Music Mayhem Trivia Quiz

Answer: Super Furry Animals

From the album 'Fuzzy Logic', recorded in 1996. The Super Furry Animals became one of a number of indie bands to hail from Wales, including the Stereophonics, Catatonia, and Gorkys Zygotic Mynci.

Answer: The Levellers

Taken from the amazing 'Levelling the Land' album. The Levellers were known for their strong political beliefs, which are reflected in songs on their albums. However, many music critics slated the band for having a 'hippy' image, making comments about 'dogs on string'.

Answer: 'Watching Xanadu'

Recorded by the Mull Historical Society from the album 'Loss'. Gomez found fame after winning the 1998 Mercury music prize for their first album, 'Bring it On'. This was followed up by another successful album, 'Liquid Skin'. The latest two albums, 'Abandoned Shopping Trolley Hotline', which was a remix album, and the recently released 'In our Gun', have unfortunately not enjoyed as much success.

Answer: 'Neighbourhood'

Jamie from Space famously had a breakdown and disappeared for a time. This, along with lead singer Tommy losing his voice, led to a number of gigs having to be cancelled, and eventually led to the band not recording anymore. However, the band enjoyed previous success with two albums, 'Spiders' and 'Tin Planet'.

They also recorded 'Ballad of Tom Jones' with Catatonia front woman Cerys Matthews.

Answer: Radiohead

Fans of Radiohead have seen a change to the style of music, with 'Kid A' having more of a dance vibe to it. However, 'The Bends' and 'Ok Computer' will probably go down as being Radiohead's finest albums.

Answer: The Seahorses

The band with John Squires, ex-Stone Roses guitarist. All the bands featured in the answers were ex-Stone Roses, who were in of the most influential bands of the early ninties during what became known in Britain as the 'baggy period'.

Answer: Manic Street Preachers

Lyrics from 'Motorcycle Emptiness', from the 1992 album 'Generation Terroists'. Another influential band; when Richie Edwards went missing, fans were devastated, and there were a couple of teenage suicides following the event. Although it cannot be proven that there is a direct link between the events, a number of Manic Street Preacher lyrics, written by Richie, and MSP CDs were found along with the bodies.

Answer: Parklife

Blur have been around since the early 90's with the release of their first single 'There's no Other Way'. However, it was the album 'Parklife' which shot the band to fame. Recently band members have enjoyed success with other projects, with frontman Damon Albarn helping start the novelty band The Gorillaz.

Answer: Starsailor

The album was released in 2001 and includes the singles 'Poor Misguided Fool' and 'Alcoholic'.

Answer: True

Not many people have heard of this band, who unfortunately split up in 2002. They released the 'Trial by Fire' ep in 1999, followed by the singles 'Cannibal Kids' and 'Fabricated Lunacy'. They also played the main stage at the Reading/Leeds carling weekend in 2001.