'80s College Rock

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1. Mitch Easter, who produced R.E.M.'s first two LPs, was a member of which of the following bands in the /80s? The DBs Pylon Let's Active B-52s

2. What psychedelic music movement of the '80s included The Bangles, Dream Syndicate, Rain Parade, and Green On Red, among others? Paisley Underground Alt-Country Southern Gothic Laurel Canyon

3. What song by the Smiths includes the line "I am human and I need to be loved/Just like everybody else does"? Big Mouth Strikes Again How Soon Is Now? Panic Girlfriend In A Coma

4. The metropolitan area that was home to Bob Dylan and Prince was also fertile ground for punk and college rock bands in the '80s such as Husker Du, The Replacements, and Soul Asylum. From which of the following areas did they hail? Dallas-Fort Worth Minneapolis-St. Paul Raleigh-Durham Scranton-Wilkes Barre

5. What band broke out of the underground, if only briefly, with "Under The Milky Way"? The Cure The Church The Clean The Cult

6. Which very influential band from Boston had a minor hit with "Here Comes Your Man" in 1989? Dinosaur Jr. The Lemonheads Throwing Muses The Pixies

7. Which goth band released an album called "Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me" in 1987, which included minor U.S. hit "Just Like Heaven"? The Cure Siouxsie and The Banshees Depeche Mode Sisters of Mercy

8. After the breakup of English goth rock band Bauhaus, singer Peter Murphy started a solo career and the other members formed this band, whose "So Alive" was a hit in 1989? Gene Loves Jezebel Joy Division Love Tractor Love and Rockets

9. After six years of increasing underground success and critical praise, R.E.M. finally had their first US hit in 1987 with which of the following songs? It's The End Of The World As We Know It Stand Losing My Religion The One I Love

10. Whose songs include "A Girl Like You" (a Top 40 hit), and minor hits "Only a Memory" and "Behind the Wall of Sleep"? The Smiths The Feelies Camper Van Beethoven The Smithereens