UPDATE: 500 Miles to Memphis have cancelled their appearance at this year’s CincyPunk Festival due to conflicts with their 2010 Spring Tour. They’re currenlty on a massive tour covering most of the United States. Chances are they’re coming to a town near you soon. If you like a little bit of country with a little bit of punk attitude, do yourself a favor and check these guys out. One of Cincinnati’s best. You won’t be disappointed. Find all of their tourdates here.
The CincyPunk 9 lineup is out. Here are the answers to those clues I posted a few days ago. See which ones you guessed right.
1. Do you remember that catchy hit The Proclaimers had? Part of this band’s name is in that song.
Answer: 500 Miles to Memphis
2. Plant them in the ground, watch them grow.
Answer: The Seedy Seeds
3. “My Old Kentucky Home” and “Hang on Sloopy” are _______ _______.
Answer: State Song
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.
Answer: The Frankl Project
5. This band’s name is also the name of a Woody Allen film starring Tracey Ullman and Hugh Grant.
Answer: Small Time Crooks
6. Hurry up Charles!
Answer: Charlie Hustle
7. The UFO Seige
Answer: Situation Red
8. Turns the rudder
Answer: The Tillers
9. Was the world’s largest bingo parlor when it opened in 1970, in Las Vegas.
Answer: The Western
10. A type of nut, plus the town of Coronation Street.
Answer: Hazle Weatherfield
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.
Answer: duppy a’ jamba
12. Your siblings.
Answer: The Brothers and The Sisters
13. This band’s name is kind of like a wrecking yard, only one important letter is missing.
Answer: The Junkards
14. “I have a dream…”
Answer: Martin Luther and the Kings
15. This band’s name can relate to a type of spider found in the Castlevania video game series.
Answer: Skeletone
16. Greatest vengeance.
Answer: Best Revenge
17. A Chicago-based radio program hosted by Ira Glass.
Answer: This American Life
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.
Answer: Tuck Me In
19. Unrestrained and violent, kind of like their sound.
Answer: The Lion’s Rampant
20. Often associated with conservative business attire or the New York Yankees home uniform.
Answer: The Pinstripes
21. Not fast, plus a curvy appendage found at the end of the toe or finger in most mammals.
Answer: Slow Claw
22. The most commonly-played musical instrument.
Answer: The Guitars
23. All by myself, in the middle of the night.
Answer: Alone at 3am
24. The opposite of strength.
Answer: Weakness
25. A medication that can increase heart rate and blood pressure, much like the feeling you get when watching this band live.
Answer: The Dopamines
26. Don’t ever think of doing this to your Lord and Saviour.
Answer: Dropkickmejesus
27. Size doesn’t matter.
Answer: Two Inch Winky
28. America’s Most Wanted.
Answer: John Walsh
29. The name of a song by The Ramones. Also the name of Bob Geldof & the Boomtown Rats greatest hits compilation.
Answer: Loudmouth
30. Who is Rich Ellerson?
Answer: Army Coach
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.”
Answer: Billy Wallace and the Virginia Blues
32. The sun never sets.
Answer: The Never Setting Suns
33. The English translation means “Day of the Dead.”
Answer: De Los Muertos
34. His last name rhymes with the first name of that jolly fat guy in red who brings you presents on Jesus’s birthday.
Answer: Sam Banta