9. The union never revealed a specific reason for the ban, but at the time it was widely attributed to our rowdy on-stage behavior.

Ozzy Osborne?

10. After our initial success, I led my band through a period of musical experimentation, with notable artistic achievements and commercial success.

11. My later lyrics assumed a sociological character, exploring the aspirations and frustrations of common working-class people.

Roger Daltrey?

12. My band has been called "the most adamantly British of the Brit Invasion bands”.

Lat clue for tonight:

13. I also released my own solo albums.

Sting?

Sir Ray Davies=The Kinks. (Knighted 3 years ago. This, I remember.)

I give the floor over.

Ray Davies is correct, Sixten!

14. In 2004 I was named a Commander of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II.

15. A week later, I was shot in the leg while chasing thieves who had snatched the purse of my companion as we walked in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana.

16. Mine was the third British band (along with the Who) to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, at which I was called "almost indisputably rock's most literate, witty and insightful songwriter”.

Since Sixten is passing the baton, who wants to jump in?

Come on, guys ... don't make me do all the work!

1. I was born in 1955, in Fort Worth, Texas.

2. My father was a staff sergeant in the U.S. Air Force and my mother was a nurse.

3. As a boy, I lived in fear of my father, who was physically abusive towards my mother and unloving towards me.

4. I began to fantasize about having king-like power over a group of imaginary "little people" who lived in the walls of my bedroom.

5. By the time I was 14, I was using drugs and skipping classes.

Stephen King?

6. In 1971, I became a born-again Presbyterian and distributed Biblical tracts.

7. After graduating from high school, I moved to Chicago and played guitar in churches and Christian night spots.

8. I began work as a summer camp counselor at a YMCA in Georgia, eventually being made assistant director.

9. I worked successfully for World Vision with Vietnamese refugees at a resettlement camp in Arkansas, after a brief visit to Lebanon for the same work.

Ray Stevens

10. Next, I enrolled as a student at an evangelical Presbyterian liberal arts college in Georgia.

11. In 1979, after a six-week trip around the world, I married my travel agent.

Cyndi Lauper.

That was a dumb guess, she is from N
ew York

12. When I took a job as a night security guard in Hawaii, I began drinking heavily.