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1. In 1977, Mark Perry and his band Alternative TV released the first punk flexi-disc 'Love Lies Limp' in his photocopied fanzine. The band's first proper single release 'How Much Longer' came out on his own independent label called?
2. Which member of the Monochrome Set was previously a member of punk protaganists, Adam and the Ants?
3. On the infamous 'Live at the Roxy' album, Manchester band Slaughter and the Dogs introduce themselves as...
4. One of the best of the second wave of UK punk bands were the band Eater. On their debut album 'The Album', which David Bowie song did they cover?
5. After all the pressure and hype of Punk, Subway Sect lead singer Vic Goddard found another career as...
6. John Cale of The Velvet Underground took to UK Punk with great enthusiasm and toured during the heyday of the early years. He even managed to shock the Punks! Which band, associated with the punk movement at the time, withdrew as support group because of some of Cale's bizarre on stage antics?
7. On tour in 1977, Joe Strummer of The Clash caught hepatitis. How?
8. Australian punk pioneers The Saints performed as extras on which UK television series?
9. In Derek Jarman's punk movie 'Jubilee', the lead singer of which band is thrown into the Thames river, wrapped in red plastic?
10. One of the funniest aspects of punk was the sometimes hilarious names some of the band members took. Which one of the following is actually their real name?
11. After she left X-Ray Spex,Lora Logic,the bands sax player, formed her own band. What were they called?
12. Rough Trade, the famous UK independent label, has been responsible for a lot of great music over the years. Which of the following bands was behind their first ever release on single?
13. Two of the more obscure bands of the time, Menace and Squeeze had their first singles produced by a well known American producer. Who was he?
14. Marco Pirroni, a guitarist of some reknown at the time of 77, has NOT played with which of these bands?
15. Savage Pencil, leader of the band The Art Attax, also drew cartoons for which english music magazine?
16. The Killjoys had an absolute brilliant single called 'Johnny Won't Go to Heaven'. Their vocalist later cropped up fronting which band?
17. Stewart Copeland, drummer of The Police, had a brother called Miles.
He had a record label. Which one?
18. B-side to 'God Save the Queen' was 'Did You Know Wrong'. It was based on a song by Dave Berry called 'Give me no...!
19. One of the truly forgotten bands of the time were 'The Boys'. Their first album opened with the song 'Sick on You' but it had been recorded earlier by some members of the band in an New York Dolls influenzed band called...
20. And finally, something relatively simple. Johnny Rotten had a t-shirt in the early days which proclaimed his disliking of a certain progressive rock band. Who was it?
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