b) Which notorious bassist, who sometimes got trashed and played so badly that his bandmates would unplug his amp at gigs, lowered the bar by offing himself at 23 (in February 1979)?
The answers to all these questions can be found just on top of the poll below.
As for the poll below, I started writing a best band ever poll, but had to truncate the list because there are far too many. So I decided to restrict it to bands that released LPs before 1970. And you can see I've missed many who belong high even in that small pantheon, e.g. Cream, the Kinks, the Small Faces, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Fleetwood Mac, Jeff Beck Group, Buffalo Springfield, Traffic, the Band, Them, the Animals, Manfred Mann, the Doors, the Moody Blues, King Crimson, Fairport Convention, Genesis, Deep Purple, Can, Blind Faith, The Allman Brothers Band, Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band, the Monkees...
OTHER KOSSACKS FAVORITE 60S BANDS (from comments below):
Otis Redding backed by Booker T & the MGs and the Bar-Kays horns}- Rolfyboy6
Canned Heat (especially at Woodstock or with John Lee Hooker)}- ben masel
Love, Jefferson Airplane, Quicksilver Messenger Service, the Fugs}- businessdem
13th Floor Elevators}- evilrick
Stubbie Pecker and The Four Skins}- DominoDude
Moby Grape}- jlb
Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention}- tom 47
Grateful Dead}- Glic
Sly and The Family Stone}- JoeWPgh
Paul Butterfield Blues Band}- skrymir
MC5 or the Sonics)}- snag13
ANSWERS to Pop Quiz:
1) Elvis: TV Special . 2) The Grateful Dead . 3) Glyn Johns . 4) Band of Gypsys . 5) Strawberry Alarm Clock . 6) L.A. . 7) Desmond Dekker . 8) Bob Dylan (with Blonde on Blonde) . 9) Phil Spector . 10) Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and Jim Morrison 10b) Sid Vicious (John Simon Ritchie).