Band Connection Game

Mushy

Band: Frank Zappa

Connection: Vinie Calouita recorded stuff for Megadeth and was Zappa's main skins man.

waltersobchak

Band: Steve Vai

Connection: Played in Zappa's band in the 1970's

DazMarz

Band: Whitesnake

Connection: Vai was in Whitesnake from '88-'91 and played on their 'Slip of the Tongue' album.

waltersobchak

Band: Thin Lizzy

Connection: John Sykes played guitar for both Thin Lizzy and Whitesnake

DazMarz

Band: Motorhead

Connection: Guitarist Brian 'Robbo' Robertson played for both bands.

waltersobchak

Band: The Ramones

Connection: Lemmy wrote the song R.A.M.O.N.E.S and both bands subsequently recorded and preformed the song live..

Jemmaa

waltersobchak wrote: »

Band: The Ramones

Connection: Lemmy wrote the song R.A.M.O.N.E.S and both bands subsequently recorded and preformed the song live..

BAND: Pearl Jam
CONNECTION: Pearl Jam's song Life Wasted is dedicated to Johnny Ramone

waltersobchak

BAND: Alice in Chains

CONNECTION: Both Mike McCready and Layne Stanley were in Mad Season together.

Jemmaa

waltersobchak wrote: »

BAND: Alice in Chains

CONNECTION: Both Mike McCready and Layne Stanley were in Mad Season together.

BAND: Ozzy Osbourne
CONNECTION: Inez was playing with Osbourne

DazMarz

Band: Quiet Riot

Connection: Ozzy's guitarist Randy Rhoads was the original guitarist for Quiet Riot

waltersobchak

Band: Judas Priest

Connection: Rudy Sarzo played Bass for both Quiet Riot and for Tim "Ripper" Owens who replaced The Metal God in Judas Priest

DazMarz

Band: Death

Connection: Death covered Judas Priest's ''Painkiller''

waltersobchak

Band: Faith No More

Connection: Chuck Schuldiner and Jim Martin both played in the Supergroup Voodoocult.. Although both at differant times

DazMarz

Band: Black Sabbath

Connection: FNM covered 'War Pigs' on ''The Real Thing''

TheStickyBandit

DazMarz wrote: »

Band: Black Sabbath

Connection: FNM covered 'War Pigs' on ''The Real Thing''

Band: Jethro Tull
Connection: Tony Iommi

DazMarz

Band: Metallica

Connection: Jethro Tull (in)famously beat Metallica to the first heavy metal Grammy award in the late 80's/early 90's.

waltersobchak

Band: The Offspring

Connection: Bob Rock Produced albums for both Metallica and the Offspring

DazMarz

Band: Def Leppard

Connection: Offspring sampled Leppard's "Rock Of Ages" for the track "Pretty Fly For A White Guy"

rgt320q

Band: Rolling Stones

Connection: Joe Elliott sang on one of Ronnie Wood's solo albums.

DazMarz

Band: W.A.S.P.

Connection: Covered the Stones' ''Paint It Black'' as a b-side.

Jemmaa

DazMarz wrote: »

Band: W.A.S.P.

Connection: Covered the Stones' ''Paint It Black'' as a b-side.

BAND: The Who
CONNECTION: The Real Me (The Who song) was covered by W.A.S.P.

DazMarz

Band: Van Halen

Connection: Van Halen covered The Who's 'Won't Get Fooled Again' for their live album "Live: Right Here, Right Now"

waltersobchak

BAND: Joe Satriani

CONNECTION: Joe was in the band Chickenfoot with former Van Halen members Michael Anthony and Sammy Hagar..

DazMarz

Band: Vai

Connection: Joe Satriani and Steve Vai are permanent members of the 'G3' guitar tour.

fartmaster

Band: Obituary

waltersobchak

DazMarz wrote: »

Band: Vai

Connection: Joe Satriani and Steve Vai are permanent members of the 'G3' guitar tour.

Band: Mr Big

Connection: Steve Vai's Bass Player Billy Sheenan and Fellow G3 alumnist Paul Gilbert are in it

Max Power1

Band: Poison

Connection: Richie Kotzen

DazMarz

Band: Guns N Roses

Connection: Slash auditioned for Poison, but they rejected him because he wasn't 'pretty' enough. More fools them...

Max Power1

Band: Velvet Revolver

Connection: slash et al

DazMarz

Band: Stone Temple Pilots

Connection: Scott Weiland

Jemmaa

DazMarz wrote: »

Band: Stone Temple Pilots

Connection: Scott Weiland

BAND: Black Flag
CONNECTION: "Stone Temple Pilots can trace its beginnings to a Black Flag concert in Long Beach, California in 1986, where Scott Weiland met Robert DeLeo. They began discussing their girlfriends, and, after realizing they were dating the same woman, developed a bond. They each subsequently broke it off with the girl, who left town, whereupon Weiland and DeLeo moved into her vacated apartment.."

DazMarz

Band: Henry Rollins Band

Connection: the eponymous Mr. Rollins himself...

cedomination

Band: Dillinger Escape Plan

Connection: DEP appeared on a black flag tribute cd.

Max Power1

Band: Coheed & Cambria

Connection : Chris Pennie

DazMarz

Band: Foo Fighters

Connection: FF's drummer Taylor Hawkins worked as a session drummer for Coheed and Cambria.

Max Power1

Band : QOTSA

Connection: Dave Grohl cameo as drummer

Useful.Idiot

Band: Kyuss

Connection: Mr Homme and Nick Oliveri

DazMarz

Band: Eagles Of Death Metal

Connection: Josh Homme

waltersobchak

BAND: Tenacious D

CONNECTION: Jack Black was in the Music video I Want You So Hard(Boys Bad News) by EODM

DazMarz

Band: Dio

Connection: Tenacious D released a song called ''Dio'' in honour of the man himself Ronnie James Dio (RIP)

GrizzlyMan

Band : Black Sabbath

Connection : Once again the Mighty 'Dio'

DazMarz

Band: Deep Purple

Connection: Ian Gillen was a vocalist for the two bands

Lucifer31

Band: Whitesnake

Connection: David Coverdale - as well as Whitesnake, has sung for Deep Purple.

DazMarz

Band: Def Leppard

Connection: Vivian Campbell played in Whitesnake from 1987-1988 and has been in Def Leppard since 1992.

Max Power1

Band - Steel Panther

Connection: Def Leppard are namechecked in the SP song "Death to all but metal"

DazMarz

Band: Poison

Connection: one of Steel Panther's biggest influences

Jemmaa

DazMarz wrote: »

Band: Poison

Connection: one of Steel Panther's biggest influences

BAND: KISS
CONNECTION: The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years(1988)

DazMarz

Band: W.A.S.P.

Connection: Guitarist B. Kulick played with both KISS and W.A.S.P.

waltersobchak

Band: Van Halen

Connection: Gene Simmons produced an early EP for the band..

hon pa

Band: Chickenfoot

Connection: consists of ex-Van Halen members Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony