Question Mark's house burns - Loss of dogs leaves rock singer in tears

THE FLINT JOURNAL FIRST EDITION ^ | Saturday, January 13, 2007 | By Doug Pullen

[nmh]

"Big on symbolism, the singer finds it interesting that he was able to salvage some key items, including his slightly scorched Bible."

Something to think about ... .

1Tim.6:6

[7] For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.

Matt.6:19

[19] Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:

[weegee]

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[Lucky9teen]

I'm drawing a big ?, for I don't know who this rocker "?" is.

[xsmommy]

Question Mark and the Mysterians...

[weegee]

96 Tears was the biggest hit.

His albums have been out of circulation for decades because his label (Cameo) has sat on them. In recent years there have been a couple live albums and finally a best of. But the original two have only appeared on bootleg reproductions.

His biggest hit is a staple of many oldies stations.

[JockoManning]

"Big on symbolism, the singer finds it interesting that he was able to salvage some key items, including his slightly scorched Bible."

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Just over the weekend someone on another thread commented that Bibles have been found not burned mixed in with the debris from fires. Interesting.

Sorry to hear of this. I know someone, a relative by marriage, who has a garage full of Beatles memorabilia collected for several decades; would be a big loss if something happened to it.

But even worse, this, for "?" since it was his own stuff. Too bad they didn't have fire insurance.

[mtbopfuyn]

96 Tears was the biggest hit.

Oh, so that's who he is. Sad thing about the puppies though.

[the OlLine Rebel]

96 Tears was a big hit, and as stated prior, pretty popular for oldies stations/shows. Acutally, I don't know if this is a 1-hit wonder because I don't recall anything else he did.

It used an organ as the principle instrument.

[JRios1968]

It used an organ as the principle instrument.

The band's #1 fan:

[weegee]

"one hit" just because moldy oldies radio has such a limited playlist.

As mentioned in the article, Smashmouth covered his hit "Can't Get Enough Of You Baby" in the 1990s (or early 2000s).

There were other singles, I don't always know which was the hit side.

[jmc813]

Sad dog ping. :-(

[Theresawithanh]

Wow, Question Mark of Question Mark and the Mysterians! I didn't know he was still alive. "96 Tears" takes me all the way back to when I was in 7th grade.

Sorry for his loss, too.

[sully777]

¿Que?

[Big Guy and Rusty 99]

96 tears?

[Watery Tart]

¿Que?

Are you from Barcelona, too?

[t_skoz]

Good post Weegee. Q is a good guy, I met him a few years ago in Detroit. It's a shame. Hopefully there will be some good benefit shows and he will be able to rebuild his house.

[SamAdams76]

When "96 Tears" first came out, some radio station started the rumor that "Question Mark and the Mysterians" were actually the Rolling Stones. In fact, the vocals on "96 Tears" sounds a lot like Mick Jagger and are even sung in the Jagger style.

Back in those days, we didn't have the Internet to immediately debunk stuff like that so the rumor spread like wildfire and took several years to finally dispel them.

[the OlLine Rebel]

I never thought at all that he sounds like Jagger. The pitch is higher and whinier.

[the OlLine Rebel]

Oh yikes.