Musical Debuts

Question 1

England’s Newest Hit Makers is the title of what band’s debut album from 1964

Answer 1

Rolling Stones

Question 2

Whose debut album The Fame came out in 2008

Answer 2

Lady Gaga (Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta
6 grammy nominations
Name came from Queen song

Question 3

Whose debut album was Katy Hudson (2001) in the genre Christian rock?

Answer 3

Katy Perry

Question 4

Whose debut in 2007 a guest vocalists on Jim Brickman’s single Never Alone?

Answer 4

Lady Antebellum (Lady A nowadays)

Question 5

What are the certification thresholds for albums?

Answer 5

Siver 100,000
Gold 500,000
Platinum 1 million
Diamond 10 million

Question 6

Only Aerosmith song to debut at #1?

Answer 6

I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing

Question 7

What was Pink Floyd’s debut album?

Answer 7

The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967)
Made under leadership of Sod Barrett (songs that are tributes to hime include Wish You Were Here and Shine on You Crazy Diamond)

Question 8

What album was She Blinded Me with Science from?

Answer 8

Thomas Dolby’s Golden Age of Wirelesss

Question 9

First woman’s album to have 4 top-5 Hot 100 hits

Answer 9

Cyndi Lauper - She’s So Unusual
Girls Just Want to Have Fun
Time after Time
She Bop
All Through the Night
Money Changes Everything

Question 10

Who was booed off the stage opening for the Monkees in 1967

Answer 10

Jimi Hendrix

Question 11

Who organized the Concert for Bangladesh at MSG in 1971

Answer 11

George Harrison and Ravi Shankar (Norah Jones’ father)

Question 12

Only artist to play Live Aid in London and Philadelphia in 1985?

Answer 12

Phil Collins

Question 13

What concert music program debuted in 1976?

Answer 13

Austin City Limits

Question 14

Where was the last official Beatles concert in 1969

Answer 14

Candlestick Park

Question 15

What festival was originally designed as a farewell tour for Jane’s Addiction?

Answer 15

Lollapalooza

Question 16

In 1993 Pearl Jam performed at Empire Polo Club in CA as part of a boycott of Ticketmaster, that venue is now home to what festival?

Answer 16

Coachella

Question 17

Who were the first and final acts of Woodstock (1969)

Answer 17

Ritchie Valens was first
Jimi Hendrix was last (played from 9am to 11:10am on Monday August 18)

Question 18

What band name was inspired by Buddy Holly and the Crickets?

Answer 18

The Beatles

Question 19

What band name was inspired by a Muddy Waters song?

Answer 19

The Rolling Stones

Question 20

What band name was inspired by a New Order Video for the song “Crystal”?

Answer 20

The Killers

Question 21

What band name was inpired by the police code for indecent exposure/

Answer 21

311

Question 22

What band name was inspired by a Talking Heads song?

Answer 22

Radiohead

Question 23

What band name was inspired by a Monty Python sketch?

Answer 23

Toad the Wet Sprocket

Question 24

What band name was inspired by 2 blues musicians whose last names are Andersons and Council

Answer 24

Pink Floyd

Question 25

What band name was inspired by a cloning episode of the X Files?

Answer 25

Eve 6

Question 26

What band name was inspired by a picture of W.C. Fields?

Answer 26

Gin Blossoms

Question 27

What band name was inspired by an insult from the Who’s drummer Keith Moon

Answer 27

Led Zeppelin (they’d go over like a lead balloon)

Question 28

What band’s name is inspired by the British unemployed benefit card?

Answer 28

UB40

Question 29

What band’s name was inspired by a member’s employment at Starbuck’s?

Answer 29

Nickelback (do you want your nickel back?)

Question 30

What band’s name was inspired by their gym teacher’s name?

Answer 30

Lynyrd Skynrd

Question 31

What band names were inspired by the initial of the band member’s names?

Answer 31

ABBA
TLC
NSYNC

Question 32

What band’s name was inspired by William s. Burrough’s book Naked Lunch

Answer 32

Steely Dan