Rock Music Exam 2

Cheap Trick

-Beatles-esque sounding songs -pretty boy band with 2 ugly guys -great live albums

Smoke on the Water

-Deep Purple -band watched casino in Switzerland burn down because of Frank Zappa concert

Jon Bonham

-Led Zepplin drummer -drank himself to death (40 shots of vodka) -ended Led Zepplin

Living Colour

-all black members -slow, back on beat

Deep Purple

-art rock turned blues

Iron Maiden

-black sabbath-esque subjects

Blues Rock

-blues revival of late 1960's -started when Jimi Hendrix went to England -more aggressive style (heavier guitar, hard)

Black Sabbath

-british blues band -started by Ozzy Osbourne after he saw people lined up for a horror movie called "Black Sabbath" -sinister sounding music (tritone)

Mayhem

-burned down old Norwegian wooden churches -singer killed himself -bassist killed guitarist

Led Zeppelin

-came out of 60's blues revival -heavy sound because of latest technology -accused of stealing old blues songs -critics hated them

Country Rock

-country perceived as parent music during 60's -some british bands did country songs -steel pedal guitar+beat+singing=country

Diamond Head

-covered by Metallica

Gram Parsons

-dies of drug overdose in Joshua Tree

Slayer

-extremely fast and brutale

Aerosmith

-from Boston -stardom, alcohol abuse, drug abuse -sleepwalked through shows -revived by Run DMC version of Walk This Way

Bob Seger

-from Detroit -started in 60's -wrote everyday songs

Napalm Death

-from England, same town as Black Sabbath -called "Grindcore" music

Bruce Springsteen

-from NJ -songs about working class -signed by Mike Appel (mgr/prod) -discovered by CBS records, thought he was a singer/songwriter, instead had big band -first album rejected -campaigned as new Bob Dylan, no one liked it -caught attention of Rolling Stone's John Landau -named second album one of the best of year, great article about live concert -album: Born to Rum -Landau becomes prod./mgr after lawsuit with Appel -album: Nebraska, totally recorded at his house, singer/songwriter style -album: Born in the USA, songs recorded at house then re-recorded in studio, 7 hit songs

John Mellencamp

-from Seymour, IN -songs about small town values -long time for success Tony Defries (mgr) -made him call himself "Cougar" -shed Cougar with success

Thrash Metal

-from West Coast -similar to punk -L.A. was capital of American punk

Blues

-furocious blues rock -fades out after 70's

Johnny Winter

-great guitarist of his day -finger picking -fast/in your face

Eddie Van Halen

-hammer-on/pull-off -not based on blues -European/virtuosic technique -"classical" guitarist

ZZ Top

-imitated Johnny Lee Hooker

Rory Gallagher

-irish -Bullfrog Blues: originally recorded in 20's

Small Faces

-mod. group from mid 60's -Steve Marriott (gtr/vox)

Norwegian Black Metal

-more extreme than death metal -incorporate Norse tradition -Paganism -songs of homeland sheets of sound -demonic vocal deliveries

Def Leppard

-most popular of NWOBHM

Judas Priest

-operatic sound

Dave Mustane

-origional Metallica guitartist -got to NY to record and they kicked him out

Black Crowes

-part of 80's blues revival

Stevie Ray Vaughan

-part of 80's blues revival -from Texas -unsigned artist -invited to play music festival in Geneva, Switzerland and got booed -David Bowie hired him to play gtr on his album: Let's Dance -opened for Bowie on tour with Double Trouble -quits Bowie's band and gets publicity -gets signed -died in helicopter accident

Felix Pappalardi

-produced for Cream -produced album by Leslie West called "Mountain" and then formed partnership with West

Tom Petty

-seemed like regular guy

Duane Allman

-slide gtr -left south and went to L.A. -returned to south -made name for himself in Muscle Shoals, AL -soul music -signed recording contract to be in power trio, but gets big band together -died in motorcycle accident

Motorhead

-sounded like punk -early rock/blues base -fast, furious, hard rock

Rod Stewart

-sounded like the faces

Southern Rock

-started by Allman Brothers

Heavy Metal/Hard Rock

-started by Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath

The Faces

-started by Small Faces: Rod Stewart (vox) Ron Wood (gtr)

Steve Miller Band

-started in 60's in Hate Ashbury -70's became more serious

Peter Frampton

-started in Humble Pie -released live album -album: Frampton Comes Alive -used talk box

Top 40 Rock

-time when AM/FM radio became similar -worked on both

Power Pop

-turning pop into rock -recorded for crappy car radios -pop lyrics with rock sound

California

-used latest technology to make precise songs

Metallica

-very fast and precise (classical technique) -not pretty subject matters -angry

Big Star

Alex Chilton (gtr/vox/songs): from band Box Tops (60's) -3 albums in 70's -Chilton dropped dead before Big Star Reunion

AC/DC

Bon Scott (vox) Brian Johnson (vox)* -Australian band -Scott dies from drinking, replaced by Johnson -album: Back in Black (mourning Scott) -didn't take themselves seriously

Megadeth

Dave Mustane (gtr/vox) -classical sound

The Eagles

Don Henley (drums/vox) Glen Frey (gtr/vox) Bernie Leadon (gtr/vox) Randy Meisner (bass/vox) -album: Eagles Greatest Hits (best selling album of millenium) -met each other through Linda Rondstat -big, lush harmonies were a California thing

Steely Dan

Donald Fagan (vox/keys) Walter Becker (gtr/bass) -in beginning couldn't achieve live success, didn't tour -began touring in 90's with new technology

Allman Brothers

Duane Allman (gtr) Gregg Alllman (keys/vox) Dickey Betts (gtr) Barry Oakley (bass) -Allman and Betts both played lead gtr -similar band structure as Grateful Dead -incorporated many music styles -jazz-like approach to improv. -1968: back to roots of rock (whole new sound) -album: Allman Brothers Live at the Fullmore (greatest live album) -Duane Allman and Barry Oakley both die

Van Halen

Eddie Van Halen -extremely popular -away from traditional metal -pop harmonies -took themselves seriously (sex symbols) -increased presence of women in audience

Kiss

Gene Simmons (bass) Ace Freely (gtr) Peter Chris (drums) Paul Stanley (vox/gtr) -from NYC (glam) -true identities hidden -first 3 studio albums didn't sell -recorded live album

Rush

Getty Lee (vox) -art rock/hard rock/heavy metal -album: 2112 (made them famous) -less like blues and more like classical rock

Flying Burrito Bros.

Gram Parsons Chris Hillman Bernie Leadon (gtr) -blurs lines between country and rock (started by Bob Dylan) -people began appreciating country -Parsons leaves band and goes solo

The Byrds

Gram Parsons Chris Hillman (bass) -album: Sweethearts of the Rodeo (pure country) -went from doing folk to country -Parsons left because Rolling Stones said not to go to South Africa

International Submarine Band

Gram Parsons (vox/gtr/songs) -young band members playing country -made 1 album -drums make it partially rock

Uncle Tupelo

Jay Farrar (gtr) Jeff Tweedy (bass) -grew up in punk era -brought punk flavor -Farrar forms band Son Volt -Tweedy forms Wilco

The Runaways

Joan Jett (gtr) Lida Ford (gtr) -all women, trouble girls -16+17 years old -women playing this music was unheard of

Mountain

Leslie West (gtr/vox) Felix Pappalardi (bass/vox)

New Wave of British Heavy Metal

Motorhead Diamond Head Iron Maiden Def Leppard -late 70's-early 80's -bad time for heavy metal

Linda Rondstat

Peter Asher (prod./mgr) -changed styles often

Fleetwood Mac

Peter Green (gtr/vox)* Mick Fleetwood (drums) John McVie Chrisine McVie (keys/vox) Lindsey Buckingham (gtr/vox/songs) Stevie Nix (vox/songs) -from England -started as blues group -Green praised by B.B. King, leaves band -album: Fleetwood Mac (first big album) -album: Rumors -3 great song writers

Jeff Beck Group

Rod Stewart (vox) Ron Wood (bass)

Lynyrd Skynyrd

Ronnie Van Zant (vox) Gary Rossington (gtr) Allen Collins (gtr) Ed King (bass, from Strawberry Alarmclock) Steve Gaines (gtr)* -named after high school gym teacher -King turns to gtr -King dreamed all of Sweet Home Alabama and wrote it -more guitar-oriented music -Sweet Home Alabama was written in response to Neil Young's South Man -Gaines takes over for King -pro south songs Jimmy Carter made south popular -plane crashed, Van Zant and Gaines died

Humble Pie

Steve Marriot (vox/gtr) Peter Frampton (gtr)

Boston

Tom Scholtz (gtr): built studio in basement, changed sound of guitar (Rockman) -album: Boston, biggest selling debut album

Alice Cooper

Vincent Furnier (vox) -signed to Frank Zappa's label, didn't do well and part ways -sinister presentation -scared parents -"killed Alive Cooper" at end of every show

Yardbirds

guitarists: 1. Clapton 2. Beck 3. Page