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THE GFR NEWS OLD SKOOL OZ ROCK QUIZ!

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Its the first ever quiz from GFR News, are you an old skool oz rock savant?

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THE GFR NEWS OLD SKOOL OZ ROCK QUIZ!

I don't have internet to check the answers so if any are wrong lmk. Score 60 or above and you are officially a Oz Music savant! Don't peek at the answers and don't use a search engine just use your memory, cmon let's go quiz addicts!

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QUIZ

A [3 points]: Name three of the Birdmen who play on the mighty awesome 'Radios Appear' LP. A Bonus points: There is only one cover song on the album, name the song (1 point) and the original artist (1 point).

B [3 points]: Name three tracks on ACDC's 1976 LP 'Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap' other than the title track. B Bonus points: Name the three songwriters credited on all tracks on this LP, 1 point for each name.

C [5 points] Name state of origin where these acts formed, 1 point for each: 1: The Saints, 2: The Angles, 3: Jo Jo Zep & the Falcons, 4: Died Pretty, 5: The Scientists. C Bonus points: Name the best known vocalist for each act (1 point each).

D [3 points]: Name and instrument played of Rose Tattoo member who wrote their first hit single 'Bad Boy for Love'. D Bonus points: Name 2 subsequent outfits this artist went on to feature in (1 point each).

E [5 points]: Name the veteran Northern Territory rock band thrust onto the Oz rock scene when Midnight Oil chose them as their support act to tour Australia on the hugely successful 'Beds Are Burning' tour. E Bonus Points: Name the the album title (1 point) and the year it was released (1 point) and the hit single (hint: it is one of the great and unknown Oz rock road anthem albums that literately every muso and roadie in the late 80s and early 90s played and sung along to while driving).

F [3 points]: Name the criminally underrated lead guitarist of Daddy Cool? F Bonus points: Name his legendary post Daddy Cool band, the venue he had a decade long always full residency at and name the day of the week he played there (1 point each).

G [3 points]: Name the bass player for Melbourne band Powder Monkeys. G Bonus points: Bass player for the Models, bass player for The Wreckery, bass player for Birthday Party (1 point each).

H [3 points]: Where did Beasts of Bourbon singer Tex Perkins hail from? H Bonus points: And guitarist Kim Salmon, guitarist Spencer P Jones and bassist Brian Hooper (1 point each).

I [3 points]: Name the Melbourne artist who composed the music for Max Q? I Bonus points: Name the musical genre he spent the latter part and bulk of his career working in (1 point) and then name two of his post punk small bands (1 point each).

J [3 points]: When presented to the head of Atlantic Records in New York he called us 'the scariest band in the world'. We are named as a huge influence on the formative Guns & Roses. Our lead singer's family emigrated from Mauritis. We cut our teeth playing the rough as nuts RSL's in the outer suburbs and towns of NSW. Our guitarist had a minor solo hit single called 'Find what you love and let it kill you'. Who are we? J Bonus points: Name the 2 Oz bands most often associated with the birth of grunge and Oz band most associated with birth of Punk rock (1 point each).


60 or above: Oz Music savant 50 or above: Oz Music know it all 40 or above: Oz Music player 15 to 39: Oz Music newbie 0 to 14: Oz Music learner


SPOILER ALERT!!

### ANSWERS:

[J] Bonus points: The Scientists, Cosmic Psycos, The Saints. [J]: Rose Tattoo. [I] Bonus points: Trance or Psi Trance or Acid Trance, Whirlywirl, No or Orchestra of Skin and Bone. [I]: Ollie Olsen. [H] Bonus points: WA, VIC or NZ, WA. [H]: QLD. [G] Bonus points: James Froyd, Nick Barker, Tracey Pew. [G]: Tim Hemmensly. [F] Bonus points: Diana's Kiss, The Espy, Sunday's. [F]: Ross Hanaford. [E] Bonus points: Blackfella/Whitefella off the 1985 'Big Name, No Blankets' LP. [E]: Wurumpi Band. [D] Bonus points: Any two of Hell To Pay, The Love Addics, X, Steve Lucas Band. [D] Ian Rilen. [C] Bonus points: 1 Chris Bailey, 2 Doc Neeson, 3 Joe Camilleri, 4 Ron S Peno, 5 Kim Salmon. [C]: 1 QLD, 2 SA, 3 VIC, 4 NSW, 5 WA. [B] Bonus poits: Malcolm, Angus, Bon. [B]: Three of 'Love at first feel', 'Big Balls', 'Rocker', 'Problem Child', 'Ride On', 'Squealer', 'Gonna Be Some Rockin', 'Aint no fun waiting round to be a millionare'. [A] Bonus points: TV Eye by The Stooges. [A]: Any three of Rob Younger, Chris Masuak, Deniz Tek, Warwick Gilbert or Ron Keeley.