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Through The Wall B-side Quiz

 


Through the Wall, Into the Opera A Rock Deep-Dig Quiz

Just when they thought Never Never Land was going quiet…”

This month leaned into rock as theatre, ritual, myth, and confession.

From full-blown rock operas to cult B-sides and deep cuts that refuse to behave, these questions pull directly from recent stories and the shadows around them.

All answers are song titles.

Some are cinematic. Some are feral. Some barely whispered their way into history.

If you’ve been reading, listening, and digging — you’ve got a fighting chance.

Flip the record.


🎲 THE QUIZ — 25 QUESTIONS

1. Which Kate Bush track plunges listeners into trial, terror, and fractured consciousness during The Ninth Wave?

2.. What symphonic rock opera opening sets the invasion in motion with narration and dread?

3. Which Styx song turned censorship paranoia into glossy sci-fi theatre?

4. The Tubes wrapped satire and spectacle into this forgotten MTV-era operatic hit — name it.

5. My Chemical Romance hid reckless, self-destructive chaos beneath the black uniforms on which track?

6. Which Ghost song became a ritualistic centrepiece of their expanding mythos?

7. The Replacements delivered isolation and displacement in this quietly devastating deep cut.

8. Which early Who track bridges pop ambition and raw power, later reincarnated as something bigger?

9. Gang of Four stripped politics to the bone with this snarling post-punk anthem.

10. Which Buzzcocks track slowed things down and turned desire into tension?

Taking a break.....


11. The Cure released this shimmering heartbreak as a B-side that fans still treasure.

12. Which Pixies track flips itself inside out between calm and chaos?

13. Black Sabbath introduced fear as a creative weapon on which early heavy track?

14. Judas Priest told a street-level story with no glamour on this overlooked song.

15. Iron Maiden stepped away from speed and fury to reflect on exile and consequence — which track?

16. Metallica slowed the tempo and crushed the listener beneath Lovecraftian weight — name the song.

17. Slayer summoned ritual and menace at first light on which track?

18. Megadeth sharpened paranoia into prophecy on this volatile album cut.

19. Pearl Jam delivered one of their most haunting narratives with this beloved deep cut.

20. Foo Fighters fans hold this quiet, aching B-side close — what’s it called?

Almost Through the wall....


21. Red Hot Chili Peppers unleashed frantic, unfiltered energy on which cult favourite?

22. R.E.M. released this melancholic, cinematic song that longtime fans swear by.

23. Which Smashing Pumpkins rarity remains short, sharp, and fiercely loved?

24. Led Zeppelin reworked a blues standard into this raw, roaming classic.

25. Arctic Monkeys closed the circle by covering this dark, Nick Cave-penned track.

Check your answers.


📊 SCORE RANKING 

0–5 → Casual Observer

6–10 → Sleeve Notes Reader

11–15 → Deep Cut Explorer

16–20 → B-Side Disciple

21–24 → Never Never Land Native

25 → Archivist of the Underground


If this one made you dig back through the month, the stories did their job.

Rock opera, ritual, confession, and chaos — all hiding just off the main path.

The answers were always there.

You just had to listen harder.

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