Written quiz n.4 modules 9, 10, and 11

Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff are most closely associated with which city?

Philadelphia

What band had a stage show for their concept album The Wall and it featured a wall being built on stage between the band and the audience?

Pink Floyd

Where was the group Sly and the Family Stone formed?

San Francisco

Which Bay Area band was commercially successful at fusing elements of funk with psychedelia?

Sly and the family stone

The Allman Brothers Band was best known for what style of rock?

Southern Rock

Which artist was known for incorporating psychedelic fashions?

George Clinton

The following is a band of Country Rock in the US:

The Byrds

Which Detroit-based singer's outrageous onstage antics made him a model for punk rockers?

Iggy Pop

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. Correct! all answers shown here

Who wrote and first recorded the song "Say It Loud, I'm Black and I'm Proud"?

James Brown

What rock band had all members wear theatrical costumes and makeup onstage?

Kiss

Which band had a number-one hit in 1979 with "Ladies Night"?

Kool and the Gang

The member of the Eagles met while playing in the backing band for which singer?

Linda Ronsdat

Which of the following groups was associated with the "Philadelphia Sound"?

The Mother, father, sister, brother

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

Which ensemble from the Motown old-guard continued having success with the label in the 1970s?

The Temptations

A band of the first generation of British Blues-based rock in the early to mid 1960s was:

The Yardbirds

Guitarist Jimmy Page played in which two blues-based bands?

The Yardbirds and Led Zeppelin

By the early 1970s, Motown Records had moved to what city?

Los Angeles

Which southern rock band is named after a high school teacher?

Lynryd Skynrd

Which artist recorded the concept album What's Going On?

Marvin Gaye

Which influential jazz trumpeter began fusing jazz and rock in the 1970s?

Miles Davis

Which of these bands is considered a Texas Blues Band?

ZZ top

Rush is an example of:

a progressive rock influenced band

The rise of punk rock in the United Kingdom can be linked to what phenomenon?

a severe economic recession

While he was performing with the band Genesis, what was Peter Gabriel known for?

acting out songs using costumes and props

In the context of FM radio, what does AOR stand for?

album oriented rock

The band the Moody Blues is an example of:

british progressive rock

The song "Highway Star" is by what is by:

deep purple

Which act's appearance on Saturday Night Live in 1977 brought national attention to the British punk scene?

elvis costello

Stevie Nicks was a singer for which successful 1970s rock band?

fleetwood mac

George Clinton is best known for what musical style? reggae

funk

The rhythmic feel of a song created by patterns that are emphasized and gives us its rhythmic profile.

groove

The Eagles abandoned country rock for which of the following styles?

harder-edged mainstream

Which punk rocker started as a poet before turning to music?

patti smith

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

Which group, led by Freddie Mercury and Brian May, combined elements of progressive rock and glam rock?

queen

Bob Marley is most often associated with what style of music?

reggae

What film helped to bring disco music into the mainstream in 1977?

saturday night fever

Reggae developed from which two Jamaican musical styles?

ska and rock steady

All of these were regular performers at the CBGB, EXCEPT:

the grateful dead

A band of the second generation of British Blues-based rock in the late 1960s and early 1970s was:

Black Sabbath

Ozzy Osborne was the lead singer of what band?

Black Sabbath

Debbie Harry was the lead singer of what band? Velvet Underground

Blondie

What was the name of the Manhattan club that became the home of the New York punk scene?

CBGB

Ziggy Stardust was the alter ego of what influential glam rock singer?

David Bowie

The music of the Village People and Donna Summer exemplifies what style?

Disco

Which musician helped popularize reggae outside of Jamaica with a cover of "I Shot the Sheriff"?

Eric Clapton

Which of the following elements were typical of glam rock?

Theatrical Androgynous Fictional personas

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

Which American group laid grounds in the 1960s for the international rise of punk in the next decade?

the velvet underground

What was the primary reason American record labels developed new-wave music?

to tame the aggressive sound of punk

What did Stevie Wonder do by 1971 that set him apart among artists of his label ?

took complete artistic control over his records