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A quiz covering the #history of #rock #music from its origins in the 40s to the present day.
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1
"Don't Stop Believing" and "Anyway You Want It" were hits for which band?
Destination
Voyage
Journey
Traveller
2
Guns 'N' Roses ruled the metal scene in the late 80s, who was their lead guitarist?
Slash
Eddie Van Halen
Izzy Straddlin
Duff McKagen
3
Name the 'glam metal' band responsible for hits including "Beth" and "Rock and Roll All Nite".
KISS
Rainbow
Dio
Ski
4
Which band, led by the Gallagher brothers, found fame as part of the Britpop movement?
Oasis
Blur
Pulp
The Verve
5
Which prog rock band reunited for a one-off charity performance in 2008?
Pink Floyd
Deep Purple
Led Zeppelin
The Rolling Stones
6
Which band popularised grunge rock with the 1991 album 'Nevermind'?
Pearl Jam
Soundgarden
Alice in Chains
Nirvana
7
Which New York band was briefly managed by Andy Warhol?
The Modern Lovers
The Stooges
The Velvet Underground
Television
8
Which English rock band are credited with inventing heavy metal?
Judas Priest
Black Sabbath
Deep Purple
Motorhead
9
Name the shock rocker.
Trent Reznor
Marilyn Manson
Alice Cooper
Clint Howard
10
Which trio featured Eric Clapton on guitar?
Cheese
Butter
Milk
Cream
11
Name the wildly successful band that led the 'British Invasion' of the 1960s.
The Kinks
The Spiders
The Beatles
The Rolling Stones
12
Name the legendary electric guitarist, regarded as the greatest of all time.
Jimi Hendrix
Carlos Santana
Jeff Beck
Stevie Ray Vaughn
13
Which influential artist combined rock, pop and funk on albums including 1999 and Purple Rain?
Jimi Hendrix
Rick James
Cameo
Prince
14
Which rock legend released the album 'Blackstar' days before his death in 2016?
Prince
David Bowie
George Michael
Leonard Cohen
15
Which country music legend resurrected his career with a performance at a prison in 1968?
Waylon Jennings
Merle Haggard
Hank Williams
Johnny Cash
16
Name the band that pioneered the surf rock sound of the early 60s.
The Surf Kids
The Beach Boys
The Sunshine Sisters
The Wave Riders
17
Name the Noir Rock band led by Australian songwriter Nick Cave.
The Bad Seeds
The Black Eagles
The Good Sons
The Broken Mirrors
18
Morrissey was the lead singer of which 80s indie rock band?
The Smiths
The Johnsons
The Carters
The Samuels
19
David Bowie popularised 'glam rock' with which 1972 concept album?
The Man Who Sold The World
Aladdin Sane
Hunky Dory
The Rise and Fall of ZiggyStardust and the Spiders From Mars
20
'Master of Puppets' was the third album by which thrash metal band?
Megadeth
Slayer
Metallica
Judas Priest
21
Which of these stars weren't killed in the plane crash known as The Day The Music Died (1959)?
Buddy Holly
Ritchie Valens
Jerry Lee Lewis
The Big Bopper
22
'Stop Making Sense' was the concert film of which New Wave band?
Devo
Talking Heads
A Flock of Seagulls
Duran Duran
23
Who, often referred to as the 'Godmother of Rock and Roll,' invented the rock and roll sound?
Sister Catherine Burgess
Mother Sally Alton
Mother Mary Apure
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
24
Which band offered a 'pay-what-you-want' option for their 2007 album 'In Rainbows'?
The Artctic Monkeys
LCD Sound System
Radiohead
Muse
25
Name the artist who was among the founding fathers of rock and roll in the 50s.
Bo Diddley
Little Richard
Chuck Berry
B.B. King
26
Trent Reznor founded which industrial rock band?
Nine Inch Nails
Filter
White Zombie
Ministry
27
"Everybody Hurts" was a single by which alternative rock band?
R.E.M.
Pretenders
Manic Street Preachers
Pixies
28
Name the southern rock band that pioneered the 'swamp rock' sound in the late 60s.
Steve Miller Band
Creedence Clearwater Revival
ZZ Top
Steppenwolf
29
'British Steel' was an influential heavy metal album by which band?
Black Sabbath
Dio
Judas Priest
Iron Maiden
30
Guitarist/Singer Annie Clark releases music under which pseudonym?
St. James
Fiona Apple
PJ Harvey
St. Vincent
31
'The Bends' and 'OK Computer' are albums by which band?
Interpol
Muse
Radiohead
Portishead
32
'Mr. Brightside' was the lead single from 'Hot Fuss', an album by which band?
Kaiser Chiefs
Franz Ferdinand
The Fratellis
The Killers
33
Which New Wave band featured Debbie Harry on vocals?
Culture Club
Devo
Blondie
The Human League
34
Which band won the Mercury Prize in 2018 for their album 'Visions of a Life'?
Wolf Alice
Blossoms
Gengahr
The Big Moon
35
"My Generation" was a single by which English rock band?
The When
The What
The Who
They Why
36
'Parachutes' was the debut album of which English stadium rock band?
Coldplay
Keane
OneRepublic
Bastille
37
Which English singer was a pioneer of 'shock rock' and found success with the single "Fire"?
Frank Zappa
Alice Cooper
Arthur Brown
Ozzy Osbourne
38
Which garage rock band released their debut album 'Is This It' in 2001?
The Vines
The Libertines
Franz Ferdinand
The Strokes
39
Which band released the album 'Surrealistic Pillow' that defined the 'Summer of Love' in 1967?
The Kinks
Jefferson Starship
The Animals
Jefferson Airplane
40
Which folk legend contributed to the rock and roll sound with his song 'Like a Rolling Stone'?
Hank Williams
Bob Dylan
Woody Guthrie
Leland Palmer
41
Bono and The Edge are members of which band?
Dire Straits
U2
Status Quo
Scorpions
42
'Californication' was a 1999 album by which funk rock band?
Foo Fighters
Incubus
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Audioslave
43
Which artist, known for the song 'Miserlou', was referred to as 'King of the Surf Guitar'?
Harry Ross
Tom Holiday
Rick Hale
Dick Dale
44
Which of these bands was NOT associated with 'nu metal'?
The Dead Kennedys
Limp Bizkit
The Disturbed
Linkin Park
45
The Ramones were pioneers of which rock genre?
Glam Rock
Prog Rock
Psychedelic Rock
Punk
46
Name the artist, popularly known as the 'King of Rock' who popularised rockabilly music.
Buddy Holly
Elvis Presley
Carl Perkins
Jerry Lee Lewis
47
Name the legendary band that drew heavy inspiration from the blues.
The Rolling Stones
The Yardbirds
The Velvet Underground
The Animals
48
Name the Australian hard rock band founded by brothers Angus & Malcom Young
Guns 'N' Roses
Van Halen
Airbourne
AC/DC
49
Which progressive rock band released the hugely popular album 'Dark Side of the Moon' in 1973?
Jethro Tull
Pink Floyd
Yes
Genesis
50
Name the southern rock band, famous for hits "Free Bird" and "Sweet Home Alabama".
The Marshall Tucker Band
Lynyrd Skynyrd
The Outlaws
ZZ Top
51
Name the band made up of John Deacon, Brian May, Roger Taylor and Freddie Mercury.
The Police
Aerosmith
Scorpions
Queen
52
Which band influenced hard rock with their 17-minute song, 'Inna-Gadda-Da-Vida'?
Metal Butterfly
Bronze Butterfly
Iron Butterfly
Steel Butterfly
53
Jack and Meg White made up which American rock duo?
The Black Keys
The Hives
The White Stripes
The Raconteurs
54
The best-selling 1976 album 'Hotel California' was by which band?
The Byrds
Falcons
Eagles
Vultures
55
Jim Morrison was the lead singer of which 60s band?
The Walls
The Doors
The Windows
The Ceiling
56
Sting was the singer of which New Wave/Reggae Rock band?
The Cops
The Filth
The Pigs
The Police
57
Johnny Rotten and Sid Vicious were members of which punk band?
New York Dolls
The Clash
The Sex Pistols
The Stooges
58
Name the hard rock band that became one of the biggest bands in history during the 70s.
Fleetwood Mac
Led Zeppelin
Deep Purple
The Rolling Stones
59
Which art rock singer had a mega-hit with 'Somebody That I Used to Know'?
Josh Pyke
Ben Lee
Sarah Blasko
Gotye
60
Radiohead fused rock with electronic music with which 2000 album?
Hail to the Thief
Kid A
In Rainbows
Amnesiac
61
Which English-American pop-rock band released the massively popular album 'Rumours' in 1977?
Fleetwood Mac
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Steely Dan
The Band
