Musical Umlauts by PenningtonJ
SorensonG
IvixorB
The recent quiz on German progressive rock (aka "Krautrock") at Learned League has inspired this new quiz on the gratuitous use of umlauts in band names and album titles, both heavy metal umlauts and umlauts in other genres. Because not everybody has the same capability to render diacritical marks on their keyboard, I won't require people to include umlauts in their answer, but it would be totally "metal" if you did.
1 SorensonG 419 98 15
2 IvixorB 416 95 00
3 Palefire 408 91 15
4 BringMoreLegos 390 88 00
5 KreitzerJ 384 85 15
6 RonningD 374 82 15
7 HomerS 365 79 15
8 Ethan 364 75 15
9 LuskT 354 70 15
9 BarthR 354 70 15
11 GoodmanDL 343 66 15
12 MilgromM 332 61 15
12 Kloefkorn 332 61 15
14 DFisher 327 56 15
15 MurphyCD 317 50 15
18 DixonD 311 43 15
21 OlewnickB 293 33 15
23 LiptonM 291 27 15
24 KleinJ 273 24 15
25 BednarczukJ 233 20 00
26 randalleng 230 17 15
27 SochackiA 187 14 15
29 Gypsy 118 8 00
The first rock group to use an umlaut in its name was Früt of the Loom, a psychedelic band formed in 1966 in which American state, a state also known for producing the Amboy Dukes, the MC5, and the Bob Seger System?
The second band to use an umlaut in its name was the Krautrock band Amon Düül, which later split into competing Amon Düül and Amon Düül II factions. Amon Düül originally formed from a radical West German commune that also included future members of what European terrorist group founded in 1970?
the Red Army Faction (aka Red Army Fraction aka Rote Armee Fraktion aka Baader-Meinhof Gang)
What band, previously known as Soft White Underbelly or The Stalk-Forrest Group, became the first heavy metal act to use an umlaut in its name, on its self-titled 1972 debut album?
What jazzy French progressive rock group has no umlauts in its name but released several albums with umlauts in the title, including Mëkanïk Dëstruktïẁ Kömmandöh, Köhntarkösz, and Üdü Ẁüdü? (Hint: the band had so many weird titles because group leader Christian Vander created a fake alien language called Kobaïan for the band's lyrics.)
Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister was the member of two bands that played a major role in the history of musical umlauts. The first was a "space rock" band that wrote "YÖÜR ØÅPTÅIN IS DEA̋D" on the back cover of their 1971 album In Search of Space; the second was a pioneering speed metal band best known for "Bomber" and "Ace of Spades." Name BOTH bands.
Hawkwind, Motörhead
Hüsker Dü, the first punk band to use an umlaut in its name, took its name from the title of a 1970s-era children's board game, which means the same thing in either Danish or Norwegian. What 3-word phrase best translates "Husker du?" into English?
What German beer, now currently owned by Anheuser-Busch, inspired the 1980s hair band Mötley Crüe to put umlauts in its name?
What heavy metal band, known for its concept album Operation: Mindcrime, modified the spelling of their name and added an umlaut to prevent the group from being associated with neo-Nazis?
The parody metal band Spinal Tap has an umlaut over the letter N, which appears in almost no human language. What language, the official language of Madagascar, is a rare exception to this rule?
What fictional member of Spinal Tap (not the actor who portrays him), with a surname that honors the patron saint of "quality footwear," said of the umlaut in his band's name? "It's like a pair of eyes. You're looking at the umlaut, and it's looking at you."
David St. Hubbins
What comedy heavy metal band, best known for the album Cereal Killer, was forced to change the spelling of its name due to legal pressure from Kraft Foods?
Green Jellö (or Green Jellÿ)
What cartoon character from the 1980s played "electric tongue" in the fictional heavy metal band Deathtöngue?
Bill the Cat