Does Rock 'N' Roll Kill Braincells?

Atomic Kitten’s Natasha Hamilton: “Britney Spears wanted to release ‘Whole Again’. We had to say, ‘Back off, bitch!’”

What did it say on the T-shirt you wore to the 2001 NME Awards? “I wore a T-shirt saying: ‘U2: Just Another Irish Boyband’.” CORRECT....

Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo: “If Taylor Swift ever wants to make a rock album, I’d love to help out!”

In Does Rock ‘N’ Roll Kill Braincells?!, NME quizzes an artist on their own career to see how much they can remember. This week: Weezer's Rivers Cuomo

Chilly Gonzales: “Drake is the one collaboration that felt surreal. It felt like I was going to meet Barack Obama”

This week: pianist and rapper Chilly Gonzales takes the Does Rock ‘N’ Roll Kill Braincells?! quiz

Does Rock ‘N’ Roll Kill Braincells?! –New Kids on the Block

Which slacker-rock band covered New Kids on the Block’s ‘Step by Step’ on their 1990 EP ‘Favourite Spanish Dishes’? Jordan Knight: “I remember a band...

Alien Ant Farm: “Metallica thought we were ballsy as hell!”

Your cover of Michael Jackson’s ‘Smooth Criminal’ reached Number 3 on the UK Top 40 in 2001. Name either of the two tracks that...

Huey Morgan: “Reggie Kray wanted to collaborate on music with me”

Can you remember either of the chart positions Fun Lovin’ Criminals’ ‘Scooby Snacks’ reached in the UK Top 40? “No, I don’t care about...

The Zutons: “CeeLo Green was once convinced we were Keane”

How many meteors are pictured on the cover of your 2004 debut album ‘Who Killed...... The Zutons?’? “Eight.” WRONG. Four. “Shit! I should have got that...

Nickelback: “If we’re the thing you get most upset about, you’re living a charmed life”

Your new documentary is called Hate to Love. But in 2019, who did Slipknot’s Corey Taylor claim had replaced Nickelback as the world’s most...

The Dandy Warhols: “‘Dig!’ was a huge turning point. It was brutal for us”

How many dancing syringes feature in the music video to The Dandy Warhols’ 1997 single ‘Not If You Were the Last Junkie on Earth’? “Um….3?” CORRECT. “...

Daniel Bedingfield: “The whirlwind of attention made me run away and live a life”

Which Motown legend performed your 2001 chart-topper ‘Gotta Get Thru This’ on the Intros Round of Never Mind the Buzzcocks in 2004? “ I’m...