How well do you know your music? Let’s find out with a quiz that accompanies this week playlist.
The subjects du jour are : Skid Row, Van Halen, Aerosmith, Metallica, Rage Against The Machine, Scorpions, Iron Maiden, Rammstein, Limp Bizkit, Deftones, Kiss, Muse
They are the ‘Hard & Metal Throwback’ artists selected among the 393 Posts we publish this week.
Tracklist
1 . Skid Row . Youth Gone Wild |
2 . Van Halen . 5150 |
3 . Aerosmith . Lightning Strikes |
4 . Metallica . Master Of Puppets |
5 . Rage AgainstThe Machine . Bullet In The Head |
6 . Scorpions . Rock You Like . Hurricane |
7 . Iron Maiden . The Number of the Beast |
8 . Rammstein . Du hast |
9 . Limp Bizkit . Nookie |
10 . Deftones . Be Quiet and Drive (Far Away) |
11 . Kiss . Black Diamond |
12 . Muse . Stockholm Syndrome |
And the correct answers (in case you missed one or two) are:
1. “Youth Gone Wild” closed the encore when Skid Row supported Guns N’ Roses at Wembley in 1991. The track from their 1989 debut album kept a regular spot in their live sets that year.
2. The Van Halen album "5150" took its name from Eddie Van Halen's home studio, which itself refers to a section of the California Welfare and Institutions Code.
3. Aerosmith's live performance at Oakland in 1984 was part of the Back in the Saddle Tour, marking their reunion with Joe Perry and Brad Whitford.
4. Metallica’s 1989 live rendition of “Master of Puppets” took place during the Damaged Justice Tour, later featured in official box set releases.
5. The official music video for Rage Against the Machine's "Bullet in the Head" credits Tom Morello among the band members included.
6. Released in 1984, “Rock You Like a Hurricane” became a signature hit for the Scorpions, contributing to their American success on the heels of the Love at First Sting album.
7. Iron Maiden's “Raising Hell” pay-per-view concert in 1993 featured staged magic and marked Bruce Dickinson’s final show with the band until his return in 1999.
8. "Du Hast" was a central feature of Rammstein's pyrotechnic-heavy performance at the Capital of Rock festival in 2016.
9. At the Capital of Rock festival in 2016, Limp Bizkit performed “Nookie” as part of their setlist in Wrocław.
10. The Deftones included “Be Quiet and Drive (Far Away)” during their Reading Festival set in 2009, capturing footage from the performance.
11. During Kiss’s 1994 tour in South America, “Black Diamond” was a high-energy staple, often accentuated with pyrotechnics.
12. At the 2011 Reading Festival, Muse performed “Stockholm Syndrome” during their headlining slot, closing the festival on the last night.
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