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1. The band’s name comes from two sources. True / False? True. Franz Ferdinand derive their name from an Austro-Hungarian royal whose assassination proved to be the catalyst for the World War I (via a racehorse named Archduke Ferdinand that the band had seen on the television).
2. Performances by just one person in the band are the only complex part of their songs. True / False? False. The band operated to a principal of "cutting away excess crap" and forbidding the presence of solos and "clutter" in their songs.
3. The only reason the band signed for their record label because its boss cooked dinner for them. True / False? False. Although signed to independent label Domino Records (partly, it transpires because the label head cooked for them rather than taking them out for a flash meal).
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1. Buchanan and Buena were born in Jamaica and the Phillipines respectively. True / False? False. They are of Jamaican and Filipina descent.
2. Overload was successful because so many people liked it when they heard it on the radio. True/False? True. “The Top 10 success of "Overload" was achieved on the strength of radio play”.
3 All of One Touch was written by the three members of the band. True/False? False. It was largely self-written.
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1.The band had success abroad before they made it at home. True/False? True. They began their careers by making a breakthrough in Europe rather than their domestic market.
2.Backstreet Boys wrote "Set Adrift On Memory Bliss". True/False? False. P.M. Dawn wrote "Set Adrift On Memory Bliss".
3.One of the band members had problems with alcohol. True/False? True. They were forced to cancel several concerts dates the following summer when McLean checked into an alcohol rehabilitation centre.
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1. Female pop stars look up to Madonna because she’s always doing new things but also knows what she’s doing. True/False? True. She’s “An icon for female pop stars thanks to her proven ability to reinvent herself while retaining complete control of her career.”
2. Madonna broke a disco when she sang "Holiday". True/False? False. Madonna broke out from the disco scene into mainstream pop with "Holiday".
3. "Wannabees" are teenage girls who are as independent as apes and stand around like they don’t care. True/False? False. They are “teenage girls who aped her independent and don't-care stance.”
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1. Ronan Keating was in the original line-up of Westside. False. Westside were the highly successful protégés of Ronan Keating.
2. They changed their name to Westlife because there were other bands called Westside. True. The band changed their name to Westlife after learning of the existence of several American acts performing as Westside.
3. McFadden left the band to separate from former Atomic Kitten singer Kelly Katona. False. McFadden announced he was leaving the band to spend more time with his family.
Return to Westlife: You Raise Me Up
1. The band changed their name because their original name was rude. True/False? True. After several complaints the band changed their name (Pogue Mahone is "kiss my arse" in Gaelic).
2. According to Chevron, the band stood for the ‘little man’. True/False? True. "We represent the people who don't get the breaks. People can look at us and say, 'My God, if that bunch of tumbledown wrecks can do it, so can I'".
3. "Fairytale Of New York” was released for the first time at Christmas 2005. True/False? False. "Fairytale Of New York" was a Christmas number 2 hit in the UK in 1987.
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1. Verve had a hard time before releasing Urban Hymns. True/False? True. They “triumphed over commercial, artistic and personal struggles.”
2. Everyone agreed in their opinions about Alone With Everybody. True/False? False. The album … drew a divided response from critics.
3. Human Conditions was an album that you appreciated the first time you listened to. True/False? False. It “slowly soaked into the bloodstream”
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1. No African-American female artist had ever won the annual ASCAP Pop Songwriter Of The Year Award before Beyonce. True/False? True. She became the first African-American female artist to win the annual ASCAP Pop Songwriter Of The Year Award.
2. She had never acted before her role as Foxxy Cleopatra. True/False? False. Her first foray into acting was in Carmen: A Hip Hopera.
3. She won more Grammys in 2004 than any other female artist ever before. True/False? False. She tied the record.
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1. Ronan Keating was in the original line-up of Westside. False. Westside were the highly successful protégés of Ronan Keating.
2. They changed their name to Westlife because there were other bands called Westside. True. The band changed their name to Westlife after learning of the existence of several American acts performing as Westside.
3. McFadden left the band to separate from former Atomic Kitten singer Kelly Katona. False. McFadden announced he was leaving the band to spend more time with his family.
Return to Westlife: Amazing
1. Embrace rehearsed in a shed at the bottom of the McNamaras' parents' garden. True/False? False. It was Gross Misconduct that rehearsed there.
2. The critics liked All You Good Good People"/"My Weakness (Is None Of Your Business). True/False? True. It received rave reviews in the weekly music press.
3. In 1994 the band took a pause. True/False? True. Danny McNamara had insisted on a hiatus in the band's activities.
Return to Embrace: Nature's Law
1. All the origin band members studied in Dundee. True/False? False. Only Lightbody and McClelland studied in Dundee.
2. Lightbody worked on Reindeer Section before recording Final Straw. True/False. True. He returned from working on Reindeer Section to record Final Straw.
3. All of the original members are still with the band. True/False? False. Bass player McClelland left the band at the start of 2005.
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