Hair Metal quiz

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1. 1 Easy

   What warning label was created partly in response to 1980s hair metal lyrics?

   Answer: Parental Advisory

   Why: A committee of political spouses compiled a Filthy Fifteen list in 1985 that sparked high-profile Senate hearings on rock music.

2. 2 Medium

   What 1989 event inspired Klaus Meine to write the Scorpions ballad Wind of Change?

   Answer: Moscow Music Peace Festival

   Why: The festival in Lenin Stadium was one of the first times Western hard rock acts were officially permitted to play in the Soviet Union.

3. 3 Hard

   Who sang for Mark Wahlberg's character in the film Rock Star?

   Answer: Miljenko Matijevic

   Why: Matijevic sang the soaring leads for the movie's fictional band Steel Dragon alongside backing vocalist Jeff Scott Soto.

4. 4 Easy

   What hit Mötley Crüe song recounts Nikki Sixx being revived with two adrenaline shots?

   Answer: Kickstart My Heart

   Why: A paramedic, not a doctor, gave the two shots; Sixx woke in the ambulance with both syringes still in his chest.

5. 5 Medium

   Which band scored a Billboard number-one hit with the acoustic ballad "More Than Words"?

   Answer: Extreme

   Why: Nuno Bettencourt wrote the music on a porch in minutes, then slid the cassette under Gary Cherone's door, and Cherone wrote the lyrics.

6. 6 Hard

   What hair metal band featured Michael Angelo Batio?

   Answer: Nitro

   Why: Nitro became notorious for extreme showmanship, including Batio's quad-neck guitar and Gillette's vocal stunts.