Rules stay plain. A song title appears. Four single-word band names sit beneath it. Only one is the real band. Decide without fuss, then check your answer. Keep the flow steady and the clicks honest.
Selection is balanced for replay. Decades and textures rotate so attention doesn’t stall, yet nothing leans on trivia deep cuts. Recognition is all you need; that is the point.
Set house rules if you want. Ten steady cards, short pause. Rotate seats between rounds for groups. End by sorting correct picks by decade, just for fun. Light lift, repeatable rhythm.
[C] Santana | Carlos originally covered this Fleetwood Mac song, transforming Peter Green's blues into Latin rock gold with congas and timbales.
2/20
A Horse with No Name?
[D] America | Dewey Bunnell wrote this desert meditation in rainy England, accidentally creating what many mistook for Neil Young's voice.
3/20
Tubthumping?
[A] Chumbawamba | These anarchist punks accidentally created the ultimate drinking anthem while protesting UK labor politics and class warfare.
4/20
My Immortal?
[C] Evanescence | Amy Lee recorded haunting vocals at age fourteen for this piano ballad about losing her three-year-old sister to illness.
5/20
We Will Rock You?
[B] Queen | Brian May designed this stomp-stomp-clap specifically so stadium crowds could participate without any musical instruments needed.
6/20
Wonderwall?
[D] Oasis | Noel Gallagher named this after George Harrison's film company, creating Britain's most overplayed yet beloved acoustic singalong.
7/20
If You Leave Me Now?
[A] Chicago | Peter Cetera almost didn't include this soft ballad, thinking it too wimpy for their horn-driven sound before winning a Grammy.
8/20
Freak on a Leash?
[B] Korn | Jonathan Davis scatted nonsense syllables when he forgot lyrics during recording, keeping them because they sounded more emotional than words.
9/20
Buddy Holly?
[D] Weezer | Rivers Cuomo defended his nerdy look with this tribute, while Spike Jonze's Happy Days video launched alternative rock into mainstream consciousness.
10/20
Clocks?
[C] Coldplay | Chris Martin almost threw away this urgent piano riff as a throwaway until bandmates convinced him it was pure magic.
11/20
Rock and Roll All Nite?
[A] KISS | Paul Stanley wrote their party manifesto in a hotel bathtub, crafting rock's ultimate celebration of hedonistic excess and theatrical makeup.
12/20
Dancing Queen?
[B] Abba | Benny and Björn perfected this disco masterpiece by studying American dance floors, creating Sweden's greatest cultural export ever.
13/20
Are You Gonna Be My Girl?
[C] Jet | These Aussies borrowed Iggy Pop's drum beat so obviously that critics called it theft while audiences called it infectious.
14/20
Only Happy When It Rains?
[A] Garbage | Shirley Manson mocked grunge's obsession with misery by writing deliberately depressing lyrics over deceptively upbeat production.
15/20
Talk Dirty to Me?
[D] Poison | Bret Michaels scribbled these innuendos on pizza napkins, launching hair metal's cheesiest pickup lines into strip club immortality.
16/20
Tom Sawyer?
[B] Rush | Neil Peart's complex drumming required overdubbing because recording technology couldn't capture all his simultaneous percussion elements properly.
17/20
These Dreams?
[C] Heart | Nancy Wilson sang lead instead of Ann for the first time, achieving their only number one hit with borrowed vocal duties.
18/20
Call Me?
[D] Blondie | Debbie Harry channeled a call girl's perspective for Giorgio Moroder's electronic beats, bridging punk attitude with disco production.
19/20
Sober?
[B] Tool | Maynard wrote this about a friend's artistic paralysis without substances, questioning whether pain fuels better creativity than comfort.
20/20
Here I Go Again?
[A] Whitesnake | David Coverdale rewrote this failed acoustic song into hair metal glory, featuring Tawny Kitaen's legendary car hood choreography.