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Quiz about Great Guitarists Part I
Quiz about Great Guitarists Part I

Great Guitarists: Part I Trivia Quiz


These players may not all be guitar gods -- but they have helped shape the face of modern music.

A multiple-choice quiz by wmshipman. Estimated time: 6 mins.
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Author
wmshipman
Time
6 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
179,194
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Difficult
Avg Score
4 / 10
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1146
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Question 1 of 10
1. Who was the lead guitarist for Washington, DC's hardcore heroes Minor Threat? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. This blazing country picker plays a "guit-steel" which is a double-necked guitar: half Telecaster and half lap-steel. Who is he? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. The Mermen reinvented surf guitar in the 1990s with groundbreaking albums like "A Glorious Lethal Euphoria" -- who played guitar for this trio? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Metal trio Prong brought their percussive, hard-hitting sound to the fertile metal scene of the mid-1980s and lasted until 1996. What guitarist tore it up for them on songs like "Whose Fist Is This Anyway?" and "Beg To Differ"? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. What former Television guitarist brought his electric guitar sound to Matthew Sweet's hit "Girlfriend" album? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Who provided the unbelievably catchy guitar hooks for England's pop icons, The Smiths? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. What electric guitar player matched licks with bassist Les Claypool on Primus' distinctly unconventional "Frizzle Fry" album? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. What slide guitar virtuoso is more famous for singing hits like "Have A Heart" than for playing a mean six-string? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Everybody knows Thurston Moore plays guitar for Sonic Youth -- but what's the name of the other guitarist again? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Black Francis sang and played guitar for the Pixies, and later had a successful solo career as Frank Black. But who is responsible for the butt-kicking guitar solos on the Pixies' albums? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Who was the lead guitarist for Washington, DC's hardcore heroes Minor Threat?

Answer: Lyle Preslar

Minor Threat, and Dischord Records, helped shape the face of the hardcore punk scene in the 1980s -- and created the "straight-edge" movement. Smalley sang for Dag Nasty, while MacKaye sang for Minor Threat and Nelson banged those drums!
2. This blazing country picker plays a "guit-steel" which is a double-necked guitar: half Telecaster and half lap-steel. Who is he?

Answer: Junior Brown

Junior Brown can tear it up! He brings the song-writing skills of old-fashioned country music to the table, and spices it up with "guit-steel" wizardry. Guitar aficionados must check out his "Guit With It" album.
3. The Mermen reinvented surf guitar in the 1990s with groundbreaking albums like "A Glorious Lethal Euphoria" -- who played guitar for this trio?

Answer: Jim Thomas

If you haven't heard songs like "Pulpin' Line" and "Drub" you are missing out on some of the most innovative guitar playing recorded in the 1990s. Whitman and Jones play bass and drums, respectively, for the group, and Snowden produced the "A Glorious Lethal Euphoria" album.
4. Metal trio Prong brought their percussive, hard-hitting sound to the fertile metal scene of the mid-1980s and lasted until 1996. What guitarist tore it up for them on songs like "Whose Fist Is This Anyway?" and "Beg To Differ"?

Answer: Tommy Victor

Victor, who also sang, formed the original line-up of Prong with guys he met while working as a soundman for New York's famous CBGB's club.
5. What former Television guitarist brought his electric guitar sound to Matthew Sweet's hit "Girlfriend" album?

Answer: Richard Lloyd

Lloyd played in Television, with Richard Hell. Robert Quine, who also plays on "Girlfriend", is a former bandmate of Hell's as well. He was a member of Richard Hell & The Voidoids.
6. Who provided the unbelievably catchy guitar hooks for England's pop icons, The Smiths?

Answer: Johnny Marr

Marr's ear for catchy guitar lines, with Morrissey's bizzarre charisma, helped make The Smiths a household name for fans of British pop. "The Queen Is Dead" is a particularly fine album.
7. What electric guitar player matched licks with bassist Les Claypool on Primus' distinctly unconventional "Frizzle Fry" album?

Answer: Larry LaLonde

It was LaLonde. It takes a very special guitar player to match wits with Claypool's overwhelming approach to the bass. Todd is credited with playing acoustic guitar as part of the "Sathington Willoughby Orchestra" on "Frizzle Fry". Anastasio later partnered with Claypool and former Police drummer Stewart Copeland in the "supergroup" Oysterhead.
8. What slide guitar virtuoso is more famous for singing hits like "Have A Heart" than for playing a mean six-string?

Answer: Bonnie Raitt

Raitt is well known as a singer, but is vastly underestimated as a slide guitarist. She can play that thing! Keb Mo' is another great slide player, while Prince is one of the best living rock guitarists (in my opinion). Allison Krauss is a mean fiddle player who is better known for her beautiful voice.
9. Everybody knows Thurston Moore plays guitar for Sonic Youth -- but what's the name of the other guitarist again?

Answer: Lee Ranaldo

Can you believe Moore, Ranaldo and Kim Gordon formed Sonic Youth in 1981? Time flies. "Mildred Pierce" is a song off of their "Goo" LP, while Kim Deal played with the Pixies and the Breeders. Greg Leisz is a steel-guitarist.
10. Black Francis sang and played guitar for the Pixies, and later had a successful solo career as Frank Black. But who is responsible for the butt-kicking guitar solos on the Pixies' albums?

Answer: Joey Santiago

Santiago often sounded like he was trying to beat his guitar to death -- and it was wonderful. Rat Scabies played with the Damned, Vaughan Oliver took the photographs that grace the cover of the Pixies' "Surfer Rosa" album, and David McCullough is a historian who has written some awfully good biographies -- including "John Adams" and "Mornings On Horseback".
Source: Author wmshipman

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