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1. The Replacements are considered one of the pioneers of alternative rock, and from their album 1985 "Tim" comes their song "Left of the Dial" which refers to which kind of radio stations that were on the left side of the dial in the old radio format?
2. Who is the alternative rock band from Arizona who recorded the song "Static on the Radio" from their 2004 album "Lines In My Face"?
3. Who recorded the song "Transistor Radio"?:
"My baby's got a transistor radio
She takes it everywhere we go
She takes it when we go out a-walking
Even to a movie show
Well now, just last night, in the pale moonlight
I asked her for a kiss
But instead of hearing her whisper sweet words of love
All that I could hear was this"
4. What post-punk rock band from England recorded the song "Radio Heart"?"
"I've been waiting by the radio for someone like you
But the people that are calling in today are few and far between
You were listening
Their words are dull their syllables slow
But every day I have to call into this show
Last week I decided to give it a go
And I caught your ear when I said
"I'm a man who sits at his desk
So I guess I've got nothing to lose at this request
I want a girl who doesn't like to dress to impress
A girl with a radio heart
A girl with a radio heart
We've never met but we've never been apart
A girl with a radio heart"
5. Which two artists both recorded songs called "Turn Up the Radio"? (The songs are completely different from one another, not a cover).
6. "Snoop Dog, Baby" by Reel Big Fish goes like this:
"I just couldn't believe it,
When I turned on
The radio, try to run, try to hide,
Try to keep it inside,
They were playin' that song
And I thought about her
Snoop doggy dog, snoop doggy dog"
What genre of music best describes the band Reel Big Fish?
7. "Guerilla Radio" earned a Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance, and is from the 1999 album "The Battle of Los Angeles" by what American heavy metal band?
8. This band has not one but two songs fitting this theme: "Love is on the Radio" and also "One for the Radio." What British band is this?
9. "I Love My Radio (Midnight Radio)" was released in 1985 and became a big hit for this American Italo disco singer. It was produced by the Italian record producer Claudio Cecchetto and reached number five on the Italian Charts and number six on the American Dance chart. Who was this singer?
10. After two decades without making an album, the iconic Beach Boys came back strong in 2012 with their album "That's Why God Made the Radio" with the titular hit single. This is the only Beach Boys album that debuted in Billboard's Top Ten.
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