MUSC 1035 Final

In the context of FM radio, AOR stands for:

album-oriented rock.

The band Uncle Tupelo is most often associated with which style?

alt-country

What was the name of the band led by sisters Ann and Nancy Wilson?

Heart

The music video for which song depicted Cyndi Lauper rebelling against her parents?

"Girls Just Want to Have Fun"

MTV debuted on August 1, 1981, with which music video?

"Video Killed the Radio Star" by the Buggles

Run-DMC collaborated with members of what band on "Walk This Way"?

Aerosmith

The Zulu Nation was founded by this DJ.

Afrika Bambaataa

Which of the following bands was originally signed to Columbia Records as a heavy metal group?

Alice in Chains

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

Iggy Pop

All of the following bands were from Seattle EXCEPT

Alice in Chains. Soundgarden. Pearl Jam. NOT Chilli Peppers

The Velvet Underground was associated with which American artist in the 1960s?

Andy Warhol

R.E.M. formed in what college town?

Athens, Georgia

This is the name of the record label founded by Sean Combs, known at the time as Puff Daddy.

Bad Boy

Which is true of mainstream rock in the late 1970s?

Bands blended and consolidated the rock styles of the early 1970s. Major corporations invested in rock radio and record labels. Venues for rock concerts became larger.

Ronnie James Dio took over lead vocals of this British band after the departure of Ozzy Osborne.

Black Sabbath

Debbie Harry was the lead singer of

Blondie.

AC/DC was strongly influenced by

British blues rock.

The group Oasis is most closely associated with which style?

Britpop

The E Street Band backed which musician?

Bruce Springsteen

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

CBGB

Which of the following was NOT an indie rock label active during the 1990s?

CMJ

Boy George was part of which group that received exposure on MTV in the 1980s?

Culture Club

What was the most prominent record label producing hip-hop on the West Coast?

Death Row

All of the following bands emerged from the Los Angeles heavy metal scene EXCEPT

Def Leppard

This English band was led by singer, songwriter, and guitarist Mark Knopfler.

Dire Straits

Which of the following artists was part of the "second British invasion" on MTV?

Duran Duran

Which progressive rock group combined rock band instruments with strings?

ELO

All of the following can be associated with the lo-fi movement EXCEPT

Elliott Smith. Guided by Voices. Pavement. NOT Green Day

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

Elvis Costello

Dookie was the first commercially successful album for what group led by Billie Joe Amrstrong?

Green Day

This group was known for its use of the seven-string electric guitar.

Korn

A track from this group's 1989 album Straight Outta Compton led to a warning letter from the FBI.

N.W.A

This group led by Jeff Magnum recorded In the Aeroplane over the Sea, one of the most critically acclaimed indie records of the 1990s.

Neutral Milk Hotel

This was the 1991 album that launched Nirvana to fame.

Nevermind

Rap music and hip-hop culture have their origins in what city?

New York

In the studio, Trent Reznor records and performs all of the parts for this group.

Nine Inch Nails

Guitarist Dave Grohl was a member of which two groups?

Nirvana and Foo Fighters

Kurt Cobain was the lead singer of

Nirvana.

Which of the following bands was part of the ska revival in the 1990s?

No Doubt

This punk rocker started as a poet before turning to music.

Patti Smith

Which of the following bands engaged in a legal battle with Ticketmaster?

Pearl Jam

After Peter Gabriel left Genesis, the band's lead vocals were performed by

Phil Collins.

Hall and Oates were heavily influenced by the soul tradition of what city?

Philadelphia

All of the following groups are considered jam bands

Phish. Widespread Panic. Blues Traveler.

All of the following musicians were heard on the album Thriller EXCEPT

Prince.

Prince's "1999" was produced by

Prince.

What was the group led by Chuck D and Flavor Flav?

Public Enemy

Which of the following statements is true of punk music in the 1970s?

Punk was based on a "do-it-yourself" aesthetic.

Led by Freddie Mercury and Brian May, this band combined elements of progressive rock and glam rock.

Queen

Which of the following artists did NOT release a major hit album during the late 1970s?

Ramones

Rap-rock group Limp Bizkit worked with this producer, who also produced the Run-DMC records that brought rock and rap together.

Rick Rubin

Who founded Def Jam Records?

Russell Simmons and Rick Rubin

Which of the following singer-songwriters was an organizer of the festival Lilith Fair?

Sarah McLachlan

Before releasing several successful albums beginning with Tuesday Night Music Club, this singer worked as a backing vocalist.

Sheryl Crow

Guitarist and singer-songwriter Billy Corgan led this Chicago-based band that blended elements of progressive rock, psychedelia, and heavy metal.

Smashing Pumpkins

Who was the second rapper featured on Dr. Dre's "Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang"?

Snoop Doggy Dogg

This band can be viewed as part of New York's noise rock scene and the "no wave" movement.

Sonic Youth

This is the label that released "Rappers Delight," often cited as the first hip-hop single, in 1979.

Sugar Hill Records

What is the primary instrument in the backing track of Madonna's "Like a Virgin"?

Synthesizer

Lou Pearlman managed which two vocal groups?

The Backstreet Boys and *NSYNC

In 1995, the single "Free as a Bird" was released in conjunction with a documentary about what band?

The Beatles

Which British punk band was known for taking a political stance in their songs?

The Clash

What's the name of the trio featuring Wyclef Jean, Pras Michel, and Lauryn Hill?

The Fugees

This is the duo made up of singer-songwriters Amy Ray and Emily Saliers.

The Indigo Girls

A Boston-based indie band featuring guitarist Frank Black and bassist Kim Deal

The Pixies

Which of the following punk bands was part of the New York scene?

The Ramones

Liz Phair's album Exile in Guyville is a response to an album by

The Rolling Stones.

In 1977, this band released the controversial song "God Save the Queen," the cover of which depicted the Queen with a safety pin through her face.

The Sex Pistols

Malcolm McLaren managed which band?

The Sex Pistols

This British indie band featuring vocalist Morrissey became widely popular in England, but was heard mainly on college radio in the United States.

The Smiths

Tom Petty was part of what supergroup that also included George Harrison and Bob Dylan?

The Traveling Wilburys

Which American group influenced the international rise of punk?

The Velvet Underground

This band was led by Bob Dylan's son, Jakob Dylan.

The Wallflowers

This group released the iconic noise-rock albums Painful and I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One

Yo La Tengo

Purple Rain was

a film and accompanying soundtrack released by Prince.

American record companies were initially hesitant to produce videos for MTV because

cable television was not widely available in the United States in the early 1980s.

Radio consultant Fred Jacobs helped to create which format in the 1980s?

classic rock

The role of the MC in early hip-hop was to

comment on the music and talk to partygoers.

What recording technology was first introduced in 1980?

compact discs

Boston's "More Than a Feeling" and Foreigner's "Feels Like the First Time" are both based on what song form?

compound AABA

After their success in the 1980s, the band U2

continued to perform and remained an important band.

In the 1980s, the Rolling Stones

continued to produce hit albums.

Huey Lewis and the News

created music with an easy, wholesome sound.

In the 1980s, some older progressive rock bands including Yes remained successful by

creating more accessible and radio-friendly songs.

A court ruling against rapper Biz Markie in 1991 set a precedent requiring hip-hop producers to

obtain permission to use sampled sources.

Industrial rock

often blended electronic sources with live performance.

Lo-fi recordings

often had an amateur quality.

Marilyn Manson

produced albums that included vulgar and satanic content.

The bands Kansas and Styx helped to revive what style of rock music in the late 1970s?

progressive rock

The "new traditionalists" used elements of earlier rock music in order to

return rock to what they saw as its core aesthetic values.

A technique popularized by Grandmaster Flash in which the record is quickly rotated in the reverse direction and then forward to create a rhythm is called

scratching.

For an album to receive a "Platinum" award from the Record Industry Association of America (RIAA), it must

sell one million copies.

Sheryl Crow's "All I Wanna Do" is in what form?

simple verse-chorus, with pre-chorus

Metallica embraced what type of heavy metal, characterized by fast tempos and blazing guitar passages?

speed metal

The Go-Go's were

the first successful all-female new wave band.

Heavy metal developed out of musical communities based in

England and Los Angeles.

This ex-Yardbird and Cream guitarist released the hit album Unplugged in 1992.

Eric Clapton

This band released "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)," a number-one hit that was accompanied by a surreal music video.

Eurythmics

This hardcore band is perhaps best known for an infamous Saturday Night Live performance in 1981.

Fear

This band's album Rumours spent 31 weeks at number one on the Billboard charts in 1977, making it one of the most successful albums of the era.

Fleetwood Mac

Ice-T was most closely associated with what style of rap?

Gangsta

The group Wham! included what singer who later had success as a solo artist?

George Michael

All of the following are true about hardcore music EXCEPT that

It developed from 1970s punk. it was typically loud, fast, and aggressive. it was rooted in the DIY aesthetic. IT DID NOT quickly became mainstream and appeared on national pop charts.

Which of the following is NOT true of new wave music?

It remained an underground style that was only popular regionally.

Which of the following statements is true of college rock?

It was an outgrowth of hardcore.

This artist released singles and albums while regularly appearing on television series including Good Times, Diff'rent Strokes, and Fame.

Janet Jackson

The album American Fool established which artist, known for a homespun, midwestern image?

John Mellencamp

This band was formed by musicians who had earlier performed with Santana, the Steve Miller Band, and Frank Zappa.

Journey

All of the following artists or groups recorded for the indie label Merge Records EXCEPT

Live.

The hardcore band Black Flag was based in what city?

Los Angeles

This was the North Carolina-based indie label founded by members of the group Superchunk.

Merge

With whom does Queen Latifah share rapping duties on "Ladies First"?

Monie Love

Before he became a solo pop star, Michael Jackson recorded with the Jackson 5 for what record label?

Motown

Boyz II Men signed with which label?

Motown

This singer-songwriter was a piano prodigy trained at the Peabody Conservatory.

Tori Amos

The lyrics of Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the U.S.A." depict a

Vietnam veteran.

Bad Brains, Teen Idles, and Minor Threat were all part of what city's hardcore scene?

Washington, D.C.

This group's Top 40 hit "Buddy Holly" combines slang associated with hip-hop and 1950s references

Weezer

Dinosaur Jr. was from what important regional center of indie rock?

Western Massachusetts

Ryan Adams and Caitlin Cary were in what alt-country group?

Whiskeytown

Paul McCartney of the Beatles formed what new band in the 1970s?

Wings

Righteous Babe was

a record label founded by Ani DiFranco

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

a severe economic recession.

H.O.R.D.E. was

a summer tour featuring several jam bands.

Yngwie Malmsteen is best known as

a virtuoso metal guitarist.

Rapper Eminem

as discovered by Dr. Dre

Michael Bolton can be most closely associated with what style of music?

blue-eyed soul

Lifehouse and Creed

both produced alternative rock songs alluding to Christian theology.

Larry Levan established himself as a

dance DJ in New York.

Before she became a singer, Madonna was a professional

dancer.

VH-1

developed programming about the history of rock music.

The Chemical Brothers and Moby both released important albums in what style or genre in the 1990s?

electronic dance music

Nirvana and Pearl Jam represented what style of rock initially based in Seattle?

grunge

The groups Poison, Warrant, Winger, Skid Row, and others that wore costumes and teased hair onstage were referred to as

hair bands.

The Wayne's World movies and the cartoon series Beavis and Butthead depicted stereotypes of

heavy metal fans.

The playful allusions to sexuality in the lyrics of Peter Gabriel's "Sledgehammer" evoke what earlier musical style?

hokum blues

What style of electronic dance music developed in Chicago?

house

Beck

included varied stylistic influences in his records.

Rage Against the Machine

incorporated rapped vocals into a hard rock context.

The Police

incorporated reggae influences into their early style.

Minnesota-based hardcore was distinctive from that of other scenes because

it was more accessible and melodic.

Radiohead's album In Rainbows was significant because

it was offered online on a pay-as-you-wish basis.

All of the following statements are true of jam bands in the 1990s

jam bands were inspired by the Grateful Dead and the Allman Brothers. jam bands incorporated long, improvised sections into their music. many jam bands allowed fans to record and trade live performances.

MTV's original audience consisted mainly of

midwestern teenagers.

The band Devo is most often associated with what musical style?

new wave

All of the following are true of the Beastie Boys

they were originally part of the New York hardcore scene. they were a popular group comprised of white rappers. they were one of the first bands to use digital sampling technology. NOT PRODUCED by sugar hill records

Christina Aguilera

topped the Latin music charts in 2000.

The band Talking Heads

was led by songwriter David Byrne.