Random Music Quiz

Answer: Def Leppard

"I'm sorry, but it's true, you're bringing on the heartbreak"...
From the album "High and Dry", it featured original guitarist Steve Clark on guitar.

Answer: Springsteen and Madonna

"Nothing has been all right since for Springsteen, Madonna, way before Nirvana..."

Bowling For Soup are from Texas, and play punk rock style music. Their singer is called Jaret Reddick.

Answer: Run To The Hills

Sign are an Icelandic band, and are fronted by a man called Zolberg. They covered "Run To The Hills" and slowed it down in comparison with the original.
The album was given away with "Kerrang!" magazine in 2008, and was titled "Kerrang! Maiden Heaven."

Answer: Tragic Kingdom

"Tragic Kingdom" is a song by a British metal band, Cradle of Filth, and is featured on their 2008 album. Their singer is called Dani Filth, and their album is called "Godspeed On The Devil's Thunder."
All of the other songs are my personal Dragonforce favourites, with "Through The Fire And The Flames" seeing an increase in popularity due to its inclusion in the computer game "Guitar Hero 3."

Answer: Bass

The band do not have a bass player because they don't think they need one. Instead the bass lines are generated through a computer, and then dubbed onto the songs.

Answer: Flash Of The Blade

Avenged Sevenfold covered "Flash of The Blade" for an Iron Maiden tribute album, and the band supported Iron Maiden when they played at Twickenham Stadium in July 2008.

Answer: Up Around The Bend

Hanoi Rocks were an influence on bands such as Guns And Roses, and they have toured with Wednesday 13, as their farewell tour. Micheal Monroe and Andy McCoy may head off on solo tours.

Answer: The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus

"Cover up with make up in the mirror,
Tell yourself that it will never happen again."
The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus work closely with Domestic Violence charities, and the lyric above is from their song "Face Down," which features on the album "Don't You Fake It."

Answer: Lemmy

"Baby, I don't wanna live forever!" is a lyric from the Motorhead song "Ace of Spades."

Answer: Dimebag Darrell

Dimebag Darrel was in the band Pantera. He was shot onstage during a concert by his other band, DamagePlan. Fuelled by anger, Chad Kroeger wrote the song, and used out-takes from Pantera rehearsals to create a new Dimebag Darrell solo, which is played in the song. It is the heaviest song on Chad's band, Nickelback's, album "All The Right Reasons."
Todd Crew is actually a bassist, and played with Jetboy, before he died of a drug overdose in 1987.

Answer: Welsh

The band is Bullet For My Valentine, and consist of Matt Tuck, on vocals and rhythm guitar, Padge on lead guitar, Moose on drums, and Jay on bass. The lyric is from the song "Eye of the Storm", at 47 on my most played list.

Answer: 'cos this one is a lie...

The video for the song features Jack and Kyle from Tenacious D, and shows the Foo Fighters trying to land a plane after a forced landing. It won a Grammy, and features the band dressing up as other people on the plane, such as a fan of the band and a camp flight attendant.

Answer: Black Stone Cherry

Black Stone Cherry have toured the UK as support on the co-headline Def Leppard and Whitesnake tour. The lyric is from the song "Blind Man". They are from Kentucky.

Answer: It's Going Down

"It's Going Down" is actually a song from Mike Shinoda and Joe Hahn's side project The X-ecutioners. Linkin Park is their main project, and the singer for Linkin Park is Chester Bennington.

Answer: Eat It

"Don't tell me you're full,
Just eat it"
Weird Al Yankovich has parodied many songs by other artists including Avril Lavigne and Britney Spears.

Answer: Summer of '69

The other songs on the list are by Eric Clapton, Whitesnake and Dokken. "Summer of '69" is one of Bryan's more famous songs, along with "Everything I Do".

Answer: Blink 182

Tom was most known for his role as the guitarist in Blink 182, a band which were huge in the 1990s. Tom De Longe now plays with Angels and Airwaves, who are behind songs such as "Breathe" and "Everything's Magic".

Answer: Sweden

The Backyard Babies are from Sweden, and were formed in 1987. They have released five albums and Micheal Monroe guested on their 1997 album, which was called "Total 13".

Answer: These Days

The song "These Days" features on the album of the same title, whereas the other songs are taken from other albums, "New Jersey", "Slippery When Wet" and "Crush."
The opening track on the album "These Days" is a great song called "Hey God," which is a song about people struggling to survive in the world. It talks about a mother whose son has killed a police officer. It is rarely played live.

Answer: Heroes of Our Time

"Heroes Of Our Time" is a song by Dragonforce, and is the first single from their album "Ultra Beatdown." Dragonforce are most known for their song, "Through The Fire And The Flames", which is featured on "Guitar Hero III", and is the hardest song on the game.

Answer: Nathan Leone

The Blank Theory were featured on the soundtrack to the film "Final Destination 2", with their song "Middle Of Nowhere". Nathan was the singer in that band, and he along with his brother, also ex-Blank Theory, formed Madina Lake.

Answer: Crazy Crazy Nights

The current incarnation of KISS includes Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Tommy Thayer and Eric Singer. They played at Donnington for the Download music festival in June 2008. The others on the list are by Bon Jovi, Linkin Park and Iron Maiden.

Answer: Poison

Poison are probably most known for "Every Rose Has Its Thorn". Bret Michaels is the singer, Bobby Dall the bassist, CC DeVille the guitarist and Rikki Rocket the drummer.

Answer: She Left Me

Go:Audio are a pop/rock band based in London. They have toured with bands such as The Blackout and Scouting For Girls.

Answer: Slipknot

Slipknot are a nine-piece metal band from Des Moines, Iowa. Everyone in the band apart from Paul, the bass player, is a Des Moines native. Their other songs include "Before I Forget" and "Dead Memories."