rock music

Select three types of rock that arose during the late 1960s and early 1970s.

glitter rock progressive rock southern rock

Select all the musical that styles were components in the development of early rock music.

gospel country music blues

In the 1990s, a form of punk known as was popularized by bands such as Nirvana and Pearl Jam.

grunge

Select three styles of rock that developed and were popular during the 1980s.

industrial rock post punk alternative rock

As a result of MTV, what became as important to a band as its music?

its image

Select all the musical elements that country musicians integrated into their playing of blues, leading to the development of early rock music.

more short repeated patterns instead of improvisation slides between pitches to get from one note to the next

Select all the reasons that many Americans felt threatened by early rock music.

prejudice against African American rock musicians discomfort with the sexual nature of the lyrics

In the 1990s, bands like Mars Volta and Radiohead used electronic sounds and instruments from classical sources to update which style of rock made popular during the 1970s?

progressive

Which twenty-first century music style combines rock with sophisticated classical elements such as microtones, and often features constantly changing meters?

progressive rock

What style of rock, emphasizing aggressive performances, began in the 1960s in Detroit and New York, and was a reaction against arena rock?

punk rock

Originating in the 1980s in New York's South Bronx, music developed as people imitated the patter talk vocals of DJ Kool Herc.

rap

What style of music, beginning in the 1980s in New York's South Bronx, replaced singing with the rapid delivery of the spoken word?

rap

Which style, popularized by Elvis Presley in the 1950s, combined country music with blues influences?

rockabilly

Select all the hallmarks of traditional rock music in the 1980s.

strong backbeat (accents on beats two and four) gospel, folk, or country influences

What feature of the blues formed an important foundation for rock music?

twelve-bar blues form

Select the two accurate descriptions in reference to Little Richard's "Tutti Frutti."

twelve-bar blues form, quadruple meter fast tempo, drum accents on beats two and four

Select all the rock bands that are strongly associated with punk rock.

New York Dolls Ramones Sex Pistols

Which tag did Chuck Berry acquire because of his unique guitar playing?

"Father of Rock Guitar"

Which cover song made Bill Haley want to change the band's image and name to the Comets?

"Rocket 88"

Select all the songs that were big hits for Bill Haley and the Comets.

"Shake, Rattle and Roll" "Rock Around the Clock"

What change to the original country song "Ida Red" did Chuck Berry make when he recorded "Maybelline?"

Berry wrote new lyrics to the song, also changing the title.

Which early rock artist had two top ten hits in 1954, titled "Shake, Rattle and Roll," and "Rock Around the Clock?"

Bill Haley

Why did British rock groups of the 1960s have a more hard-driving style than American pop artists of the same era?

British groups had learned rock style by listening to records of American 1950s rock.

What band or artist represented a new version of traditional rock in the 1980s?

Bruce Springsteen

From which country is the popular pop punk singer Avril Lavigne?

Canada

Select the two artists who were associated with the early rap music of the 1980s.

DJ Kool Herc Afrika Bambaataa

Select all the bands that are associated with emo music.

Fall Out Boy Jimmy Eat World Dashboard Confessional

Why did Pat Boone change the lyrics of "Tutti Frutti?"

He wanted to remove sexual references.

Select all the statements that correctly describe the life and career of Jimi Hendrix.

He worked with a number of groups in both the United States and the United Kingdom. He became a major success in England before he became well-known in the United States. He used special sound effects on his guitar to turn the U.S. national anthem into an antiwar statement.

Which statement best describes Chuck Berry's music?

His songs were usually filled with an energetic spirit.

Select all the statements that describe punk rock.

It largely stayed in the northeastern United States until certain punk bands traveled to England. It appealed to people who disliked the arena performances of art, glitter, and heavy metal bands. It was first developed in New York and Detroit during the mid-1960s.

Select all the statements about the British Invasion of 1964 that are true.

It reintroduced American audiences to the more aggressive rock and roll of the 1950s. It prompted many American bands to adopt names that made them sound British.

Who was known both as the "Godfather of Soul" and the "Hardest Working Man in Show Business?"

James Brown

Which electric guitarist with a short lived career was famous for his ability to create elaborate sound effects on his instrument, as evidenced by his imaginative performance of the "Star Spangled Banner" at Woodstock?

Jimi Hendrix

Which of these bands is considered nu metal?

Korn

Select the two rock musicians whose careers benefited greatly from MTV.

Madonna Michael Jackson

Select all the statements that correctly describe Americans' reactions to early rock music.

Many people felt somewhat threatened by early rock music. "Clean" pop covers of rock songs were sometimes more successful than the original songs. Some people felt safer listening to pop-oriented music performed by white singers.

Select all the progressive rock bands of the 1990s that updated the progressive style of Pink Floyd by using sounds from classical sources.

Mars Volta Radiohead

What type of 1990s punk, exemplified by Green Day, added interesting melodies and rhythms to punk's pounding beat?

Pop punk

What is one way in which most progressive rock music has departed from the traditions of rock music?

Progressive rock often incorporates constantly changing meters and avoids maintaining a regular beat.

Which music industry giant bought the contract of Elvis Presley from Sun Records in 1956?

RCA

Select all the reasons that rock music became more soft-edged in the early 1960s.

Record companies heavily marketed the smoother pop style for wider appeal. Many of the harder hitting rockers of the 1950s stopped singing rock for a variety of reasons.

Which Grammy-winning band was formed in Los Angeles in the early 1980s, includes founding member Anthony Kiedis, and combines elements of rap, funk, metal, and rock?

Red Hot Chili Peppers

With what American city was the grunge movement of the 1990s most closely associated?

Seattle, Washington

Select all the bands of the 1980s that played in the heavy metal or death metal genres.

Slayer Anthrax

Select all the factors that contributed to the transition from the raw early rock music in the 1950s to a smoother pop style of rock in the 1960s.

Some Americans felt threatened by the sexiness of certain rock musicians and rock songs and worried they would corrupt the nation's youth. The music industry did not like that rock musicians often composed their own songs, cutting out the songwriters who generally wrote music for pop singers.

Select two of the more influential British bands in rock music's British Invasion of 1964.

The Beatles The Rolling Stones

Which band is considered progressive rock?

Tool

The music of the band, System of a Down, known for its heavy use of pounding drums, distorted bass and guitars, screaming vocals, and alternative rock influences, is best associated with what style?

alternative metal

Alternative metal is known for frequently expressing which emotion?

anger

Little Richard's "Tutti Frutti" is an early rock song that follows twelve-bar form.

blues

Select all the common traits of emo band songs.

confessional nostalgic emotional

Select all the characteristics that are associated with garage rock.

danceable beat absence of studio effects

Bands such as Slayer took the angst of heavy metal music and developed it even further into a new genre called metal.

death

Select styles of music that originated outside of the United States but grew out of the American rock tradition.

dubstep Nu-Folk British alternative rock

Select all the characteristics of heavy metal music of the 1980s.

dynamic vocals very low bass tones prominent guitar solos

What is emo music?

emotional songs with roots in older punk movement

What style of music, practically invented by James Brown in his 1964 recording, "Out of Sight," borrowed heavily from the polyrhythms of African music?

funk

What type of rock is the band Kings of Leon known for?

garage rock