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When was Nevermind released?

By Nerdy Trivia | August 10, 2023

I can't really remember the first time I actually heard Nirvana. Was it a rapturous moment, where I knew, right then and there, that music had been changed forever? Or was it just another band that my brother listened to? Today this album is revered as seminal, ushering in the death of hair metal and breaking the dam open for alternative music across the globe. So you must remember which year it actually came out... Click START to answer. 90s Music: Alternative Throw on your flann

Finish the Lyrics: "With or Without You"

By Nerdy Trivia | August 3, 2023

Just reading "U2", how many catchy-as-hell lyrics popped into your mind? The Irish rock band, whose biggest knock is that they are unimaginably durable, has sold 150–170 million records worldwide. That's a lot of Bono. There's a good chance you've sung along to "With or Without You" at least a few times, if not dozens (and yes, I know many of you have done it WAY more times than that). So this should be a cinch. Click START to finish the lyrics. In With or Without You, what comes aft

In the band Hootie & the Blowfish, who is the Blowfish?

By Nerdy Trivia | May 2, 2023

The '90s were an insane time in popular music. Let's take May of 1994 as an example. Among the top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 were the following artists: Ace of Base, Prince, Crash Test Dummies, Richard Marx, and Mariah Carey. That kind of broad mix of genre and style allowed bands like Hootie & the Blowfish to somehow rise to prominence and become huge, stadium-filling groups. Surely you remember many of the band's hit songs, but which one was the Blowfish? Click START to answer.

What R.E.M. song is about an '80s street attack on journalist Dan Rather?

By Nerdy Trivia | April 25, 2023

I was once in a karaoke bar in Athens, Georgia, filming a video for my work, when the bartender politely noted: "If Michael comes in here, you'll have to put that camera down." In Athens, with all due apologies to everyone else with this name, there is only one Michael: Michael Stipe, frontman for R.E.M. Spoiler alert: "Michael" never came in, but it was a great bar and Athens is a great town that fosters some great musicians. With a career as long and decorated as R.E.M.'s, you take song-wri

Posts tagged with Alternative

When was Nevermind released?

Finish the Lyrics: "With or Without You"

In the band Hootie & the Blowfish, who is the Blowfish?

What R.E.M. song is about an '80s street attack on journalist Dan Rather?