# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-bands-artists-can-you-spot-in-this-picture/333459/41 "2005-12-01T15:06:39Z")
The three girls skipping accross the road = Lesbians On Ecstasy? ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-bands-artists-can-you-spot-in-this-picture/333459/42 "2005-12-01T16:59:31Z")
the three girls in little white boots running from the stones are **The Go Gos** ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-bands-artists-can-you-spot-in-this-picture/333459/43 "2005-12-01T17:00:47Z")
> [@Peter Morris](#): > > Madona & Child = Jesus & Mary Chain? I went with just plain **Madonna** and i thought the planes flying in at the top was \*\*the Jefferson Airplane \*\* but I like **the B-52s** as a much better answer ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-bands-artists-can-you-spot-in-this-picture/333459/44 "2005-12-01T17:02:29Z")
> [@Bearflag70](#): > > The guy hitting the pumpkin = Wham! 😉 > > The zombie = Dead or Alive 😉 > > The yellow guy = Living Colour? > > Jewelry = Neil Diamond? > > The “contortionists” = Spandau Ballet? the guy hitting the pumpkin is (d’uh) **Smashing Pumpkins** ---
**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, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-bands-artists-can-you-spot-in-this-picture/333459/45 "2005-12-01T17:16:05Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > the guy hitting the pumpkin is (d’uh) **Smashing Pumpkins** > [@](#): > > Originally Posted by **Bearflag70** > The guy hitting the pumpkin = Wham! 😉 **joke** n. 1. Something said or done to evoke laughter or amusement, especially an amusing story with a punch line. 2. A mischievous trick; a prank. 3. An amusing or ludicrous incident or situation. 4. Informal. Something not to be taken seriously; a triviality: The accident was no joke. 5. An object of amusement or laughter; a laughingstock: His loud tie was the joke of the office. ---
**Author:** ![Pjen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Pjen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pjen)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-bands-artists-can-you-spot-in-this-picture/333459/46 "2005-12-01T18:27:00Z")
> [@who](#): > > I didn’t see anybody mention… > > Yellowman > cornershop > that necklace looks like a Heart > and, wasn’t there a band called Shelley’s Manne Hole Cover (or some such), or was that just my imagination? > but, what’s up with those colored boards(?) behind the Preachers, and the calendar ( August 21, '06)? Calendar: ?? Green Day Scissors: Scissor Sisters ---
**Author:** ![Pjen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Pjen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pjen)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-bands-artists-can-you-spot-in-this-picture/333459/47 "2005-12-01T18:30:10Z")
Better picture: [http://virgindigital.com/wallpapers/virgindigital1280x960.jpg](http://virgindigital.com/wallpapers/virgindigital1280x960.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Pjen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Pjen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pjen)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-bands-artists-can-you-spot-in-this-picture/333459/48 "2005-12-01T18:32:56Z")
Houses at back- Deep Purple ---
**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, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-bands-artists-can-you-spot-in-this-picture/333459/49 "2005-12-01T18:42:46Z")
Kudos to **who, me?** for spotting Cornershop. From the eagles: Wings. (Well, the angle does emphasize their wings.) The smiling gourds/fruit: The Faces. It’s true that The Contortions was also known as James Chance and The Contortions, but you can count them either way. I have their album **Buy** on CD and it’s credited to The Contortions. What’s the deal with the ungainly stand of pine trees, way too large for scale, on the mountain? And why are they tilted every which way? ---
**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, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-bands-artists-can-you-spot-in-this-picture/333459/50 "2005-12-01T19:04:57Z")
Screaming Trees? Oak Ridge Boys? ---
**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, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-bands-artists-can-you-spot-in-this-picture/333459/51 "2005-12-01T19:11:25Z")
One thing is certain… they built that city on rock 'n roll 😛 ---
**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, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-bands-artists-can-you-spot-in-this-picture/333459/52 "2005-12-01T19:23:46Z")
It just came to me : **Cypress Hill** **Pjen** , the image you linked to is cropped on the left (The pet shop is missing). And this being the Straight Dope and all, I think it should be pointed out that Apes aren’t Monkees. The Guitar Mafia appear to have red flecks on their shirts. Is that blood or coloring? Another ‘too obvious to count’ : **Belly** ---
**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-bands-artists-can-you-spot-in-this-picture/333459/53 "2005-12-01T19:24:14Z")
> [@Bearflag70](#): > > Everyone in the picture = Village People I think it’s one Motley Crue. ---
**Author:** ![SpartanDC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b2d939/32.png) [@SpartanDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpartanDC)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-bands-artists-can-you-spot-in-this-picture/333459/54 "2005-12-01T20:03:35Z")
Hmm… perhaps The Contortions is the way to go then. My friends and I who are looking at this have decided the guys with the guitar cases are **The Killers**. Nice job figuring out Cypress Hill, **panamajack**! ---
**Author:** ![diku](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4af34b/32.png) [@diku](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/diku)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-bands-artists-can-you-spot-in-this-picture/333459/55 "2005-12-01T20:20:42Z")
Mailman = The Postal Service? ---
**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, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-bands-artists-can-you-spot-in-this-picture/333459/56 "2005-12-01T20:20:48Z")
Has anyone figured out the really blurry guy on the right? Blur maybe? ---
**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, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-bands-artists-can-you-spot-in-this-picture/333459/57 "2005-12-01T20:21:08Z")
According to the contest website, “To get the answers and hear the playlist, go to [www.virgindigital.com](http://www.virgindigital.com) and download the music player.” Does anyone feel like posting a spolier? I submitted the responses “Spandau Ballet” and “Contortions”. The website said I had no correct answers. ---
**Author:** ![Atticus\_Finch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ec9cab/32.png) [@Atticus\_Finch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atticus_Finch)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-bands-artists-can-you-spot-in-this-picture/333459/58 "2005-12-01T21:09:33Z")
For sure: - The contortionists are The Kinks. - Blurry guy is definitely Blur. - The knocked-over garbage can is Garbage. Maybes: - The jewelry could be Jewel or perhaps The Bangles. - Not convinced by men on the roof being Men at Work or Men Without Hats. There’s three of them, they have a gate. The Gatemen? - The guys in suits with guitars and blood spatters. Is there a band something like the Guitar Assassins etc? Could just be the Killers, but that doesn’t explain the guitars… ---
**Author:** ![Atticus\_Finch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ec9cab/32.png) [@Atticus\_Finch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atticus_Finch)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-bands-artists-can-you-spot-in-this-picture/333459/59 "2005-12-01T21:11:00Z")
Not sure if it’s been listed yet, but the green things in the middle of the page are The Eels. ---
**Author:** ![Atticus\_Finch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ec9cab/32.png) [@Atticus\_Finch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atticus_Finch)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-bands-artists-can-you-spot-in-this-picture/333459/60 "2005-12-01T21:12:39Z")
Sorry for the triple post, but keep spotting stuff. I think the green leafy thing in front of the Guns and Roses is Bush, and the stuff coming out of the drain just behind is The Roots. Also, it’s been mentioned before but the yellow guy’s got to be Yellowman. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-bands-artists-can-you-spot-in-this-picture/333459.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-bands-artists-can-you-spot-in-this-picture/333459.md?page=4)