Ch. 12 - 16; Nirvana

Eric Clapton

"I Shot The Sheriff" became an international hit when what British Blues Revival guitarist released his version of the song in 1974?

One day after announcing his sickness to the world from AIDS, Mercury passed away on November 24, 1991.

How did Freddie Mercury die?

Harmonies were filled by guitar and keyboards and complex rhythms were played on drums with a strong accent on every beat. Also use of whistles, tambourines and conversational vocals to create a party atmosphere

How did Street Funk differ from Funk?

He started his own record label.

How did Zappa deal with his first record label that had issues with him pushing boundaries to far?

He doubled a second vocal part over the original.

How did record producer, Butch Vig, create a fuller sound with Cobain and Grohl's voice?

By selling drinks

How did the DJs make money?

A lighting fixture fell on him.

How did this Curtis Mayfield become paralyzed?

About 550 miles.

How far is Miami from Jamaica?

7

How many beats per measure was there at the start of the song "Money"?

27

How old was Cobain when he died?

Disc Jockeys. Most could not afford a radio.

How where the people of Jamaica exposed to this music?

Bon Scott (1973-1980), Brian Johnson (1980-2016, 2020-present day)

AC/DC has spanned almost 5 decades with mostly two different singers. Who are they?

Dave Grohl

After going through several drummers, who did Nirvana finally settle with

Grunge Rock

After the release of Nirvana's biggest album (Nevermind), what was the genre of rock accredited to Nirvana?

Jethro Tull

Ian Anderson was the front man for which band?

Barking Pumpkin. Zappa named the company after his wife's smokers cough.

In order to distribute his own records that his label produced, Zappa also started his own mail order company. Both operations were combined in one name, what was it?

Ann Wilson sang, Nancy Wilson played guitar.

In the band Heart, who was sang and who played guitar?

Every member of the band wrote a number one hit song.

As a band they were able to achieve a songwriting feat that no other band has been able to match. What was it?

Malcolm Young (rhythm guitar), Angus Young (lead guitar)

Between Malcolm and Angus Young, who played lead guitar, who played rhythm guitar?

Occult and horror.

Black Sabbath incorporated what kinds of themes into their music?

Ska

Blue Beat is a synonym or which other type of music?

Pub Rock

British new wave was mostly known in England under what name?

Country, Blue Grass, Blues.

CBGBs is and acronym that stands for what?

She moved to London in 1973.

Chrissie Hynde was from Ohio and decided to move to pursue a music career. Where did she move to?

Vocal sounds made by a DJ to give energy to the records. ie. "Chick-a-took, chick-a-took, chick-a-took."

DJ term: What are Peps?

Vocals are removed from a recording & new vocals added in

DJ term: What is a Dub?

A soft wax (acetate) records that were created by Ska/Reggae DJ's to be able have a single recording of a group where no other copies of the recording exist. These were eventually used in record companies prior to a final version of a mastered recording is mass produced.

DJ term: What is a Dubplate?

A person who plays the record and backs up a DJ.

DJ term: What is a selector?

Another name for a DJ

DJ term: What is a toaster?

An instrumental part of a song where the vocals have been removed.

DJ term: What is as Version?

The Foo Fighters

Dave Grohl would eventually form what band after Nirvana ended?

New York

Disco began in Detroit and Philadelphia and became popular in homosexual and [120-146] African American nightclubs in what city?

Punk and Heavy Metal.

Grunge can be described as a cross between what two other genres of music?

Glitter rock

Known for outrageous costumes, make-up, and plat-form shoes, this style of rock lead to Punk, Glam Metal, New Romantics, and Gothic Rock. What was it called?

More strings added, synthesizers, orchestral instruments

Name 2 ways that disco instrumentation differ from funk?

1T. Rex, David Bowie, Sweet, Roxy Music, Elton John, Gary Glitter and Queen

Name 3 British Glitter bands:

The Sex Pistols, The Damned, The Clash, Billy Idol with Generation X, X-Ray Spex, The Buzzcocks, The Crass

Name 3 English punk bands:

Alice Cooper, New York Dolls, Lou Reed, Iggy Pop

Name 3 US Glam Rockers or bands:

Jimi Hendrix, Van Halen, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Black Sabbath, Metallica, Nirvana, Poison, Scorpions, Pantera, Weezer, Guns N' Roses.

Name 3 artists/bands that used detuning regularly.

They rejected their hippie parent's values, did not endorse the US' involvement in Asia and South America it's support of oppression in South Africa

Name 3 reasons why West Coast youth felt angry, which was reflected in West Coast Punk music?

The Rolling Stones, Cream, The Yardbirds, The Who, The Jimi Hendrix Experience

Name 3 rock groups considered early pioneers of Heavy Metal and Hard Rock.

Harmonics, slurring, & tapping with the right hand

Name 3 techniques Eddie Van Halen used to create his very innovative guitar playing?

1. Stairway to Heaven 2. Good Times, Bad Times 3. Trampled Under Foot. 4. Lemon Song 5. Immigrant Song 6. The Ocean 7. Black Dog 8. When The Levee Breaks 9. Goin' to California 10. Over the Hills. (These are all great songs. If you don't know all of them, stop your life now and go listen to them!)

Name 5 Led Zeppelin Songs.

"Hot for Teacher", "Eruption", "Mean Street", "Unchained", "Take Your Whiskey Home", "Little Dreamer", "Jamie's Crying", "Ain't Talkin' About Love", "Dancing In The Street", "You Really Got Me", "Atomic Punk". (These are all great songs. If you don't know all of them, stop your life now and go listen to them!)

Name 5 Van Halen songs.

Blondie, Talking Heads, Television, The Ramones, New York Dolls, Patti Smith Group, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, The Cramps, The B-52's, The Misfits.

Name 5 bands that used to play at CBGB's.

Soundgarden, Audio Slave, Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam, Stone Temple Pilots

Name 5 other Grunge bands that emerged in the 90s.

"Breakin' the Law", "You Got Another Thing Comin", "Living After Midnight" , "Victim of Changes", "A Touch of Evil"

Name a Judas Priest song?

"Shake, Shake, Shake"(1976) (8:21) , "Get Down Tonight", "That's The Way (I Like It)", "Please Don't Go"

Name a KC and the Sunshine Band Song

The Clash, The Police, UB40, General Public, Sublime, The English Beat, Madness and many more including The Stones (Cherry Oh Baby), Elvis Costello, Led Zeppelin (D'yer Mak'er) and many others.

Name a couple of bands influenced by Ska or Reggae but not necessarily considered a band from that genre of music.

Devo, Blondie, Talking Heads, The B-52s, The Cars, Oingo Boingo, Berlin, Missing Persons. The Gogos. The Eurythmics, Depeche Mode, Wall of Voodoo.

Name a few American New Wave bands:

Robert Fripp, Adrian Belew, Bill Bruford, Ian Mcdonald, and numerous others.

Name a few members of King Crimson?

Studio 52, Ice Palace 57, Paradise Garage, GG's Barnum Room, Hurrah, Mudd Club.

Name a few of these New York clubs where disco flourished.

Unemployment, poverty, anti-government/monarchy/society/fashion/immigrant/racism/police brutality.

Name a few reasons British youth felt anger which was reflected in British Punk?

The Dead Kennedys, Black Flag, X, Bad Religion, The Circle Jerks, Angry Samoans, T.S.O.L.

Name a few west coast punk bands:

The Skatalites, Desmond Dekkar, Bob Marley and The Wailers, Prince Buster, Toots and the Maytals, Peter Tosh.

Name a three Jamaican musicians or groups that played Ska, Reggae, or Rock Steady.

The Gap Band, The Average White Band, The Ohio Players, Earth, Wind & Fire, Tower of Power.

Name five 70's bands, not mentioned in the powerpoint lecture, whose music could be considered in the funk genre.

The Village People, Gloria Gaynor, Michael Jackson, Trammps, The Spinners.

Name five 70's bands/artists, not mentioned in the powerpoint lecture, whose music could be considered in the disco genre.

Freddie Mercury and Brian May. On bass was John Deacon, and on drums was Roger Taylor.

Name the front man and the guitarist of Queen.

Ann and Nancy Wilson

Name the two people who fronted the rock band Heart?

Elvis Costello, Graham Parker, Ducks Deluxe, Brinsley Schwarz, Dave Edmunds, Rockpile.

Name three British New Wave bands or artists.

Loud and aggressive, Distorted guitar sounds, sparing use of acoustic instruments, Power chords, male dominated genre (females absent in Heavy Metal, Bass riff and ostinato patterns.

Name three musical characteristics of Hard Rock and Heavy Metal.

"Paranoid", "Iron Man", "War Pigs", "The Wizard", "Kill Yourself to Live"

Name two Black Sabbath songs.

Iggy and The Stooges, MC5

Name two Detroit Garage Bands that helped map the early roots of punk.

By his use of polyrhythms, Horns used to punctuate rhythm not melodic lines, repeated bass and guitar riffs, rhythmic pulse and interlocking rhythms, a very strong accent on the 1 or downbeat.

Name two musical characteristic that James Brown used to pioneer the Funk genre?

Roger Waters, David Gilmour, Nick Wright, Richard Wright, Syd Barret

Name two musicians from Pink Floyd.

Steven Tyler (lead singer) and Joe Perry (lead guitar). Also Brad Whitford (rhythm/lead guitar, Tom Hamilton (bass) and Joey Kramer (drums)

Name two people in Aerosmith.

Barry White

One of the first to pioneer the disco sound with his 40 member orchestra was who?

Black Sabbath

Ozzy Osbourne was the front man for what band?

George Clinton

Parliament and Funkadelic were started by whom?

Classical

Progressive rock combines elements of rock and what other form of music?

Ska, Reggae, Mento, Rock Steady

Put these Jamaican Styles of music in order from fastest to the slowest tempos. Reggae, Mento, Rock Steady, Ska

Mento, Ska, Rock Steady, Reggae.

Put these Jamaican Styles of music in order from oldest to newest. Reggae, Mento, Rock Steady, Ska

Tempo

Simply put, what is the biggest difference between Ska, Rock Steady, and Reggae?

Jamaica

Ska, Reggae, and Rock Steady originated from what country?

Chrissie Hynde

The Pretenders were fronted by what American singer?

United States

The Punk genre started in what country?

England

The Ska Revival was started in what country?

Chicago and Philadelphia. However, New York was very influential to Disco because of the many discotheques.

The primary two cities influential to Disco and Funk were?

Aerosmith

The song "Dream On" was released on the first album of what band?

Four part harmony

They also were able to do something vocally that most bands never did. What was it

Chic

This Disco band had enormous success and led to the pioneering of Hip Hop when their song "Good Times" was used by the SugarHill Gang in "Rapper's Delight".

Curtis Mayfield

This artist wrote the soundtrack to the "blaxsploitation" film Superfly and had one of his biggest successes with the song Freddie's Dead.

Genesis

This band created multi-movement works, inspired from classical music, had two of it's musicians branch off to very successful solo careers, one of which is known for being an outstanding drummer/singer. Which band is it?

Missing Persons

What band that the song "Mental Hopscotch"?

Racism

What was they're main cause that they spoke out about against?

Funk

Funk or Disco, which style used work-song style phrasing with a conversational delivery?

Funk

Funk, Progressive rock, New Wave, or Disco, Which is more rooted in African Rhythms?

The accents are between the beats or in the sub-division of the beat.

Jamaican music has a distinctive rhythm. What makes it so different from other styles of music?

Bouree

Jethro Tull took a classical piece of music, originally written by J.S. Bach for the lute 300 years earlier, and added lyrics and a swing rhythm to it. What was the name of this song?

The flute.

Jethro Tull's frontman was a classically trained artist who played and improvised on an instrument that was not considered a rock instrument. What did he play?

Robert Plant (singer), Jimmy Page (guitar), John Paul Jones (bass), John Bonham (drums)

Led Zeppelin had what members in the band and what instruments did they play?

Cleaner look and sound, more keyboards and sax, more commercial sounding, less angry.

List a few ways that New Wave was different than Punk.

Quick tempos, repetitive notes on bass, many short songs.

List a few ways that New Wave was similar to Punk.

The Velvet Underground

Lou Reed was a leader of a band that was considered a pioneer of the punk era. What band was it?

Strangers in the Night

Michael Schenker was an enormous influence on many young guitar players, what was the legendary live album that he recorded with UFO?

England

Most progressive rock bands came from where?

Queen

This band falls into many categories, hard rock, progressive, and Glitter rock. They had influences also with classical music as well and showcased it in Bohemian Rhapsody. What was the band's name?

Yes

This band was renowned for their musical virtuosity and had their most critical and commercial success with an album called Fragile. They were a Progressive Rock band and were considered a rock super group?

True.

True or False. Acoustic instruments were used in Hard Rock.

False. It has been primarily a male dominated genre.

True or False. Heavy Metal was known for having many female lead singers.

False. It was used fairly frequently. Bands like Journey, Boston, Led Zeppelin, Van Halen, Rush, etc.

True or False. The Keyboard was never used in hard rock.

David Lee Roth and Sammy Hagar

Van Halen had a life span mainly using two different lead singers. Who were they?

No.

Were disco bands usually touring bands?

Keith Moon of The Who. Moon had been getting increasingly fed up with playing in The Who. He jammed a few times with Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck, & John Entwistle. Moon said if they ever became a band, the would "go over like a Lead Zeppelin." Page remembered those words and use the idea for his final version of the name, Led Zeppelin.

What British rock star gave Jimmy Page the phrase Led Zeppelin which he used to name his band.

Rush

What Canadian super-trio, known for their technical proficiency, sold over 50 million records, was inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame, and had a drummer that wrote a book called Ghost Rider?

The Scorpions. Rudolph and Michael Schenker.

What German rock group was formed by two guitarist brothers? Who were the brothers?

Heart

What Hard Rock band was fronted by two sisters originally trained in a folk-rock background?

Judas Priest

What Heavy Metal band was fronted by iconic singer Rob Halford?

Pink Floyd

What Progressive Rock band wrote the song "Money"?

AC/DC

What band came from Australian and was heavily influenced by British Heavy Metal?

The Yardbirds

What band did Jimmy Page play in prior to Led Zeppelin?

The BeeGees

What band had 6 enormous hits from the soundtrack of Saturday Night Fever?

Social Distortion

What band that the song "Ball and Chain"?

The Ramones

What band that the song "Blitzkrieg Bop"?

The Crass

What band that the song "Do They Owe Us A Living"?

The Sex Pistols

What band that the song "God Save The Queen"?

King Crimson

What band was started in 1968, used the mellotron inspired by the Moody Blues, used intricate time signatures, and pioneered a new instrument called the Chapman Stick?

Steppenwolf

What band was the first to use the term "Heavy Metal" in a song?

Street Funk because of the strong accent on every beat.

What characteristic of Street Funk made it more closely related to Disco than Funk

Aberdeen, Washington

What city/state did Nirvana come from?

Synthesized bass

What did George Clinton replace the electric bass with in his hit "Flashlight"?

New York Dolls

What east coast band crossed the androgyny of glam rock with the loud, rebellious pounding sound of the MC5 and had a hit with "Personality Crisis?"

Christopher Columbus

What explorer discovered Jamaica?

The Moody Blues.

What group used an orchestra on one of their biggest hits and for a time toured with the entire orchestra?

The Skatalites

What group was the instrumental backing band for vocal groups such as the Heptones, The Wailers, and the Maytals?

Altering the tuning of the guitars and bass. Most commonly a half step lower to Eb (low 6th string).

What is Detuning referring to?

It is similar to a guitar, but with 10 to 12 strings over a fretboard and meant to be played by tapping both right hand and left hands on the fretboard. Because of the tapping, there is a percussive effect. The instrument is used to play bass lines, melody lines, chords, and/or textures.

What is a Chapman Stick?

A repeating guitar or bass riff

What is an ostinato pattern?

Mento

What is the Jamaican folk music called?

Hesitation Beat or Skank

What is the musical term given to the describe the Jamaican rhythm?

He has two different colored eyes. Actually they appeared as two different colors. He was in a fist fight in his school and hit in the head causing a condition called anisocoria. This is a condition where on eye is permanently dilated. This was the case with Bowie's left eye.

What is unusual about David Bowie's face?

It was a guitar based, funky psychedelic, instrumental backing group.

What kind of group was Funkadelic when it started?

It was a Doo-wop inspired vocal group.

What kind of group was Parliament when it started?

Tough guy, studded leather and chains. Halford enters the stage riding a Harley Davidson.

What kind of image does Judas Priest portray in concert?

Mellotron

What kind of instrument was used before a synthesizer was invented to imitate an orchestra?

Punk

What kind of music did the English infuse ska with to make it uniquely their own?

2 Tone Records

What label was started by Jerry Dammers of the Specials that sparked a musical and cultural movement?

CBGBs

What legendary club (1973-2006) was home to the start of many punk bands such as Television, Richard Hell, Patti Smith, and The Ramones?

Saturday Night Fever

What movie starring John Travolta marked the pinnacle of the Disco culture, showcasing the genres clothing, hairstyle, choreography, and sexual attitudes of the day?

Aleatory or aleatoric.

What musical term refers to random or chance sounds?

Peter Tosh

What other member of the Wailers had a successful solo career?

Ozzy Osbourne

What person's outrageous stage behavior eventually gave him rabies from biting the head off of bat?

Andy Warhol

What pop artist managed The Velvet Underground?

A Day in the Life

What song did the Beatles incorporate a full orchestra using an aleatoric technique?

Edgar Varese (1883-1965), Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971), Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928-2006)

What three contemporary composer were inspirations to Frank Zappa?

New York Dolls and The Sex Pistols

What two punk bands did Malcom Mclaren manage?

Minimalism and organized sound effects

What two twentieth century styles did Pink Floyd use as a band?

Pre-recorded sounds of a cash register ringing and the change drawer opening in a rhythmically organized sound effect.

What unusual non-instrumental sound was used was used at beginning of the song "Money"?

Melody

What was Cobain's main concern in regards to music?

Sub Pop Records

What was Nirvana's record label called before they signed their big record deal in Hollywood?

Dancing

What was primary focus of Disco music?

Nevermind

What was the album called that catapulted Nirvana into superstardom and essentially started a new genre of music?

DGC or David Geffen Company

What was the big time record company that Nirvana signed with in L.A?

Bleach

What was the name of Nirvana's first album?

Ziggy Stardust

What was the name of the character that David Bowie created to bring more of a theatrical stage presence?

Rudeboys

What was the nickname of a Jamaican person who sang out against their oppressors?

"Born to be Wild"

What was the song title that used the term "Heavy Metal" in it?

1. Original songs only, no covers 1. Bands had to move their own equipment on and off stage.

What were the two rules that CBGB manager Hilly Kristol had for the bands that played at his club?

A motorcycle

When "Heavy Metal" was mentioned in the song by Steppenwolf, what was it in reference to?

Ska

When Mento was fused with Rhythm and Blues, the new style of music was called what?

Reggae

When Rock Steady was sped up with a backbeat added in, it became what?

August 6, 1962

When did it Jamaica gain it's freedom?

Rock Steady

When ska was slowed down and infused with a Memphis Soul, call and response, and heavy bass lines it became known as what?

They would have a sound system built into their trucks and go to open fields to play their music.

Where and how would the DJs play their music to attract crowds?

Boston

Where did Aerosmith originate?

Pasadena, California

Where did Van Halen originate?

In the Caribbean Sea

Where is Jamaica located?

Birmingham, England

Where was Black Sabbath from?

The Bowery district of New York City.

Where was CBGB's located?

Sly and the Family Stone

Which Funk group, like The Specials from the British Ska Revival movement, incorporated black and white musicians and took a strong stand against racism.

George Clinton

Which Funk musician worked for Motown as a writer but did not have his groups Parliament or Funkadelic signed by Berry Gordy?

Social Distortion

Which Punk Band came from Fullerton California and went on to be one of the biggest selling punk bands of all time with hits like "Ball and Chain"?

The Ramones

Which Punk Rock band was the first of it's genre to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?

The Ramones

Which band's members took all of their last names from a pseudonym made up by Paul McCartney?

Elvis Costello

Which guitarist became one of the most successful of the Pub Rock artists and adopted a "Buddy Holly" look, was raised in Liverpool England, had hits with Watching The Detectives and Alison, and married 5 time Grammy winner Diana Krall?

Niles Rodgers

Which legendary guitarist from Chic has gone on to legendary status from working artists such as: David Bowie, Duran Duran, Madonna, INXS, Britney Spears, Daft Punk, Pharrell Williams, Avicii, Sam Smith, and Lady Gaga

Syd Barrett. The band had no choice than to remove Barrett with his uncontrolled use of the psychedelic drug. Later the band would write the song "Wish You Were Here" as a dedication to their former band mate.

Which member left the band Pink Floyd and was put into a mental hospital after years of LSD use?

Donna Summer

Who is considered Queen of Disco with 5 Grammys, 4 No. 1 singles, and over 140 million albums sold?

Malcolm McLaren

Who owned the fetish clothing store in London named Sex and also managed two punk bands?

Tony Levin

Who performed on the Chapman Stick?

Great Britain. It became part of the British West Indies in 1655, the British brought African slaves and Jamaica became a leading exporter of sugar. The slaves were all emancipated in 1838.

Who took over Jamaica in the 17th century?

The Specials

Who was considered the most important ska revival Band?

Tony Iommi

Who was the guitarist for Black Sabbath?

Kurt Cobain

Who was the lead singer for Nirvana?

Johnny Rotten (John Lydon)

Who was the lead singer for The Sex Pistols?

Malcolm and Angus Young

Who were the two brothers that started AC/DC?

Neil Peart

Who wrote the book Ghost Rider?

Cobain killed himself by gunshot in 1994.

Why did Nirvana split up?

Named after the airport code letters for their home airport, Toronto Pearson International Airport.

Why did Rush name one of their most famous instrumental songs YYZ?

He cut his fingertips off as a teenager. When they healed they were very sensitive. The lower tuning was easier for him to play. Less string tension.

Why did Tony Iommi tune his guitar to drop D and sometimes even to drop C?