Friday, September 18, 2020

Guess the (Rock 'n Roll) Geezer

Okay, boomers. The ‘60s were 60 years ago. Your heroes have all put a few pounds, lost a few hairs, and definitely ain’t what they used to be. 

Let’s see if you can recognize these latter-day versions of the stud muffins, bad boys, rebels, and – lterally – rock stars from back in the day. I’m going to go in increasing order of difficulty. As a hint, I’ll also include his band’s name – or at the least the name of an associated act.

Ready? Set! Go! 


Geezers
  1. Crazy Horse



  2. Velvet Underground



  3. Ladysmith Black Mambazo  



  4. Highwaymen





  5. Buffalo Springfield




  6. Hint would give it away




  7. Them




  8. Peter Paul & Mary





  9. Monkees



  10. Cream



  11. Blind Faith



  12. Jethro Tull



  13. Bluesbreakers




  14. Hint would give it away




  15. Doors


      
  16. Animals




  17. Procul Harum



  18. Monkees




  19. Pink Floyd



  20. Dave Clark Five


Extra Credit (Gen X version):  Guns 'n Roses



Okay, that's it for the clues. Got your answers all written down? Okay, go ahead and scroll down for the answers.










Rock Star Stud
  1. Neil Young




  2. Lou Reed




  3. Paul Simon  




  4. Kris Kristofferson




  5. Stephen Stills - Looked a lot better at the DNC, didn't he?




  6. Art Garfunkel




  7. Van Morrison




  8. Peter Yarrow - Hey, it was him or Paul, right?



  9. Peter Tork


  10. Jack Bruce



  11. Ginger Baker




  12. Ian Anderson - Honestly, though, how many other band members can you name?



  13. John Mayall




  14. Sly Stone




  15. Robby Krieger - Well, we all know it wasn't going to be the Lizard King himself, right?




  16. Eric Burdon




  17. Robin Trower




  18. Mike Nesmith - Shoulda included the hat, no?




  19. Nick Mason




  20. Dave Clark - Hey, were those really painted-on eyebrows?


Extra Credit - Axl Rose



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