Rock Music Exam 2
Cheap Trick
-Beatles-esque sounding songs -pretty boy band with 2 ugly guys -great live albums
Smoke on the Water
-Deep Purple -band watched casino in Switzerland burn down because of Frank Zappa concert
Jon Bonham
-Led Zepplin drummer -drank himself to death (40 shots of vodka) -ended Led Zepplin
Living Colour
-all black members -slow, back on beat
Deep Purple
-art rock turned blues
Iron Maiden
-black sabbath-esque subjects
Blues Rock
-blues revival of late 1960's -started when Jimi Hendrix went to England -more aggressive style (heavier guitar, hard)
Black Sabbath
-british blues band -started by Ozzy Osbourne after he saw people lined up for a horror movie called "Black Sabbath" -sinister sounding music (tritone)
Mayhem
-burned down old Norwegian wooden churches -singer killed himself -bassist killed guitarist
Led Zeppelin
-came out of 60's blues revival -heavy sound because of latest technology -accused of stealing old blues songs -critics hated them
Country Rock
-country perceived as parent music during 60's -some british bands did country songs -steel pedal guitar+beat+singing=country
Diamond Head
-covered by Metallica
Gram Parsons
-dies of drug overdose in Joshua Tree
Slayer
-extremely fast and brutale
Aerosmith
-from Boston -stardom, alcohol abuse, drug abuse -sleepwalked through shows -revived by Run DMC version of Walk This Way
Bob Seger
-from Detroit -started in 60's -wrote everyday songs
Napalm Death
-from England, same town as Black Sabbath -called "Grindcore" music
Bruce Springsteen
-from NJ -songs about working class -signed by Mike Appel (mgr/prod) -discovered by CBS records, thought he was a singer/songwriter, instead had big band -first album rejected -campaigned as new Bob Dylan, no one liked it -caught attention of Rolling Stone's John Landau -named second album one of the best of year, great article about live concert -album: Born to Rum -Landau becomes prod./mgr after lawsuit with Appel -album: Nebraska, totally recorded at his house, singer/songwriter style -album: Born in the USA, songs recorded at house then re-recorded in studio, 7 hit songs
John Mellencamp
-from Seymour, IN -songs about small town values -long time for success Tony Defries (mgr) -made him call himself "Cougar" -shed Cougar with success
Thrash Metal
-from West Coast -similar to punk -L.A. was capital of American punk
Blues
-furocious blues rock -fades out after 70's
Johnny Winter
-great guitarist of his day -finger picking -fast/in your face
Eddie Van Halen
-hammer-on/pull-off -not based on blues -European/virtuosic technique -"classical" guitarist
ZZ Top
-imitated Johnny Lee Hooker
Rory Gallagher
-irish -Bullfrog Blues: originally recorded in 20's
Small Faces
-mod. group from mid 60's -Steve Marriott (gtr/vox)
Norwegian Black Metal
-more extreme than death metal -incorporate Norse tradition -Paganism -songs of homeland sheets of sound -demonic vocal deliveries
Def Leppard
-most popular of NWOBHM
Judas Priest
-operatic sound
Dave Mustane
-origional Metallica guitartist -got to NY to record and they kicked him out
Black Crowes
-part of 80's blues revival
Stevie Ray Vaughan
-part of 80's blues revival -from Texas -unsigned artist -invited to play music festival in Geneva, Switzerland and got booed -David Bowie hired him to play gtr on his album: Let's Dance -opened for Bowie on tour with Double Trouble -quits Bowie's band and gets publicity -gets signed -died in helicopter accident
Felix Pappalardi
-produced for Cream -produced album by Leslie West called "Mountain" and then formed partnership with West
Tom Petty
-seemed like regular guy
Duane Allman
-slide gtr -left south and went to L.A. -returned to south -made name for himself in Muscle Shoals, AL -soul music -signed recording contract to be in power trio, but gets big band together -died in motorcycle accident
Motorhead
-sounded like punk -early rock/blues base -fast, furious, hard rock
Rod Stewart
-sounded like the faces
Southern Rock
-started by Allman Brothers
Heavy Metal/Hard Rock
-started by Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath
The Faces
-started by Small Faces: Rod Stewart (vox) Ron Wood (gtr)
Steve Miller Band
-started in 60's in Hate Ashbury -70's became more serious
Peter Frampton
-started in Humble Pie -released live album -album: Frampton Comes Alive -used talk box
Top 40 Rock
-time when AM/FM radio became similar -worked on both
Power Pop
-turning pop into rock -recorded for crappy car radios -pop lyrics with rock sound
California
-used latest technology to make precise songs
Metallica
-very fast and precise (classical technique) -not pretty subject matters -angry
Big Star
Alex Chilton (gtr/vox/songs): from band Box Tops (60's) -3 albums in 70's -Chilton dropped dead before Big Star Reunion
AC/DC
Bon Scott (vox) Brian Johnson (vox)* -Australian band -Scott dies from drinking, replaced by Johnson -album: Back in Black (mourning Scott) -didn't take themselves seriously
Megadeth
Dave Mustane (gtr/vox) -classical sound
The Eagles
Don Henley (drums/vox) Glen Frey (gtr/vox) Bernie Leadon (gtr/vox) Randy Meisner (bass/vox) -album: Eagles Greatest Hits (best selling album of millenium) -met each other through Linda Rondstat -big, lush harmonies were a California thing
Steely Dan
Donald Fagan (vox/keys) Walter Becker (gtr/bass) -in beginning couldn't achieve live success, didn't tour -began touring in 90's with new technology
Allman Brothers
Duane Allman (gtr) Gregg Alllman (keys/vox) Dickey Betts (gtr) Barry Oakley (bass) -Allman and Betts both played lead gtr -similar band structure as Grateful Dead -incorporated many music styles -jazz-like approach to improv. -1968: back to roots of rock (whole new sound) -album: Allman Brothers Live at the Fullmore (greatest live album) -Duane Allman and Barry Oakley both die
Van Halen
Eddie Van Halen -extremely popular -away from traditional metal -pop harmonies -took themselves seriously (sex symbols) -increased presence of women in audience
Kiss
Gene Simmons (bass) Ace Freely (gtr) Peter Chris (drums) Paul Stanley (vox/gtr) -from NYC (glam) -true identities hidden -first 3 studio albums didn't sell -recorded live album
Rush
Getty Lee (vox) -art rock/hard rock/heavy metal -album: 2112 (made them famous) -less like blues and more like classical rock
Flying Burrito Bros.
Gram Parsons Chris Hillman Bernie Leadon (gtr) -blurs lines between country and rock (started by Bob Dylan) -people began appreciating country -Parsons leaves band and goes solo
The Byrds
Gram Parsons Chris Hillman (bass) -album: Sweethearts of the Rodeo (pure country) -went from doing folk to country -Parsons left because Rolling Stones said not to go to South Africa
International Submarine Band
Gram Parsons (vox/gtr/songs) -young band members playing country -made 1 album -drums make it partially rock
Uncle Tupelo
Jay Farrar (gtr) Jeff Tweedy (bass) -grew up in punk era -brought punk flavor -Farrar forms band Son Volt -Tweedy forms Wilco
The Runaways
Joan Jett (gtr) Lida Ford (gtr) -all women, trouble girls -16+17 years old -women playing this music was unheard of
Mountain
Leslie West (gtr/vox) Felix Pappalardi (bass/vox)
New Wave of British Heavy Metal
Motorhead Diamond Head Iron Maiden Def Leppard -late 70's-early 80's -bad time for heavy metal
Linda Rondstat
Peter Asher (prod./mgr) -changed styles often
Fleetwood Mac
Peter Green (gtr/vox)* Mick Fleetwood (drums) John McVie Chrisine McVie (keys/vox) Lindsey Buckingham (gtr/vox/songs) Stevie Nix (vox/songs) -from England -started as blues group -Green praised by B.B. King, leaves band -album: Fleetwood Mac (first big album) -album: Rumors -3 great song writers
Jeff Beck Group
Rod Stewart (vox) Ron Wood (bass)
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Ronnie Van Zant (vox) Gary Rossington (gtr) Allen Collins (gtr) Ed King (bass, from Strawberry Alarmclock) Steve Gaines (gtr)* -named after high school gym teacher -King turns to gtr -King dreamed all of Sweet Home Alabama and wrote it -more guitar-oriented music -Sweet Home Alabama was written in response to Neil Young's South Man -Gaines takes over for King -pro south songs Jimmy Carter made south popular -plane crashed, Van Zant and Gaines died
Humble Pie
Steve Marriot (vox/gtr) Peter Frampton (gtr)
Boston
Tom Scholtz (gtr): built studio in basement, changed sound of guitar (Rockman) -album: Boston, biggest selling debut album
Alice Cooper
Vincent Furnier (vox) -signed to Frank Zappa's label, didn't do well and part ways -sinister presentation -scared parents -"killed Alive Cooper" at end of every show
Yardbirds
guitarists: 1. Clapton 2. Beck 3. Page