Rock n Roll Chapter 11
The Minutemen
D. Boon and Mike Watt grew up as friends in the Navy occupied housing projects of San Pedro (outside of San Fran) and formed what band? They combined elements of jazz, punk and even polka into their music.
U2
Rolling Stone magazine named this group the "Band of the Eighties".
Mumble
Some joked that R.E.M.'s album should not be called Murmur. Instead they called it ______________. This was because Michael Stipe often had an incoherent, run-together vocal style.
b
Fan bases of alternative rock bands were often built through: a targeting by commercial executives b band touring and playing at small venues c corporate backing d record label producers
MLK Jr.
The 1984 U2 album "The Unforgettable Fire" paid tribute to an American with their first American Top 40 hit "Pride (in the name of love)". Who was the American honored by this song?
d
The Joshua Tree has been described as painting a vision of a romanticism, friendship but economic hardship b rebellion including violence against UK c hope, optimism and love d blasted hopes, pointless violence and anguish but also acceptance and calm
jamming echo
The Minutemen brought a new phrase to the punk lexicon. What term means making albums with tiny budgets?
d
Goth rock was characterized by: a published labels, slam dancing, futuristic sounds b monotone base line, glam-rock like costumes c futuristic sounds, monotone voice lyrics or d gloomy lyrics, distant music and bleak visions
Warner
Husker Du's first album was produced by SST Records. They then turned to a much larger producing company. What was it?
Teen Idles
Ian Mackaye was a member of Fugazi, Minor Threat and what other group?
Minutemen
If Black Flag was a voice of the suburbs, what group gave hardcore sound to the working class?
Net Aid
In 1999, Geldof teamed with Bono, Jimmy Page and Wyclef Jean to lead this music festival. What is it?
b
In the 1980s did a) visionaries waiting for the next Rolling Stones propel the industry or did b) the music executives begin to identify candidate audiences them with a particular product. a or b?
Fugazi
In which one of Ian Mackaye's bands did he endorse a leftist agenda? Also that embraced causes such as vegetarianism, animal rights and AIDS research.
Nirvana
Indie bands maintained a strong anti-corporate stance. Which one of these bands wore a t shirt that said "Corporate Rock Sucks"?
Sonic Youth
Lee Ranaldo was a guitarist with what band?
Ethiopians
Live Aid tried to raise millions of dollars for what impoverished people?
c
Live Aid was a benefit rock concert. This was not the first one. Organizers borrowed some elements from what previous concert: a Woodstock b Paul McCartney's 1976 Concert for Africa c George Harrison's 1971 Concert for Bangladesh d Isle of Wight music festival
a
The two Live Aid concerts took place simultaneously in two cities. What were they? separate with comma a London and Philadelphia b Dublin and New York c London and Los Angeles d Manchester and San Francisco
True
True of false? Even in the postpunk era, punk rock's rejection of commercialism and mainstream popular culture remained an active force in music that influenced the development of alternative rock.
True
True or False? Indie rockers who did sign with major labels frequently strove to retain artistic controls.
True
True or False? Like many of the independent radio stations of the early 1950s, American college radio stations were willing to experiment with new sounds, cross traditional boundaries and offer airtime to bands that had been ignored by commercial stations.
True
True or False? The alternative music era ushered in a group of guitar innovators rather than guitar heroes.
True
True or False? The edge developed a textured, reverb-laden guitar sound.
True
True or False? U2 enjoyed commercial success throughout the 1980s and beyond while maintaining their artistic edge and without burning out or relying on reunion tours.
True
True or false? Ian Mackaye strove to dismantle the "ritualistic" elements of hardcore such as slam dancing and stage diving?
d
U2 and other alternative rock bands benefited (primarily) from what three effects: a College radio, miniaturized synthesizers and MTV b College radio, synth rock and indie rock c Postpunk, synth pop and college radio d Punk/postpunk attitude, college radio and indie rock
Yes
Was Bob Geldof nominated for a Nobel Prize and later knighted in England?
no
Was the Cure a reggae band?
Yes
Were Nirvana and the Pixies both alternative rock bands?
War
What 1982 U2 album first made it to the top of the British Charts? It also reached number 12 in the U.S.A. It addressed political themes concerning the troubles in Northern Ireland.
Kate Bush
What English singer-songwriter incorporated art, music and literary influences to create a musical form all its own?
Ian MacKaye
What Minor Threat singer later formed Fugazi?
Athens
What University of Georgia city was breeding ground for alternative rock during the 1980s? This included student-run radio station WUOG, who played their own B-52's as well as R.E.M.
Dischord Records
What Washington, D.C. hard core record label distributed underground American music?
U2
What alternative rock band got its first big break in a talent contest sponsored by Irish beer makers Guinness?
Black Flag
What band was from Hermosa, California? This was a hard core band that became a powerful force in the alternative rock field.
Dublin, Ireland
What city, country was U2 from?
U.K.
What country were these bands from? Includes Kate Bush, The Cure and Bauhaus.
Orange
What county from California was Black Flag from?
Bad Brains
What fusion punk group was from Washington D.C.?
The Cure
What group evolved from postpunk to generate funeral-slow, Goth tunes that maintained some elements of pop? They rebelled against the limitation of Goth later to make more pop oriented songs.
U2
What group had a 1980 full-length debut album called "Boy"? It had a dark outlook on things. P.S. This group's first limited-run album was called "Three".
Minor Threat
What group had a message to avoid drugs, cigarettes and alcohol? They focused their anger on consumer culture in which people mindlessly indulged when they could otherwise find entertainment from their own resources,
R.E.M.
What group had an album "Murmur" which Rolling Stone labeled the best album of 1983? This beat Thriller and the Police's Synchronicity.
Sonic Youth
What group inserted drum sticks, screwdrivers and other objects into the strings of guitars in unique ways to attain alternate tunings and improvisations? They also drilled holes through their wah-wah pedals to find new sounds.
U2
What group members met at Mount Temple High School in Ireland?
U2
What group sang "Joshua Tree" - their fifth album? This album won two Grammy awards.
Black Flag
What group was eventually banned from many Los Angeles clubs, because brawls usually broke out between police and concertgoers?
R.E.M.
What group was from Athens, Georgia? They were originally a garage band.
R.E.M.
What group was originally called the Twisted Kites. They played their first concert at a converted Episcopalian Church. Their current name was chosen by flipping randomly through a dictionary.
Sonic Youth
What hardcore group often deliberately made it hard to distinguish between "music" and "noise". They often played at CBGB early one
Husker Du
What hardcore group was from Minneapolis, Minnesota?
slam dance
What is a violent dance style that became popular in the early 1980s hardcore concerts?
Bono
What is the nickname of U2's lead singer?
stage diving
What is the term for jumping from a stage to the crowd? It was made popular and common at early 1980s hardcore shows.
Rolling Stone
What magazine named U2 the "Band of the Eighties"?
John Cage
What modernist composer influenced Sonic Youth? He also put placed erasers, drills and other things inside the hammers of a piano.
Capitol Heights
What neighborhood in D.C. were the Bad Brains from?
Born in the U.S.A.
What song by Bruce Springsteen was almost made the 1984 Republican Convention theme song? It was an anti-war song but some took it as an anthem for Reagan-era Neo-conservative patriotism.
c
What two Minnesota based groups were among the first indie rock bands to leap to major labels? a Husker Du and Bauhaus b The Boomtown Rats and R.E.M. c Husker Du and the Replacements d The Minuteman's and the Cure
d
What two radio stations are known examples of college radio? a Baltimore's WBMD and Cleveland's WKRP b Albuquerque's KOAT and Cincinnatti's WKRP c Cincinnatti's WKRP and Princeton's WPRB d Princeton's WPRB and University of Mass. WAMH
Henry Garfield
What was Henry Rollins' original name
1985
What year did the megaconcert Live Aid occur?
1991
What year was the Lollapalooz Festival mentioned in the book?
Madison Square Garden
Where did George Harrison's 1971 concert for Bangladesh take place?
Champaign, Illinois
Where was the 1985 Farm Aid festival held?
Minneapolis
Where were the Replacements from?
The Replacements
Which group made a mess on stage at SNL, due mainly to the band's hard partying style and Bob Stinson's undependable nature on stage?
c
Which of the following about Bob Geldof is NOT true? a He was a singer b He was knighted c He won the Nobel Peace Prize d He is a published writer
d
Which of the following bands was based in the U.S.? a The Cure b The Boomtown Rats c Kate Bush d R.E.M.
b
Which of these bands did NOT record a major label? a R.E.M. b Fugazi c Husker Du d The Replacements
Perry Farrell
Who coined the term "alternative nation" to describe alternative music's audience: young Americans seeking to capture some of the integrity and political awareness of the late 1960s.
Robert Smith
Who formed the Cure?
Greg Ginn
Who founded Black Flag?
Michael Stipe
Who is R.E.M.'s enigmatic and influential lead singer?
Paul Westerberg
Who is the frontman for the American hardcore group "The Replacements"?
Bad Brains
Who moved from Washington to NYC? There, they had an album produced by Rick Ocasek of the Cars.
Bob Geldof
Who organized Live Aid - the megaconcert?
Perry Farrell
Who organized the first Lollapalooza Festival in 1991?
Kate Bush
Who sang "Running up that hill"?
Bob Geldof
Who was a member of the Boomtown Rats?
Henry Garfield
Who was the D.C. based singer that joined Black Flag?
The Edge
Who was the lead guitarist for U2?
Perry Farrell
Who was the lead singer of Jane's Addiction?
Kurt Cobain
Who was the lead singer of Nirvana?
Perry Farrell
Who was the lead singer of Porno for Pyros?
The Cure
Who's first demo included the song "Killing an Arab" based on the the book "The Stranger"?
Robert Smith
Whose pale skin, eyeliner, and black hair helped provide a visual model for the developing Goth look?
Farm Aid
Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp and Neil Young organized what long-standing music festival?
Georgetown
A handful of teenagers including Ian MacKaye and Jeff Nelson discovered punk rock through what University's radio station WGTB? Inspired, they formed the Teen Idles in 1980
b
Bad brains incorporated elements of other music in to their version of hardcore. This included: a classical and jazz b reggae and jazz c R&B and jazz d reggae and synth
Goth rock
Bauhaus was an early example of what rock style?
garage
Before becoming an American alternative rock band, R.E.M. started as what type of band?
The Wall
Bob Geldof starred in a 1982 film version of Pink Floyd's album. What was the album name?
Jeff Nelson
Dischord Records was started by Ian Mackaye and what other person? He was a member of Minor Threat.
Minor Threat
Dischord record bands tended to follow a traditional playing in venues that only charged 5$ per ticket. What group is credited with setting this tradition?
Bad Brains
Dr. Know was a member of what group? This group became a legend in the musical underground.
f
During the 1980s the rock benefit concert became its own industry. What are other example single song(s) that intended to raise funds for different causes including poverty? a Running up that hill b Waking in the park c Do they know it's Christmas? d We are the world e a & b f c & d
Kate Bush
This unique artist studied at St. Jospeph's Convent School in London learning piano and violin. She began writing songs, and by the age of 15 attracted the attention of Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour. By age 19 she was a prolific composer and performer. Her alternative music encompassed literature, fine arts and musical influences. Name her.
