Q 01/05

Which Halestorm single won the 2013 Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance?

A) Familiar Taste of Poison

B) Love Bites (So Do I)

C) Killing Ourselves to Live

D) I Am the Fire

Answer · why

B) Love Bites (So Do I)

Love Bites (So Do I) so impressed a group of Japanese musicians in rehearsal that they named their all-female metal band Lovebites after it.

Q 02/05

Halestorm began as what kind of band, playing shows that urged teens to avoid drugs and violence?

A) Christian rock

B) Pop punk

C) Nu metal

D) Progressive metal

Answer · why

A) Christian rock

Christian rock was the tag on the act when Lzzy and Arejay Hale started writing and performing in 1997, aged 13 and 10.

Q 03/05

Which relative of Lzzy and Arejay Hale played bass on stage in Halestorm's earliest years?

A) Their uncle

B) Their cousin

C) Their father

D) Their stepbrother

Answer · why

C) Their father

Their father, Roger Hale, played bass alongside his teenage children. Josh Smith has held the job since 2004.

Q 04/05

Which TV musical series had its cast perform Halestorm's "Here's to Us" in a 2012 episode?

A) Smash

B) Big Time Rush

C) Victorious

D) Glee

Answer · why

D) Glee

Glee gave the song to Lea Michele and New Directions in a season three episode, using a version with cleaned-up words.

Q 05/05

Halestorm played Back to the Beginning in July 2025, the farewell concert of which heavy metal band?

A) Judas Priest

B) Black Sabbath

C) Twisted Sister

D) Motörhead

Answer · why

B) Black Sabbath

Black Sabbath reunited its original line-up for the first time since 2005 at Villa Park in Birmingham, near where the group formed in 1968.

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