The Great Providence Quiz 3.0

Music & Nightlife

Total: 28 points

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Question 1 (1 pt.)
A. Velvet Crush: This question contains a slight inaccuracy, as the group did work with Matthew Sweet to produce their 1991 debut, In the Presence of Greatness, but the follow-up, 1994’s Teenage Symphonies to God, was produced by Mitch Easter, who had previously worked with another Athens, GA act, REM. Their debut was released by the influential UK label, Creation, while their sophomore effort was on Epic Records. The band’s most recent album, released on its own Action Musik label, is 2004’s Stereo Blues.

Question 2 (8pts.)
Real bands: She Rides, Howl, Villainer and, perhaps unbelievably, Worms in Women and Cattle.

Fake bands: Wülves, Death Confetti, Killbeard and Call of Cthulu – though that last one is a real “deathcore” band from South Florida. And, for any aspiring rockers out there, we totally call dibs on Killbeard.

Question 3 (7 pts.)
Across
4. Club Babyhead, in the location that was until recently Club Hell, was one of Providence’s best known rock clubs, where Nirvana famously played a show the day after Nevermind was released in 1991 that everyone who was around back then now claims to have attended.
5. Fort Thunder, a dilapidated mill building that was razed in 2002 to make way for the Eagle Square shopping center, was the epicenter of the mid-‘90s to mid-‘00s music and art scene in Olneyville that attracted national attention.
6. The Met Café, the smaller sister venue to Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel, was located at the corner of Union and Fulton Street, in a space now occupied by Union Studio architects. The all new Met is in Pawtucket’s Hope Artiste Village.

Down
1. The Living Room moved several times before its ultimate demise in 2008. It was originally on Westminster Street in the ‘70s and ‘80s, then moved to Promenade Street in the ‘90s, before finally winding up on Rathbone Street, nearly hidden behind a Dunkin’ Donuts and a gas station. Founder Randy Hien, a legend in the local music scene, died in 2006.
2. The Safari Lounge, presided over by its colorful proprietor Jimmy Ilarraza and his pet snake, was one of Downtown’s favorite dives before it closed in 2005. A dispute with the landlord forced Ilarraza to abandon his Eddy Street club.
3. The Jewelry District’s Century Lounge was one of the city’s precious few below-the-sidewalk bars, along with its neighbor, The Call. Though both closed, both have been reborn: The Call is now the Spot Underground and the space that housed the Century is now home to The ROI, a supper club.
7. The Green Room at Snookers was a smaller venue inside the bar and billiards club that hosted bands and regular DJ nights. The music stopped well before Snookers moved to its new and larger home on Ashburton Street.

Question 4 (6 pts.)

1. The ‘Mericans are a roots rock group fronted by former Purple Ivy Shadows singer/guitarist Chris Daltry, who also owns What Cheer? Antiques in Wayland Square and organizes the Providence Rock N Roll Yard Sale.
2. Brown Bird, centered around the duo of David Lamb and MorganEve Swain, play an eclectic mix of Americana encompassing folk, gospel, country and more. They are musician’s musicians, often cited as a favorite local act by other local bands.
3. Deer Tick is the most successful band to come out of Rhode Island since Lightning Bolt. Their most recent album, Divine Providence, was released last year amidst much fan fare. They packed the Met two nights in a row for a record release party in the same week they appeared on David Letterman’s show.
4. The Low Anthem is another local band that has achieved national acclaim. Their 2008 breakout album Oh My God, Charlie Darwin, earned a rave review from the New York Times and subsequently landed them on the bill at big music festivals like Bonnaroo, Austin City Limits and the Newport Folk Festival.
5. The Wrong Reasons, fronted by singer/songwriter Joe Fletcher, are currently on tour in support of their most recent album, White Lighter. They are not, they maintain, “at all a rockabilly band.”
6. The Silks, driven by the finger picking style and extensive song catalogue of frontman Tyler James Kelly, are throwing a huge party on March 10 at Machines with Magnets studio, where they are currently recording the first full-length. The show is a fundraiser to pay for the recording.

Question 5 (6 pts.)
Midnight: The Avery and the Point Tavern
2am: Whiskey Republic and Kartabar
3am: Karma and Roxy. As part of a pilot program, six clubs can stay open until 3am on weekends and Sundays before Monday holidays, so that patrons can finish their drinks and filter out over the course of an hour. However, they may not serve alcohol during the extra hour.

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