A black-and-white photo of a person mid-air in a Superman-style body suspension pose, supported by multiple hooks in their back and legs, smiling joyfully toward the camera. They are suspended horizontally in a large indoor space with high ceilings and visible rigging. A group of onlookers—some seated, some standing—watch with expressions of admiration, amusement, and support. The atmosphere is lively and communal, capturing a moment of shared experience and transformation.

BME Trivia

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As an “old fart” by the piercing industries standard, I have a high appreciation for things in the modern history of body modification.  In talking with lots of young piercers and modification fans I am often shock and saddened by their total lack of knowledge (and to some degree lack of caring) about  where this community came from. This is why I try and do From The Vault features to show readers some of what happened pre-modblog.

Anyhow, I used to post these trivias on my iam page, with random prizes and I thought it would be fun to post them here occasionally as well.  I don’t have much in the way of a prize to offer, but whomever gets all the answers in first (or in the event no one gets them all right whoever gets the most correct this weekend) can either have a feature on themselves, or an artist or friend of their choice on modblog.

For the questions, keep on keeping on.

-What does Muzak (the generic elevator music company) have to do with body piercing?

-What modern body modifier first made a name for himself by wholesaling CBR’s for under 4 bucks when Gauntlet was still charging around 20?

-What is Fakir Musafar’s birth name?

-What does PFIQ stand for?

-Name at least one of Erik Sprague’s aliases besides “The lizardman”.

-What does “TSD” stand for ?

-What was Todd Bertrang formally arrested for?

-What is a RABbit?

-Who’s collection of photos, were the basis of the Shawn Porter Collection?

-Who was the primary photographer of the BME trading cards and the Modcon books?

-What bodmod artist worked with Dee Snyder to design the piercings seen in the movie “Strangeland”?

-What was BME’s original url?

Bonus Question:

In the acronym DFWC, which stands for ‘Don’t Fuck With Chuck”, who is Chuck?

Email your answers to [email protected]

PLEASE DO NOT POST ANSWERS IN THE COMMENTS!!!!!!

Comments

54 responses to “BME Trivia”

  1. jurcis Avatar
    jurcis

    i hove no idea about most of these questions 🙁

  2. jurcis Avatar
    jurcis

    i hove no idea about most of these questions 🙁

  3. Sean Philips Avatar

    Most of the answers can be found on BME, some come from the book Modern Primitives and all will be answered here on Monday!

  4. Sean Philips Avatar

    Most of the answers can be found on BME, some come from the book Modern Primitives and all will be answered here on Monday!

  5. pharmacist Avatar

    i admit i dont know about most, i know a few of them. as for the todd thing…. that shit still pisses me off. every time i think about it, i end up fairly pissed and disappointed that im an american

  6. pharmacist Avatar

    i admit i dont know about most, i know a few of them. as for the todd thing…. that shit still pisses me off. every time i think about it, i end up fairly pissed and disappointed that im an american

  7. the wong fuckin person Avatar

    i knew a few of the acronyms, the todd betrang thing, and a few others. but i had to do some searching for the rest.
    but i didint answer like two questions. i know i know the second question, but i just couldnt remember it.
    this was fun though, learned a few things

  8. the wong fuckin person Avatar

    i knew a few of the acronyms, the todd betrang thing, and a few others. but i had to do some searching for the rest.
    but i didint answer like two questions. i know i know the second question, but i just couldnt remember it.
    this was fun though, learned a few things

  9. CoryVictorious Avatar

    ah fuck didnt read the dont post answers thing, my bad.

  10. CoryVictorious Avatar

    ah fuck didnt read the dont post answers thing, my bad.

  11. Sean Philips Avatar

    It’s all good I have delete powers.

  12. Sean Philips Avatar

    It’s all good I have delete powers.

  13. Nichole Maxfield Avatar
    Nichole Maxfield

    Sorry. My bad. I didn’t even the post part.

  14. Nichole Maxfield Avatar
    Nichole Maxfield

    Sorry. My bad. I didn’t even the post part.

  15. anthony Avatar

    took a stab at it haha. this was pretty cool!

  16. anthony Avatar

    took a stab at it haha. this was pretty cool!

  17. angiestelle Avatar
    angiestelle

    Isn’t it Dee Snider (with an ‘i’)?

  18. angiestelle Avatar
    angiestelle

    Isn’t it Dee Snider (with an ‘i’)?

  19. Opticon Avatar
    Opticon

    Sean,
    you personally taught me all of this.
    Im not listing the answers out of fear of Sean and his powers via modblog.

  20. Opticon Avatar
    Opticon

    Sean,
    you personally taught me all of this.
    Im not listing the answers out of fear of Sean and his powers via modblog.

  21. piercednpainted Avatar
    piercednpainted

    i know most the answers but not playing since im an old fart

  22. piercednpainted Avatar
    piercednpainted

    i know most the answers but not playing since im an old fart

  23. Ron garza Avatar
    Ron garza

    Wow, and I thought these were pretty easy…
    Which means I shouldn’t be playing I guess

  24. Ron garza Avatar
    Ron garza

    Wow, and I thought these were pretty easy…
    Which means I shouldn’t be playing I guess

  25. Dawnie Avatar

    Oh man. Looks like I found this too late. I am going to complete it and send it in anyway. Just for fun 🙂

  26. Dawnie Avatar

    Oh man. Looks like I found this too late. I am going to complete it and send it in anyway. Just for fun 🙂

  27. Josh M. Avatar
    Josh M.

    So I know a few of these, but I’m still pretty new to this whole game, but these are the types of things I want to learn! I don’t wanna get into body modification because it’s “easy”. I want to it to be a part of my life and I wanna learn all I can about it and where it came from, and who worked to make it what it is today.

  28. Josh M. Avatar
    Josh M.

    So I know a few of these, but I’m still pretty new to this whole game, but these are the types of things I want to learn! I don’t wanna get into body modification because it’s “easy”. I want to it to be a part of my life and I wanna learn all I can about it and where it came from, and who worked to make it what it is today.

  29. nikk Avatar

    I knew the todd question and a couple acronyms.
    thats all though

  30. nikk Avatar

    I knew the todd question and a couple acronyms.
    thats all though

  31. Rickk Avatar
    Rickk

    haha who gives a shit

  32. Rickk Avatar
    Rickk

    haha who gives a shit

  33. awful Avatar
    awful

    can I add a question?

    “When was BME worth a shit?” Answer: Before Shannon left.

  34. awful Avatar
    awful

    can I add a question?

    “When was BME worth a shit?” Answer: Before Shannon left.

  35. bastian Avatar

    that was indeed too easy. The only one I didn’t know I was too lazy to research – and I would not classify myself as competent and knowledgeable in this field at all…

  36. bastian Avatar

    that was indeed too easy. The only one I didn’t know I was too lazy to research – and I would not classify myself as competent and knowledgeable in this field at all…

  37. *chel* Avatar
    *chel*

    hmm yeah, really easy. now i feel old

  38. *chel* Avatar
    *chel*

    hmm yeah, really easy. now i feel old

  39. bvruno Avatar

    16.

    i have to agree, even that if you know how to answer this questions doesnt mean nothing about your body modification knowledge that can be really deep but in others subjects that our friend didnt mention.

    sorry for the bad english, but i really miss modblog been an important part of my life…

  40. bvruno Avatar

    16.

    i have to agree, even that if you know how to answer this questions doesnt mean nothing about your body modification knowledge that can be really deep but in others subjects that our friend didnt mention.

    sorry for the bad english, but i really miss modblog been an important part of my life…

  41. Sque3z Avatar
    Sque3z

    Yup.. I’m with Chel and Ron.. I’m old.
    *Sadface*

  42. Sque3z Avatar
    Sque3z

    Yup.. I’m with Chel and Ron.. I’m old.
    *Sadface*

  43. Micah Avatar

    What the fuck is a SPC…and who is PFIQ?!?!
    haha

    and anyone who’s been to the Dallas SusCon would have been privileged to a lengthy explanation regarding the DFWC.

  44. Micah Avatar

    What the fuck is a SPC…and who is PFIQ?!?!
    haha

    and anyone who’s been to the Dallas SusCon would have been privileged to a lengthy explanation regarding the DFWC.

  45. Sergey "Tyler" Popov Avatar

    Ahaha, Ron kicked youngsters’ asses : ))

  46. Sergey "Tyler" Popov Avatar

    Ahaha, Ron kicked youngsters’ asses : ))

  47. Sergey "Tyler" Popov Avatar

    Ahaha, Ron kicked youngsters’ asses : ))

  48. Sergey "Tyler" Popov Avatar

    Ahaha, Ron kicked youngsters’ asses : ))

  49. DragonHeart Avatar

    To my surprise I know most of these 🙂

  50. DragonHeart Avatar

    To my surprise I know most of these 🙂

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