Australian Music in the '80's
Here's ten questions on Aussie music in the 1980's.
Quiz created by: mooster
1. The beginning of the 80's marked the death of an 'electric' lead singer. Can you name him?
(#) Shirley Strachan
(#) Bon Scott
(#) Michael Hutchence
(#) Steve Gilpin
2. Cold Chisel released their third album in May 1980. What was the name of the album?
(#) 'West'
(#) 'South'
(#) 'East'
(#) 'North'
3. Name the band with the lanky, bald lead singer, turned politician?
(#) Midnight Oil
(#) Boom Crash Opera
(#) Australian Crawl
(#) Rose Tattoo
4. Name the band that featured a school-uniform clad lead singer?
(#) Goanna
(#) Divinyls
(#) Devoid
(#) Cheetah
5. Men At Work had a huge hit with their debut single 'Who Can It Be Now', but can you name their bigger hit released later that same year?
(#) Down Under
(#) Be Good Johnny
(#) It's A Mistake
(#) Overkill
6. Name the band that featured James Reyne as its front man?
(#) Icehouse
(#) Moving Pictures
(#) Noiseworks
(#) Australian Crawl
7. INXS released their debut single in 1980- can you name it?
(#) Original Sin
(#) The Loved One
(#) Burn For You
(#) Just Keep Walking
8. New Romantic style band Real Life had a top ten hit in 1983 with which song?
(#) Send Me An Angel
(#) Catch Me I'm Falling
(#) Funkytown
(#) Listening
9. Who had a hit with the song 'Throw Your Arms Around Me'?
(#) Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls
(#) Hoodoo Gurus
(#) Mental As Anything
(#) Hunters and Collectors
10. Can you name the number 1 record of 1983? (Hint : it was released as an EP, it was Australian, and there was very little singing.)
(#) Shaddap Your Face
(#) Bop Girl
(#) I Was Only Nineteen
(#) Australiana
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