Obscure 80's Music Trivia! Trivia Quiz

Answer: Haircut 100

Both songs were chart toppers for this British, six member band. Lead singer Nick Heyward decided to pursue a solo career just as the band began to take off.

Answer: The Butthole Surfers

Formed in 1981 in San Antonio, Texas the band developed a large underground audience and the respect of their peers, but they never quite managed to take off on the charts. The closest they came was in 1996 with "Electriclarryland" which earned them a gold record.

Answer: Rick Astley

Record producer, Pete Waterman noticed Astley while he was performing with soul band, FBI. Astley left the band, went to London and began his solo career with hits such as "Never Gonna Give You Up" and "Whenever You Need Somebody".

Answer: Ratt

Milton did double duty, appearing as a man AND a woman in Ratt's video for "Round and Round". What would Jack Benny say?!

Answer: The Pet Shop Boys

Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe were such huge fans of London's West End, they began performing under the name West End. They changed to the Pet Shop Boys because the guys felt the name made them sound like an English rap group!

Answer: Adam Ant

Adam and the Ants gained a following in the late 1970's; however, the new wave/punk movement that began swirling around the US in the 80's was when, as a solo artist, he became known to most mainstream American audiences.

"Goody Two Shoes" and "Friend or Foe" were big hits for Adam in the UK and the US during this time.

Answer: Bow Wow Wow

Guitarist Matthew Ashman, bassist Leigh Gorman and drummer David Barbarossa were the former Ants who left "the colony" so to speak to form this spin off band.

Malcom McLaren discovered the teen lead singer, Annabella Lwin, when she was just 14 years old! She was working in a dry cleaners, singing along to a Stevie Wonder tune on the radio and was eventually hired to front Bow Wow Wow. Their biggest US hit was "I Want Candy".

Answer: J.J. Jackson

J.J. worked in Boston in the late 60's before moving west and hitting the air on KLOS in Los Angeles.

Sadly, he passed away March 14, 2004 after suffering a massive heart attack at the age of 62.

Answer: Alan Hunter

Prior to becoming a VeeJay, Alan dabbled in acting. Not only did he appear in Bowie's music video, he also won the role of an usher in the movie-version of the kid musical, "Annie".

Another factoid about Hunter - he was the first VeeJay to appear on screen when MTV went live on August 1, 1981.

Answer: Aldo Nova

Aldo Nova is a Canadian singer/songwriter/guitarist. The lyrics are from his song, "Fantasy" and in the video for the song, he pranced around in a leopard-print body suit!