History of Rock Quiz #4
Led Zeppelin I
"Babe I'm Gonna Leave You", popular by word of mouth, little airplay
Led Zeppelin II
#1 album in USA, beat Abbey Road, became known as a heavy metal band
"Nevermind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols"
1977, album by the Sex Pistols
"Ramones"
1st album by Ramones, did ok, very simple, influenced British punk
"I Wanna Be Your Dog"
1st punk prototype, the Stages
shock rock
Alice Cooper and KISS
"School's Out"
Alice Cooper single, big hit, silly song, kept adults out, Cooper fired the rest of the band
Live at Filmore East
Allman Bros. Band breakthrough record
Paranoid
Black Sabbath album, #1 in Britain and #12 in USA
"Paranoid"
Black Sabbath major hit, first heavy metal hit, their peak
"War Pigs" and "Iron Man"
Black Sabbath songs, example of Butler's toughts
Iggy Pop
Detroit, Baby Boomers, inspired by Velvet Underground, formed the band The Stages, later toured with David Bowie
"While My Guitar Gently Weeps"
Harrison ft. Clapton, White Album
Lynrd Skynyrd
Jacksonville FL, named after their gym teacher, a big band that was like a family
"Electric Ladyland"
Jimi Hendrix Experience, showed Jimi's genius, had a lot of unreleased work
"All Along the Watchtower"
Jimi Hendrix Experience, structured in 4 parts, cover of Bob Dylan
"Rock n Roll All Nite" and "Detroit Rock City"
KISS
Paul Stanley
KISS, guitar and singer, wrote songs
"Whole Lotta Love"
Led Zeppelin, based off of "You Need Loving" by Willie Dixon
"Happiness is a Warm Gun"
Lennon, White Album
"Sweet Home Alabama"
Lynrd Skynyrd
Black Sabbath disband
Ozzy becomes unreliable, kicked out, they reunite occasionally
KISS later on
Peter and Ace left (drugs), got new members, took off makeup
Led Zeppelin end
Plant's son dies (puts on hiatus) then Bottom dies, ends the band
"Beat on the Brat" and "Judy is a Punk"
Ramones songs
"God Save the Queen"
Sex Pistols
The Big British Five: helped define rock in America
The Beatles, Rolling Stone, The Who, Led Zeppelin, and Black Sabbath
White Album
The Beatles, showed member individualism, no longer wanted to be a band, Yoko and Lennon, showcased 70's rock
"I'm So Bored with the USA"
The Clash
"London Calling"
The Clash, double album, musical evolution
Velvet Underground
band founded by Andy Warhol, played at his art shows "Exploding Plastic Inevitable"
Wicked Lester
band originally formed by Simmons and Stanley
Vanilla Fudge
band that outsold everything, heavy rock was becoming mainstream, motown sound with rock style, "You Keep Me Hanging On"
John Paul John
bass, keyboard, arranging for Led Zeppelin
Terry "Geezer" Butler
bass/lyrics for Black Sabbath, had lyrics focus on war, drug addiction, insanity, etc
KISS
became successful in Detroit, stage makeup, first band to take merchandise to the next level
"Walk in the Wild Side"
big solo hit by Lou Reed
Led Zeppelin contract
biggest bonus ever, Atlantic Records, artistic control
"Ramblin' Man"
biggest radio hit for Allman Bros. Band
"Please Kill Me"
book following punk history and musicians
Yardbirds
breaking up, Jimmy Page held onto the name to try and continue the band
"Dazed and Confused"
by Led Zeppelin, was "stolen", Page used a violin bow for his guitar
Led Zeppelin IV
cover took 6 months to do, became one of the best selling records of all time, had "Stairway to Heaven"
Led Zeppelin
created a new business model for rock, less TV, more arena, considered a hype, an underground band, press hated them
Bill Ward
drums for Black Sabbath
John Bonham
drums for Led Zeppelin
Black Sabbath
from Biringham, England (industrial, working class), originally named Earth with Cream-esque styled blues, influential with getting people to play guitar
Ramones
from Queens, stereotypical 60's, "who cares" style of music, short melodic fast-paced songs, went back to golden age of rock, didn't focus on social injustice
Ramones in UK
got attention and taught many how to play the guitar
Tony Iommi
guitar for Black Sabbath, lost tips of his fingers
Jimmy Page
guitar for Led Zeppelin
Alice Cooper
hippie/androgynous look, Las Vegas-esque, stage show, horror movies, chicken incident
Sex Pistols
imitated punk, corporate rock, class society, British, first punk movement in England
Lou Reed
lyrics/writer/guitar/singer for Velvet Underground, talk-sing style, captured NYC sound, later went solo
Peter Grant
manager for Led Zeppelin, brains behind band, basically 5th manager, also Yardbirds manager
Malcolm Maclaren
manager of Sex Pistols, got in trouble for the Grundy incident
Allman Bros. Band
one of best live band with long tracks, fused lots of different genres (blues, R&B, jazz), branded as southern rock, Jacksonville FL
Gene Simmons
originally Chiam Wiatz, bass, KISS
Lynrd Skynyrd disband
plane crash, 2 members (one being their leader) died
Talking Heads, Blondie, Ramones
played at CBGB's
Iron Butterfly
recorded "In a Gudda La Vida", Atlantic-Company Rock, signed by Atlantic Records
Album Black Sabbath
released on Friday 13, popular by word of mouth, negative reviews
punk
rock and roll mixed with heavy metal, anti-establishment, no unity between bands
The Clash
signed to CBS, punk, political experiment
Vincent Furnier
singer of Alice Cooper, later named himself Alice Cooper, makeup inspired by camp horror
"Should I Stay or Should I Go?", "Rock the Cabash", and "Know your Rights"
songs by The Clash
"I'm Waitin' For The Man", "Venus in Furs", and "Heroine"
songs by Velvet Underground
CBGB's
stands for country blue grass blues, music for junkies/prostitutes, lower Manhattan dive bar, had bands play
New Yardbirds
tried playing Yardbird music but didn't work so made a new sound
John Ozzy Osbourne
vocals for Black Sabbath, swept in Beatles Mania
Robert Plant
vocals for Led Zeppelin
KISS fans
were gaining younger fans, popularity was difficult to maintain
Black Sabbath music
wrote scary music, inspired by new horror movies, set a standard for "hard" rock/heavy metal