Rock and Roll Test 5

Recipe for hiphop hit

Unwind yourself, the 900 number, hollywood swinging.

Backspinning

Used in breaks

Scratching

He could hear sound break backwards, and not need to see the record.

Final

May 12th 9:40.

Motorhead

Britain - 1975, leather jacket biker image. Sound: Hard , fast, loud. Lemmy Kilminster - Vocals/Bass, new wave of British heavy metal. Ace of Spades.

Nirvana

Launched alternative into the mainstream. Smells like teen spirit. Unexpected success - eventually destroyed them. Kurt Cobain - Heavy Drug use - Suicide in 1994. 27 year old. the 27 club. Drummer dave rohl starts foo fighters.

Many other DJs to begin Recording

*Sampling* - Repeating and mixing selections of pre-recorded records to create a background sound for vocals. Lawsuits, Two options: credited the source or make your own. Synthesizers/Drum machines.

East Coast Rap

B-boying. (Breakdancing). South Bronx. Form of competition. High level of skill. Locking, popping, robot, moonwalk, spins, electric, boogie, uprock, downrock, freezes. B-boying is an Escape from a life riddled with gang violence.

MJ continued

Born in 1958. Gary IN. Eigth of Ten siblings. Debut of Jackson five. Recorded with Motown Records. American bandstand spot 1970. MJ was 12. He goes Solo - Off the wall 1979. Very successful. Produced by Quincy Jones. Don't stop til you get enough.

Gangsta Rap

Born out of L.A. Strong Ties to gang culture.l Violence.

Alienated and Back to the Roots Rock

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West Coast and Gangsta Rap

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Hip hop and Rap

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Pop and alternative

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R.E.M

1980 Athens Georgia - College audiences. Southern Rock Roots. Did no stress instrumental solos. Michael Stipe - Mumbled vocals - Mysterious intensity. Out of time - Expanded instrumentation, Losing my religion hit single. Won grammy awards. break up in 2011

MJ Thriller Album

1982. Nine tracks. Seven reached the Top 10 - The first time in history. #1 for 37 weeks. Top to for 80 consecutive weeks. Won a record-breaking eight grammys in 1984. Best-seeling album for all time. 51-65 million copies sold world wide.

Cable television

79s 0 TV broadcast over radio waves. 80s - cable television was introduced. Took several years. Coaxial cable - electronic radio frequency signals. More Channels, specific channels, larger distance, faster.

Death Metal

80s british heavy metal themes gone overboard. Underground movement. Early bands - Death possessed. Morbid angel. National distribution by the 80s.

Bauhaus - Gothic Rock

Britain - 1978. One of the first gothic rock groups to record. Beal lugosi's dead. - Hungarian movie actress - woman in Dracula. Gothic Rocks Anthem. Featured on numerous tv shows/ cult films, goth references. Eventually become Love and rockets

Metallica

California, One of the BIg Four. Often portrayed death and destruction as the evils of drug use and war. Folk and singer/songwriters of the 60s and 70s. songs constructed sensationally - slow-tempo. Undistorted sections within more aggressive songs. Master of puppets. Powerful statement about the dangers of drug use. 2000 napster controversy.

MJ Clouded by Controversy

Changing appearance. Skin conditions - Vitiligo/lupus. Rhinoplaties 10 in all. Mental health issues - Abusive father. Mid 1990s sexual abuse acquisitions. 05 additional child abuse charges. Dysmorphic disorder. Death 09' Cardiac arrest. Ruled a homicide - personal physician charged with involuntary manslaughter.

Rock in the 90s.

Continued splicing the genres. Many Postpunk Styles. Took rock out of the arena and control of Big-market executives and back in control of bands and fans. Small clubs. Same aggressive, pounding beat. Different styles, tempos, components, Seattle WA.

Hop Hop goes international

DJ live shows tape recorded. Little interest outside New York. Sylvia Robinson. Owner of Sugarhill records. Heard three MCs rapping at a party. Asked them to record for her. = Sugarshill gang

U2

Dublin, Ireland. Combination of many styles / artists. Ramones, van morrison, Bruce Springsteen. Some electronics, thick instrumental timbre. Become a symbol for optimism and peace in the 80s. Gloria - First major hit. Next 6 albums hit #1 in UR, UK or borth.. Live aid 1985. 360 degree tour. Highest attended and highest grossing concert tour in history

Robert Pittman

Early program director for radio stations in New York and Chicago. 1987 Album tracks. Showed short rock videos . Very popular. Idea - Rock - Related shows 24-hours a day. Birth of Music Television or MTV. First aired on August 1981, First video :Video killed the radio star: by the Buggles. Veejays- TV announcers who introduce music videos. 300-1800 cable systems in only two years.

Industrial Rock

England - Late 70s. Term First used as a rebellious statement. Decay of Urban life. Increasing dependence on factor and industrial jobs. inspired by William Burroughs. Sadomasochism. Largely underground.

The Music Video Era

Fans like live performances. Television became the best medium, besides concerts. Programs had large followings. and yet.. record and tape sales dropping. Sales of videos, video games, and home tech products were growing. Opportunity.

Prince Rogers Nelson

First Album at 18. Parents separated when he was 7 - source material. No formal music lessons. Wrote his own music and played his own instrument parts. High Productivity/output. Wide variety of styles. Flamboyant stage presence and costumes. Sexual Lyrics. Purple Rain. The Revolution - backup band. Acting debut mixed reviews, five hit singles, three grammys and oscar. First Parental advisory warnings. Album, film, and concert tour. Pushes the envelope on what to produce. Success in Early 90s. Adds hip hop elements. 1993 - Changes his name to unpronounceable symbol - the love symbol. Frustration with warner brothers. The artist formerly known as prince, TAFKAP, or the Artist. Career took a downswing. 2000 changed his name back to prince.

Soundgarden

First grunge band to sign with a major record label. Singer Chris cornell - 1997 solo career. Frontman for Audioslave. Superunknown. Black hole sun, spoonman.

Beastie Boys

Fursion of hip-hop and punk. Rick rubin - Def Jam records. Licensed to ILL #1 pop album charts for seven weeks. You've gotta fight for your right to party.

Roots of Rap

Griots - Africa. Spirituals - Hidden Meanings, Jamaican DJs - toasting/Dubbing. Louis Jordan - Saturday Night Fish Fry. James Brown. King Heroin. Say it loud - im black and Im proud.

Final Exam

Heavy emphasis on previous tests, 30 questions on the new one. Cumulative 120-150 questions. No matching sections. 1-4 exams will be posted on Canvas without zip strips. No class on Thursday May 7th

Speed Metal/Thrash

Heavy metal + Rock, Breakneck Instrumental Solos. Anger demonic themes.

Body Count

Heavy metal group formed by Ice-T. Cop Killer. Negative press. Death threats- song removed from album. Disputes over next albums cover art. Still records to this day. Successful actor - Law and Order - SVU

Slayer

Huntington Beach CA. Lyrics: Extreme voices - references to satan. Reign in blood. Columbia refused to release. Angel of Death. Graphic Portrayal of Auschwitz during holocaust. White supremacist fans.

-Post punk

Husker Du. Minneapolis. Started as hardcore Punk. Sex-pustols. Fast playing Openers. Something I learned today. *One of the first american indie groups to sign with a major record label.* Later sound emphasized more melody - Classic rock influences. Dont wanna know if you are lonely. Modern influences - Foo fighters

Notorious B.I.G.

Hypnotize. Shot to death in 1997

NWA *****s with Attitude

Ice Cube - Front man. Dr. Dre. Large Controversies. Banned by many American mainstream radio stations. Straight outta compton. Ice cube leaves to pursue a solo career. Replaced by Easy E. Efil4zaggin 1991. First album to hit number 1. Might not have happened...Billboard - SoundScan computer system. Break up. Solo Careers, Ice cube, easy E , M C Ren.

Gothic Rock described.

Imagery: Horror Films, Religious symbols. Edgar allen poe. Emotional Topics: Isolation, gloom, disillusionment, loss, life, death. Music Style: Lower voices, ball emphasis, slower tempos, drones - middle ages, electronic effects/drum machines, organ, long intros.

The Sugarhill Gang

Improvised through a 17 minute recording. Rappers delight. Rhythm track from good times by Chic. First ever *hip-hop hit*. From the 12th single to the full length album.

Ice-T

Influenced by Rappers Delight. Began a rapping career after the army. Used East Coast DJ and rap styles and added west coast issues. (Gang violence). Helped shape the gangsta rap style. Helped form Body COunt

Punch phrasing

Isolating short horn hits or bit of music and punching them over the beat.

Kurtis Blow

Kurt Walker. First rapper to sing with a major label. Mercury records. The Breaks.

Gothic Rock

Late 70s - Born from punk. Eventually defined as a separate movement. 80's Gained many followers in England. 90's Underground movement in US. Origins: Alica cooper and others.

Duran Duran's Rio

Longer-scale videos. Record sales increased after videos were put on MTV regional effects- Sold out at half the video stores in Dallas but not the other half...Area where sales sky rocketed was where MTV as reaching those viewers . Video screens in live shows. First to project the show and to take videos of their crowd.

Poison Hair bands

Los Angeles. Had their own hairdresser. Nothin but a good time. Every rose has its thorn.

Early industrial sound - Cabaret Voltaire/throbbing gristle,

Loud. noise, decibels. Synthesisers/tapes/electronics. Playing guitar with odd objects - not used as a driving force. Mechanical and repetitive - fits the themes of alienation and dehumanization. Early pioneers. - > Throbbing gristle. Cabaret Voltaire. I want you by Cabaret Voltaire.

Run-DMC

Mainstream success with white audiences. Sampled hard rock beats and guitar riffs. Rick Rubin - Def Jam Records. First rap group to get airplay on MTV. Hats gold chains, Adidas, *Hard-core rap* - Paved the way for gangsta rap on the west coast. Walk this way Run DMC/Aerosmith.

Industrial Rock Reaches America

Ministry - Chicago, industrial metal. Often angry lyrics. Layers of Noise. Frontman - Al Jourgensen. Stigmata.

The Replacements- Postpunk

Minneapolis, Lead singer - Paul westerburg. Influenced by sex pistols. Some would say more alt rock than punk. Influenced the development of alternative rock through multiple styles/Sounds. Early Sound, Shut-up. Movement away from the angry punk roots - Answering Machines. Hard -rock leanings - I.O.U.

Postpunk in the US

Minneapolis. Intense pound beat. Throbbing bass. Distorted guitars. Renewed sense of anger. Further expansion of styles and sounds.

Madonna

Most Commercially Successful female performer. thanks in part to MTV. Debute in 1983 - Madonna. Leading acting role in desperately seeking susan. Launched her career as a movie star. Legacy - Queen of Pop, Performer, Sexual icon - Sexuality as empowerment. Controversy. Businesswoman autonomy. Continuous experimentation and re-imagining. 1.2 billion first 10 yrs

Michael Jackson

Most successful entertainer pop artist of all time. Often referred to as the king of pop or by his initials MJ. Multiple Guinness world records. Global figure in pop culture for over four decades. Contributions to music, dance, and fashion, highly publicized personal life.

DJ Kool Herc

Moved to New York from Jamaica. Plug his sound system into street lights. Two turntable set up. First to introduce Jamaican Toasting into New York. The*Break*: Isolating a small, instrumental section of a record. Repeat in prolonged loop by switching records. *Father of hip hop*

Alternative Rock

Must include " " Descended from Punk Rock. Underground. Driving bass. DIY. Distinction from mainstream rock of the time. Not MTV Friendly. Many groups became mainstream later.

HAIR BANDS...

New Lighter Image for heavy metal bands. MTV. Pioneered by Van Halen. One time we saw some hookers, but when we got closer we realized it was Motley Crue - James Metallica . Twisted sister, Motley Crue

Anthrax

New York, Humor, comic books. First metal band to add rap vocals. I'm the man. Precursor to Rap Metal. Bring the noise - Collaboration.cover with Chuck D.

Hip-hop Origins

New York. Bronx . Mid 1970s. More than just music. A culture. Visual Art (graffiti), dance, dress, and speech. Responding/laying claim to economic hardship. Expression of local identities. Disco DJs.

Grandmaster Flash and the furious five

One of the most successful turntables to follow DJ kool Herc. Innovations: Scratching, Backspinning, Cutting, Variouspeed control, punch phrasing

Varispeed control

Phonograph control to vary the speed/pitch of a recording

Langston Hughes

Poet. Works Portraying ghetto life in Harlem. Street Dialect. Underground language. Open-minded honesty about difficult issues. *Harlem Renaissance*. Ghetto languages becomes more openly recognized.

Other Notable industrial metal artist

Rammstein - Dance metal/ industrial pop. Germany - DU Hast. Fear Factory - Industrial trash/grindcore/screamo Static X - Wayne static died in November. Marilyn Manson - Nuff' said.

Pearl Jam

Seattle 1990. Strong Anti-establishment messages. Refusal to adhear to music industry standards. nonetheless successful. Singer Eddie Vedder. Addressed hot-button issues. Continued success today despite limiting live concert appearances.

Grunge Rock

Seattle WA. Post Punk + heavy Metal. General Characteristics. Heavy distorted guitars. Avoided virtuosity - Solos. Contrasting dynamics. Growling vocals. Angst, Cynicism, pain, bitter, humor, unkept appearances/Rejection of theatrics. *Sonic Youth*- Important pre-cursor.

Cutting

Segue from one record to the next

The Message by Grandmaster flash and furous 5.

Serious view about ghetto life. Previous rap songs about partying and dancing. First song to provide social commentary in rap. Established a new trend. Social Realism.

Dr. Dre

Solo career after NWA. Founds Death row records. The Chronic 1992. Feat, snoop Doggy Dogg. No Diggity. #1 song for four weeks. Produced records and fueled success for multiple hip hop artists.

Straight Edge - Punk meets hippy/religious right

Straight edge. Political punk movement begun in Washington DC. Against ideas negatively associated with punk. Extremists - vegetarian, no caffeine, no prescription drugs, X symbol. Started out with the Teen Idles.

*How was Thriller so successful?*

Synthesis of many pre-existing styles. Ballads - This girl is mine. Funk Disco - Billie Jean, Heavy Metal - Beat it. Music videos : Symbiotic relationship> mini films. The performer vs. the musician. Break down of racial barriers. Performer as much as a musician. Thriller was modeled after 1950s horror films. Famous zombie choreographed dancing scene. Numerous moves from this video are still immortalized today

Public Enemy

The Black panthers of Rap. Flavor Flav. Chuck D - Aggressively spoke out against AA issues. CNN for African Americans. 911 is a joke.

Bruce Springsteen - Good Ol rock and roll

The Boss. Career Begain in 70s. Wordlwide fame in the 80s - MTV. More "Classic" or "roots rock" sound. Acoustic piano or sax. Fender esquire. Bruce springsteen and the E street band. Sound uses every rock style available. Energetic, tradition-based style. Spoke to the American working class. Youthful dreams vs adult realities. Complex poetic language. - The New Dylan. Compassion of the underprivileged. Born in the USA. 15 million copies sold. Series of magical snapshots of working-class Americans. Unexpected success. Criticism of Vietnam war. Most didn't listen to Lyrics. Song became a pillar of patriotism nation-wide. Also Billy Joel. Huey lewis and the news. Tom petty. Stevie Ray vaughn

Nine Inch Nails

Trent Reznor. One man band. More traditional song structures. Stronger focus on Lyrics. Themes of torture, anger, alienation. Head like a hole. Pretty hate machine first album. Frequent disputes with record companies goes independent. The Downward spiral 1994 - #2 on the charts. Happiness in slavery music video. Universality banned. Produces soundtrack for natural born killers.

1980s Culture

hippies going out - AIDS. Yuppies coming in. Record number of College Business Degrees. Work hard, play hard. Increase in Shopping Malls , HSN. Personal Computers . First popular as video games. John Lennon Assassinated. MTV airs the following year. Sparks many new fashion and dance trends.

Minor threat

punk. Three Year Career. Ian Mackaye forms Fugazi. Funk and Reggae elements. Stop-start song structures. Heavy guitar riffs. Fugazi - Military slang - Broken/Critical . Attacked American Money-Grubbing. Waiting room. Dischord records - Lower record prices. 5$ convert tickets, no merchandise to be sold. No Age limit. No Backstage catering, limousines, or special treatment.