# 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:** 18\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![adhemar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@adhemar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adhemar)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2005, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-bands-artists-can-you-spot-in-this-picture/333459/81 "2005-12-04T07:02:20Z")
there is a British group called “Main” according to a website on the history of Rocl and roll. ---
**Author:** ![adhemar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@adhemar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adhemar)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2005, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-bands-artists-can-you-spot-in-this-picture/333459/82 "2005-12-04T07:21:44Z")
The whole thing could collectively be the Who, or maybe Traffic and certainly Pop Group. Oh how about Soundgarden? And definatly something you would see after Magic Mushroom. Those could be Hothouse Flowers behind the guns and roses? All htose people ion the window Crowded House? OK, I quit now. ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2005, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-bands-artists-can-you-spot-in-this-picture/333459/83 "2005-12-04T17:35:57Z")
> [@Lil' Mahoney](#): > > Do you guys want me to post what I’ve got under a spoiler tag, or would that spoil the guessing fun you’re having? Please post under spoiler. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2005, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-bands-artists-can-you-spot-in-this-picture/333459/84 "2005-12-04T18:20:53Z")
The two posters on the wall on the left next to Seal. Dead Kennedys. ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2005, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-bands-artists-can-you-spot-in-this-picture/333459/85 "2005-12-04T19:57:07Z")
> [@Pjen](#): > > Better picture: > > [Whoops. | Virgin](http://virgindigital.com/wallpapers/virgindigital1280x960.jpg) That picture is definitely better - and makes it clear that it is a pothole in the intersection, and not an oil slick. ---
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2005, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-bands-artists-can-you-spot-in-this-picture/333459/86 "2005-12-04T20:23:41Z")
> [@The Scrivener](#): > > The two dudes in black suits could be Interpol (or The Police), but what’s with their guitar cases? That’s how mafia hitmen carry their guns around incognito (well, violin cases traditionally). So I vote for The Killers, too. ---
**Author:** ![Talon\_Karrde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Talon\_Karrde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Talon_Karrde)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2005, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-bands-artists-can-you-spot-in-this-picture/333459/87 "2005-12-04T21:23:23Z")
The guy who’s smashing the pumpkins could also be MC Hammer ---
**Author:** ![Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cc9497/32.png) [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt.Ridley_s_Shooting_Party)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2005, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-bands-artists-can-you-spot-in-this-picture/333459/88 "2005-12-04T21:43:36Z")
The people looking out of the appartment windows, previously attributed as Crowded House, could also be Bloc Party. ---
**Author:** ![rayh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@rayh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rayh)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2005, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-bands-artists-can-you-spot-in-this-picture/333459/89 "2005-12-04T23:28:41Z")
**Lovin’ Spoonful** **Red Hot Chili Peppers** **Small Faces** **Blues Brothers** ---
**Author:** ![pokey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ebca7d/32.png) [@pokey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pokey)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2005, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-bands-artists-can-you-spot-in-this-picture/333459/90 "2005-12-05T02:02:03Z")
I put in a vote that the guys with guitar cases are the Killers. Did I see the Bee Gees already? What’s the candy on the ground? Even though I read the thread I can’t figure it out. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2005, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-bands-artists-can-you-spot-in-this-picture/333459/91 "2005-12-05T09:10:06Z")
Eminem. ---
**Author:** ![GraceTX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c4cdca/32.png) [@GraceTX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GraceTX)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2005, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-bands-artists-can-you-spot-in-this-picture/333459/92 "2005-12-05T14:54:31Z")
> [@Bearflag70](#): > > Please post under spoiler. Thanks! Ok, these are all 74 correct answers. Don’t read if you don’t want to be spoiled. 1. Pet Shop Boys 2) Crowded House 3) Queen 4) Talking Heads 5) Sex Pistols 6) White Stripes 7) Matchbox Twenty 8) Kiss 9) U2 10) The Police 11) Gorillaz 12) Scissor Sisters 13) Smashing Pumpkins 14) The Cult 15) Eagles 16) The Roots 17) B-52s 18) Madonna 19) Led Zeppelin 20) Phish 21) Blur 22) Black Crowes 23) The Lemonheads 24) Jewel 25) Eels 26) The Cars 27) Guns n’ Roses 28) Ratt 29) Seal 30) Spoon 31) Whitesnake 32) The Killers 33) The Rolling Stones 34) Iron Maiden 35) Hole 36) The Postal Service 37) Cowboy Junkies 38) Yellowman 39) White Zombie 40) Eminem 41) Scorpions 42) Dinosaur Jr 43) Alice In Chains 44) Green Day 45) Bee Gees 46) Cornershop 47) 50 Cent 48) Red Hot Chili Peppers 49) Blondie 50) Blind Melon 51) Nine Inch Nails 52) Cypress Hill 53) The Pixies 54) Garbage 55) The Beach Boys 56) Dead Kennedys 57) Pavement 58) Pink 59) Deep Purple 60) Black Flag 61) The Doors 62) Radiohead 63) Cake 64) Twisted Sister 65) Korn 66) Jane’s Addiction 67) Cranberries 68) Great White 69) Skinny Puppy 70) Go-Go’s 71) The Carpenters 72) Prince And the two I was missing: 73) 311 - 3 tubes of roses with 11 guns. Tenuous, but correct apparently. 74) D12 - Googled for, so if anyone can actually explain this one to me, I’d really appreciate it. ---
**Author:** ![Cardinal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardinal/32/4000_2.png) [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-bands-artists-can-you-spot-in-this-picture/333459/93 "2005-12-09T03:26:03Z")
D12 is Eminem’s old hometown buddies in a rap group with him. I get the impression he does it to help out the less successful, and to have a venue for kind of screwing around. ---
**Author:** ![adhemar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@adhemar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adhemar)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-bands-artists-can-you-spot-in-this-picture/333459/94 "2005-12-09T06:56:38Z")
So Lil’ Mahoney, Virgin records has confirmed that these are the correct answers? The only reason I am asking it those last two are pretty obscure choices especially given the main street sign very prominant and obvious. ---
**Author:** ![GraceTX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c4cdca/32.png) [@GraceTX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GraceTX)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-bands-artists-can-you-spot-in-this-picture/333459/95 "2005-12-09T09:49:12Z")
> [@adhemar](#): > > So Lil’ Mahoney, Virgin records has confirmed that these are the correct answers? The only reason I am asking it those last two are pretty obscure choices especially given the main street sign very prominant and obvious. They’re the ones that are correct on _that_ website, for sure. Whether, they’re all the ones that Virgin intended, who knows? It looks to me like this competition is actually being run independently from Virgin. ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-bands-artists-can-you-spot-in-this-picture/333459/96 "2005-12-09T11:45:09Z")
The only thing I can possibly see as indicating “D 12” is the “Twisted Sister” acrobats - the upper one looks vaguely D-like and the lower one could represent the 1 on the left and 2 on the right (as we can see her two legs). Other than that, I’m completely stumped as to what else could be D 12. ---
**Author:** ![Caiata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e56c9b/32.png) [@Caiata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caiata)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-bands-artists-can-you-spot-in-this-picture/333459/97 "2005-12-09T14:18:35Z")
Without posting spoilers, is it possible that the blue building + giant shell + people in white = Blue Oyster Cult? ---
**Author:** ![Caiata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e56c9b/32.png) [@Caiata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caiata)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-bands-artists-can-you-spot-in-this-picture/333459/98 "2005-12-09T14:19:57Z")
Er, I meant “Without _looking at_ spoilers”… ☹ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-bands-artists-can-you-spot-in-this-picture/333459.md?page=4)