History of Rock and Roll Final
The rise of punk in the UK was linked to specific socio-economic circumstances
TRUE
how did P. Diddy begin his career in the music industry?
Worked as an A&R man for uptown records
How did disco bring back the authority of the producer?
Focus was not on the artist but on the song
Dave Grohl fronted the group _________ after Kurt Cobain's death.
Foo Fighters
Which vocalist fronted the band Limp Bizkit?
Fred Durst
Which band is fronted by singer/songwriter Billie Joe Armstrong?
Green Day
The Eagles abandoned country rock for which of the following styles?
Harder rocking/mainstream
Music of Boys 2 Men strongly featured what?
Harmonized vocal arrangements
Who started Earth, Wind, and Fire?
Maurice White
The most famous band that filed a lawsuit against file sharing was:
Metallica
Billie Jean
Micheal Jackson. Simple Verse Chorus.
All of the following were part of the new wave british heavy metal EXCEPT:
Motley Crue
Which band wore makeup, outrageous clothes, and heavily teased hair?
Motley Crue
Shout at the Devil
Motley Crue. Compound AABA.
The most popular music file sharing service in the early 2000's was"
Napster
Big Boi and Andre 3000 combined which group?
Outcast
George Clinton began his career with what band?
Parliment
Which band from Seattle battled Ticketmaster over ticket prices for their shows?
Pearl Jam
Show Me the Way
Peter Frampton. Contrasting Verse Chorus
The original lead singer of Genesis was:
Peter Gabriel
Which musical element was a feature to the Philadelphia sound?
Strings
"Highway Star" is often cited as one of the songs most influential to the development of heavy metal in the 1970's and 80's
TRUE
A rejection of commercialism is an idea central to alternative rock
TRUE
AXL Rose is the singer for Guns n Roses
TRUE
An mp3 is a highly compressed format that can greatly reduce the size of a music file
TRUE
CGBG is the home of the New York Punk scene
TRUE
During the early years of hip hop there were no hip hop records, it was strictly to live affair that you had to experience in person
TRUE
Experts claim that digital sound of the CD is inferior to analog sound of records taped
TRUE
Heavy Metal develop of harder, more aggressive aspects of rock from the 60's and 70's
TRUE
In the early 1990's punk music entered mainstream
TRUE
Many country artists incorporated rock styles into their music in the early 2000's
TRUE
Most hip hop of the 1990's was extremely popular with the white suburban teenagers
TRUE
Most of the music that dominated the charts in the UK never made an impact in the US
TRUE
The Indie Rock movement embraced varied gender perspectives
TRUE
The Ronald Reagan administration used Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the USA" as a campaign song
TRUE
The most important rap label in the 1980's was Sugar Hill
TRUE
What was the first video to air on MTV?
"Video Killed the Radio Star"
Which group recorded an album in the house where Charles Manson and his followers committed several murders?
9 Inch Nails
Rush is an example of...
A progressive rock influenced band
The Heroes of 1990 Jam Bands were primarily the great band and who else?
Allman brothers
All true about Disco except...
An extension of the Hippie aesthetic
Classic rock radio succeeded because:
Appealed to people buying CD's
Who is the target of VH1?
Baby Boomers/Old people
That'll Be the Day
Buddy Holly. Contrasting Verse Chorus.
The anti-disco rally was held in what town?
Chicago
What was the main source of radio exposure for Indie Rock in the 90's?
College radio stations
Boy George was the lead singer for which group?
Culture Club
Which band is set as the earliest form or Heavy Metal?
Death Leopard
Beyonce was originally part of:
Destiny's Child
The Stooges and the MC5 were from:
Detroit
All of the following bands demonstrate a traditional style except:
Devo
Which New Wave band adopted futurist image from the 1950's Science Fiction?
Devo
Who of the following produced Eminem's album Slim Shady?
Dr. Drey
Which British group was the most successful of the "second British invasion?"
Duran Duran
Heartbreak Hotel
Elvis Presley. Simple Verse.
Who began his career in a 1970 freestyle rap competition in LA?
Eminem
Justin Timberlake was a member of which of the following bands?
NSYNC
All the following were on the hip hop label of Def Jam Records EXCEPT:
NWA
Nirvana _________ album launched an alternative rock movement in 1990.
Nevermind
The origins of Rap music developed where?
New York
Smells Like Teen Spirit
Nirvana. Simple Verse Chorus.
Don't Believe the Hype
Public Enemy. Simple Verse Chorus.
Prince's musical roots are in what style of music?
Punk
Freddie Mercury was the lead singer for which band?
Queen
Which band was lead by guitarist Peter Buck and vocalist Micheal Stipe?
REM
The Sugar Hill Gang became popular for recording which song?
Rappers Delight
What was the movement of feminist punk musician in the Pacific NorthWest called?
Riot Girl
Be My Baby
Ronettes. Contrasting Verse Chorus.
Anarchy in the UK
Sex Pistols. Modified Simple Verse.
Thank You
Sly and the Family Stone. Simple Verse Chorus.
Which bay area band mixed funk and psychedelia?
Sly and the Family Stones.
Which of the following groups was lead by singer/songwriter Billy Cory?
Smashing Pumpkins
TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia) served as theme music for what TV show?
Soul Train.
After his 21st birthday, this artist was given complete control over his records in Motown.
Stevie Wonder
All of the following are considered benefits of compact disc format EXCEPT:
Super sound quality of recordings
Baby Love
Supremes. Simple Verse.
"The Devil Went Down to Georgia" was a trademark song for which southern rock band?
The Charlie Daniels Band
All of the following are examples of "blaxploitation" films except what?
The Harder they Come
What designated Peter Frampton's "Frampton Comes Alive?" as a "big album"?
The album sold copies in the millions rather than the thousands.
Which event was viewed as a demonstration of the Sex Pistols' conning of the music business industry?
The band collected monetary advances from three record labels prior to releasing an album
Which elements of "Whole Lotta Love" demonstrate psychedelic characteristics?
The breakdown, spacey section with stereo effects
All of the following are examples of Jam Bands EXCEPT:
Third Eye Blind
All of the following are true about root rockers EXCEPT:
continued punk attitude on going against the status quo
All of the following represent stylistic elements of Dave Matthews EXCEPT:
country
How does Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the USA" demonstrate his image as a working class guy?
portrayed the decay of america's values
All of the following are considered early roots of heavy metal EXCEPT:
progressive rock use of synthesizers
A platinum album sells 500,000 copies
FALSE
Although Prince wrote and produced most of his records he rarely performed any instruments on them
FALSE
How does Boston's "More Than a Feeling" feature musical progressive rock touches?
It incorporates harmonized guitar parts and demonstrates classical music sensibility
Who was the first person to win American Idol?
Kelly Clarkson
Who of the following started their career as a rapper in the style of the early Beastie Boys?
Kid Rock
All of the following are critics of rap music EXCEPT:
Music industries worried about it outselling rock records
What group was of Detroit's new Rock Scene?
White Strips
All of the following are musical features of the Sex Pistols' "Anarchy in the UK" EXCEPT:
an elaborate guitar solo
All of the following are characteristics of the singer-songwriter movement EXCEPT:
arranging songs into elaborate concept albums
Stevie Nicks was a singer for which successful 1970's rock band?
Fleetwood Mac
For which of the following groups was Lindsey Buckingham a guitarist and vocalist?
Fleetwood Mac
Why is advertising on radio necessary to keep a radio station in business?
Advertising generates revenue because listeners tune in for free
Master of the Record was a nickname for:
Africa Bombasta
What is a place for country musicians besides Nashville?
Bakersfield, California.
Good Vibrations
Beach Boys. Contrasting Verse Chorus.
Ozzy Osbourne sang lead vocals for which British band?
Black Sabbath
Positively 4th Street
Bob Dylan. Simple Verse.
Bret Michaels was the singer for which group?
Boys In
Before He Cheats
Carrie Underwood. Compound AABA
2000 Solo vocalist in the duo...
Ceelo Green
Johnny B. Goode
Chuck Berry. Simple Verse Chorus.
Who of the following had several songs featured in the Good Will Hunting soundtrack and was nominated for an Academy Award?
Elliott Smith
East Coast rap in the 1980's and early 1990'2 depicted graphic angry themes known as gangster rap
FALSE
Faith no more and the Red Hot Chili Peppers grew out of the Seattle alternative scene
FALSE
From 1966 to 1969 artists sought to change the focus of rock music from the album to the single
FALSE
Head bangers ball was a show on MTV that played rap music
FALSE
MTV's initial market was white teenagers from the northeast
FALSE
New York was the only city in the united states to maintain a growing punk scene
FALSE
Phil Collins left Genesis in 1970. Peter Gabriel took over lead vocals
FALSE
Record companies determined the ideal length of a song to be short, around 2-3 mins
FALSE
The idea of blending country music and tock is an entirely new concept in the 1990's
FALSE
The rise of internet commerce had no effect on independent records stores
FALSE
The term southern rock came from musicians in the south used to identify their style of music
FALSE
notorious BIG was a prominent figure in the west coast faction of hip hop:
FALSE
What is the concept of pop up video?
Featured videos have little on screen facts about music and artists
Which Ice-T song sampled Curtis Mayfield's "Pusherman"?
I'm Your Pusher
Which band brought the 7 string guitar into a rock/rap style of music?
Korn
Which of the following led the band Nirvana as a singer/songwriter and guitarist?
Kurt Cobain
Santana's music is often referred to as:
Latin Rock
The Negative stereotypes of heavy metal fans include:
Laziness, vulgarity, and ignorance
Whole Lotta Love
Led Zeppelin. Compound AABA.
Which rap record was the first to hit #1 on the pop album chart?
License to III
All of the following are musical elements of "Take it Easy" EXCEPT:
Long, improvised electric guitar solos similar to blues rock
How is Phil Collins solo work a departure from the early music of Genesis?
Made short, radio friendly song arrangements
Which singer adopted the "boy toy" image early in her career?
Madonna
All of the following are possible reasons for the disco backlash except...
Mainstream acceptance of a new style of dance music
Initially, why were most videos on MTV mainstream rock?
Mainstream rock appealed to MTV's target audience of white teenagers from the Midwest.
Which Bangles' hit song was actually written by Prince?
Manic Monday
All of the following groups were involved in the New Metal style EXCEPT:
Maroon 5
Which of the following bands was successful under the name "Kara's Flowers?"
Maroon 5
The process of users creating their own videos and combinations of existing songs is called what?
Mashups
Basses Flea in part of which group?
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Which musical style was an initial influence for the Police?
Reggae
Def Jams Records was created by who?
Rick Rubin and Russell Simmons
Which Peter Gabriel song is a tribute to hokum blues?
Sledgehammer
A Day in a Life
The Beatles. Compound ABA.
David Byrne lead which new-wave band?
The Talking heads
Jimmy Page initially got his start with which group?
The Yardbirds
Which of the following groups from rocks past did not experience success in the 1990's?
The Yardbirds
What was the focus of Marvin Gaye's album "What's Going On?"
To confront social problems of black urban life.
What was the primary reason American record labels developed new-wave music?
To diminish the aggressive and dangerous images of punk
Why was Bon Jovi not considered heavy metal by some?
Too pop oriented, not hardcore enough
Mega death is an example of:
Trash metal/Speed metal
The Edge is a guitarist for which group?
U2
Brake spinning is a technique that involves:
Using catchy instruments that extended the music between two turntables
Amy Wardhall started which band?
Valent Underground
David Lee Roth was the lead singer for which of the following groups?
Van Halen
All of the following can be said about country music in the 2000's EXCEPT:
ignoring rock styles
Both Blood Swear and Tears and Chicago were musically known for:
incorporating jazz-rock horn sections
All of the following are characteristics of Becks Music EXCEPT:
jazz
