Put your thinking caps on! I’ve come up with a bunch of riddles and mind benders regarding the band’s who are playing at this year’s CincyPunk Festival. I’m gonna go ahead and give you all of the clues right now. I’ll be posting the answers (full lineup) late next week. Feel free to send in your thoughts on the clues to nate@brokenmic.com
All the clues refer to a band playing at this year’s CincyPunk Festival, which will be held on the weekend of April 9-10 at the Southgate House in Newport, Kentucky. Most of the band’s playing live right here in Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky. For those familiar with our music scene, these should be somewhat easy for you. Good luck to everyone!
1. Do you remember that catchy hit The Proclaimers had? Part of this band’s name is in that song.
2. Plant them in the ground, watch them grow.
3. “My Old Kentucky Home” and “Hang on Sloopy” are _______ _______.
4. This band’s name is an alteration on the spelling of the last name of the British composer who wrote the score to Battle of the Bulge.
5. This band’s name is also the name of a Woody Allen film starring Tracey Ullman and Hugh Grant.
6. Hurry up Charles!
7. The UFO Seige
8. Turns the rudder
9. Was the world’s largest bingo parlor when it opened in 1970, in Las Vegas.
10. A type of nut, plus the town of Coronation Street.
11. Focus on two of the words found in this band’s name. One of these words is a Jamaican word of West African origin meaning “ghost” or “spirit.” The other word can be found in the name of a popular chain of smoothie restaurants.
12. Your siblings.
13. This band’s name is kind of like a wrecking yard, only one important letter is missing.
14. “I have a dream…”
15. This band’s name can relate to a type of spider found in the Castlevania video game series.
16. Greatest vengeance.
17. A Chicago-based radio program hosted by Ira Glass.
18. What your parents used to do to you when you were really young, just before you went to bed. Also the name of an Alkaline Trio song.
19. Unrestrained and violent, kind of like their sound.
20. Often associated with conservative business attire or the New York Yankees home uniform.
21. Not fast, plus a curvy appendage found at the end of the toe or finger in most mammals.
22. The most commonly-played musical instrument.
23. All by myself, in the middle of the night.
24. The opposite of strength.
25. A medication that can increase heart rate and blood pressure, much like the feeling you get when watching this band live.
26. Don’t ever think of doing this to your Lord and Saviour.
27. Size doesn’t matter.
28. America’s Most Wanted.
29. The name of a song by The Ramones. Also the name of Bob Geldof & the Boomtown Rats greatest hits compilation.
30. Who is Rich Ellerson?
31. Two parts to this clue. The first part is a New Zealand rugby player from the 1905 Original All Blacks that passed away on March 2, 1972. The second part of this band’s name refers to the state known as “Old Dominion.”
32. The sun never sets.
33. The English translation means “Day of the Dead.”
34. His last name rhymes with the first name of that jolly fat guy in red who brings you presents on Jesus’s birthday.