MUSIC QUIZ 44 THE 90'S

[magpie in the 80's]

I'm shirthouse at 90's stuff but i'll give it a go.

2. Who discovered silverchair? SBS Nomad DW told me this one ages ago
4. Finish these '90s album titles:
Grinspoon's Guide To...better living
It's A Shame About...Ray - The Lemonheads
13. Who sang Massive Attack's remarkable 1991 song "Unfinished Sympathy"? - Sharna...? somebody
20. Who did Neil Young use as his backing band on the Mirror Ball album in 1995? - Pearl Jam
24. Who originally recorded the song Torn before Natalie Imbruglia made it an international hit? - Ednaswap wrote it but some Swedish singer released it before they did. Can't think of their name
27. Sing the next line to The Beastie Boys song Sabotage: "Can't stand it, I know you planned it..."? - I'm "singing" it and can't think of it
30. Mickey Melchiondo and Aaron Freeman are better known as? - Ween
31. Which of the following '90s groups actually features brothers: The Jungle Brothers, The Chemical Brothers or The Palace Brothers? - The Palace Bros at a guess
36. What does the PJ stand for in PJ Harvey? - Polly Jean (grrrrr! )
41. Who said: The only thing worse than being called a rock star is not being called a rock star? - Tim Rodgers (??)
48. Spot the year of these musical deaths: Don Cherry, Jerry Garcia, The Velvet Underground's Sterling Morrison, Blind Melon's Shannon Hoon, Easy E, Bob Stinson of The Replacements? - 1995
50. My real name is Artis Ivey. I had a hit in 1995 with a reworking of an old Stevie Wonder song called Pastime Paradise. I am? - It's Gangsters Paradise by Coolio or Amish Paradise by Weird Al
52. What festival did Perry Farrell start up in the early '90s? - Lulapolooza (sp?)
53. Before forming Filter, Richard Patrick played guitar with who? - NIN on tour and someone else I can't think of
57. Which dead rock star did Sonic Youth write the song Tunic about from their Goo album? - Karen Carpenter
60. What US punk band out of Washington DC takes their name from the US military jargon for "F***** up situation"? - Fugazi(?)
61. Who played after Nirvana at the first Big Day Out in 1992? - Violent Femmes I'd imagine - I know the Beasts of Bourbon were playing when Nirvana started and lost 3/4 of their audience.
62. Name another famous singer Courtney Love had a relationship with before Kurt Cobain? - Before??? No idea since however Evan Dando and Billy Corgan (smiling politely)
64. Who is the common link in the following: The Simpsons, Oingo Boingo, Batman Returns? - Danny Elfman
71. Who did Ice T record the controversial "Cop Killer" track with in 1992? - Bodycount
72. Which Australian singer fronted a group called Noize Addict in their teens? - Dick Face...um sorry Ben Lee
77. What was #1 in the last Hottest 100 of the '90s? Offspring - Pretty fly (??)
86. How much is the note worth shown on the front cover of Nirvana's Nevermind? - One Dollar

NOT BAD FOR SOMEONE WHO SAY'S HE'S CHITHOUSE AT 90'S MUSIC.
Q77 THE ONLY ONE WRONG

[magpie in the 80's]

1) 12 o'clock
4) Grinspoons Guide to Better Living (or something similar)
36) Polly Jean
56) Sweater
61) Sonic Youth........................INCORRECT
71) Bodycount
77) No Aphrodesiac - The Whitlams.............INCORRECT

ALL OTHERS CORRECT

[magpie in the 80's]

JUST 17Q'S TO GO

[Interceptor]

10. It took this English band 15 years to record a hit song, which they did in 1997. Their name came from a dream one of the members had about toilet doors and the specific names on the men and women's toilet. They started off with a very punk, DIY ethic. They also once encouraged their fans to steal their records from stores. Chumbawumba

[magpie in the 80's]

10. It took this English band 15 years to record a hit song, which they did in 1997. Their name came from a dream one of the members had about toilet doors and the specific names on the men and women's toilet. They started off with a very punk, DIY ethic. They also once encouraged their fans to steal their records from stores. Chumbawumba

CORRECT

[magpie in the 80's]

NOT MANY 90'S MUSIC GURU'S OUT THERE

[magpie in the 80's]

NOT MANY 90'S MUSIC GURU'S OUT THERE

LAST DAY'S FOR THIS QUIZ

[brod]

4. exit planet DUST by the Chemical Brothers
9. The interior is RED
27. Im a set it straight , this Watergate
67. Hansen
69. Standing outside a broken phonebooth with money in my hand
70. De La Soul
73. ApheX Twin
81. The Wu-Tang Clan

[BUZZ]

Q9 = Red
Q27 = But im gonna set straight this watergate
Q34 = Nine Inch Nails - The downward spiral
Q35 = Zoomerang
Q43 = Lauryn Hill/Fugees
Q54 = Vanilla Ice/Ice Ice baby
Q58 = Ani DiFranco
Q63 = Moby
Q67 = Hansen
Q69 = The phone booth with money in my hand
Q70 = De La Soul
Q73 = The Aphex twin
Q75 = George Harrison
Q76 = Seymour
Q81 = Wu Tang Clan

[magpie in the 80's]

4. exit planet DUST by the Chemical Brothers
9. The interior is RED
27. Im a set it straight , this Watergate
67. Hansen
69. Standing outside a broken phonebooth with money in my hand
70. De La Soul
73. ApheX Twin
81. The Wu-Tang Clan

WELL DONE BROD ..ALL CORRECT

[magpie in the 80's]

Q9 = Red
Q27 = But im gonna set straight this watergate
Q34 = Nine Inch Nails - The downward spiral
Q35 = Zoomerang
Q43 = Lauryn Hill/Fugees
Q54 = Vanilla Ice/Ice Ice baby
Q58 = Ani DiFranco
Q63 = Moby
Q67 = Hansen
Q69 = The phone booth with money in my hand
Q70 = De La Soul
Q73 = The Aphex twin
Q75 = George Harrison
Q76 = Seymour
Q81 = Wu Tang Clan

WELL DONE TOO BUZZ..............ALL CORRECT

[magpie in the 80's]

WE'VE HAD THE 60'S QUIZ. WE'VE HAD THE 70'S QUIZ. AND WE'VE HAD THE 80'S QUIZ.
NOW IT'S TIME FOR THE 90'S QUIZ

1. What time is it in silverchair's "Tomorrow"? 12 O'CLOCK
2. Who discovered silverchair? SBS'S NOMAD PROGRAM
3. Name one of the first two Unearthed bands? GRINSPOON
4. Finish these '90s album titles:
Grinspoon's Guide To... A BETTER LIVING
It's A Shame About... RAY
Exit Planet... DUST
The Unauthorised Biography Of... REINHOLD MESSNER
5. The age difference between the most quoted men in rock in the '90s - the Gallagher brothers - is 3, 5 or 7 years? 5 YEARS
6. Bez used to dance in which band? HAPPY MONDAYS
7. Who sang in 1994 "Today is the greatest day I've ever known"? SMASHING PUMPKINS
8. Who had a song called "Miss Misery" nominated for an Oscar in 1998? ELLOITT SMITH
9. What is the colour of the apartment in Custard's 1995 hit song "Apartment"? RED
10. It took this English band 15 years to record a hit song, which they did in 1997. Their name came from a dream one of the members had about toilet doors and the specific names on the men and women's toilet. They started off with a very punk, DIY ethic. They also once encouraged their fans to steal their records from stores. CHUMBAWAMBA
11. Which of the following have not reformed at some stage in the '90s: Sex Pistols, Velvet Underground, The Clash and Blondie? THE CLASH
12. Who sampled The Andrew Loog Oldham Orchestra in 1997 and got themselves into copyright troubles? THE VERVE
13. Who sang Massive Attack's remarkable 1991 song "Unfinished Sympathy"? SHARA NELSON
14. Norman Cook is better known as? FATBOY SLIM
15. Name his group from the early '90s? BEATS INTERNATIONAL
16. Who is Brian Warner better known as today? MARILYN MANSON
17. In 1992, House Of Pain had a hit with the song Jump Around. Who was the lead singer who went on to have solo fame following their split in 1996? EVERLAST
18. Opening line: "Spitting in a wishing well. Blown to hell"? CANNONBALL / THE BREEDERS
19. Who did Kurt quote a lyric of in his suicide note? NEIL YOUNG
20. Who did Neil Young use as his backing band on the Mirror Ball album in 1995? PEARL JAM
21. Which of Pearl Jam's albums was named after their favourite basketball player? 10 - MOOKIE BAYLOCK
22. Opening lines: "I want you to know that I'm happy for you /I wish nothing but the best for you both"? ALANIS MORRISSETTE / YOU OUGHTA KNOW
23. On whose label did Alanis's Jagged Little Pill come out? MADONNA'S MAVERICK LABEL
24. Who originally recorded the song Torn before Natalie Imbruglia made it an international hit? EDNASWAP
25. What female singer of the '90s has the surname Gudmundsdottir? BJORK
26. In the '80s, Duran Duran got their name from Barbarella and Heaven 17 got their name from A Clockwork Orange; but in the '90s which American band got their name from the film Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory? VERUCA SALT
27. Sing the next line to The Beastie Boys song Sabotage: "Can't stand it, I know you planned it..."? BUT I'M GONNA SET IT STRAIGHT,THIS WATERGATE
28. In the early '90s, the C&C Music Factory was gonna make us do what? SWEAT
29. The Second Coming was the second album for who in 1994? STONE ROSES
30. Mickey Melchiondo and Aaron Freeman are better known as? DEAN AND GENE WEEN
31. Which of the following '90s groups actually features brothers: The Jungle Brothers, The Chemical Brothers or The Palace Brothers? THE PALACE BROTHERS
32. Who died on November 22, 1997? MICHAEL HUTCHENCE
33. They cleaned up the '94 ARIAs with the album The Honeymoon Is Over. They are? THE CRUEL SEA
34. What major 1994 album was recorded in the Beverly Hills mansion where Sharon Tate was murdered by Charles Manson in 1969? 9 INCH NAILS / THE DOWNWARD SPIRAL
35. What was the name of the version of the ZOO TV tour that finally toured Australia in 1993? ZOOMERANG
36. What does the PJ stand for in PJ Harvey? POLLY JEAN
37. Opening lines: "When you were here before, couldn't look you in the eye/You're just like an angel, your skin makes me cry"? RADIOHEADS / CREEP
38. Who said: I've never in my life succeeded in reading a book from cover to cover? POSH SPICE
39. Michael Balzary is a member of which famous band RED HOT CHILLI PEPPERS
40. What time and day is it at the start of Ben Folds Five's song Brick? IT'S 6AM DAY AFTER XMAS
41. Who said: The only thing worse than being called a rock star is not being called a rock star? TIM ROGERS / YOU AM I
42. Which You Am I hit shares it's name with a classic Everly Brothers song? CATHY'S CLOWN
43. She was an actor in the daytime soap As The World Turns and Sister Act II before having success singing with a group and as a solo artist. LAURYN HILL / THE FUGEES
44. Who co-wrote Elvis Costello's hit song "Veronica" with Elvis? PAUL MCCARTNEY
45. Opening lines: "Oh friend of mine we will never lose the time"? KILLING HEIDI / WEIR
46. Before having a hit with Addicted To Bass, Josh Abrahams worked on a spoken word piece in 1997 with director Baz Luhrmann. Spoken by Lee Perry, sung by Quindon Tarver, it came from Luhrmann's soundtrack to Romeo & Juliet. What was it called? EVERYBODY'S FREE TO WEAR SUNSCREEN
47. Who is Eagle Eye Cherry's sister? NINEH CHERRY
48. Spot the year of these musical deaths: Don Cherry, Jerry Garcia, The Velvet Underground's Sterling Morrison, Blind Melon's Shannon Hoon, Easy E, Bob Stinson of The Replacements? 1995
49. The Rembrandts sing the music to which TV sitcom? FRIENDS
50. My real name is Artis Ivey. I had a hit in 1995 with a reworking of an old Stevie Wonder song called Pastime Paradise. I am? COOLIO
51. Who played Breathless Mahoney in the film Dick Tracy? MADONNA
52. What festival did Perry Farrell start up in the early '90s? LOLLAPALOOZA
53. Before forming Filter, Richard Patrick played guitar with who? NINE INCH NAILS
54. What was the first song released solely on the CD format? VANILLA ICE / ICE ICE BABY
55. Who sang this chorus in the '90s: psycho-somatic addict-insane? THE PRODIGY
56. What garment did Weezer sing about in 1994? SWEATER
57. Which dead rock star did Sonic Youth write the song Tunic about from their Goo album? KAREN CARPENTER
58. Who am I? I turned 30 last weekend. By the age of 19 I had written over 100 songs. By 20, I had started my own label called Righteous Babe to release my own recordings. I've now released over 10 albums over which I've explored subjects like rape, abortion and sexism. I've toured Australia a couple of times. I am? ANI DI FRANCO
59. The Lemonheads turned a Simon & Garfunkel song into a hit in 1992. What was the song? MRS. ROBINSON
60. What US punk band out of Washington DC takes their name from the US military jargon for "F***** up situation"? FUGAZI
61. Who played after Nirvana at the first Big Day Out in 1992? THE VIOLENT FEMMES
62. Name another famous singer Courtney Love had a relationship with before Kurt Cobain? BILLY CORGAN
63. Who is supposedly a distant relative of the author Herman Melville? His real name is Richard Hall. MOBY
64. Who is the common link in the following: The Simpsons, Oingo Boingo, Batman Returns? COMPOSE DANNY ELFMAN
65. "Informer" was a rap hit in 1993 for who? SNOW
66. What does TISM stand for? THIS IS SERIOUS MUM
67. What's Beck's surname? HANSEN
68. Can you name all of the Hanson brothers? ZAC, TAYLOR AND ISSAC
69. Finish this '90s song title: "Standing Outside a Broken... PHONE BOOTH WITH MONEY IN MY HAND
70. Posdnous, Trugoy and Pasemaster Mase are the 3 members of which US hip hop group? DE LA SOUL
71. Who did Ice T record the controversial "Cop Killer" track with in 1992? BODYCOUNT
72. Which Australian singer fronted a group called Noize Addict in their teens? BEN LEE
73. Richard D. James releases music under the name of? THE APHEX TWIN
74. Who fought out the Britpop war of 1995? OASIS AND BLUR
75. Oasis's big hit of 1995 was Wonderwall. Who inspired the song's title? GEORGE HARRISON
76. What was Blur's original name? Clue: Seymour, Steinway or Strangeways? SEYMOUR
77. What was #1 in the last Hottest 100 of the '90s? POWDERFINGER / THESE DAYS
78. What other previous #1 Hottest 100 song has the opening line: "Don't you want to be a personality"? BUY ME A PONY / SPIDERBAIT
79. Name the two Australian bands who sang songs about the following streets: Kelly Street? Hindley Street? FRENTE AND POWDERFINGER
80. What was the name of the supergroup formed in 1990 by New Order's Bernard Sumner, The Smith's Johnny Marr and The Pet Shop Boys' Neil Tennant? ELECTRONIC
81. What group are RZA, Ol' Dirty Bastard, Method Man, Raekwon the Chef and Masta Killa associated with? WU-TANG CLAN
82. Which band does Adam Duritz sing with? COUNTING CROWS
83. What band did Noel Gallagher work as a guitar technician for prior to forming Oasis? THE INSPIRAL CARPETS
84. Who was the short lived Canadian band who had a Triple J hit with Don't Call Me Dude in 1990? SCATTERBRAIN
85. Shiny Happy People was a hit in 1991 for REM. Who was the famous backing vocalist on that song? KATE PIERSON FROM THE B52'S
86. How much is the note worth shown on the front cover of Nirvana's Nevermind? $1US
87. Which legendary rock star appears as himself in Wayne's World? ALICE COOPER
88. Black Francis became who in the '90s? FRANK BLACK

END OF QUIZ