Zulu Nation
I Want My MTV
C'mon Feel the Noise
1984
Appetite for Destruction
100
Hip-hop's genesis is most attached to this US city.
What is New York City?
100
This new wave act was a power trio whose bass player was also their singer.
Who are the Police?
100
This San Francisco band's song "Open Arms" set the template for 1980s power ballads.
Who is Journey?
100
Her risque performance in a wedding dress at this awards show was one of Madonna's earliest controversies.
What are the MTV VMAs?
100
This band, whose first album was released in 1983, is generally regarded as the most successful thrash metal act of all time.
Who is Metallica?
200
In early hip-hop music, there was the DJ, and this role, which required control of the microphone.
What is an MC?
200
This song, which culturally appropriated early hip-hop tropes, was a surprise hit for new wave act Blondie.
What was "Rapture"?
200
"Talk to Dirty to Me" is a song by this 80s glam metal group.
Who is Poison?
200
It's been said on several occasions that this forgotten pop star enjoyed wearing his sunglasses at night.
Who was Corey Hart?
200
This new thrash metal band actually formed when a member of Metallica was kicked out of the group.
Who is Megadeth?
300
This is the seminal hip-hop act shown in this picture.
Who is Grandmaster Flash?
300
New wave's sound was most directly an outgrowth of this 1970s genre.
What was punk?
300
The musician shown here was once the lead singer for which 1980s metal band?
Who is Twisted Sister?
300
Turns out, this 1984 song thought to be about American patriotism was in fact a scathing indictment of the Vietnam War.
What is "Born in the USA"?
300
This is the band shown in the picture below:
Who is Guns n' Roses?
400
This is the name of the first single labeled as rap that reached the Top 40.
What is "Rapper's Delight"?
400
The man shown in this image was the vocalist for this New York-based new wave act.
Who are the Talking Heads?
400
The acronym "PMRC" stands for this.
What is the "Parents Music Resource Center"?
400
It's in the video for this metal song that a guitar is referred to as a "repulsive electric twanger".
What is "We're Not Gonna Take It"?
400
This Guns n' Roses track is laced with lyrics that are both homophobic and misogynistic.
What is "One in a Million"?
500
This hip hop group was one of the first propagators of what would come to be known as "gangsta rap".
Who is Public Enemy?
500
This was the first-ever song to air on MTV in August of 1981.
What is "Video Killed the Radio Star"?
500
This was the name of Van Halen's controversial new frontman following the departure of David Lee Roth in 1985.
Who was Sammy Hagar?
500
"Pride (In the Name of Love)" was written by U2 in honor of this 20th century icon.
Who was Martin Luther King Jr.?
500
"End of passion play, crumbling away...I'm your source of self-destruction" are lyrics from this classic thrash metal song.
What is "Master of Puppets"?