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Because he can't run music/trivia nights at the moment, my Dad is writing weekly music trivia posts. I guest authored this week's questions, themed around British #PostPunk/ #NewWave. @ me with your answers. No Googling! (repost for typos)
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1. When was punk’s big year in the UK?
2. Before Phil Collins, who was the lead singer of Genesis?
3. When The Jam broke up in 1982, Paul Weller quickly moved on to another project. What was it?
1. When was punk’s big year in the UK?
2. Before Phil Collins, who was the lead singer of Genesis?
3. When The Jam broke up in 1982, Paul Weller quickly moved on to another project. What was it?
4. Likewise, after Ian Curtis’ death in 1980, the remaining members of Joy Division formed which new band?
5. Which BBC Radio 1 host broadcast weekly “Sessions” that introduced numerous artists and genres to the British public?
5. Which BBC Radio 1 host broadcast weekly “Sessions” that introduced numerous artists and genres to the British public?
6. How many languages appear in The Clash’s “Rock the Casbah”?
7. Which drummer produced these three popular 80s albums: Adam and the Ants’ Kings of the Wild Frontier, Tears for Fears’ Songs from the Big Chair, and Propaganda’s 1234?
7. Which drummer produced these three popular 80s albums: Adam and the Ants’ Kings of the Wild Frontier, Tears for Fears’ Songs from the Big Chair, and Propaganda’s 1234?
8. Which northern English industrial city hosted The Who in 1970, before giving us Soft Cell and Gang of Four?
9. In Echo and the Bunnymen, who is Echo?
9. In Echo and the Bunnymen, who is Echo?
10. Which pop group briefly performed under the name History of Headaches before changing to another three-word moniker just in time for their 1981 debut single?
