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Quiz about Heavy Metal Bands Part Three The Late 1980s

Heavy Metal Bands Part Three: The Late 1980's Quiz

Here is the third part of my heavy metal bands quiz. This one takes place in the pop metal era of the late 1980's.

A multiple-choice quiz by cyborgfan. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
cyborgfan

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
302,492

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
12 / 15

Plays
2137

Last 3 plays: Guest 174 (12/15), GBfan (15/15), Guest 207 (14/15).

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Question 1 of 15

1. This band broke out of Los Angeles and ruled the world in this era. Their album "Appetite For Destruction" is considered one of the best heavy metal records ever to be released. Who are they? Hint

Motley Crue

Faster Pussycat

Guns N' Roses

Warrant

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Question 2 of 15

2. This band has been around since 1981. In the late part of the decade they released "Girls, Girls, Girls" in 1987, and "Dr. Feelgood" in 1989. Both albums spawned many songs that reached the charts. Who are they? Hint

Blue Murder

Poison

Motley Crue

Pretty Boy Floyd

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Question 3 of 15

3. This band released their debut album in 1989 and had a smash hit with "I Remember You". Other hit songs they had off the album were "Piece Of Me", "18 & Life", and "Youth Gone Wild". Who are they? Hint

Skid Row

Tora Tora

Poison

Great White

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Question 4 of 15

4. Warrant released their debut album in 1989. The album featured their smash hit "Heaven". What was the name of the album? Hint

Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich

Flesh & Blood

Big Game

In Your Face

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Question 5 of 15

5. This band had a hit with the song called "Once Bitten Twice Shy" in 1989. They also had another hit called "Angel Song" from the same album. Which band am I talking about? Hint

Tora Tora

Great White

Poison

Cinderella

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Question 6 of 15

6. What band released their "New Jersey" album in 1988? Hint

Bon Jovi

Poison

Guns N' Roses

Britney Fox

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Question 7 of 15

7. Power ballads were a great way for heavy metal bands to get attention on pop radio formats in the late 1980's. What band had a chart topping power ballad called "Love Song" in 1989? Hint

Poison

White Lion

Tesla

Stryper

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Question 8 of 15

8. "When The Children Cry", "Wait", and "Little Fighter" were all hit songs from what group that was popular in the late 1980's? Hint

White Lion

Great White

Whitesnake

Tesla

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Question 9 of 15

9. Winger had quite a few hit songs in the late 1980's. What band did frontman Kip Winger play for prior to forming Winger? Hint

Alice Cooper

Robert Plant

Ozzy Osbourne

Jimmy Page

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Question 10 of 15

10. Which thrash metal band finally broke through the mainstream with their cult classic song "One"? Hint

Megadeth

Metallica

Anthrax

Slayer

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Question 11 of 15

11. Poison was one of the biggest pop metal bands from the late 1980's and early 1990's. In 1988 they released their second album titled "Open Up And Say Ahh". What song went to number one the United States Billboard charts? Hint

Nothin' But A Good Time

Every Rose Has Its Thorn

Fallen Angel

Your Mama Don't Dance

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Question 12 of 15

12. What Philadelphia glam metal band released their second album "Long Cold Winter" in 1988? Hint

Cinderella

Skid Row

Britney Fox

Poison

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Question 13 of 15

13. What band updated their image and sound and released one of the biggest albums of 1987? They had such hits as "In The Still Of The Night", "Here I Go Again", and "Is This Love?". Hint

Ratt

Whitesnake

Twisted Sister

Def Leppard

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Question 14 of 15

14. No quiz from this era would be complete without mentioning the "Hysteria" album. Which band released it in 1987? Hint

Pretty Boy Floyd

Def Leppard

Bonfire

Aerosmith

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Question 15 of 15

15. This band released their debut album called "Surprise Attack" in 1989. The album featured the video hits "Phantom Rider", and "Guilty". Who are they? Hint

Tora Tora

Jetboy

Faster Pussycat

London

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. This band broke out of Los Angeles and ruled the world in this era. Their album "Appetite For Destruction" is considered one of the best heavy metal records ever to be released. Who are they?

Answer: Guns N' Roses

Guns N' Roses released "Appetite For Destruction" in July of 1987. They made music videos for the songs "Welcome To The Jungle", "Sweet Child O' Mine", and "Paradise City". In 1988 they released the album "GN'R Lies". They made a music video for the song "Patience".

Answer: Motley Crue

"Girls, Girls, Girls", and "Dr. Feelgood" had many songs that got turned into music videos. Songs like "Wildside", "Girls, Girls, Girls", "You're All I Need", "Dr. Feelgood", "Without You", "Kickstart My Heart", "Same Ol' Situation", and "Don't Go Away Mad, Just Go Away" were all played on MTV. "Dr. Feelgood" was produced by "Bob Rock".

Answer: Skid Row

Skid Row guitarist Dave "The Snake" Sabo was a one time member of Bon Jovi. This of course was before Bon Jovi released their debut album in 1984.

4. Warrant released their debut album in 1989. The album featured their smash hit "Heaven". What was the name of the album?

Answer: Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich

Other hits off the "Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich" album were "Down Boys", "Sometimes She Cries", and "Big Talk".

5. This band had a hit with the song called "Once Bitten Twice Shy" in 1989. They also had another hit called "Angel Song" from the same album. Which band am I talking about?

Answer: Great White

Great White called their 1987 album "Once Bitten". But the song called "Once Bitten Twice Shy" was released on their 1989 album "Twice Shy".

6. What band released their "New Jersey" album in 1988?

Answer: Bon Jovi

"Bad Medicine", "Born To Be My Baby", "Lay Your Hands On Me", "I'll Be There For You", and "Living In Sin" were five hits from the "New Jersey" album.

7. Power ballads were a great way for heavy metal bands to get attention on pop radio formats in the late 1980's. What band had a chart topping power ballad called "Love Song" in 1989?

Answer: Tesla

"Love Song" was released on the album called "The Great Radio Controversy" in 1989.

8. "When The Children Cry", "Wait", and "Little Fighter" were all hit songs from what group that was popular in the late 1980's?

Answer: White Lion

White Lion released four albums from 1984-1991. "Fight To Survive" in 1984, "Pride" in 1987", "Big Game" in 1989, and "Main Attraction" in 1990.

9. Winger had quite a few hit songs in the late 1980's. What band did frontman Kip Winger play for prior to forming Winger?

Answer: Alice Cooper

Kip played with Alice Cooper in the mid 1980's. Between 1988 and 1993, Winger released three popular albums.

10. Which thrash metal band finally broke through the mainstream with their cult classic song "One"?

Answer: Metallica

"One" was the first conceptual video by Metallica. "Jason Newsted" joined Metallica in November of 1986. He replaced the late "Cliff Burton" who passed away on September 27, 1986. The first Metallica album to feature Jason was 1987's "The $5.98 EP Garage Days Re-Revisited".

Answer: Every Rose Has Its Thorn

The song went to the number one position on December 24, 1988. It stayed there for three weeks crossing over into 1989.

12. What Philadelphia glam metal band released their second album "Long Cold Winter" in 1988?

Answer: Cinderella

"Long Cold Winter" featured the hit songs "Gypsy Road", "Don't Know What You Got Till It's Gone", "The Last Mile", and "Coming Home".

13. What band updated their image and sound and released one of the biggest albums of 1987? They had such hits as "In The Still Of The Night", "Here I Go Again", and "Is This Love?".

Answer: Whitesnake

After leaving Whitesnake in 1987, guitarist John Sykes went on to form the band "Blue Murder".

14. No quiz from this era would be complete without mentioning the "Hysteria" album. Which band released it in 1987?

Answer: Def Leppard

"Hysteria" was Def Leppard's fourth studio album. It featured some of the groups most requested hits such as "Women", "Rocket", "Animal", "Love Bites", "Armegeddon It", "Pour Some Sugar On Me", and "Hysteria".

15. This band released their debut album called "Surprise Attack" in 1989. The album featured the video hits "Phantom Rider", and "Guilty". Who are they?

Answer: Tora Tora

Tora Tora was a band from Memphis, Tennessee. They released their second album in 1992 called "Wild America".

Source: Author cyborgfan

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