Rock Quiz

Q) On this day in 1994, John Mellencamp confirms that he recently had a mild heart attack, caused in part by high cholesterol and smoking. By his own admission, how many cigarettes was John smoking, a day, in 1994?

Q) Pete Townshend says that part of the inspiration for ‘Baba O’Riley’ came from what he saw here. Where?

Q) In 1979, the band Loverboy chose their while browsing through a magazine, where they saw an ad for what company?

Q) ‘Pretending’ was Eric Clapton’s first single from his 1989 album ‘Journeyman’. Another song off that album gave Eric a Grammy in 1990. Which song?

Q) To promote the release of ‘Golden Years’ in 1975, David Bowie went on this American TV show and later admitted he had to get drunk to perform the song. What show?

Q) In the late 60’s, Robert Plant sent eight telegrams to John Bonham's pub, the "Three Men in a Boat", to try to persuade him to join his new band, Led Zeppelin. But at the time, Bonham was being offered a lot of money by a solo artist to become his drummer. Which solo artist?

Q) ‘Boom Boom’ by John Lee Hooker went to #60 on the US Billboard Charts 50 years ago – in 1962. 30 years later – in 1992 – it climbed into the Top 20 on the UK charts after it was featured in a TV commercial for what American company?

Q) Bruce Springsteen once covered a Beatles song at a concert and introduced it by saying it was the first song he learned to play on the guitar. Which song?

Q) Many of the songs on Blue Oyster Cult’s ‘Fire Of Unknown Origin’ were intended for a movie soundtrack, but only one actually made it. What movie?

Q) For many years, which NFL team played the Van Halen song “Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love” at its stadium when the defense forced a turnover?