HTF Challenge... Find The Bands (1 Viewer)

[Jason Pancake]

There are 75 bands from the Virgin label represented in this picture. Two of my friends and I have only found 45 of them.

Virgin Bands

Example: Guns N' Roses on the left bottom represented by the guns and roses bouquets.

Please name the band and how they are represented.

 

[Richard Travale]

Heh, I'm doing this right now on another forum. So far we have 55 of them.

 

[GARY C]

Here's what I could get looking at it quickly.

1. Guns & Roses (guns and roses bouquet - left/bottom)
2. B-52'S (B-52 bombers - centre/top)
3. Rolling Stones (rolling stones - centre)
4. Matchbox 20 (matchboxes in the shape of a 20 - centre/bottom)
5. Alice in Chains (alice in wonderland in chains - right/middle)
6. Blur (blurry man - right/middle)
7. The Eagles (flying eagles - right/middle)
8. Smashing Pumpkins (guy smashing pumpkins - bottom/middle)
9. 50 Cent (50 cent piece - bottom/left)
10. Black Flag (black flag - centre)
11. Sex Pistols (might be my dirty mind, but those look like gun/dildo's the queen is holding - centre/bottom)
12. Queen (the queen - centre/bottom)
13. Radio Head (guy with the gettoblaster for a head - centre)
14. Led Zeppelin (zeppelin - centre/top)
15. The Doors (different colored doors - centre near jaws sign)
16. Dead Kennedy’s (pictures of Robert and John Kennedy - left/middle)
17. Seal (poster of a seal - left/middle)
18. Gorillaz (various gorillaz - top)
19. The Pixies (various pixies - left)
20. The Eels (near the queen - centre/bottom)
21. Ratt (rat near pink scissors - centre/bottom)
22. U2 (uu graphitti on building - right/middle)
23. The Vines (vines coming out of the grate behind the queen - centre/bottom)
24. The Cars (various cars - centre)
25. Bee Gees (bgg on the same building as U2 - right/middle)

More to follow.

 

[Todd H]

White Zombie on far left?

 

[Richard Travale]

Here's what we have so far

1. Led Zeppelin (in sky)
2. Blind Melon (watermelon with sunglasses)
3. Smashing Pumpkins(guy w/ sledgehammer)
4. Gorillaz (the apes)
5. Radiohead(guy with radio as head)
6. Guns & Roses (front cart)
7. Garbage (trash bin tipped over)
8. Red Hot Chili Peppers (peppers in veggie cart)
9. Beach Boys (guys with surfboards)
10. Rolling Stones (big rolling stones)
11. Scissor Sisters (pink scissors with bows)
12. B-52's (the bombers in air)
13. Cowboy Junkies (cowboys shooting up )
14. Alice in Chains (obvious)
15. Black Crowes (crows on main st sign)
16. The Spoons (huge spoon)
17. The Eagles (huge eagles in air)
18. The Police (cops in front of mustang)
19. White Snake (huge white snake)
20. White Zombie (left of picture)
21. Hole (hole in the street)
22. Phish (in the fish bowl in front)
23. Matchbox 20 (the matchboxes arranged in a 20)
24. Ratt (the big rat)
25. Seal (the sign above zombie)
26. The Cars (all of the cars)
27. The Dead Kennedy's (pictures of Jack & Bobby)
28. 50 Cent (half dollar)
29. Lemonheads (lemons with faces in cart)
30. U2 (two U's on building)
31. The Eels (the two eels)
32. Spoon
33. The Vines (coming out of the sewer grate)
34. Jewel (in box beside veggie cart)
35. The Postal Service (guy at post box)
36. The Doors (coloured doors)
37. The White Stripes (the crosswalks)
38. Beach Boys
39. Eminem (the candy in front of scissors)
40. Korn (on veggie cart)
41. Black Flag (side of building)
42. Bloc Party (people inside of building)
43. Sex Pistols (the gun with dildos)
44. BeeGees (on building under U2)
45. The Pixies (pixies flying around)
46. Yelloman (guy on corner...who is yellow )
47. Blur(blurry guy)
48. Green Day (on calendar)
49. Talking Heads (on TV's in display window)
50. Kiss (the girls kissing)
51. Nine Inch Nails (nails beside candy)
52. Twisted Sister (contortionist girls)
53. Dinosaur Jr (little dinosaur)
54. The Killers (guys wearing black w/ blood on shirts)
55. Mountain (the mountain)
56. Deep Purple (the building)
57. Iron Maiden (the big torture device on crosswalk
58. Cornershop (the shop...on the corner)
59. Great White (shark poster)
60. Prince (the guy in front)
61. Queen (the lady in front)

oops, we had Spoons and Beach boys doubled so we only have 59.

 

[GARY C]

A little of the left side of the picture is missing in the above link.

If you go here...

http://www.heavy.com/heavy.php?channel=virginGame

There are a few bands that are cut off;

Cake
Scorpions
Skinny Puppy
Pet Shop Boys

Plus a few more from the existing picture linked above;

Corner Shop (corner store with the shop sign)
Bush (by the G&R cart)
Madonna (the picture in the window by the Kennedy pictures)
Blondie (girl on the fire escape)
Crowded House (if not Bloc Party)

 

[Jon_Are]

On the fruit cart I see the Lemonheads.

Jon

 

[Linda Thompson]

One of my other boards is also doing this, and we've hit up to 74, I believe...

http://lnr.loungebunny.net/torched/viewtopic.php?t=818

We have most of Richard's same list, with a few differences:

Instead of Mountain (our first thought), we now think Cypress Hill...

We were undecided between Dead Kennedys and Presidents of the USA...some of us think the top pic looks more like Ronald Reagan...

Instead of Twisted Sister, we also thought possibly the Contortionists...

And, we have a few more that aren't listed here (some guesses, and some we're pretty sure about).

The Proclaimers
The Go-Gos
The Cranberries (possibly...the crate in front of the veggie stand)

...and a few others...

Fun, but a bit ambiguous, given some of the group names that are out there these days...

 

[andrew markworthy]

A couple more that have been missed or perhaps need alternative explanations:

Madonna (the picture of the Virgin Mary and baby Jesus in the shop window) Alternatively, it might mean the Jesus and Mary Chain (an indie rock group from the 80s)

Pink (the bubblegum being blown by the woman on the fire escape; and/or the colour of the sky) Or, the pink bubblegum might be referring to an obscure group called Bubblegum.

Television (basically, the same section of the picture that also gives us Talking Heads)

Pavement (Britspeak for sidewalk)

The Go-Gos (the girls running in front of one of the giant boulders are wearing go-go boots)

Phish might actually be Fish (ex-lead singer with Marillion, enjoyed a modest solo career in Europe if not in the USA)

Nine Inch Nails may be Styx (they might not be nails but might be sticks such as drum sticks; 'sticks' = 'Styx'; yes, I know, an appalling pun)

The Dolls/The New York Dolls (doll in shop window - probably not)

The Vibrators ((he barrels of the sex pistols)

Men at Work (there are quite a few male workers in the picture)

Manic Street Preachers (the group in white - or at a pinch, it might be The Average White Band)

Really off the wall:

Is the girl next to the cowboy meant to be Sweethart of the Rodeo? Yes, I know it's the name of an album, but wasn't there a group called that as well?

Is the subway sign meant to indicate Velvet Underground?

Wasn't there a band called The Streets? In which case that could be another answer found.


BTW, what's in the holster of the cowboy junkie? It doesn't look like a gun, but the resolution on my monitor isn't good enough to work it out.

Also, don't all 75 acts have to be on the Virgin lable? In which case, a lot of the list is wrong, I'm afraid (including most of my suggestions :frowning.

 

[TonyD]

pretty interesting.
has all been guessed yet?

 

[Artur Meinild]

Can anyone point to a location where the hires image is still online?

 

[McPaul]

Here's what I have listed so far... don't read if you don't want to know:

using this picture: http://www.heavy.com/heavy.php?channel=virginGame

1 Queen
2 Prince
3 50 Cent
4 The Eels
5 Dinosaur Jr.
6 Matchbox 20
7 NIN
8 Smashing Pumpkins
9 Eminem
10 Scissor Sisters
11 Green Day
12 Lemonheads
13 RHCP
14 Korn
15 Alice in Chains
16 Blur
17 Eagles
18 Gorillaz
19 B52's
20 Led Zepplin
21 Cypress Hill
22 Deep Purple
23 Rolling Stones
24 Cars
25 Hole
26 BeeGee's
27 U2
28 Beach Boys
29 Garbage
30 RATT
31 White Stripes
32 Radiohead
33 Sex Pistols
34 Iron Maiden
35 Manic Street Preachers
36 Television
37 Crowded House
38 Black Flag
39 Go-Go's
40 Police
41 Pavement
42 Whitesnake
43 Yellowman
44 Madonna
45 Dead Kennedy's
46 White Zombie
47 GnR
48 Seal
49 Pixies
50 The Vines
51 The Roots
52 Postal Service
53 Spoon
54 Cranberries
55 Twisted Sister
56 Killers
57 Doors
58 Black Crowes
59 Cowboy Junkies
60 Blind Melon
61 Skinny Puppy
62 Jewel
63 Talking Heads
64 Cornershop
65 Bauhaus
66 Pet Shop Boys
67 Cake
68 Scorpions
69
70
71
72
73
74

edit: didn't realize this was so old, just saw it this morning... you guys probably have this all wrapped up now...