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Welcome to the annual summer event quiz!

Quizzes are a great way to increase the guild's overall post count!
It helps our guild stay active!
You will also earn a bunch of plat/gold from Gaia just for posting!

Rules
#1. You may do the quiz however many times that you want, however, you may only win one prize.
#2. No cheating! If you skip questions you will not get a prize and you will get in trouble. I will be checking posts.
#3. You may take breaks just be sure to remember what question you stopped on. Feel free to come back later and to pick up where you left off.
#4. I along with any other crew member can edit rules and adjust the quiz if need be.
#5. When you finish quote me in this thread with the page number of your last post and tell me what team you are on.
#6. One question per post. Do not cram the entire quiz into one post. If you do this I will ignore you!
#7. Finish the quiz one time to get a prize.
#8. You will get 10 points for finishing it once. You will get 10 points for finishing it twice for a max total of 20 points.
#9. You may use Google or other sources to find the answers to questions.

The Questions

T H I S or T H A T

1. Limp Bizkit or Beastie Boys
2. Marilyn Manson or In This Moment
3. Nirvana or Alice in Chains
4. In Vein or Bullet for my Valentine
5. Silverstein or Attack Attack
6. Sum 41 or Linkin Park
7. Pantera or Avenged Sevenfold
8. Breaking Benjamin or Evans Blue
9. Paramore or Panic at the Disco
10. Flyleaf or Icon for Hire
11. Lacuna Coil or Evanescence
12. Metallica or Megadeth

General questions

13. Your favorite band is?
14. Your favorite song is?
15. Your favorite album is?
16. Your favorite music genera is?
17. How much gold/plat do you have?
18. Ever been to a concert?
19. Who was playing at the concert?

t R i V i A

20. On their 1988 album "So Far...So Good...So What", Megadeth covered a punk rock classic. What is the name of the original composition?
21. "As Above, So Below" is the second album by which thrash metal band from Seattle?
22. Which band were Warrel Dane, Jeff Loomis and Jim Shepard members of before they formed Nevermore?
23. This band had a long-running, and finally victorious, battle against Napster. Who are they?
24. This band generated tons of controversy for the use of black pentagrams and album titles like Shout at the Devil. Who are they?
25. This Jersey-based band's third album was Slippery When Wet. What's their name?
26. This band's seminal album Out of the Cellar is known for being one of metal's most defining recordings. Who is it?
27. This band will be remembered for hit songs like "We're Not Gonna Take It" and "I Wanna Rock." Who is it?
28. What legendary English guitarist, known as the king of the heavy riff, lost the tips of two fingers in a factory accident?
29. Who initially replaced Randy Rhoads in Ozzy Osbourne's touring band following Rhoads' death in 1982?
30. The demon character was played by which member of the band Kiss?
31. Which legendary metal bassist formed a band called The Head Cat with Stray Cats drummer Slim Jim Phantom and guitarist Danny B. Harvey?
32. Which member of Aerosmith formed a short-lived band with Derek St. Holmes of Ted Nugent's band?
33. The Judas Priest classic 'You've Got Another Thing Comin'' is included on which of these studio albums?
34. Motley Crue vocalist Vince Neil was replaced by this singer for the band's 1994 self-titled album.
35. What was the band the late Layne Staley was in before Alice in Chains?
36. It is known that Black Sabbath started as The Polka Tulk Blues Band, but before they finally chose the name Black Sabbath they had another name. It was a grocery related item. What was the name of the band?
37. Which band was Cliff Burton in before he became a member of Metallica?
38. What city is Slayer from?
39. Before Frank Bello, Anthrax had a different bassist, who even played on their 1984 debut album "Fistful of Metal", and after he left the band, he went on to form bands like S.O.D., Nuclear Assault and Brutal Truth. What is his name?
40. Which AC/DC song did Onslaught cover on their 1989 album "In Search of Sanity"?
41. Death Angel could not take part in the 1991 "Clash of the Titans" tour with Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax because of a bus accident that nearly killed their drummer Andy Galeon. They were replaced by one of the Seattle bands that eventually became famous for popularizing the grunge genre. What is the name of that band?
42. Which L.A. band was guitarist Brett Eriksen a member of before he joined Dark Angel and played on their 1991 album "Time Does Not Heal"?
43. One of Metallica's early influences was a British band that never got famous, but they became well-known for having their songs covered by Metallica, such as "Sucking My Love", "Am I Evil" and "The Prince". What is that band's name?
44. Legacy was the original name of a Bay Area thrash metal band that released famous songs like "Over the Wall", "Into the Pit" and "Practice What You Preach". What is that band's name?
45. Who was the lead singer on Annihilator's 1989 debut album "Alice in Hell"?
46. What year was Vio-Lence's debut album "Eternal Nightmare" released?
47. What bands are classified as the "Big Four" of thrash metal?
48. What year was the first thrash metal album released?
49. Diamond Head and Motorhead were the largest influence to which thrash band?
50. Which Pantera Album described as "groundbreaking" and "blueprint-defining" for the groove metal genre?