Q 01/05

Who played the riff that opens the Rolling Stones' "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"?

A) Keith Richards

B) Brian Jones

C) Mick Taylor

D) Ronnie Wood

Answer · why

A) Keith Richards

The 1965 single was the Stones' first US number one and is widely called one of the greatest hooks in rock.

Q 02/05

Which founding Pink Floyd frontman left the band in 1968?

A) Roger Waters

B) Syd Barrett

C) David Gilmour

D) Richard Wright

Answer · why

B) Syd Barrett

His mental health was a theme of The Dark Side of the Moon and Wish You Were Here years after he had gone.

Q 03/05

Which 1969 concept album by the Who included "Pinball Wizard"?

A) Quadrophenia

B) Who's Next

C) Tommy

D) The Who Sell Out

Answer · why

C) Tommy

The double album made the term "rock opera" stick and remains the band's best-known concept record.

Q 04/05

Who replaced Bon Scott as AC/DC's lead singer in 1980?

A) Dave Evans

B) Paul Rodgers

C) Axl Rose

D) Brian Johnson

Answer · why

D) Brian Johnson

Axl Rose did eventually front the band, filling in on tour in 2016.

Q 05/05

The Doors took their name from a book by which writer?

A) Jack Kerouac

B) Ray Bradbury

C) Allen Ginsberg

D) Aldous Huxley

Answer · why

D) Aldous Huxley

The Doors of Perception in turn quotes William Blake, so the name is a literary reference to a literary reference.

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