32.Crowded House
33.Red hot chili peppers
34.Deep purple
35.Black Flag
36.White Zombie
37.Nine Inch Nails
38.White Stripes
39.cypress hill
40.Jewel
41.Hole
42.The Police
43.The Cars
44.Black Crowes
45.Blur
46.Kiss
47.Blind Melon
48.All Saints
49.Yellow Man
50.twisted sisters
51.Beach Boys
52.Spoon
53.Led Zeppelin
54.Television
55.Postal Service
56.Pet Shop Boys
57.Black Crowes
58.Cake
59.Tatu (or kiss)
60.Pink Floyd
61.Subway Sect
62.Bikini Kill
63.The Roots
64.Korn
65.phish
66.The Boomtown Rats (or RATT)
67.Supersonic Pineapples
68.Blondie
69.The Poseys
70.The Vines ( or The roots)
71.The Cranberries
72.pet shop boys
73.scorpion
74.Blood Brothers
75.The Carpenters

27. Wolf14 said on the 30th Nov 2005 @ 01:05 pm:

@Marion

Six to reduce, cause

48. All Saints,
61. Subway Sect,
62. Bikini Kill,
67. Supersonic Pineapples,
69. The Poseys and
74. The Blood Brothers

don’t count, because they are not searching for them.

59. Kiss
66. Ratt
70. The Roots
is correct.

28. pb said on the 30th Nov 2005 @ 01:59 pm:

blues brothers

29. Wolf14 said on the 30th Nov 2005 @ 09:57 pm:

@pb

no

blues brothers—-> The Killers

30. me said on the 30th Nov 2005 @ 11:25 pm:

i cant believe no one saw styx.

look at the bottom right by princes butt

ps..marion, you got petshop boys listed twice.

styx is the missing one.

31. Wolf14 said on the 01st Dec 2005 @ 12:18 am:

@me

The Styx are Nine Inch Nails

32. roy said on the 01st Dec 2005 @ 01:41 am:

Good fun, isn’t it? But it helps to see the full image as mentioned above!!

www.hydeparkrecords.net/v.jpg

I don’t think we should get too obscure when sussing them out, so the yellow man is simply ‘yellowman’, rather than ‘yellow belly’, ‘yello’ etc. Also, I don’t think we should get hung up on colours as clues or else we could rhyme off ‘red’, black’, ‘blue’ and finish the quiz in no time! For what it’s worth,
here’s my list, concluding with the one’s I’m puzzled by:
1.Guns n Roses – displayed on the cart
2.Queen – pretty obvious one
3.Nine Inch Nails – pile of nails on road
4.Eels – two wiggly beasties on the road
5.50 Cent – the big half-dollar coin leaning on the kerb
6.Smashing Pumpkins – as carried out by the bloke wielding a hammer
7.Scissor Sisters – the pink scissors walking
8.Lemonheads – on the fruit ‘n’ veg stall
9.Alice in Chains – girl in wonderland outfit, chained
10.Black Crows – on main street sign
11.Cowboy Junkies – cowboy shooting up
12.Rolling Stones – the big rocks spinning along
13.Garbage – spilled on road
14.Matchbox 20 – arrangement of matchboxes
15.Hole – in the road
16.The Cars – parked on road
17.Bee Gees – graffiti on wall
18.Bloc party – people inside the building
19.Crowded House – people inside different building
20.White Snake – crawling up lamp-post
21.The Doors – propped up against building
22.White Zombie – the white zombie, surprisingly
23.Seal – on poster
24.Green Day – marked on calendar
25.Beach Boys – blokes with surfboards
26.Blur – the blurry figure
27.Eagles – flying along
28.Gorillaz – lots of ‘em!
29.B52’s – bombers in sky
30.Black flag – the black flag!
31.U2 – the 2 ‘u’s on wall
32.Led zeppelin – floating about
33.Talking Heads – on TV sets in window
34.Iron Maiden – ‘statue’ look-a-like on the crossing
35.Radiohead – bloke on crossing with a radio
36.Prince – beside the queen
37.Ratt – the rat on the road
38.Yellowman – er… the yellow man!
39.Deep purple – coloured building in background
40.Great White – poster of jaws/a shark
41.The Police – coppers on the road
42.Red Hot Chilli Peppers – on fruit n veg stall
43.Blind Melon – melon with dark glasses
44.Madonna – painting inside shop
45.Kiss – as performed by the lesbians at the street-light
46.The Killers – bloodied black suits duo carrying violin cases
47.The Shadows – all over the place!
48.Spoon – massive spoon, how can ya miss it?
49.Bubblegum – as blown (oo-er!) by girl on fire escape
50.Dead Kennedys – posters on the wall
51.Sex Pistols – dildo guns, as held by the queen (or, arguably, The Vibrators)
52.Korn – on fruit n veg stall
53.Manic Street Preachers – crossing the road, dressed in white & going nuts
54.Eminem – spilled sweets
55.The Postal Service – postman on rounds
56.Fish (Marillion); or Phish – Goldfish in Bowl
57.Jewel – under fruit n veg stall
58.Men at Work? – Blokes on Roof
59.Cyprus Hill – tree & hill in background
60.Dinosaur Junior – tiny stegosaurus in ground
61.The Roots – poking out of drain
62.Twisted Sister – the contortionists/acrobats
63.The White Stripes – all the pedestrian crossings
64.Cornershop – shop on the corner! (duh!)
65.The Pixies – the fairy things flying about a bit
66.Wings – Beside bikini mannequin in shop
67.The Cranberries – in front of the fruit n veg stall, on top of the boxes
68.Pavement – that’s what folk are walking on
69.The Alarm – on the wall on the left hand building
70.Skinny Puppy – wee dog, bottom left corner
71.Scorpions – on the cake, bottom left corner
72.Pet Shop Boys – kids outside pet shop, bottom left corner
73.Blondie? – Blonde girl on fire escape
74.Main Street? – (wasn’t this a band?) sign on the road
75.The Bangles? – On the arm of bloke with hammer (or is pushing the boundaries a bit?)
76.THE THREE GIRLS RUNNING – ??
77.GREEN PLANTS – ??
78.COUPLE ON CORNER OF SUBWAY – ??
79.SHOP DUMMY – ??

33. Wolf14 said on the 01st Dec 2005 @ 04:37 am:

@Roy

No score for
18. Block Party
47. The Shadows
49. Bubblegum
66. Wings
69. The Alarm
74. Main Street
75. The Bangles

56. is Phish
58. are The Carpenters
76. are The Go Go’s
78. She is Jane’s Addiction


I’m still looking for 77. & 79. too ?!?!?

Also unsolved the ‘object’ under calendar.

34. BJ said on the 01st Dec 2005 @ 05:17 pm:

The three girls are the three non-blondes

35. maggie said on the 01st Dec 2005 @ 09:30 pm:

the blurred out guy ((blur)) could also be the who…b/c you definitely can’t see who he is.

36. me said on the 02nd Dec 2005 @ 01:58 am:

the two guys in suits with the guitar cases are MISTER MISTER. As in Mr.Brown and Mr.Pink from Resevoir Dogs.

37. monkey lover said on the 02nd Dec 2005 @ 02:42 am:

Where are the monkees? Gorillaz are apes not monkees!!

38. Wolf14 said on the 02nd Dec 2005 @ 05:00 am:

@BJ
three non-blondes are The Go-Go’s

@maggie
blurred out guy is Blur

@me
Mister Mister are The Killers

@monkey lover
there’re no monkees!

39. chunk said on the 02nd Dec 2005 @ 08:21 am:

how about black box down by the fruit cart

40. chunk said on the 02nd Dec 2005 @ 08:24 am:

how about black box. down by the fruit cart

41. Leon Jones said on the 02nd Dec 2005 @ 09:18 am:

Placebo – The roman catholic service or office of vespers for the dead.

42. Cyrena said on the 02nd Dec 2005 @ 10:40 am:

Couldn’t the people in the apartment be “Trapt” and instead of “The Cars”, what about the “Mustangs”. And the group of people in white, aren’t they “Polyphonic Spree”?

43. Wolf14 said on the 02nd Dec 2005 @ 10:52 am:

@chunk
black box—-> Jewel

@Leon Jones
there’s no Placebo

@Cyrena
Trapt ist Crowded House
The Cars are The Cars
Polyphonic Spree is The Cult

44. Marion said on the 02nd Dec 2005 @ 01:48 pm:

Supposedly D12 is in the picture somewhere, this is an official comment from virgin. anyone see them anywhere and the 311 thing is definately right.

45. Wolf14 said on the 02nd Dec 2005 @ 11:44 pm:

@Marion

Thx for the last two.

So the Guns are the only objects which are related to two groups.

D12 ist Dirty Dozen, but I cannot find ‘em too.

46. CHRIS said on the 03rd Dec 2005 @ 04:53 am:

1.BLONDIE
2.PINK (SKY)
3.THE PIXIES
4.THE ANGELS
5.BLIND MELON
6.RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS
7.KORN
8.GREEN DAY
9.GUNS AND ROSES
10.QUEEN
11.PRINCE
12.SEX PISTOLS
13.NINE INCH NAILS
14.SMASHING PUMPKINS
15.THE DEAD KENNEDYS
16.GREAT WHITE
17.WHITE ZOMBIE
18.THE EELS
19.DINOSAUR JUNIOR
20.THE CARS
21.MATCHBOX 20
22.PHISH
23.LEMONHEADS
24.ALICE IN CHAINS
25.BLUR
26.GARBAGE
27.HOLE
28.THE BLACK CROWS
29.THE BEACH BOYS
30.THE ROLLING STONES
31.RADIO HEAD
32.50 CENT
33.EMINEM
34.B-52’S
35.LED ZEPPLIN
36.U-2
37.TELEVISION
38.TALKING HEADS
39.BLACK FLAG
40.THE EAGLES
41.WHITE SNAKE
42.THE POLICE
43.MODEST MOUSE
44.RATT
45.SCISSOR SISTERS
46.IRON MAIDEN
47.GORILLAZ
48.COWBOY JUNKIES
49.THE POSTAL SERVICE
50.JEWEL
51.MAIN STREET JUNCTION
52.THE DOORS
53.CORNER SHOP
54.KISS
55.THE ROOTS
56.GOLDIE
57.YELLOWMAN
58.EMBRACE
59.MADONNA
60.SEAL
61.CRANBERRIES
62.BEE GEES
63.CROWDED HOUSE
64.THE WHITE STRIPES
65.DEEP PURPLE
66.SPOON
67.MANIC STREET PREACHERS
68.BLOOD BROTHERS
69.THE KILLERS
70.THE VINES
71.CYPRUS HILL
72.FAT BOY SLIM
73.TWISTED SISTER
74.3 NON BLONDES
75.THE GO GO’S

47. eilidh said on the 03rd Dec 2005 @ 09:33 am:

at everyone who was mentioning this… the actual name of the band is 4 non blondes, not three…

48. Wolf14 said on the 03rd Dec 2005 @ 10:50 am:

@Chris

No Score for your
4., 37., 43., 51., 58., 67., 68., 70., 72., 74.,

We got already the whole list: :-)
See my 72 of 74 + the two of Marion

49. Leah said on the 03rd Dec 2005 @ 05:23 pm:

what about the cowboy junkies … cowboys on the corner. .... that are arguably Jane’s addiction?

50. Colin said on the 03rd Dec 2005 @ 06:28 pm:

The plant thing below guns n roses — BUSH ??

51. Pete said on the 03rd Dec 2005 @ 10:19 pm:

The object underneath the calendar looks like a frozen turkey to me. Not sure that helps. I can’t think of a band that has to do with frozen turkies.

52. Richie said on the 04th Dec 2005 @ 01:54 am:

Gorillaz could be The Monkeys???....

53. mee said on the 05th Dec 2005 @ 08:19 am:

thanx people! we got set the challenge to get 75 bands from this picture in tutor and with ur help i now get chocolate!!!:D

54. paul said on the 05th Dec 2005 @ 08:23 am:

good point eilidh about the 4 non blondes.
why are the 3 girls the go gos?

55. Mike said on the 05th Dec 2005 @ 12:30 pm:

Paul
They are wearing go-go boots

56. Lucy said on the 16th Dec 2005 @ 06:39 am:

try this

57. Kevin said on the 20th Dec 2005 @ 12:26 am:

Who cares about an “official” list – its fun to find more names! What about MEN WITHOUT HATS – THE SMALL FACES and couldnt the lesbians be AC/DC? The Gorrillas are also ANIMALS and the Blurred man could also be BADLY DRAWN BOY.

58. rachael said on the 21st Dec 2005 @ 02:32 am:

the dollar on the kerb could be “dollar” “50 cent” or maybe “Nickelback?” the building with loads of people in could be crowded house or madhouse? The spoon could be T-spoon who sang Sex on the beach? the dudes in suits could be fun loving criminals??

59. M said on the 13th Jan 2006 @ 01:42 am:

The 3 Non Blondes? The band was called “4 Non Blondes” if I remember correctly

60. M said on the 13th Jan 2006 @ 01:49 am:

Also the couple next to the subway, could be Underground Lovers???

Someone said Coldplay – maybe represented by
the “Yellow” room

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