70s rock and roll!
Linda Ronstadt
"Queen of the Cover Versions." Band was the Stone ponies. She recorded a lot of covers, obviously.
CBGB
(Country, Bluegrass, and Blues) music club at 315 Bowery at Bleecker Street in the borough of Manhattan in New York City. Founded by Hilly Kristal in 1973, it was originally intended to feature its namesake musical styles, but became a forum for American punk and New Wave bands like Ramones, Misfits, Television, the Patti Smith Group, Blondie, and the Talking Heads
Frank Zappa
(and the Mothers of Invention) American composer, singer-songwriter, electric guitarist, recording engineer, record producer and film director. In a career spanning more than 30 years, he wrote rock, jazz, orchestral and musique concrète works. He also directed feature-length films and music videos, and designed album covers. Produced almost all of the more than 60 albums he released with the band The Mothers of Invention and as a solo artist. While in his teens, he acquired a taste for percussion-based avant-garde composers such as Edgard Varèse and 1950s rhythm and blues music. He began writing classical music in high school, while at the same time playing drums in rhythm and blues bands; he later switched to electric guitar.
Elvis Costello
(born Declan Patrick MacManus) British singer-songwriter. Came to prominence as an early participant in London's pub rock scene in the mid-1970s and later became associated with the punk/New Wave genre. Steeped in word play, the vocabulary of his lyrics is broader than that of most popular songs. His music has drawn on many diverse genres; one critic described him as a "pop encyclopaedia", able to "reinvent the past in his own image"
Progressive rock
(prog rock or prog) subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of "a mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." Bands pushed "rock's technical and compositional boundaries" "...explored extended musical structures which involved intricate instrumental patterns and textures and often esoteric subject matter." Additionally, the arrangements often incorporated elements drawn from classical, jazz, and later world music. Instrumentals were common, while songs with lyrics were sometimes conceptual, abstract, or based in fantasy. Progressive rock bands sometimes used "concept albums that made unified statements, usually telling an epic story or tackling a grand overarching theme."
Frampton Comes Alive!
A double live album by English rock musician Peter Frampton released in 1976, and one of the best-selling live albums in the United States. Following four solo albums with little commercial success, album was a breakthrough for the artist.
Ziggy Stardust
A futuristic, alien persona adopted by David Bowie
Tapestry
Album by Carole King, released in 1971 on Ode Records. Over 25 million copies sold worldwide[1] In the U.S., it has been certified diamond by the RIAA. Received four Grammy Awards in 1972, including Album of the Year. In 2003, this album was ranked number 36 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.
A.O.R. (Corporate Rock)
Album oriented rock. Sticking to a formula with a specific image in mind.
Al Green
American gospel and soul music singer, peak of his popularity in the 1970s, with hit singles: "I'm Still In Love With You" "Let's Stay Together". The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducted him in 1995, referring to him as "one of the most gifted purveyors of soul music." Sold more than 20 million records.
Bob Seger
American rock and roll singer-songwriter, guitarist and pianist, put together The Silver Bullet Band, an evolving group of Detroit-area musicians, with whom he became most successful. In 1976, he achieved a national breakout with the album Night Moves.
The Eagles
American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1971 by Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Bernie Leadon, and Randy Meisner. One of the most successful musical acts of the 1970s. Band was ranked #75 on the magazine's 2004 list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. HOTEL CALIFORNIA about being in hell.
George Clinton
American singer, songwriter, bandleader, and music producer and the principal architect of P-Funk. Mastermind of the bands Parliament and Funkadelic during the 1970s and early 1980s, and launched a solo career in 1981. He has been cited as one of the foremost innovators of funk music, along with James Brown and Sly Stone. Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997 with fifteen other members of Parliament-Funkadelic WOO!
Iggy Pop
American singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. Considered an innovator of punk rock, vocalist of influential protopunk band The Stooges. Known since the late 1960s for his outrageous and unpredictable stage antics.
Paul McCartney & Wings
Arguably the most successful member of the band post-Beatles. Band Wings was a British-American rock group formed in 1971 by him, his wife Linda, and Denny Laine
George Harrison
Before The Beatles split up in 1970, he had already recorded and released two solo, mainly instrumental albums. Wonderwall Music was a soundtrack to the Wonderwall film in which Harrison blended Indian and Western sounds; while Electronic Sound was an experiment in using a Moog synthesizer. After years of being restricted in his song-writing contributions to the Beatles, All Things Must Pass contained such a large outpouring of his songs that it was released as a triple album
Alice Cooper
Born Vincent David Furnier. His career spans more than four decades. With a stage show that features guillotines, electric chairs, fake blood, boa constrictors, and baby dolls, he has drawn equally from horror movies, vaudeville, and garage rock to pioneer a grandly theatrical and violent brand of heavy metal designed to shock
Fleetwood Mac
British-American rock band formed in 1967 in London. Eponymous drummer, Mick Fleetwood. Epitomized 70s success, but lots of drug use
Bee Gees
Comprised of brothers Maurice, Andy, and Barry Gibb. Wrote all their own hits, big deal in disco. Essential in the creation of the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack, wrote the songs.
David Bowie
Contradictory imagery and an avant-garde statement in music. He studied pantomime, almost became a Buddhist monk. His alternate personality, Ziggy Stardust, started the glitter-glam movement. Movie: "Man Who Fell From Space." Retired from music, and came back later completely plain.
Neil Young (and Crazy Horse)
Crazy horse = Backup group, joins Crosby etc. after quitting Buffalo Springfield. A very enigmatic and versatile performer who changed musical styles frequently. Widely regarded as one of the most influential musicians of his time.
Crosby, Stills, & Nash
Crosby of the Birds, Stills of Buffalo Springfield, and Nash of the Hollys. Formed their own band, launching career at Woodstock without any rehearsal.
Pink Floyd
DARK SIDE OF THE MOON. English rock band that achieved international success with their progressive and psychedelic rock music marked by the use of philosophical lyrics, sonic experimentation, and elaborate live shows. One of the most commercially successful and influential rock groups in the history of pop music, sold over 200 million albums. In 1996 they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Boston
Debut album by eponymous band. Peaked at #3 on the Billboard 200 and is the second best-selling debut album of all-time in the United States.
Dark Side of the Moon
Eighth studio album by English progressive rock band Pink Floyd, released in March 1973. Themes include conflict, greed, the passage of time and mental illness, the latter partly inspired by Barrett's deteriorating mental state. Really big deal.
Grateful Dead
Emphasis on live shows, 1st Western band to give a concert in Egypt. Heavy drug use when creating music. Concerts were an event, revolutionary sound with their speaker banks. Fans called Deadheads.
Bernie Taupin
English lyricist, poet, and singer, best known for his long-term collaboration with Elton John, writing the lyrics for the majority of the star's songs, making his lyrics some of the best known in pop-rock's history. In 1967, he answered an advertisement in England's music paper New Musical Express that was seeking new songwriters. Around the same time Elton John submitted samples of his work to the paper, and the pair were brought together, collaborating on many projects since
The Clash
English punk rock band that formed in 1976 as part of the original wave of British punk. Along with punk, their music incorporated elements of reggae, ska, dub, funk, rap, dance, and rockabilly. For most of their recording career, the Clash consisted of Joe Strummer (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Mick Jones (lead guitar, vocals), Paul Simonon (bass guitar, vocals) and Nicky "Topper" Headon (drums, percussion). Achieved commercial success in the United Kingdom with the release of their debut album, The Clash, in 1977. Their third album, London Calling, released in the UK in December 1979, brought them popularity in the United States when it came out there the following month. Critically acclaimed, it was declared the best album of the 1980s a decade later by Rolling Stone magazine
Carole King
Essentially two separate musical careers. She and former husband Gerry Goffin wrote more than two dozen chart hits for numerous artists during the 1960s, many of which have become standards. Later decided to sing herself, and her Tapestry album topped the U.S. album chart for 15 weeks in 1971, and remained on the charts for more than six years.
Deadhead
Fans of the Grateful Dead. Many were crazy roadies who drove around the country just to see the band perform all the time, like that was their life.
Southern Fried Rock
Featured a rock and roll beat with a "good ole Southern boy attitude"
Rod Stewart (and Faces)
Fencemaker, gravedigger, apprenticed for soccer, turned to singing. Faces was his first band. Ladies man, always sang about women and his bad boy escapades. Embodied a decadent lifestyle. 2nd only behind Elton John for record sales.
The Ramones
Formed in the NYC neighborhood of Forest Hills, Queens, in 1974. Often cited as the first punk rock group. Limited commercial success but a major influence on the punk rock movement both in the US and the UK. All band members adopted pseudonyms ending with the surname "Ramone", though none of them were related. They performed 2,263 concerts, touring virtually nonstop for 22 years.
Queen
Freddie Mercury (also a god) is lead singer. Band members had respectable careers (astronomer, dentist) that they gave up for music. Over-amplified sound that appealed to headbangers. Bohemian Rhapsody "if you like it, then it is real". Mercury died from AIDS, he was openly gay.
KISS
Gene Simmons has the crazy tongue, and a tv show. Band is well known for its members' face paint and flamboyant stage outfits, the group rose to prominence in the mid to late 1970s on the basis of their elaborate live performances, which featured fire breathing, blood spitting, smoking guitars, shooting rockets, levitating drum kits and pyrotechnics. They took the personas of comic book characters and were highly merchandised.
Allman Bros
Greg and Duane. Country and gospel with a jam-oriented style. Duane was a great guitarist. They performed for live audiences so songs were too long for AM radio. Duane died in a motor accident and bassist Barry Oakley died in a motorcycle accident.
Blondie
Lead singer Debbie Harry, who was a former playboy bunny and rocked signature blonde hair.
Jerry Garcia
Main dude basically for the Grateful Dead. Beast guitarist, played steel guitar for Crosby Stills Nash & Young album "Deja Vu". Lots of drugs made him age really quickly.
Malcolm McClaren
Manager of the Sex Pistols and the New York Dolls
Rolling Stones
Mick Jagger is still lead singer. Became the premier band of RnR. Had a mishap at their free concert when the Hells Angels were drunken security, someone was stabbed to death. Had a concert made into a movie, "Gimme Shelter." Appeared in drag on their Some Girls album, a best seller. Mick Jagger became more girly in his stage persona.
Reggae
Music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. While sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to most types of Jamaican music, the term more properly denotes a particular music style that originated following on the development of ska and rocksteady. Most easily recognized by the rhythmic accents on the off-beat, usually played by guitar or piano (or both), known as the skank.
Funk
Name comes from the black term for the smell of sex. Just funky music haha.
Grandfather of Punk
Name for Iggy Pop
The Boss
Nickname for Bruce Springsteen
Queen of Disco
Nickname for Donna Summer
Captain Fantastic
Nickname for Elton John
Slowhand
Nickname for Eric Clapton
Dr. Funkenstein
Nickname for George Clinton of the band Parliament-Funkadelic
Queen of the Cover Versions
Nickname for Linda Ronstadt
High Priestess of Punk
Nickname for Patti Smith
Gonzo
Nickname for Ted Nugent
Paul Simon
Of Simon&Garfunkel, who split in 1970. He went on to have a solo music career. First attempt at reggae by a white musician, three successful solo albums.
Chicago
Originally CTA - Chicago Transit Authority. Big on jazz rock, but middle of the road jazz rock in comparison to Blood Sweat & Tears. Terri Cath shot himself accidentally in head and group was never the same.
The Who
Pete Townsend (guitar, keyboards and vocals) and Roger Daltry (lead vocals, harmonica and guitar). Re-emerged in 1972 with their 120dB concerts. Pioneered the RnR lifestyle of the 70s, and Keith Moon (drummer) overdoses in 1978.
Heavy Metal
Pioneered by The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, and Deep Purple. A thick, massive sound, characterized by highly amplified distortion, extended guitar solos, emphatic beats, and overall loudness. Heavy metal lyrics and performance styles are generally associated with masculinity (pretty much the best genre of music)
Studio 54
Popular and world renowned nightclub from 1977 until 1981 when it was sold by founders and creators Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager. Rampant drug use, illegal and sexual activities with exclusive guest lists.
Donna Summer
Queen of Disco. Got her start in a European production of Hair. Divorced her white husband, kept his last name and went on to have a very successful disco music career. Had that awkward song where all she did was moan sexually for like 16 minutes "Love to Love You, Babe"
John Lennon (Yoko Ono)
Recorded with his love, Yoko Ono. Released an album 2 days after the Beatles officially split. Changed his middle name to Ono in support of the feminist movement.
Eric Clapton
Rock guitarist, "slowhand". Wrote the classic 70s song Laela, about Patty Harrison, his love and the wife of his best friend George Harrison.
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Ronnie Van Zandt is lead singer. From Jacksonville Florida, the party band had 3 lead guitarists. Got their name from junior high school teacher. Song Freebird was a tribute to Duane Allman. Lead singer and guitarist died in a plane crash. Most commercially successful of the Southern Fried Rock.
Sex Pistols
Sid Vicious and Johnny Rotten. English punk rock band that formed in London in 1975. They were responsible for initiating the punk movement in the United Kingdom and inspiring many later punk and alternative rock musicians. Although their initial career lasted just two-and-a-half years and produced only four singles and one studio album, Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols, they are regarded as one of the most influential acts in the history of popular music.
Led Zeppelin
Singer Robert Plant and guitarist Jimmy Page. Also bassist John Paul Jones and drummer John Bonham that everyone forgets about. From England and formed as the New Yardbirds, name came from being called a failure. Heavy, experimental, and genius music that many regard as influential in the 70s as the Beatles were in the 60s. Kaitlin's favorite band.
"Sex, drugs, and rock and roll"
Song by Ian Dury. Often misinterpreted, but the intent was to emphasize how there is more to life than working 9-5. Not intended to be a punk anthem.
"Tommy"
The first rock opera, courtesy of the Who. A feature length Hollywood movie with a famous cast, including Elton John and Tina Turner. About the pinball champion.
"Swan" Records
The record label formed by Led Zeppelin
"Apple" Records
The record label formed by the Beatles
Elton John
Total hit factory, had 23 hit records with 15 top 10 and 10 #1. Attended piano school at age 9, very genuine musically talented. Rocket Man and Captain Fantastic nicknames.
Barry White
Two-time Grammy Award-winner known for his distinctive bass voice and romantic image, his greatest success came in the 1970s as a solo singer and with the Love Unlimited Orchestra, crafting many enduring soul, funk, and disco songs such as his two biggest hits, "You're the First, the Last, My Everything" and "Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe."
Skiffle Music
Type of popular music with jazz, blues, folk, and roots influences, usually using homemade or improvised instruments. Revived in the UK in the 50s.
James Taylor
Wrote songs as therapy. Achieved his major breakthrough in 1970 with the #3 single "Fire and Rain" and had his first #1 hit the following year with "You've Got a Friend", a recording of Carole King's classic song
Bob Marley (and the Wailers)
a Jamaican singer-songwriter and musician. He was the rhythm guitarist and lead singer for the ska, rocksteady and reggae band Bob Marley & The Wailers (1963-1981). Marley remains the most widely known and revered performer of reggae music, and is credited with helping spread both Jamaican music and the Rastafari movement to a worldwide audience
The Pretenders
an English-American rock band formed in Hereford, England in March 1978. Band former and main songwriter is Chrissie Hynde (lead vocals, rhythm guitar). The band has experienced drug-related deaths of the members.
Mosh pit
basically a pit where participants push or slam into each other. Most associated with "aggressive" music genres, such as hardcore punk, rock and heavy metal
California Sound
breezy, pop-country. Like the Eagles.
Disco *sucks*
genre of dance music. Popularity peaked during the late 1970s, initial audiences of club-goers from the African American, Latino, gay, and psychedelic communities in New York City and Philadelphia. A reaction against both the domination of rock music and the stigmatization of dance music by the counterculture during this period
Rock Theatre
musical theatre with rock music, or maybe theatrical rock music
Bruce Springsteen
nicknamed "The Boss," American singer-songwriter-performer who records and tours with the E Street Band. Widely known for his brand of heartland rock, poetic lyrics, and Americana sentiments centered on his native New Jersey. Very energetic performer, even to this day.
Punk rock
rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the US, UK, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock. Bands created fast, hard-edged music, typically with short songs, stripped-down instrumentation, and often political, anti-establishment lyrics.
Jackson Browne
sold over 17 million records in the US alone. Written and recorded many notable songs.
Glitter-glam
style of rock and pop music that developed in the United Kingdom in the early 1970s, which was performed by singers and musicians who wore outrageous clothes, makeup and hairstyles, particularly platform-soled boots and glitter. The flamboyant costumes and visual styles of glam performers were often camp or androgynous, and have been connected with new views of gender roles
New wave
subgenre of rock music that emerged in the mid to late 1970s alongside punk rock. The term at first generally was synonymous with punk rock before being considered a genre in its own right that incorporated aspects of electronic and experimental music, mod subculture, disco and 1960s pop music. displays characteristics common to pop music, rather than the more "arty" post-punk