Classic Rock Bands And Songs Trivia Quiz

Answer: Ten Years After

"Losing the Dogs" was released on the Ten Years After debut album in 1967 that was simply titled "Ten Years After." They were a U.K. band and this album was issued on the Deram label.
The core of the band formed at the end of 1960 as Ivan Jay and the Jaycats. Eventually, they became Ten Years After in 1967 in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England. They really became famous after playing the Woodstock Festival in 1969. The highlight was their ten minute version of the song "I'm Going Home."
Original band members were Alvin Lee - lead guitar and vocals, Ric Lee - drums, Chick Churchill - keyboards, and Leo Lyons - bass. Alvin Lee was one of the greatest lead guitarists of his time. He is no longer with us.

Answer: Black Sabbath

"Spiral Architect" was released on the "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" album by Black Sabbath. They were a U.K. band and the album was released on the WWA Records label out of the UK in 1973.
Black Sabbath members guitarist Tony Iommi and drummer Bill Ward began as the band Mythology. Later they took on vocalist Ozzy Osbourne and bassist Geezer Butler who had played together in a band called Rare Breed. This is when they became Polka Tulk Blues Band. Included in the band were slide guitarist Jimmy Phillips and saxophonist Alan "Aker" Clarke. They wound up shortening their name to just Polka Tulk and then to Earth. Earth did not include band members Phillips and Clarke. They recorded a few songs as Earth and one of the songs was "Blue Suede Shoes." Ozzy Osbourne singing that song is strange to hear, based on his later works. In August of 1969, they officially became Black Sabbath after discovering there was another band named Earth.
Original Sabbath members were Ozzy Osbourne - vocals, Tony Iommi - lead guitar, Geezer Butler - bass, and Bill Ward - drums.

Answer: Led Zeppelin

"Night Flight" was released by Led Zeppelin on the "Physical Graffiti" album on the U.K. Swan Song label from 1975. Zeppelin was considered by many to be the greatest hard rock band of all time. Members were Robert Plant - vocals, harmonica, Jimmy Page - guitar, John Bonham - drums, and John Paul Jones - bass guitar, keyboards, mandolin. Led Zeppelin was formed in London in 1968 by Jimmy Page.

They originally went under the name The New Yardbirds. Page had previously been in a band called The Yardbirds.

In the 1960s, Robert Plant had also been with Band Of Joy and Obs-Tweedle. It has been mistakenly written up as Obbstweedle and Hobbstweedle, but Robert Plant cleared that up in interviews.

Answer: Mountain

In 1971, Mountain released their "Nantucket Sleighride" album on the U.S. Windfall label. "My Lady" was one of the lesser known songs on the L.P. Mountain started out as The Vagrants which was a garage band out of Long Island.
Inspired by the band Cream, lead guitarist and vocalist Leslie West recorded an album titled Mountain in 1969. It's known as a solo L.P. but included most of the Mountain lineup. The original band members were Leslie West - lead vocals, lead guitar, Felix Pappalardi - bass, piano, vocals, Norman "N.D." Smart - drums, and Steve Knight - mellotron, organ. Mountain's first album was titled "Climbing!" and was released in 1970. In 1969, Mountain played at the Woodstock festival.
Leslie West was a mountain of a man so the band name was appropriate. His size had no effect on his musical abilities. He was one of the top lead guitarists of his time. He incorporated Eric Clapton's playing into his own style.
Mountain is known for their furious hard rock song, "Mississippi Queen." It reached number 21 on the Billboard Hot 100 record chart in 1970.

Answer: Deep Purple

The song "Anthem" was released by Deep Purple on their L.P. titled "The Book Of Taliesyn" in 1969 on the U.K. Harvest label. It's unusual, but this U.K. band released "The Book Of Taliesyn" in the U.S. first on the Tetragrammaton label in 1968. Original band members were Rod Evans - vocals, Ritchie Blackmore - lead guitar and vocals, Nick Simper - bass guitar and vocals, Ian Paice - drums. "The Book Of Taliesyn" was their second L.P.
Success began for Deep Purple in 1970 when they released the "In Rock" L.P. with a new band lineup. Ian Gillan - vocals, Ritchie Blackmore - lead guitar, Jon Lord - keyboards, Ian Paice - drums, and Roger Glover - bass guitar.
Deep Purple's landmark L.P. was titled "Machine Head" which was released in 1972. It was a blazing fast, hard rock guitar L.P. which contained their most well known hit, "Smoke On The Water." It was played to death and became a bit of an earworm to some people.

Answer: Cream

In 1967 the band Cream released their "Disraeli Gears" L.P. which contained the song "Take It Back." This was their second L.P. Cream was a U.K. band and this L.P. was released in 1967 on the Reaction label. They were a power trio and were considered to be a supergroup. How could it not be with the likes of Jack Bruce - lead vocals and bass guitar, Ginger Baker - drums, percussion, vocals, and Eric Clapton - lead guitar and vocals.

There was plenty of fuzzed out lead guitar by Clapton who many consider to be the greatest guitar player ever. Cream later evolved into the band Blind Faith which was also considered a supergroup. Jack Bruce was not part of this band. Rick Grech was added on bass guitar and violin, as well as Steve Winwood - vocals, keyboards, guitars, bass guitar, autoharp, bass pedals. Eric Clapton and Ginger Baker remained from Cream.

Answer: Budgie

In 1973 Budgie released an album titled "Never Turn Your Back On A Friend" which was on the MCA label. They were a hard rock band out of the U.K. but later relocated to Texas. The vocalist, Burke Shelley, had a very high vocal range. His voice was not unlike Geddy Lee's from the Canadian band Rush. Both of their vocal ranges were a very high tenor. Budgie was a power trio and they bordered on a heavy metal sound.

Their most well known song was "Breadfan", which was later covered by the heavy metal band Metallica. Budgie's original line-up was Burke Shelley - vocals & bass, Tony Bourge - guitar & vocals, and Ray Phillips - drums.

The band originally called themselves "Six Ton Budgie", but obviously decided on a shorter version. The original member, Ray Phillips, formed a band in the 1990s and called it Six Ton Budgie.

They released a total of three CDs from 1995 to 2008.

Answer: Lucifer's Friend

In 1970 Lucifer's Friend released their self titled debut L.P. "In The Time Of Job When Mammon Was A Yippie" was one of the more obscure songs on the L.P. Lucifer's Friend was a German band and their L.P. was released on the Philips label. In the U.S. the L.P. was released on Billingsgate Records.

Their music is categorized as hard rock, progressive rock, and bordered on very early heavy metal. Original members were John Lawton - vocals, Peter Hesslein - guitar, Dieter Horns - bass, Peter Hecht - keyboards, and Joachim Reitenbach - drums.

The opening song, "Ride The Sky" is the standout. The beginning of the song is reminiscent of Led Zeppelin's "Immigrant Song."

Answer: Steppenwolf

Steppenwolf released the song "Hodge, Podge, Strained Through A Leslie" on their album simply titled "The Second." It was on the U.S. Dunhill label. Singer John Kay was stuck living behind the "Iron Curtain" during his early childhood. His first clear memory was of him and his mother making a daring escape to West Germany one night. Steppenwolf was the band who first used the term "heavy metal" in their song "Born To Be Wild", which was on their self titled album.

It was used in a different context, other than referring to a genre of music.

The line was "I like smoke and lightnin', heavy metal thunder." It had to do with the sound a Harley Davidson makes. Steppenwolf played hard rock and they sold over 25 million records worldwide. John Kay - guitar, harmonica, lead vocals, Goldy McJohn - organ, piano, electric piano, Michael Monarch -guitar, backing vocals, Jerry Edmonton - drums, percussion, backing vocals, & Rushton Moreve - bass guitar, backing vocals.

Answer: Uriah Heep

In 1970 Uriah Heep released the song "Wake Up (Set Your Sights)" on their ...Very 'Eavy Very 'Umble...album. They were a U.K. band and their L.P. was released on the Vertigo label. The U.S. version was released as a self titled L.P. The song, "Lucy Blues" was pulled and replaced with "Bird of Prey." The cover art was different as well. Uriah Heep formed in London in 1969.

They took their name from the Charles Dickens novel, "David Copperfield". Heep was the shady lawyer in the story. Uriah Heep was originally Mick Box - lead guitar, vocals, David Byron - lead vocals, Ken Hensley - organ, slide guitar, piano, vocals, Ollie Olsson - drums, & Paul Newton - bass guitar, vocals.