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"I am the black,
The lettered,
One of seven set,
A forest burned to ash,
With an epitaph of pain."

See the bottom of this post for a question.

Guesses from page
6970 - 7420
The rest are over here although I believe they are somewhat obsolete.

Clues: It has nothing to do with the sun.
It has nothing to do with any sort of mnemonic device.
It existed during the past millenium.
It is tangible.
It is somehow related to a band.
It is both a band and a person.

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Something which may be a clue or may just be Gorn messing with us:
222720473462014110062145302620403207255530267056

Has been translated as 'L' although this has been hinted at being incorrect.

"As there are no numbers higher than 7 in it, I assumed the code was octal. Then I put it in a base number converter and converted it to hexadecimal. Then I translated the hexadecimal into text and got: 'It's a' Not very helpful...but it seems like progress."

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Semisonic? Eve 6
HANNAH MONTANA
Blessid Union of Souls
Jonas Brothers
Nine Days? Eagle-Eye Cherry? Vertical Horizon
Madonna
Gackt or Miyavi
America
Biffy Clyro? Ginger? Fightstar? Amy MacDonald? Razorlight? The Zutons? Gotthard? Hollywood Undead? The Eagles? The Script? Of Monteal? Butthole Surfers O_o? The Carpenters? Sublime? James Taylor? Shiny Toy Guns? All That Remains? Attack Attack? Delta Spirit? Lucinda Williams? Maroon 5? The Cars? Angels and Airwaves? Modest Mouse
Bach (any of them) Tenacious D
Jimi Hendrix, Tokio Hotel, Flogging Molly, Paramore, Ozzy Osbourne, Waterproof Blonde, The Beatles, Bloc Party, The Sounds, The Kills, Foo Fighters, Creed, Tenacious D, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Daft Punk, Deftones, Guns 'n Roses, The Raconteaurs, The Whitestripes
Red? The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus? Pretenders? Bret Michaels? Bring Me the Horizon? Sammy Hagar? Butch Walker? Joe Jackson? Deeds of Flesh? Jakob Dylan? Girlschool? Drumbo? Constantines? Love is All? Mudcrutch? Powderfinger? Candlemass? Six Feet Under? Behemoth? Steelheart? Gamma Ray? Dozer? Japanther? Born From Pain? Serial Butcher? The Enforcer? The Legion? The Faceless? Vulgar Pigeons? Hackman? Sweet Baboo? Wintergreen? Andrew Lipke? Dir En Grey? Tokio Hotel? The Nerves? Warship
The Fireman? The Almost? Duff McKagan's Loaded? Bruce Springsteen? Marillion? Thunder? Stone Gods? The Wildhearts? Stereophonics? Feeder? Rod Stewart? Nevermore? Firewind? Arch Enemy? Blink-182? The Supersuckers? Scott Weiland? White Zombie? Kidneythieves? Austrian Death Machine? Riverboat Gamblers? Jeff Beck? Tenebrous Liar
The Quireboys? Alterbridge? Thriving Ivory? Rise Against? Tesla? Harvey Milk? Testament? Electric Wizard? Hermano? BORIS? Queen + Paul Rodgers? OneRepublic? Brandi Carlile? The Parlor Mob? God Fires Man? Semi Precious Weapons? Pop Evil? The Answer? Year Long Disaster? Billy Joel? Cat Stevens? The Clash? Paul Kossoff? Bob Dylan? Johnny Cash? Poison? U2? Free? Robert Plant and Alison Krauss
Kid Rock
Alien Ant Farm or Black Lab
Nirvana
Michael Jackson
Social Distortion, Rob Zombie, Killswitch Engage, Lacuna Coil, Demonhunter, Thrice, Thirtysix Crazyfists, Marilyn Manson, HIM, Saliva, Drowning Pool, Orgy, Powerman 5000, Mushroomhead, Slipknot, Iron Butterfly, Blue Oyster Cult, KISS, Three Days Grace, Underoath, Kids In The Way, Chevelle
Breaking Benjamin, Disturbed, The Used, Massive Attack, Bad Religion, Godsmack
AFI, Queens of the Stone Age, Within Temptation, AC/DC, Mindless Self Indulgence, Heavens, Bullet For My Valentine, and Queen
Rascal Flatts or Hawk Nelson
Jonas Brothers
Emperor
Sixx: A.M.? Slaughter? Samhain
Whitesnake
Slipknot? Saliva? Killswitch Engage? Pantera
Motley Crue
Dragonforce
Queens of the Stone Age? The Rolling Stones? Buckcherry? Five Finger Death Punch? Tantric? Trapt? Theory of a Deadman? Apocalyptica? Black Stone Cherry? Trans-Siberian Orchestra? Steve Miller Band? Boston? Foreigner? The Doobie Brothers? Crosby, Stills & Nash? The Doors? Cream? Fleetwood Mac? Elton John? Yes? T. Rex? Kansas? Steely Dan? Styx? Kiss? Heart? The Who? Rod Stewart? Cheap Trick? REO Speedwagon? Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
The Jimmy hendrix Experience? The Byrds? The Band? Steppenwolf? Buffalo Springfield? Joe Crocker? The Mamas and the Papas? Donovan? Simon and Garfunkel? Procol Harem? Jefferson Airplane? The Troggs? The Youngbloods? Van Morrison? 3 Doors Down? Third Eye Blind? Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs? The Rascals? Bobby Fuller Four? The Lovin' Spoonful? Iron Butterfly
"Deep Purple? Ted Nugent? The Guess Who? Grand Funk? James Gang? Free? Foghat? Mountain? Edgar Winter? Thin Lizzy? Brownsville Station? Golden Earring? Journey? Pat Benatar? Joe Walsh? Sammy Hagar?"
The Allman Brothers? Molly Hatchet? Little Feat? Hank Williams, Jr.? Charlie Daniels and the Charlie Daniels Band? Elvin Bishop? Black Oak Arkansas? The Marshell Trucker Band? .38 Special? Black Foot? Ozark Mountain Daredevils? The Outlaws? Cold Play? Nickelback? Foo Fighters? Matchbox Twenty? Daughtry? Maroon 5? Beck? Gnarls Barkley? Snow Patrol? Death Cab for Cutie? David Cook? Velvet Revolver? Oasis? Avril Lavigne
The Verve? The Bravery? Counting Crows? Eddie Vedder? The B-52's? Spoon? My Morning Jacket? The Raconteurs? Muse? Ryan Adams and the Cardinals? Kings of Leon? Ray LaMontagne? Pretenders? Chris Cornell? P!NK? O.A.R.? The Goo Goo Dolls? One Republic? Lifehouse
Silversun Pickups? Carolina Liar? Nada Surf? Gavin DeGraw? Gavin Rossdale? Lenny Kravitz? Hoobastank? Alanis Morissette? Keanne? Jimmy Eat World? Puddle of Mudd? Collective Soul? Jack's Mannequin? Boys Like Girls? KT Tunstall? Matt Nathanson
Bon Jovi or the Beach Boys
L, Death Note, and Shaalal
The J. Geils Band
The Dave Matthews Band
Bachman-Turner Overdrive? Captain Beefheart? Elvis Costello? Jethro Tull? Marillion? O'Jays? Smiths? Uriah Heep?
John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band? Belle and Sebastian? Cassandra Complex? Duran Duran? Hootie and the Blowfish? Jane's Addiction? Phish? The Ramones? Save Ferris? Tomson Twins? T Pau? Veruca Salt? Weezer? ZZ Top
Judas Priest
Atreyu
Alice Cooper
Cotton Mather
Mortiis
NIN
Trent Reznor
Five for Fighting
something which is both a band and a person
Dio
Nazareth
Creed
Rush? Is the answer Tom Sawyer
Falco? Is the answer Mozart
High and Mighty Color
Does it have to do with anything weather related
Fuel
Days of the New or Twisted Sister
Audioslave or Red Hot Chili Peppers or the Black Crowes
All American Rejects, Augustana, Black Tide, Blind Melon, Blue October, Breaking Benjamin, Chevelle, Crossfade, Darling Violetta, David Bowie, Depeche Mode, Disturbed, Dixie Chicks, Don McLean, Enya, Everlast, Fastball, Flyleaf, Foo Fighters, The Fray, From Autumn to Ashes, Green Day, Hypnogaja, Incubus, Korn, Limp Bizkit, Marilyn Manson, Michelle Branch, Mudvayne, Offspring, A Perfect Circle, Plain White T's, Queen, Remy Zero, Rise Against, Santana, Seether, Something Corporate, Stone Sour, Switchfoot, System of a Down, Taproot, Third Eye Blind, Three Days Grace, or Train
Hinder or Shinedown
Staind
Pearl Jam
Tesla
Nikola Tesla
Candlebox
Smashing Pumpkins
Stone Temple Pilots
Saving Abel
Evanescence, Lacuna Coil, Rasputina, or Nightwish
Soundgarden or Aerosmith
Toadies
Scorpions or Metallica
Van Halen
Batman
Live
Lewis Carroll and Alice in Wonderland
Alice in Chains
George Bush (either of them)?
Guns 'n' Roses or Bush
Lynard Skynard or The Beatles
a death warrant
Edward the Black Prince
winning in mortal kombat
a pen
a tattoo
ROY G. BIV (the band), Roy G. Biv and the Spectrums, What Ever Happened to Roy G. Biv?, Roy G and Biv, Radiohead, Eddie and the Cruisers, AFI, ABBA, ACDC, Beyond Night, Daybreak, Lunar Tide, Floodgate, Penninsula, Trepidation, Paradox, Communion, Momentum, Isthmus, Juxtaposition, Contraction, Rhetoric, Assonance, Roborant, Population: 4, No Martians Allowed, The Other Band, Elliptical, Cobalt, Firesteel, Indisputable, Adamant, Vengeance, Possibilities, Parabola, Inconceivable, Abjudicate, Something Shiny, Indomitable, Postulate, Euphemism, Anecdote, Impossible, Hit and Run, Win or Lose, Alternate Ending, Stay Out, Never Promise, Tried but True, Without a Doubt, Love Dog Party, The Totally Random Band, The Fabled Flares, The Umpire Slayers, The Epic Fables, Looney Bin Lovers, The Chigga Yeas, Hero TBA, Firespin, The People Legends are Made of, Fortnight Forever, Compilation, We Collect No Moss, Criticize This!, Ten Years, The Beastie Boys, The Bee Gees, Blue Oyster Cult, Necrophagist Epitaph, a drum set
I think think Gorn's riddle has no answer, and he's just toying with us.
Life
Epitaph of Pain
Stigma
the staff, the notes, the flats, the sharps, the clefs, the timing, the repeated bars, the measures, and all other forms of notation.
an instrument in particular: A guitar? A bass? A violin?
David Letterman, Walt Disney, Holden Caulfield, and J.D. Salinger.
Andrew WK
Judy Nails, Johnny Napalm, Axel Steel, Pandora, Izzy Sparks, Clive Winston, Grim Reaper, Xavier Stone, Lars Umlaut, Eddie Knox, Casey Lynch, Midori, God of Rock, Elroy Budvis, Metalhead, Tom Morello, Slash, Lou, Joe Perry, Tom Hamilton, Brad Whiteford, DMC, Gunner Jaxon, Memphis Rose, Ozzy Osbourne, Ted Nugent, Sting, Matty Cannz, Marcus Fretshredder, Shirley Crowly, Hayley Williams, Jimi Hendrix, Zakk Wylde, Billy Corgan, Travis Barker, Skeleton, Rockubot, or anything to do with Guitar Hero?"
Mick Thomson
Is it a doe, Jane Doe, a ray, me, far, to sew, la, or tea
Do, Re, Mi, Fa, So, La, Ti
Black Sabbath
Pink Floyd or Danny Elfman
Dr. Horrible, Captain Hammer, Rob Zombie, or Neil Diamond
carrots, handbags, cheese, toilets, Russians, planets, hamsters, weddings, poets, Stalin, Kuala Lumpur, pygmies, budgies, or Kuala Lumpur
the beetles. both individually and as a band
Ozzy Osbourne, Led Zeppelin, or Def Leppard
anything to do with the band Stigma
Avenged Sevenfold
Joan Jett or Joan Jett and the Blackhearts?"
Earnest Guitar Roy, Honey Roy, or Kenny G?"
Sid Vicious? Meatloaf
The academy is..., Linkin Park, Fall out boy, Panic! At the Disco
Adam Ant, Bono Vox, Billy Idol, or Prince
Sen
M. Shadows, Zacky Vengeance, The Rev, Synyster Gates, Johnny Christ, Justin Meacham or Dameon Ash
a piano

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How about we say that if the riddle isn't answered or if we've not made any significant progress (clues etc) by 23:59 on December the 31st we start over with a new one?