How well do you know your music? Let’s find out with a quiz that accompanies this week playlist.
The subjects du jour are : Deftones, Linkin Park, Skid Row, Living Colour, Iron Maiden, Slash, Myles Kennedy, The Conspirators, Kiss, Alice Cooper, Nita Strauss, Whitesnake, Aerosmith, Deep Purple, Black Sabbath
They are the ‘Hard & Metal Throwback’ artists selected among the 430 Posts we publish this week.
1. Which song did Deftones perform at AREA 4 Festival that appeared approximately mid-show?
- A Korea
- B Elite
- C Minerva
2. At what position in the setlist was “Faint” performed during Linkin Park’s Projekt Revolution show in Clarkston, Michigan?
- A Twenty-first
- B Fourteenth
- C Eighth
3. Which Skid Row song performed live in Brazil in 1996 is from the Subhuman Race era?
- A Medicine Jar
- B 18 and Life
- C Youth Gone Wild
4. Who are the members of Living Colour’s lineup during the 1990 touring cycle for “Time’s Up”?
- A Corey Glover, Vernon Reid, Muzz Skillings, and Will Calhoun
- B Mick Jagger, Ron Wood, Charlie Watts, and Keith Richards
- C Eddie Vedder, Mike McCready, Stone Gossard, and Jeff Ament
5. Who made a guest appearance during Iron Maiden’s Monsters of Rock performance at Donington Park in 1992?
- A Bruce Dickinson
- B Adrian Smith
- C Dave Murray
6. Which song closed the Live in Sydney concert featuring Slash with Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators?
- A Sweet Child O’ Mine
- B Paradise City
- C Welcome to the Jungle
7. Where was a widely circulated live version of KISS’s “Strutter” filmed?
- A Madison Square Garden
- B Cobo Hall
- C Wembley Stadium
8. Which Alice Cooper track, performed live in Atlanta in 2016, is from the Dirty Diamonds album?
- A Woman of Mass Distraction
- B Poison
- C School’s Out
9. What was the nickname used for Whitesnake’s themed presentation at the 1983 Monsters of Rock festival?
- A Whitesnake Warriors
- B Snake Commandos
- C Rock Serpents
10. Which special guest joined Aerosmith during their Marquee Club performance on the Pump Tour?
- A Brian May
- B Jimmy Page
- C Slash
11. Which Deep Purple album features “House of Pain,” marking Don Airey’s debut as organist and keyboardist?
- A Bananas
- B Purpendicular
- C Rapture of the Deep
12. During Black Sabbath’s Forbidden Tour in Malta, which song followed “Children of the Grave” in the setlist?
- A The Shining
- B Paranoid
- C War Pigs
Tracklist
1 . Deftones . Elite |
2 . Linkin Park . Faint |
3 . Skid Row . Medicine Jar |
4 . Living Colour . Time’S UpEpic publish Living Colour’s second album . ‘Time’s Up’ (1990) |
5 . Iron Maiden . Be Quick Or Be Dead |
6 . Slash, Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators . Paradise City |
7 . Kiss . Strutter |
8 . Alice Cooper & Nita Strauss . Woman Of Mass Distraction |
9 . Whitesnake . Guilty Of Love |
10 . Aerosmith . What It Takes |
11 . Deep Purple . House Of Pain |
12 . Black Sabbath . The Shining |
And the correct answers (in case you missed one or two) are:
1. Elite is performed around mid-show in their AREA 4 Festival set. Video uploads document its precise placement, confirming it’s part of the White Pony era and performed at Lüdinghausen.
2. Faint holds the twenty-first position in the Clarkston, Michigan setlist. The performance is often referred to as “Live At Clarkston 21” due to its order in the complete airing.
3. Medicine Jar, part of the Subhuman Race era, features prominently in Skid Row’s mid-1990s sets, despite lineup changes noted post-1999.
4. Corey Glover, Vernon Reid, Muzz Skillings, and Will Calhoun composed Living Colour’s stable lineup during the “Time’s Up” touring period in 1990.
5. Adrian Smith made a guest appearance during “Running Free” at the Monsters of Rock show. It was a significant moment for the band’s fans.
6. Paradise City closed the set in Sydney with Slash and Kennedy performing together. Often the song bookends their performances.
7. Cobo Hall hosted a notable live recording of “Strutter” with Paul Stanley leading the classic KISS lineup onstage.
8. Woman of Mass Distraction features in Cooper’s 2016 Atlanta set, highlighting the energetic portion of the concert.
9. The “Whitesnake Commandos” branding marked their Donington Park set. It was a themed representation during the 1983 festival.
10. Jimmy Page joined Aerosmith at the Marquee Club during the Pump Tour, bringing unexpected collaborations to the stage.
11. Bananas, released in 2003, introduced Don Airey as Deep Purple’s new organ and keyboard player following Jon Lord’s departure.
12. The Shining, following “Children of the Grave,” in the Malta set, represents the late-1980s Black Sabbath catalog.
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