Chapter 7 History of R & R - What's That Sound?

Both the Beach Boys and the Beatles were on which U.S. record label?

Capitol

How was the music of the Doors viewed as a darker side to the psychedelic movement?

Morrison's lyrics depicted images of repression and alienation, onstage bad-boy antics

The Doors, Love, and Iron Butterfly were important bands from the Los Angeles psychedelic scene.

true

Which two Beatles songs were released as a double A-sided single prior to Sgt. Pepper?

"Penny Lane" and "Strawberry Fields Forever"

The musicians in Big Brother and the Holding Company referred to their music as

"blues in Technicolor."

The Woodstock Music and Art Festival was held during which year?

1969

Which Beatles album was the last studio album the band completed?

Abbey Road

Which album by Van Morrison combined elements of folk music, jazz, classical, and improvisational experimental aspects?

Astral Weeks

Hendrix album that demonstrates his musical experimentations

Axis: Bold as Love

Which musician was responsible for bringing Jimi Hendrix to London?

Chas Chandler

How was transcendental meditation connected to drug experimentation?

Eastern gurus sought truth through spiritual discipline, Hippies looked for truth with LSD

Which Byrds song from 1966 signaled to the public that drug use was becoming a central part of rock music and youth culture?

Eight Miles High

Which Great Society singer was brought on to replace Signe Anderson of Jefferson Airplane?

Grace Slick

Both Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix were famous for their virtuoso techniques that helped usher in the concept of the "________ hero."

Guitar

Victorian neighborhood that was the center for the San Francisco psychedelic scene

Haight-Ashbury

large festival in the United Kingdom

Isle of Wight

How does Cream adapt the blues form in "Sunshine of Your Love"?

It doubles the 12-bar blues pattern to 24 measures.

What was the Red Dog Saloon?

It was a restored western style bar in Virginia City, Nevada, where the first stirrings of psychedelia took place

influenced by blues singers like Bessie Smith and Big Mama Thornton

Janis Joplin

The lead singer of the Doors was

Jim Morrison

The acid tests were organized by ________.

Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters

Swiss chemist Albert Hoffmann developed ________ in 1943.

LSD

All of the following were members of the Grateful Dead EXCEPT

Marty Balin

Why is Sgt. Pepper viewed as a concept album?

Members of the Beatles assumed fictious roles in a band, songs on album are various acts by said band

How is music itself viewed as a drug trip?

Music acts as an aesthetic drug, taking the listener on a journey that mimics or is enhanced using drugs

________ produced the Beatles album Let It Be.

Phil Spector

List three bands that were central to the London underground psychedelic scene.

Pink Floyd, Soft Machine, and Tomorrow

debut album by Pink Floyd

Pipers at the Gates of Dawn

Which Beatle sings as the character Billy Shears on Sgt. Pepper?

Ringo Starr

One of the anthems from the summer of 1967 was "San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair) by

Scott McKenzie

considered rock's first concept album

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Which Beach Boys album was released in place of SMiLE?

Smiley Smile

What was an important feature of music in its role as a drug trip and in achieving a higher state of consciousness?

Songs became longer and musical sounds more ambitious.

All of the following were in the group Cream EXCEPT

Steve Winwood

Which member of Pink Floyd was replaced by Dave Gilmour?

Syd Barrett

What was the event held in Golden Gate Park in January 1967 known as a "gathering of the tribes"?

The Human Be-In

Which book by Timothy Leary served as a guide to the experimental use of acid?

The Psychedelic Experience

What are the months of June, July, and August of 1967 commonly referred to as?

The Summer of Love

Why was the Grateful Dead's performance style difficult to capture in studio recordings of the band's songs?

The band was known for its improv and free-form approach while Live

Which Rolling Stones album featured the band members dressed in wizard outfits in a holographic image?

Their Satanic Majesties Request

"Turn on, tune in, and drop out" was the slogan of which proponent of LSD?

Timothy Leary

started a free-form FM radio show in San Francisco

Tom Donahue

Stevie Winwood left the Spencer Davis Group to form which of the following bands?

Traffic

"You Keep Me Hanging On," which was a song by the Supremes, was turned into a psychedelic cover by which of the following groups?

Vanilla Fudge

The lyrics of Jefferson Airplane's song ________ refer to Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland.

White Rabbit

Musically, "White Rabbit" by Jefferson Airplane is based on

a Spanish bolero

What was the UFO?

an organization in London that held psychedelic events

The primary target audience for psychedelic music was intended to be

college-age listeners

All of the following were elements in the burgeoning London psychedelic movement EXCEPT

direct contact with members of the San Francisco scene via musical tours.

All of the following musical features are found in "Good Vibrations" EXCEPT

employing avant-garde, aleatoric techniques from classical music.

Big Brother and the Holding Company enjoyed its greatest success backing up Grace Slick on electric blues numbers.

false

Eric Clapton made a name for himself at the 1967 Monterey Rock Festival after he set his guitar on fire.

false

John Lennon encouraged listeners to think of Sgt. Pepper as a concept album.

false

Psychedelic music was intended to appeal to young teens as well as college-age listeners.

false

The Beach Boys formed Apple Records when they decided to take over their own business affairs.

false

The first rock band to be billed as a "supergroup" was Pink Floyd.

false

Which central theme was the Beatles' first idea in uniting all of the songs on Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band?

growing up in Liverpool

Bob Dylan worked with which group in Woodstock, New York?

the Band

All of the following performed at the Monterey International Pop Festival EXCEPT

the Beach Boys

Country Joe and the Fish served as a bridge for which two communities?

the Berkeley radicals and San Francisco hippies

Which group of friends organized psychedelic dances at ballrooms in San Francisco?

the Family Dog

All of the following were indications of the underground psychedelic movement's growth in San Francisco EXCEPT

the Grateful Dead being signed to a major record label.

hired as security at Altamont

the Hells Angels

the alter ego of Jim Morrison

the Lizard King

original name for the Grateful Dead

the Warlocks

"Good Vibrations" consumed more studio time and budget allocation than any other pop single ever had before.

true

As dark as the Doors could get, the heaviest band of the late 1960s was Iron Butterfly.

true

In psychedelic music, the music is a sound track that provides a trip itself.

true

Jimi Hendrix first made his mark on the London psychedelic scene.

true

One of the most important aspects of Sgt. Pepper was that it shifted people's focus to an entire album as opposed to a single.

true