RockitQueen's '80s Heavy Metal Quiz!

Hey, rock stars, let's see if you are as big a metalhead as I.

1. Who won the very first Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance Grammy Award?

Judas Priest
Quiet Riot
Page/Plant
Jethro Tull


2. Which of these metallers doesn't go by his or her real name?

Gene Simmons
Kip Winger
Robbin Crosby
Lita Ford


3. Which metal song was NOT on the PMRC's original "Filthy 15" list of offensive tunes?

"God Bless The Children Of The Beast", Motley Crue
"Let Me Put My Love Into You", AC/DC
"We're Not Gonna Take It", Twisted Sister
"High N' Dry", Def Leppard


4. What album was the very first metal album to debut at #1 on the Billboard charts?

"Metallica" (the black album), Metallica
"Slave To The Grind", Skid Row
"GN'R Lies", Guns N' Roses
"Look What The Cat Dragged In", Poison


5. What was drummer/Napster-hater Lars Ulrich in training to be when Metallica hit it big?

Sous chef
Computer programmer
Professional tennis player
Dutch-English translator


6. Which of the following metal guitarists is NOT dead?

Tim Kelly, Slaughter
Steve Clark, Def Leppard
Janet Gardner, Vixen
Ty Longley, Great White


7. This singer drove a septic truck before he became a rock star.

Kevin DuBrow of Quiet Riot
Stephen Pearcy of Ratt
Taime Downe of Faster Pussycat
Jeff Keith of Tesla


8. Which band had three power ballads to show in the top 10 on the US Hot 100 charts?

Bon Jovi ("I'll Be There For You", "Wanted Dead Or Alive", "Never Say Goodbye")
Guns N' Roses ("Sweet Child O' Mine", "Patience", "Don't Cry")
Motley Crue ("Home Sweet Home", "Without You", "You're All I Need")
Poison ("Every Rose Has It's Thorn", "I Won't Forget You", "Something To Believe In")


9. Which band is NOT known as one of the "big four of Thrash"?

Dokken
Anthrax
Metallica
Megadeth


10. Where in the world did I get the name RockitQueen?

It's the nickname of a famous Sunset Strip groupie
It's the name of an early Motley Crue bootleg
It's the nickname of Angus Young's guitar
It's a Guns N' Roses song

How many did you get right? Click the button below to find out then check out what your score means.
9–10 corrrect: You've got Metal Up Your Ass!!!!! You have at least 10 black T-shirts, still can't get over the shock of seeing Metallica with short hair, whip out the air guitar when "Panama" comes on the radio and would trade your firstborn for a "real" Guns N' Roses reunion. Congrats—you're just like me, you rock star, you! Wanna watch "Supergroup" with me on Sunday?

8–7: You're a Youth Gone Wild and Nobody's Fool, but lack the no-life rabidity of the metal connoisseur. Still, you've probably attended at least one hair metal reunion show in the last five years and have transferred all your 80s metal CDs onto your iPod. You may not rock to live, but you definitely live to rock.

6–5: I Remember You—you were a big metal fan in high school, but moved on to something else later in life. You probably know the words to a few of 80s metal songs, most likely the power ballads like "Every Rose" or the mega hits like "One", and you've probably caught VH1's "Most Metal Moments" countdown. But you're just more into the Strokes these days.

3–4: Welcome To The Jungle—this quiz was a toughie, wasn't it? I'm sure you know there is a difference between Metallica and Megadeth, but probably don't know Dave Mustaine from James Hetfield and why they hate each other. If you'd like to learn more, though, you've come to the right place. Stupid & Contagious can guide you if you'll just let it...

1–2: This has been your Theater of Pain. When you think of "metal", you probably think of Good Charlotte, Sum 41 or, god forbid, Avril Lavigne (and you probably loved her cover of "Fuel" at the Metallica Icon concert). My guess is that you might be a hipster, which would explain a lot.

0: God, you suck.