Chapter 15 Quiz
Brittany Howard is the lead singer for:
Alabama Shakes
Which group from Merge records shocked many in the music business by winning the Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 2011?
Arcade Fire
Who of the following worked with the songwriting team of the Matrix?
Avril Lavigne
Which of the following is a trademark instrument for Sufjan Stevens?
Banjo
Connor Oberst, Jim James, Mike Mogis, and M. Ward all collaborated to form the indie "supergroup":
Bright Eyes
Who of the following broke through in the 2000s as a solo vocalist in the duo Gnarls Barkley?
Cee-Lo Green
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is housed in the city of:
Cleveland
Which of the following groups is fronted by singer and multi-instrumentalist Chris Martin?
Coldplay
All of the following can be said about country music during the 2000s EXCEPT:
Country artists ignored rock styles
Beyonce Knowles formerly was the lead member of:
Destiny's Child
Amy Lee is a vocalist who fronts the band:
Evanescence
After Wilco signed with a major record label, they lost the support of the indie community.
False
During the 2000s the sound track to the movie O Brother, Where Art Thou? was influential in exhibiting a renewed interest in music with a strong electric base.
False
The most important country singer to emerge from American Idol was Scott McCreedy.
False
The rise of Internet commerce had no effect on independent record stores.
False
Trading music through Napster and other peer-to-peer services was legal.
False
All of the following are part of the emo movement EXCEPT:
Folk guitar styles
The most popular band of the emo movement was:
Jimmy Eat World
All of the following competed on American Idol EXCEPT:
Keith Urban
Who of the following was the winner of the first season of American Idol?
Kelly Clarkson
Who of the following achieved success both as a solo artist and as a member of the group the Hot Boys?
Lil Wayne
All of the following groups were involved in the Nu Metal style EXCEPT:
Maroon 5
Which of the following bands had an unsuccessful stint under the name Kara's Flowers?
Maroon 5
The process of users creating their own videos and combinations of existing songs is often called:
Mashups
The most famous band to file a lawsuit against music file-sharing was:
Metallica
Which group came out of a small "folk underground" scene in London?
Mumford and Sons
The most popular music file-sharing service of the early 2000s was:
Napster
ZZ Top guitarist and vocalist Billy Gibbons contributed spoken vocal interludes to "Rockstar", which is a single by:
Nickelback
Big Boi and Andre 3000 both comprise the group:
OutKast
Singer and guitarist Josh Homme fronts the band
Queens of the Stone Age
Kanye West's "Gold Digger" samples music from which artist?
Ray Charles
Understanding how the history of popular music is viewed as if rock has been the central form of pop music since 1954 is a concept central to:
Rockism
Britt Daniel is a songwriter, vocalist, and guitarist for:
Spoon
Rick Rubin produced a series of records for which of the following groups?
The Avett Brothers
Blake Shelton is a well-known judge on
The Voice.
The group that was emblematic of Detroit's new garage rock scene was:
The White Stripes
An MP3 is a highly compressed format that can greatly reduce the size of a music file.
True
During the 2000s commercial advertising came to value rock music as a means to sell products to a variety of demographics.
True
During the 2000s, independent rock was achieving record sales that regularly placed its acts at the top of the Billboard album charts.
True
In the 2000s, the female voice thrived in mainstream rock as women found new avenues to assert their musical perspectives.
True
Many country artists incorporated rock styles into their songs in the 2000s
True
The emo tradition drew heavily on high-energy punk from 1970s and 1980s American hardcore.
True
The most famous hip-hop group to perform using traditional rock instrumentation is The Roots.
True
Wilco was formed after the breakup of which group?
Uncle Tupelo
