Musicology 120 Quiz 3
"Howl" was an early song written by Bob Dylan.
False
Bob Dylan wrote this song.
True
Island Records moved from Jamaica to London, England.
True
James Taylor recorded his first record on the Beatles' Apple Records.
True
Joan Baez had hit records before Bob Dylan.
True
John Doe and Exene Cervenka were a married couple.
True
Jonathan Richmam hung around with the Velvet Underground.
True
Kathleen Hannah, the lead singer of this band, would sometimes make the men go stand in the back at their shows.
True
Led Zeppelin broke the Beatles' box office record.
True
Alice Cooper bit the head off of a chicken on stage.
False
Alice Cooper was the first band to have action figures made in their image.
False
Bernie Taupin wrote the music for Elton John's songs.
False
Bob Dylan mentions Johnny Rotten in his song "Hey, Hey, My, My."
False
Bob Marley's song "Do the Reggae" is what gave the genre it's name.
False
CBGB stood for "Can't Beat Great Bands."
False
Def Jam Records only worked with white rappers like the Beastie Boys.
False
Dylan was sometimes referred to as the "spokesman of his generation." This makes sense because all he wrote in the 1960s were protest songs.
False
Kurt Cobain is the lead singer of this band.
False
Lead Belly was a straightforward country blues singer who became part of the People's Song Movement.
False
Like "Rapper's Delight," this song samples the beat from a disco song.
False
Lynyrd Skynyrd named themselves after a blues singer who inspired them, Leonard Skinner.
False
Peter Frampton said that it became easier to write songs after having a blockbuster album because the success inspired him so much.
False
Peter Paul and Mary were childhood friends who had played together since high school.
False
The Clash wrote their song "White Riot" as a white nationalist, racist anthem.
False
The Mellotron is a digital synthesizer that early rock bands used to create orchestral sounds.
False
The biggest early influence on Bob Dylan was Pete Seeger.
False
The center of the folk revival in the early 1960s was San Francisco, California.
False
The lead singer of this band was married to Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam.
False
This band is yet one more British post-punk band.
False
This is a cover of a Robert Johnson song.
False
This is the first important prog rock album.
False
This song is named after minimalist composers Terry Riley and Meher Baba.
False
When African-American singer Merry Clayton (who had sung on other rock songs) was asked to sing back-up on "Sweet Home Alabama," she refused because she thought the song was racist.
False
When Dylan plugged in and went electric at the Newport Folk Festival, everyone was super excited to have something different at the festival.
False
When Simon and Garfunkle's record producer added bass and drums to their previously released song "The Sound of Silence," everybody hated it.
False
While British bands such as Led Zeppelin and Cream influenced heavy metal, it was this American band that really defined the genre.
False
"Four on the floor" refers to the kick drum playing on all four beats of the measure.
True
"Rapture" is the first example of a white artist rapping on a hit song.
True
Aerosmith was an American band that took elements of heavy metal and crossed over to a larger mainstream audience.
True
Before striking out on their own, The Band had been Dylan's backing band.
True
Bob Dylan's song "Like A Rolling Stone" is listed by Rolling Stone magazine as their #1 song of all time.
True
Both this band and MC5 were from Michigan.
True
CBGB was in New York City.
True
Chrissie Hynde, the lead singer of this band, is American but moved to London to be part of the punk scene.
True
DJ Kool Herc was a Jamaican DJ living in the South Bronx.
True
David Bowie produced both Lou Reed and Iggy Pop's early solo albums.
True
Eddie Van Halen played the guitar solo in Michael Jackson's song "Beat It." This is true, so put true and you'll get credit for this one.
True
Fleetwood Mac has it's roots in the British Blues Revival.
True
Hardcore Punk often has anti-establishment lyrics.
True
In 1980, Rolling Stone Magazine declared heavy metal to be mainstream rock.
True
Like the punk band The Clash, the Police were heavily influenced by Reggae.
True
Malcolm McLaron formed the Sex Pistols from patrons of his store and managed the band. This is true. Put true and get credit for this question.
True
Many people connect Hip Hop to the African Griot tradition of storytelling and history keeping.
True
Neil Young sometimes played with Crosby, Stills and Nash.
True
One of the things that this song has in common with punk from the same time are political lyrics.
True
Patti Smith was a poet before she became a punk singer.
True
Sly and the Family Stone was a racially integrated band with both men and women in it.
True
Sub Pop, Nirvana's first record label, studied how Motown did things.
True
Take a listen to "Ronnie and Neal" from The Drive-By Truckers' Southern Rock Opera to hear them try to make sense of "Sweet Home Alabama." Put true to get credit.
True
The Highlander Folk School, which played a big role in bringing "We Shall Overcome" to the Civil Rights Movement, is in Tennessee.
True
The Mothership Connection tour utilized imagery from the mostly white genre of science fiction.
True
The Riot Grrl phenomenon largely grew out of Olympia, Washington.
True
The Who's "Tommy" is a rock opera
True
The fact that progressive rock is sometimes called art rock is related to it's use of classical music elements.
True
This band got it's start as part of the CBGB punk scene.
True
This band had two lead guitar players.
True
This band toured with The Clash.
True
This is a cover of a reggae song.
True
This is based on a song by Willie Dixon, whom they originally gave no credit.
True
This is the first Seattle band to be signed by a major label during the grunge era.
True
This song is an example of how prog rock influenced bands who didn't generally fit that category to produce songs with prog elements.
True
This song was originally a Who song.
True
Though this is an Eric Clapton song, Duane Allman came up with the main guitar riff.
True
When Gram Parsons joined the Byrds, it pushed their sound in more of a country direction.
True
While some rock bands are ultimately influenced by the disco sound, many rock artists of the 70s hated disco.
True
With their version of "Mr. Tambourine Man," the Byrds synthesized element of Dylan and the Beatles to help give birth to folk rock.
True
Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger played in a band together.
True
Woody Guthrie felt that Tin Pan Alley Pop wasn't for common people and didn't speak to their experience. In fact, he wrote "This Land Is Your Land" in direct response to Irving Berlin's "God Bless America" which he felt to be elitist. This is true. Put true and you'll get credit.
True
