Rock and Pop Unit 3 quizzes
What film helped to bring reggae music to a wider audience in 1973?
The Harder They Come
Which performer explored dark themes and ended his shows in a gruesome way, even acting out his own death?
Alice Cooper
The Velvet Underground was associated with which American artist in the 1960s?
Andy Warhol
What was the name of the record label formed by the Beatles?
Apple
Which funk band did rock listeners likely know best during the 1970s?
Average White Band
Where were Country Joe and the Fish most active?
Berkeley, CA
Which lyricist co-wrote many hits, including "Your Song," with Elton John?
Bernie Taupin
Janis Joplin got her start performing with which band?
Big Brother and the Holding Company
Which artist's song "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me" discussed older forms and was musically modeled on late 1950s rock?
Billy Joel
Ozzy Osborne was the lead singer of what band?
Black Sabbath
Debbie Harry was the lead singer of what band?
Blondie
What two jazz-rock groups were known for arrangements that prominently feature horns?
Blood, Sweat & Tears and Chicago
Which band released "More Than a Feeling," a song that encapsulates the group's approach?
Boston
The recording of "Good Vibrations" was produced by whom?
Brian Wilson
The E Street Band backed which musician?
Bruce Springsteen
What was the name of the Manhattan club that became the home of the New York punk scene?
CBGB
After beginning her career behind the scenes as a songwriter, which artist became a successful performer during the 1970s with albums such as Tapestry?
Carole King
Who wrote "You've Got a Friend"?
Carole King
Which supergroup was made up of guitarist Eric Clapton, bassist Jack Bruce, and drummer Ginger Baker?
Cream
John Fogerty wrote most of the music for which artist/band?
Creedence Clearwater Revival
What country rock group included former members of Buffalo Springfield, the Hollies, and the Byrds?
Crosby, Stills & Nash
Who wrote music for the 1972 film Superfly?
Curtis Mayfield
Ziggy Stardust was the alter ego of what influential glam rock singer?
David Bowie
Who replaced Syd Barrett in Pink Floyd?
David Gilmour
The song "Highway Star," often cited as influential on the development of heavy metal, was recorded by which band?
Deep Purple
Which singer performed on "Love to Love You Baby"?
Donna Summer
Which guitarist performs a solo on Wilson Pickett's version of the Beatles' "Hey Jude"?
Duane Allman
Which progressive rock group combined rock band instruments with strings?
ELO
Which group was formed in Los Angeles by former Chess Records studio drummer Maurice White?
Earth, Wind, and Fire
Which act's appearance on Saturday Night Live in 1977 brought national attention to the British punk scene?
Elvis Costello
Which artist or band released "Pump It Up" as a single in 1978 in the UK?
Elvis Costello
The music of the Village People and Donna Summer exemplifies what style?
Eurodisco
What helped to fracture the American radio audience in the late 1960s?
FM stations began to play album-oriented rock.
What band's album Rumours spent thirty-one weeks at number one on the Billboard charts in 1977, making it one of the most successful albums of the era?
Fleetwood Mac
What band, known for its 1970s mainstream rock, began as a British blues band in the late 1960s?
Fleetwood Mac
Formed by guitarist Mick Jones and featuring the lead vocals of Lou Gramm, which band's tracks "Feel Like the First Time" and "Cold as Ice" quickly established them with American audiences?
Foreigner
Who produced the album We're Only in It for the Money, a satirical take on the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band?
Frank Zappa
Which artist developed an elaborate stage show featuring a spaceship descending onto the stage from which he would emerge as a character called Dr. Funkenstein?
George Clinton
The song "White Rabbit" was written by which singer of Jefferson Airplane?
Grace Slick
Which group released the album We're an American Band in 1973?
Grand Funk Railroad
What was the name of the band led by sisters Ann and Nancy Wilson?
Heart
Before recording as a solo artist, Isaac Hayes was a songwriter and producer for what record label?
Stax
Where did the Beatles travel in 1968 to study meditation?
India
On albums such as In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida, what band established musical elements that would become characteristic of heavy metal?
Iron Butterfly
Traffic, Cat Stevens, and Bob Marley and the Wailers were all featured on the roster of what UK-based record label?
Island Records
Who wrote and first recorded the song "Say It Loud, I'm Black and I'm Proud"?
James Brown
Which singer's posthumously released album Pearl became her most popular release, rising to number one in early 1971, while her version of Kris Kristofferson's "Me and Bobby McGee" hit the top of the U.S. singles charts?
Janis Joplin
Singer and flute player Ian Anderson led what progressive rock band?
Jethro Tull
Which artist's song "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" was at the top of the U.S. charts at the time of his tragic death?
Jim Croce
Who was the lead singer of the Doors who also introduced an alter ego, the Lizard King?
Jim Morrison
"Purple Haze" was recorded by which artist?
Jimi Hendrix
Which Canadian singer-songwriter experimented with avant-garde and jazz styles on albums including The Hissing of Summer Lawns and Mingus?
Joni Mitchell
Which band was formed by musicians who had earlier performed with Santana, the Steve Miller Band, and Frank Zappa?
Journey
When was the "Summer of Love"?
June, July, and August of 1967
Who arranged a series of psychedelic events called "acid tests"?
Ken Kesey
Which British group was deeply devoted to the album format as well as resistant to releasing tracks as singles?
Led Zeppelin
The members of the Eagles met while playing in the backing band for which singer?
Linda Ronstadt
The Spontaneous Underground was a weekly event that combined poetry, music, and avant-garde performance art. In which city did it take place?
London
The UFO Club, which hosted psychedelic gatherings, was located in what city?
London
In the 1970s, Motown Records was run primarily from what city?
Los Angeles
The album Forever Changes was recorded by what band?
Love
Which southern rock band is named for a high school teacher?
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Which artist recorded the concept album What's Going On?
Marvin Gaye
What was the name of the early sampling keyboard, used by the Beatles on "Strawberry Fields Forever," that employed taped sounds to produce orchestral strings, choral voices, and an ensemble of recorders?
Mellotron
Which influential jazz trumpeter began fusing jazz and rock in the 1970s?
Miles Davis
What was the first major international rock festival, held in the spring of 1967?
Monterey International Pop Festival
The Jackson 5 recorded for what record label in the early 1970s?
Motown
Who recorded the 1975 song "Tear the Roof Off the Sucker (Give Up the Funk)"?
Parliament
Which punk rocker started as a poet before turning to music?
Patti Smith
Who released "Show Me the Way" in 1976?
Peter Frampton
Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff are most closely associated with which city?
Philadelphia
What record label became known as the home of the "Philadelphia sound"?
Philadelphia International
The stage show for which band's concept album The Wall featured a wall being built on stage between the band and the audience?
Pink Floyd
Which band took its name from the blues even though much of its approach was more indebted to avant-garde art music?
Pink Floyd
Which group, led by Freddie Mercury and Brian May, combined elements of progressive rock and glam rock?
Queen
Which is NOT true of mainstream rock in the late 1970s?
Record companies became less conservative, taking chances on a wide variety of bands.
The first stirrings of psychedelia took place in Virginia City, Nevada, at what restored western-style bar?
Red Dog Saloon
Which publications supported a new style of journalism, mostly featuring writing by rock fans for rock fans, that reflected the social underpinnings of youth culture during this time?
Rolling Stone, Crawdaddy, Creem
(CH 9) Where was the group Sly and the Family Stone formed?
San Francisco
Haight-Ashbury is a neighborhood in what city?
San Francisco
The Grateful Dead were at the center of the psychedelic music scene of what city?
San Francisco
Which band blended Latin rhythms with blues-influenced improvisation in songs like "Evil Ways" and "Oye Como Va"?
Santana
What film helped to bring disco music into the mainstream in 1977?
Saturday Night Fever
The song "A Day in the Life" is from which album?
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Which album is often cited as the first concept album in rock?
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Isaac Hayes wrote music for which film?
Shaft
Who was the subject of the 2012 documentary Searching for Sugar Man?
Sixto Rodriguez
What band had a number-one hit in 1970 with "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)"?
Sly and the Family Stone
Instead of releasing the album SMiLE, the Beach Boys released what album?
Smiley Smile
The track "Psycho Killer," with spare instrumental accompaniment and David Byrne's spastic vocal delivery, provides an example of which band's early approach?
Talking Heads
Which Detroit-based singer's outrageous onstage antics made him a model for punk rockers?
Iggy Pop
All four members of what blues-rock band wore theatrical costumes and makeup onstage?
Kiss
Which band had a number-one hit in 1980 with "Celebration"?
Kool and the Gang
Which song from Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band uses taped organ sounds randomly assembled to create a kaleidoscopic aural background?
"Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite"
What mantra illustrated the overriding aesthetic of punk?
"Do it yourself" (or DIY)
Which track by Bob Marley and the Wailers advocated for political freedom?
"Get Up, Stand Up"
Which 1966 single consumed more studio time and budget allocation than any other pop single ever had before?
"Good Vibrations"
Which Stevie Wonder song demonstrates a general thematic kinship with "Papa Was a Rolling Stone," What's Going On, and There's a Riot Goin' On?
"Living for the City"
Which 1968 song by the Rolling Stones was banned from the radio because authorities thought it might fuel violence?
"Street Fighting Man"
Which of the following are true of new wave music?
- It often refers to older styles of music. - it Often uses irony. - It is a tamer form of punk rock.
Which of the following elements were typical of glam rock?
- androgynous clothing - songs about science fiction, alienation, and glam culture - the creation of stage personas
What was Jimi Hendrix known for?
- blending blues and pop styles - innovative electric guitar techniques - performing at the Monterey and Woodstock Festivals
Which 1964 book, based on the Tibetan Book of the Dead, connected psychedelic drugs with Eastern spirituality?
The Psychedelic Experience
In the 1970s, who produced the Spinners and the Stylistics?
Thom Bell
(CH. 7)"Turn on, tune in, and drop out" was the advice of which proponent of LSD who once taught at Harvard?
Timothy Leary
After leaving the Spencer Davis Group, British musician Steve Winwood formed what band?
Traffic
Which Irish singer-songwriter first hit the charts as a member of the band Them, but demonstrated his experimental side on the 1968 album Astral Weeks?
Van Morrison
Which band worked with former Animals lead singer Eric Burdon?
War
Led Zeppelin's "Whole Lotta Love" was based on a song by whom?
Willie Dixon
Paul McCartney of the Beatles formed what new band in the 1970s?
Wings
Which progressive rock band recorded "Roundabout"?
Yes
Which Texas-based band released the albums Tres Hombres and Fandango!?
ZZ Top
The rise of punk rock in the United Kingdom can be linked to what phenomenon?
a severe economic recession
"Sunshine of Your Love" is largely based on which of the following?
a single riff
While he was performing with the band Genesis, what was Peter Gabriel known for?
acting out songs using costumes and props
(CH. 10) In the context of FM radio, what does AOR stand for?
album-oriented rock
What "country" instrument is featured in the Eagles' arrangement of "Take It Easy"?
banjo
Drawing on the increasingly cinematic sound of African American pop music in the 1970s, which new genre of film (with supporting soundtracks) rose to prominence at the beginning of the 1970s?
blaxploitation
Boston's "More Than a Feeling" and Foreigner's "Feels Like the First Time" are both based on what song form?
compound AABA
The song "Take It Easy" performed by the Eagles is best described as which style?
country rock
Chicago rock DJ Steve Dahl led a rally against what style of music?
disco
What style were producers Jacques Morali and Giorgio Moroder associated with?
disco
Donovan was best known for what style of music in the 1960s?
folk rock
George Clinton is best known for what musical style?
funk
What style was closely associated with black culture in the minds of both black and white listeners in the first half of the 1970s?
funk
What does the Record Industry Association of America (RIAA) give an album (or single) that sells 500,000 copies?
gold certification
San Francisco disc jockey Tom Donahue was among the first to do what?
launch a successful free-form radio show on FM
The band Devo is most often associated with what musical style?
new wave
(CH 8) The "hippie aesthetic" in music is based on the idea that the rock musician should do what?
produce sophisticated music that will stand up to repeated listening
In the wake of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, a heightened sense of concept became the hallmark of what style of rock?
progressive rock
The band King Crimson is best known for what style of rock?
progressive rock
The bands Kansas and Styx helped to revive what style of rock music in the late 1970s?
progressive rock
After 1972, what did the band Steely Dan focus on?
recording in the studio
Bob Marley is most often associated with what style of music?
reggae
What must an album do to receive a platinum certification from the Record Industry Association of America (RIAA)?
sell one million copies
What is the form of "Evil Ways"?
simple verse
Reggae developed from which two Jamaican musical styles?
ska and rock steady
What is the name of the offbeat rhythmic pattern that is characteristic of ska music?
skank
The Allman Brothers Band was best known for what style of rock?
southern rock
"Whipping Post" is the signature song of which band?
the Allman Brothers Band
What was the name of the 1969 music festival at Altamont Speedway, viewed by many as the end of the hippie era?
the Altamont Free Concert
After a motorcycle crash in 1966, Bob Dylan recorded extensively with which mainly Canadian group?
the Band
Which band got significant airplay on mainstream rock radio stations beginning in late 1978 with "My Best Friend's Girl"?
the Cars
Which British punk band was known for frequently taking political stances in their songs?
the Clash
Lionel Richie was a member of what group?
the Commodores
Which band added singer and pianist Michael McDonald and then adopted a stylistic approach that laid more emphasis on jazz influences?
the Doobie Brothers
Which band, featuring guitarist Jerry Garcia, originally formed in the Bay Area as the Warlocks?
the Grateful Dead
Which of the following groups was associated with the "Philadelphia Sound"?
the O'Jays
Which new wave band incorporated reggae influences into their early style?
the Police
Which of the following punk bands was part of the New York scene?
the Ramones
Which 1960s group emerged out of the Beatles' shadow and positioned themselves as one of the most important groups to make the transition from the 1960s to the 1970s?
the Rolling Stones
In 1977, which band released the controversial song "God Save the Queen," the cover of which depicted the British queen with a safety pin through her face?
the Sex Pistols
Malcolm McLaren managed which punk band?
the Sex Pistols
Whose first single was "Anarchy in the UK"?
the Sex Pistols
The summer of 1967 was known as what?
the Summer of Love
Which Motown group remade its sound in the 1970s while working with producer Norman Whitfield?
the Temptations
Who originally recorded "Papa Was a Rolling Stone"?
the Temptations
Pink Floyd, Soft Machine, and Tomorrow were all bands that regularly performed at what venue?
the UFO Club
Which American group laid grounds in the 1960s for the international rise of punk in the next decade?
the Velvet Underground
Which three bands were influential to the development of the New York punk scene?
the Velvet Underground, the Stooges, MC5
Tommy was a concept album by which band?
the Who
Which music festival took place August 15-17, 1969?
the Woodstock Music and Art Festival
Guitarist Jimmy Page played in which two blues-based bands?
the Yardbirds and Led Zeppelin
What did Stevie Wonder do when he turned twenty-one in 1971?
took complete artistic control over his records
The "Theme from Shaft" helped to associate the rhythmic sound of which instrument with black pop?
wah-wah guitar
