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1. In 1969, Captain Beefheart released "Trout Mask Replica". Amongst the Magic Band members was his cousin Victor Hayden. What pseudonym did he assume for the album?
2. "From mod rockers to rock operas to hard rock, The Who reigned triumphant as prime contenders, in the minds of many, for the title of World's Greatest Rock Band".
This is a quote describing one of the greatest bands to ever play music, the Who. The quote above can clearly describe what the Who have accomplished over the years. Where can this quote be found?
3. The late great Ian Dury (1942-2000) wrote wonderful lyrics and performed memorably. The following lyrics are from which of his songs "You're not Sidney Tafler, I'm not Dirk Bogarde"?
4. Which of these legendary rockers was busted on a drug search by Canadian Custom Agents at Pearson International Airport in the early 1977?
5. Isaac Brock, lead guitarist of the popular alternative band Modest Mouse, is credited with coming up with the somewhat strange name of their group. He reportedly came up with the name after reading a book in which the author describes the working class as "modest, mouse-colored people." Can you name the book?
6. Released in 1963, the first US chart hit of a song written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney was not by The Beatles. What was this single and who recorded it?
7. Formed in Florida in 1979 as Babyface, this group later changed its name and signed with MCA Records, recording their first two albums for that label. Switching to Atco Records in 1982, they recorded their third album "Offering". From that album came a song that would become an American FM radio hit known as "Rock N' Roll Party In The Streets" Also on the album was a cover of the Montrose classic "I Got The Fire". The band was dealt a severe blow when their guitarist Michael Osbourne was killed in a fatal automobile accident in 1984. The leader of the group Bobby Barth was in the car with him, and although badly injured managed to recover. The group split up after that incident, but re-grouped in 1997 and has recorded well into the 2000s. Name the correct name of the group.
8. Minnesota's modern rock pioneers The Replacements lost one founding member in 1986. Which member was it?
9. Electronic pop trio Heaven 17 were named after a fictional band in which cult film?
10. While in Toronto in the 1960s, Neil Young played lead guitar
in a band called the Mynah Birds that recorded an album that was never released, for what record label?
11. After Split Enz broke up in 1984, Neil Finn formed a band with Paul Hester, Craig Hooper and Nick Seymour. What was that band's name?
12. One of my favorite bands of the 80s was the Circle Jerks. Keith Morris, the lead singer, was once an original member of another punk outfit. Which band was it?
13. Steve Hillage, guitarist and producer, has been a long-time member of the "progressive-rock" scene. Which other "prog-rock" stalwart produced his album "Green"?
14. The J. Geils Band were successful in their run as a rock band from 1967 to 1986. True or False: Jerome Geils (J. Geils) is the band's lead singer.
15. Which of these songs, written by John Lennon, uses the three chord structure of the nursery rhyme, "Three Blind Mice"?
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