Music 125 chapter 14

Characteristics of Grunge

1. Punk influences, both in music and in attitude. 2. Slow, plodding tempos. 3. Simple chord progressions. 4. Avoidance of virtuosity, pretension or posturing. 5. Lyrics are often of dark and murky themes, sung in a plaintive, lamenting manner. 6. Accompanying fashion included plaid flannel shirts, ripped jeans, stocking caps and mountain boots.

Grunge

A 1990s post-punk style that incubated with Seattle bands such as Nirvana, Soundgarden and Mud Honey.

Mp3

A digital file format that compresses sound files to approximately 1/10 normal size with little apparent loss of fidelity.

Napster

A digital file-sharing website introduced in 1999 by Shawn Fanning.

Boy bands

A popular 1990s and 2000s group format led by young male vocalists; examples include New Kids on the Block and Boyz II Men.

Soundscan

A sales tracking method that compiles data from UPC and ISRC codes read into cash registers at the point of purchase.

Music streaming

Music that is available for listening in streaming (non- downloadable) format.

iTunes Music Store

The online music store introduced in 2003 by Apple Computer.

"Nashville Sound"

created in the late 1950s by producers Chet Atkins of RCA, Owen Bradley of Decca, and Don Law of Columbia

six super-major labels

emerged that controlled Four of those six, CBS, Warner, RCA and MCA were American owned; of the other two, PolyGram was owned by German and Dutch interests while Capitol-EMI was British.

Key Grunge Recordings

• Deep Six-C/Z Records, 1986 Nevermind-Nirvana, 1991 • Ten-Pearl Jam, 1991

Boy Bands

• New Kids on the Block • Boyz II Men • 'NSync • Backstreet Boys

Key Nineties Alternative Recordings

• Under the Table and Dreaming-Dave Matthews Band, 1994 • Pinkerton-Weezer, 1996 • Odelay-Beck, 1996 • OK Computer-Radiohead, 1997