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60s Psychedelic Garage Bands Trivia Quiz

Little known garage bands are the best! Let's see if you know them.

A multiple-choice quiz by davies67. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
davies67

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
209,025

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
549

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Question 1 of 10

1. Sky Saxon led this legendary garage band into a web of sound and a world filled with fuzz guitar. Hint

Strawberry AlarmClock

Chocolate Watchband

The Seeds

Electric Prunes

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which of these bands did not hail from Minneapolis? Hint

The Litter

The Shadows of Knight

C.A. Quintet

Michael Yonkers

3. Starting around late '66, thousands of American garage bands came into existence, most of them heavily influenced by British Invasion bands such as the Beatles and Stones. Which one of these bands were NOT part of the British Invasion? Hint

The Kinks

The Birds

The Troggs

None of these

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Question 4 of 10

4. This band never put out an album, had practically no success, and I'll be very surprised if anyone actually remembers this band. Their one moment in the sun comes from the absolutely stunning garage classic, 'Going All the Way'. Who is it? Hint

Going All the Way

The Rogues

The Squires

Fenwyck

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which one of these 70's bands were not very likely to be influenced by any garage bands such as The Seeds, The Standells, The Electric Prunes, etc.? Hint

Simply Saucer

The Stooges

Supertramp

The Ramones

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Question 6 of 10

6. The Electric Prunes are one of the greatest psychadelic garage bands of the 60's; which one of these songs below did they not play? Hint

I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night)

Antique Dolls

The Bananna Hoax

Are You Going to Be There (At the Love In)

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Question 7 of 10

7. What garage band did 70's star Ted Nugent start with? Hint

The Smoke

The Amboy Dukes

The Ballon Farm

None of these

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Question 8 of 10

8. The Standells' song 'Dirty Water' is a song about which American City? Hint

Boston

Pittsburgh

New York City

Philadelphia

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Question 9 of 10

9. Garage bands don't always have the best musicians or the most talented, which is exactly the point of garage music (anyone can do it). Thus, not being able to write all of their songs, many bands performed covers. Covers such as 'Hey Joe,' 'Cadillac,' and 'Long Tall Sally.' One of the most popular song to cover was 'I'm a Man.' Who is the original creator of this masterpiece? Hint

The Beatles

Eddie Cochran

Bo Diddley (Elias McDaniel)

Little Richard

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Question 10 of 10

10. The Litter's first album was entitled 'Distortions'; what was their second album called? Hint

Reverberations

Distortions II

$100 Fine

The Litter

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Sky Saxon led this legendary garage band into a web of sound and a world filled with fuzz guitar.

Answer: The Seeds

The Seeds were one of the first garage bands and influenced many more with their distinct sound on songs such as 'Pushin Too Hard'.

2. Which of these bands did not hail from Minneapolis?

Answer: The Shadows of Knight

The Shadows were from Chicago, you might know them by their cover of Van Morrison's 'Gloria'.

Answer: None of these

All three bands listed were indeed from England; The Kinks sent hits such as 'You Really Got Me' and 'All Day and All of the Night' to America, The Troggs had huge success with 'Wild Thing', and The Birds, although not nearly as popular, were a mod group in the same category as the Who. Not to be confused with the American band The Byrds.

Answer: The Squires

The Squires only have one compliation cd that I know of, it's extremely hard to find. But if you are interested, and I highly recommend it, you can find' Going All the Way' on the great collection of Garage bands called 'Nuggets'.

5. Which one of these 70's bands were not very likely to be influenced by any garage bands such as The Seeds, The Standells, The Electric Prunes, etc.?

Answer: Supertramp

Nothing againist Supertramp, they just came from a different genre of music. You can hear the garage influnce on the other three with their simple songwriting, heavy fuzz guitars, and aggressiveness.

6. The Electric Prunes are one of the greatest psychadelic garage bands of the 60's; which one of these songs below did they not play?

Answer: Are You Going to Be There (At the Love In)

'Are you Going to be There' is a song by another great garage band, the Chocolate Watchband.

7. What garage band did 70's star Ted Nugent start with?

Answer: The Amboy Dukes

The Amboy Dukes had a small hit with 'Journey to the Center of the Mind,' and a very good cover of 'Baby Please Don't Go.'

8. The Standells' song 'Dirty Water' is a song about which American City?

Answer: Boston

"Boston you're my home," as they put it. The Standells were one of the more well known garage bands back in the day.

Answer: Bo Diddley (Elias McDaniel)

Bo Diddley had so much influence on rock n'roll with his self-proclaimed Bo Diddley Beat. Many bands performed this song, such as The Litter, The Yardbirds, The Chocolate Watchband, and many more.

10. The Litter's first album was entitled 'Distortions'; what was their second album called?

Answer: $100 Fine

The Litter are famous for their classic song 'Action Woman', which can be found on the "Nuggets" collection or on their debut album 'Distortions'.

Source: Author davies67

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