The Concerts Quiz

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1. Contrary to their claim of being 'the end all of music,' MTV did not create concerts. However, they do support them heavily, and have gone so far as to sponsor their own tours and feature many live performances on their networks. One band benefited so much from the MTV airplay they received that they ascended from performing on the MTV Video Music Award Pre-game show in 1999 to headlining the 2000 version with the same song. The 2000 show saw this band perform amidst a sea of midgets, fireworks, and confetti. What band performed during this spectacle and what was the song called?

2. Perhaps the most famous concert of all time was the Woodstock Festival of 1969. Three days of Peace, Love, and Music saw drug addled hippies running around upstate New York half naked and catching musical acts like The Who, Sha-Na-Na, Santana, Janis Joplin, and, of course, Jimi Hendrix. The cost of the festival was around $3.3 million with $1.7 million collected from the $18 dollar tickets. After promoters realized they couldn't handle the mass of people showing up, the event was declared free. How many people are estimated to have attended Woodstock (Keeping in mind there were only 600 Port-o-Pottys on site)?

3. Now that Woodstock is a legendary piece of pop culture, it's free to be spoofed, such as in the hilarious Wayne's World 2. In the movie, the ghost of Jim Morrison tells Wayne to put on a concert in Aurora, Illinois called Waynestock, saying "If you book them, they will come." So besides Wayne's girlfriend Cassandra's band "Crucial Taunt", what groups did Wayne line up for the show (three bands)? Note: Old man fashioning a kayak out of a log doesn't count.

4. Woodstock also spawned two sequels: the 1994 and 1999 versions. While the 25th anniversary '94 show went off without a hitch, the '99 version of Peace, Love, and Music turned into a nightmare. Held on an abandoned army base, Woodstock '99 featured three days of intense heat, insanely high water prices, poor bathroom conditions, and some incendiary sets from acts like Korn, Limp Bizkit, DMX, and Kid Rock. This combination of factors led to rapes, vandalism, arrests, and eventually arson on the third day. What band headlined the last day, ironically playing their hit cover of the song "Fire" as people burned down vendor booths around them?

5. In the mid '90s, grunge and alternative music were all the rage. This led to one of the most popular and successful of the ongoing tour festivals: Lollapolooza. It returns this summer with Incubus, and Audioslave despite previous rumors and doubts. In a memorable episode of The Simpsons, Homer joined the Smashing Pumpkins, Cypress Hill, and Sonic Youth on "Hullabolooza" as a member of the freak show, with a talent for taking a cannonball to the gut. What item did Homer purchase when he arrived at the first concert of the episode?

6. Taking the summer touring festival that much further, the Van's Warped Tour combines punk music with freak shows and extreme sports competitions. Last year the innovative tour hit the road with no less than five stages and over two dozen bands at each stop. Introducing bands like Sublime, Sum 41, and even hip hop act D12 to the world, the Warped Tour also reintroduced a band in Summer 2000. After not performing together since August '97, this band played a few warm-up shows under the moniker "Goat Punishment" before bursting back on the scene by headlining the June '00 Warped Tour dates. What's the name of this alt-rock band?

7. Summer concert tours aren't all about guitar solos and sideshow freaks. In fact, for a few years girls had their very own folk rock festival called the Lilith Fair. With acts like the Indigo Girls, Sheryl Crow, Dixie Chicks, and Lisa Loeb, from 1996-1999 the Fair was a paradise for women singer/songwriters. Lilith Fair was the brainchild of what singer/songwriter/tour headliner?

8. Not all concerts turn out as happy and loving as the Lilith Fair. On December 6, 1969, The Rolling Stones played a show at the Altamont Speedway in San Francisco. In a somewhat wacky move, the Stones hired infamous biker gang Hell's Angels to act as security on the suggestion of Jerry Garcia (of opening act Grateful Dead). A battle broke out between the crowd and the Angels with at least 4 fatalities, one of which was captured by a film crew documenting the tour. What was the name of the documentary that resulted?

9. Ever notice how concert tickets cost a lot of money? That's thanks in no small part to the stranglehold Ticketmaster has on the industry. Many artists make a lot of their dough on the road. The Ozzfest earned $24.5 million last year, but that's chump change. Compare that to the $66 million Elton John and Billy Joel made, or the $90 million raked in by the aforementioned Rolling Stones. According to Billboard Boxscores, how much money did number one touring act of 2002 Paul McCartney bring in from his tours of America, Mexico, and Japan?

10. Finally, some concerts are just indelibly etched in the annals of time for one reason or another. This is usually because of some sort of crazy incident involving the band. Jim Morrison was arrested for indecent exposure during a Doors concert in Florida. Who could forget Ozzy Osbourne biting the head off a bat on stage? One really nutty frontman was Blind Melon's infamous Shannon Hoon. Frequently drugged up during his shows, Hoon would eventually overdose and die before Blind Melon reached its full artistic potential. During one infamous incident at a '94 concert in Vancouver where Blind Melon was opening for Lenny Kravitz, a drunken Hoon undressed and urinated on the crowd. He was arrested after the show for public nudity and committing an indecent act. What holiday did this infamous show take place on?

Bonus: Name as many Woodstock 94 bands as you can ... and go!

Last week's quiz was won by the amazing and beautiful Erin Mulkearns. Come to the Gatehouse on a Tuesday or Wednesday evening to claim your prize.

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