# How many bands/artists can YOU spot in this picture? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 30, 2005, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-bands-artists-can-you-spot-in-this-picture/333459 "2005-11-30T22:34:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SpartanDC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b2d939/32.png) [@SpartanDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpartanDC)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2005, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-bands-artists-can-you-spot-in-this-picture/333459/1 "2005-11-30T22:34:12Z")
Virgin Records is sponsoring a [contest](http://virgindigital.com/index_us.html) (click on the “find the music” link in the lower right) that involves identifying 74 bands and artists that are represented in a drawing. [Here](http://www.hydeparkrecords.net/v.jpg) is a bigger version of the drawing, though because it’s a high-res scan from a magazine, there is a slight bit of the image missing at the crease (though it really only hampers your ability to figure out one of the bands, at most). I managed to fill out a list of 74, but some of my picks I felt were stretching things. And I can’t for the life of me figure out who the contortionists or the bikini-clad girl in the store window are supposed to represent. I was thinking we could all get together and somehow score a perfect 74 on this – the best I’ve done is 59. Music lovers, be warned: Everyone I’ve shown this to has been drawn into it and unable to pull away. But it sure is a fun time-waster. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-bands-artists-can-you-spot-in-this-picture/333459/2 "2005-12-01T00:03:48Z")
Lessee, just from a cursory glance I see - Alice in Chains Cowboy Junkies Talking Heads Dead Kennedys Scissor Sisters Pet Shop Boys B-52s King Crimson Radiohead Garbage Smashing Pumpkins Matchbox 20 Iron Maiden Guns & Roses Led Zeppelin Twisted Sister (the acrobats?) Blind Melon the Rolling Stones Go-Gos (the girls running from the Stones?) Black Flag Eminem Knickelback (the oversized silver dollar?) Blur the Police Scorpions the Cars Ratt Whitesnake Pixies U2 (the grafitti “UU” on the building) Crowded House Counting Crows (two crows on the Main Street sign?) Rusted Root Assuming I’m right, that’s 33 of them. ---
**Author:** ![Cabbage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@Cabbage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabbage)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-bands-artists-can-you-spot-in-this-picture/333459/3 "2005-12-01T01:01:39Z")
A few more, though I’m not 100% sure all of them were intended:White Zombie The Eagles The Cranberries (the bags in front of the fruit stand look like they might be labeled this, but I’m not quite sure) Pavement Seal The Bee-Gees The Beach Boys Skinny Puppy Cake Dinosaur, Jr. The Monkees Mountain Hole Red Hot Chili Peppers Korn The Lemonheads Green Day ---
**Author:** ![Cabbage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@Cabbage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabbage)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-bands-artists-can-you-spot-in-this-picture/333459/4 "2005-12-01T01:03:42Z")
Oh, and of courseQueen ---
**Author:** ![ImaginalDisc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a88e57/32.png) [@ImaginalDisc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ImaginalDisc)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-bands-artists-can-you-spot-in-this-picture/333459/5 "2005-12-01T01:15:30Z")
I found one that isn’'t already listed, but I don’t know how to make a spoiler post spoiler safe. Fair warning, spoilier down below. The queen’s holding white pistols with pink vibrators in place of the barrels: Sex Pistols ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-bands-artists-can-you-spot-in-this-picture/333459/6 "2005-12-01T01:18:35Z")
> [@SNenc](#): > > And I can’t for the life of me figure out who the contortionists or the bikini-clad girl in the store window are supposed to represent. The contortionists could be The Contortions (a punk group). The “King Crimson” figure could also be Prince. Add to that: Queen Cake Gorillaz Seal Great White (the shark in the tank) Eels The Eagles Red Hot Chili Peppers Dinosaur, Jr. The Nails Spoon (or Big Spoon, a rap artist) The Postal Service (the guy at the mail collection box) The Bee Gees (the grafitti “BGs”) The throng in white? Manic Street Preachers, methinks. I think that’s 50 Cent, not Nickelback. The starving dog (a whippet?) could be Skinny Puppy. The TVs in the store window? Television. The Madonna and Child graphic is probably Madonna… but if they’d added a danish in her hand, it’d also be Mary’s Danish! They missed an oppty. with the grafitti – had they made it anything political, it could’ve also been Scritti Politti. The red-bikini-clad mannikin in the shop window – Bikini Kill, perhaps, or the electronica act Cherry Bikini (I found the latter listed in [Allmusic.com](http://Allmusic.com)), or both. The two dudes in black suits could be Interpol (or The Police), but what’s with their guitar cases? The street itself – Pavement. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-bands-artists-can-you-spot-in-this-picture/333459/7 "2005-12-01T01:19:11Z")
Guesses that other people haven’t made so far: Black Flag 50 Cent (the half dollar) Gorillaz Skinny Puppy (the dog near the White Zombie) ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-bands-artists-can-you-spot-in-this-picture/333459/8 "2005-12-01T01:20:29Z")
OK…they HADN’T been guessed, ayhow… ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-bands-artists-can-you-spot-in-this-picture/333459/9 "2005-12-01T01:25:26Z")
> [@ImaginalDisc](#): > > The queen’s holding white pistols with pink vibrators in place of the barrels: Sex Pistols Hey, those questionable pistols are also The Vibrators (another British punk group from the '70’s)! Maybe those gymnast/dancers doing contortions are also the Brit punk group Sham 69? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-bands-artists-can-you-spot-in-this-picture/333459/10 "2005-12-01T01:27:31Z")
The two young lesbians necking? Modern Lovers. 🙂 ( **Tengu** , I know the feeling.) ---
**Author:** ![Ghanima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Ghanima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghanima)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-bands-artists-can-you-spot-in-this-picture/333459/11 "2005-12-01T01:28:08Z")
The Nails might actually be the Nine Inch Nails. ---
**Author:** ![ImaginalDisc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a88e57/32.png) [@ImaginalDisc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ImaginalDisc)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-bands-artists-can-you-spot-in-this-picture/333459/12 "2005-12-01T01:48:13Z")
The white crosswalks could be The White Stripes, but I wonder if that’s pushing it. ---
**Author:** ![ImaginalDisc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a88e57/32.png) [@ImaginalDisc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ImaginalDisc)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-bands-artists-can-you-spot-in-this-picture/333459/13 "2005-12-01T01:50:11Z")
And…has noone mentioned The Doors yet? ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-bands-artists-can-you-spot-in-this-picture/333459/14 "2005-12-01T01:55:45Z")
My guesses in no particular order: 1. Pixies 2. Led Zep 3. Gorillaz 4. B-52’s 5. Pet Shop Boys 6. Seal 7. Dead Kennedys 8. White Zombie 9. Cake 10. Scorpions 11. Guns n Roses 12. 50 Cent 13. Robert Plant? 14. Dinosaur Jr.? 15. Queen 16. Prince 17. Sex Pistols 18. Eels 19. Matchbox 20 20. Smashing Pumkins 21. Scissor Sisters 22. Green Day 23. Blind Melon 24. Alice in Chains 25. Blur 26. Cowboy Junkies 27. Black Crowes 28. Beach Boys 29. Eagles 30. Black Flag 31. Rolling Stones 32. White Snake 33. Madonna 34. Radiohead 35. Traffic 36. Garbage 37. Hole 38. Ratt 39. Kiss 40. White Stripes 41. Police 42. U2 43. Bee Gees 44. Cars ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-bands-artists-can-you-spot-in-this-picture/333459/15 "2005-12-01T01:57:38Z")
> [@](#): > > The Nails might actually be the Nine Inch Nails. Yep, they are very long. A two-for-one, then? The three girls holding hands, skipping? Tripping Daisy. The two surfer dudes (The Beach Boys, as someone already pointed out) are also Surf Punks. The wheeled cart with the guns & roses on it… Pushcar? Three details are really bugging me: the blond girl with bubblegum on the fire escape, the oil/grease slick in the road, and the… thing on the street in front of the half-dollar (what is that, a pile of bones?). Nevermind that there’s nondescript listings in Allmusic for stuff like “Oil,” “Bubblegum Crisis,” and one for “From Bubblegum to Sky”. I want readily-recognized marquee names, dammit. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-bands-artists-can-you-spot-in-this-picture/333459/16 "2005-12-01T01:58:16Z")
> [@ImaginalDisc](#): > > The white crosswalks could be The White Stripes, but I wonder if that’s pushing it. That’s what I thought too. > [@The Scrivener](#): > > The two young lesbians necking? Modern Lovers. I put Kiss. ---
**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-bands-artists-can-you-spot-in-this-picture/333459/17 "2005-12-01T02:10:59Z")
Possibly those are Black Crowes. Phish (in the bowl) Who’s that leaning against the shop? Yello? Goldfinger? What is that object in the box by the fruit stand? A necklace of some sort? I almost think the strange thing coming out of the sewer grate could be “The Vines”. Also, there’s another band called _The_ Scorpions which probably doesn’t count. ---
**Author:** ![ImaginalDisc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a88e57/32.png) [@ImaginalDisc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ImaginalDisc)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-bands-artists-can-you-spot-in-this-picture/333459/18 "2005-12-01T02:44:42Z")
Prince And since the scissors are pink, Pink. ---
**Author:** ![ImaginalDisc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a88e57/32.png) [@ImaginalDisc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ImaginalDisc)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-bands-artists-can-you-spot-in-this-picture/333459/19 "2005-12-01T02:47:40Z")
D’oh, bearflag70 already got Prince. Tell me, is he really that good a basketball player? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-bands-artists-can-you-spot-in-this-picture/333459/20 "2005-12-01T02:53:11Z")
> [@panamajack](#): > > What is that object in the box by the fruit stand? A necklace of some sort? Looks like it. Jewel? (If rebus-like associations count, then the proximity of the necklace to the scissors also suggests Jules Shear.) The garbage can that’s tipped over? Built to Spill. And if we’re counting environmental stuff (Pavement, The White Stripes), and I don’t see why not, then we also get to count _Air_. 😃 Still trying to figure out the naked guy. [sigh] The story of my life… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-bands-artists-can-you-spot-in-this-picture/333459.md?page=2)