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Underflip: The Deep Cut Quiz

 


Underflip: The Deep Cut 

The A-side gets the spotlight — the B-side gets the soul.

This is Underflip, your trip through the murky swamps, neon haze, and pagan heart of rock.

25 questions. All answers are song titles. From the cryptic to the cosmic — it’s time to dig where few dare.


25 Questions

1. Which AC/DC B-side was the rare flip to the “Dog Eat Dog” single — a gritty, late-night vignette?

2. Which Alice Cooper flip was issued around the School’s Out era and reads like a comic-strip fever dream?

3. Which Pink Floyd B-side opens with menacing breathing and an eerie scream — later retitled for a film?

4. Which Blondie B-side closes its single with a slow, elegiac synth-moaner fans call a secret heartbreak?

5. Which all-female 1970s band released a non-LP single whose B-side is a tight R&B cover called One Step at a Time?

How are you faring so far?


6. Which Television flip was issued in single form and became a cult highlight among guitar obsessives?

7. Which Creedence Clearwater Revival swampy B-side warns that “rivers keep on burning” and became a bayou classic?

8. Which Jefferson Airplane B-side swirls with psychedelic imagery and lunar love, hidden behind a chart hit?

9. Which Nirvana non-album single flip is a short, straight punk blast about being dumped into a domestic mess?

10. Which 90s Britpop B-side by Suede evokes cinematic decadence, neon bars, and androgynous allure?

11. Which Queen B-side sits between glam and opera, a piano-driven thunderstorm led by Mercury’s falsetto fury?

12. Which The Cult B-side from their Love era channels witchy mysticism and desert fire?

13. Which Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds flip unfolds like a Southern Gothic sermon about salvation and sin?

14. Which Bowie-era non-album oddity is spoken, cinematic and was released in different forms across singles?

15. Which Moody Blues B-side floats through Mellotron clouds and whispered dreams of cosmic travel?

Only 10 questions to go. Nearly there.


16. Which Stevie Nicks solo-era B-side invokes witchy power and became a cult anthem for her mystic persona?

17. Which TV/CBGB-era single from the art-punk set was split across two 7” sides and became notorious for that length?

18. Which 70s power-pop/new-wave flip by a female-fronted band is a slow, dreamy outro beloved by crate-diggers?

19. Which Flaming Lips B-side is a hallucinatory trip through feedback and fairy dust, recorded on a 4-track at 3am?

20. Which The Who flip from their Tommy era is a roaring rocker that didn’t make the concept album’s final cut?

21. Which glam-era flip by a shock-rock legend is a short, dramatic vignette that predates his classic hits?

22. Which lesser-known B-side from a big alt rock band features swirling guitars and a haunted, near-instrumental fade?

23. Which 90s-era B-side was issued as a generous two-tracker and eventually turned up on fan compilations as a must-hear?

24. Trick one — which commonly-assumed B-side actually began life as an A-side in some territories, making its “flip” status a cheeky myth?

25. Which 90s swampy Southern rock B-side by The Black Crowes mixes gospel, grit, and moonlit melancholy?

You made it.


Score Ranking Chart

Score Rank Your B-side Identity

0–5 Radio Rookie Still living in the light. Time to cross to the dark groove.

6–10 Mixtape Explorer You’re finding the edges — stay curious.

11–17 Cult Collector You haunt record fairs and whisper track names in code.

18–22 Vault Raider You know the dustiest corners of the archives.

23–25 B-Side Immortal You are the myth. Keeper of the secret flips.

Your answers lie here


From witches to swamps, psychedelia to pure sonic sin — you’ve flipped through the underbelly of rock.

Mark your score, hit play on the playlist, and remember:

The A-side makes stars. The B-side makes legends.

Don't forget your bragging rights. Feel free to comment on your scores.


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