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2 Concrete Blonde quizzes and 20 Concrete Blonde trivia questions.
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  10 Concrete Blonde Questions    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Post-Punk Los Angeles Rock and Roll. Gritty and simple. If you know the band, it should be pretty easy. If not, a pretty tough quiz. Have fun and enjoy.
Average, 10 Qns, gator74, Jan 25 09
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  Concrete Blonde Quiz Challenge   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
'Joey' was their radio hit. But for some of us, they were more than one-hit-wonders. Let's see what true fans know about this great band!
Tough, 10 Qns, psychochick, Oct 12 03
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Concrete Blonde Trivia Questions
1. Who is Concrete Blonde's lead singer and bassist?

From Quiz Concrete Blonde

Answer: Johnette Napolitano

Kathy Valentine was the bassist for the Go-Go's, while Petrucci and Pederson were members of the all-femal metal band Vixen.

2. Johnette Napolitano, the lead singer and founder of Concrete Blonde, was in what band before CB?

From Quiz Concrete Blonde

Answer: Dream 6

CB re-released a Dream 6 CD with the release of 'Mexican Moon' in 1993.

3. What famous musician thought up the name 'Concrete Blonde'?

From Quiz Concrete Blonde

Answer: Michael Stipe

Michael Stipe, for those of you who don't know, is the singer of R.E.M. He suggested said moniker to Johnette, and it stuck!

4. Concrete Blonde recorded a cover song for the soundtrack to the movie "Pump Up The Volume" starring Christian Slater. What was the song?

From Quiz Concrete Blonde

Answer: Everybody Knows

Filled with a rich bass line and wispy, reverb drenched guitars, "Everybody Knows" was written and first recorded by Leonard Cohen.

5. What famous singer is credited with coining the term "Concrete Blonde"?

From Quiz Concrete Blonde

Answer: Michael Stipe

Stipe (and R.E.M.) were signed to IRS records at the time Concrete Blonde landed their recording contract with the label. After hearing the band Stipe remarked they sounded "just like a Concrete Blonde".

6. In interviews, Johnette has stated that she wrote the lyrics to the hit 'Joey' in what location?

From Quiz Concrete Blonde

Answer: a taxicab

Additionally, she's said that she wrote the lyrics when she was on the way to the studio to record the song!

7. James Mankey, Concrete Blonde's guitarist, has a brother who co-produced some of the band's early work. What is his name?

From Quiz Concrete Blonde

Answer: Earle Mankey

Earle co-produced the debut album with the band. He is also credited with additonal recording and mixing of the Bloodletting album.

8. What CB song mentions both John Lennon and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.?

From Quiz Concrete Blonde

Answer: God Is A Bullet

This is a good argument for gun-control.

9. What American city is the song "Bloodletting" set in?

From Quiz Concrete Blonde

Answer: New Orleans

"I got the ways and means to New Orleans" Subtitled "The Vampire Song", I've always wondered if the Anne Rice book, "Interview With A Vampire" was any inspiration for the song.

10. Which Concrete Blonde song is about a woman dying of AIDS?

From Quiz Concrete Blonde

Answer: Tomorrow, Wendy

This song, appearing on the 1990 album 'Bloodletting,' was written by Andy Prieboy, formerly of the band Wall of Voodoo.

11. Concrete Blonde's "reunion" album, released in 2002 is titled?

From Quiz Concrete Blonde

Answer: Group Therapy

"Mexican Moon" was the last studio recording in 1994 before the band members took a hiatus to persue outside interests. "Still In Hollywood" was a compilation album released in 1994 by the band's original label, IRS, that contained previously unreleased live tracks, B-Sides, and extended mixes. "Recollection" was a compilation album also released by IRS in 1996, that contained previously released album tracks from the band.

12. What song, on the 1993 album 'Mexican Moon,' was released on a pre-Concrete Blonde album, by Johnette's former band?

From Quiz Concrete Blonde

Answer: Rain

Rain was previously released by Dream 6.

13. Which album does not have a title track? (Tricky - watch out!)

From Quiz Concrete Blonde

Answer: Concrete Blonde

While not released on the album, the song "Free" was recorded in 1989 and released in 1994 on the compilation album "Still In Hollywood".

14. What 1990 movie soundtrack features the song 'Everybody Knows,' performed by Concrete Blonde?

From Quiz Concrete Blonde

Answer: Pump Up The Volume

'Pump Up The Volume,' about an underground radio station, starred Christian Slater and Samantha Mathis.

15. What was Concrete Blonde's first mainstream radio hit?

From Quiz Concrete Blonde

Answer: Joey

Joey was a Top 40 and MTV favorite in 1991.

16. Who wrote the song mentioned in Question 9?

From Quiz Concrete Blonde

Answer: Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen is a singer, musician, songwriter, poet, who's been around since the '60's.

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