Metal Music Mayhem II Trivia Quiz

Answer: British Steel

"British Steel" was released in 1980, and also featured "Living After Midnight". Priest had six albums before this, but with the releases of "Breaking the Law" and "Living After Midnight" as singles, they hit the big time. Original vocalist Rob Halford rejoined the band to record the 2005 album, "Angel of Retribution".

Answer: Hanoi Rocks

Nicholas 'Razzle' Dingley died on 9th December, 1984, at the age of 24, after the vehicle an allegedly drunken Vince Neil was driving careered into another lane, and hit another car. Neil escaped unhurt.

Answer: Rayna Foss

Foss left the band, and music completely, to become a full-time mother. She played on two Coal Chamber albums; "Coal Chamber" and "Chamber Music".

Answer: Ghengis Khan

"Ghengis Khan" was featured on their 1981 album, "Killers", which was about the infamous Mongolian ruler. "Alexander the Great" was the closing track on "Somewhere in Time", released in 1986 and deals with the life and times of the Macedonian King. "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" was a 12-minute plus epic detailing S T Coleridge's work of art, featured on "Powerslave" (1984), while "The Wicker Man", based on a 1973 movie, featured on 2000s "Brave New World".

Answer: Lovecraft and Witchhearts

The album is a 2-CD set, with the first taking tracks from two Cradle of Filth albums, while the second disc has remixes, rare tracks and the covers with Slayer, Iron Maiden, Soddom, and Sabbat being taken to Cradle of Filth's musical extremities.

Answer: Queensryche

"Operation Mindcrime" had a detailed storyline and sold over 4 million copies. In 1991, they released "Operation Livecrime", a live concert version of "Operation Mindcrime".

Answer: Alice Cooper

The two Wembley shows from the "Welcome to My Nightmare" tour were filmed and released on tape as "Welcome to My Nightmare". The 1975 "Welcome to My Nightmare" television special won the Best Video Tape Editing Emmy in 1976.

Answer: Van Halen III

Gary Cherone is most commonly known as the lead singer of Extreme. While most Van Halen fans argue who was the better frontman, David Lee Roth or Sammy Hagar, most forget that Gary was with the group. The album didn't do as well as expected and Cherone was promptly dismissed from the band.

Answer: Steal This Album

"Steal This Album" was to originally become something totally different; however, it was leaked onto the internet months before its eventual release, and downloaded by fans. The band released the mastered versions of the tracks, and two which were not originally leaked.

Answer: Red Hot Chili Peppers

Irons first played with the the Red Hot Chili Peppers, when they went under the monicker of Tony Flow and the Miraculously Majectic Masters of Mayhem. When guitarist Hillel Slovak died from an heroin overdose in 1988, Irons left the band. Six years later, he would join Pearl Jam. I hope you enjoyed my quiz.