MUSC 205
Early rock nostalgia
"Rockism" - rock was better in my day Led to punk rock or "back to the basics" rock movement
Aretha Franklin
"The Queen of Soul," she began singing gospel music at an early age and had several hit records with Atlantic, including "Respect" in 1967 and "Think" in 1968.
Garage bands
-Amateur bands that rose up in the wake of the Beatles -influence on later punk movement -Many had only one hit
George Clinton, Parliament- Funkadelic
-George Clinton sang, wrote, and produced all of his music -The epitome of funk -Both bands were basically the same people -Played for different record labels -Parliament-mainstream -Funkadelic-experimental -Borrowed from Glam Rock with dramatic stage shows. Developed a reputation for dressing outrageously during performances as well as for wild onstage antics
The rolling stones
1962 raunchy, rebellious alternative to the Beatles Name comes from a Muddy Waters song Jagger and Richards make a songwriting team "I Can't Get No Satisfaction" (1965) Hokum Blues themes Buzzing guitar hook
Counterculture
A culture with lifestyles and values opposed to those of the established culture. Was a young rock fan who supported the civil rights movement and was against the Vietnam war.
Disco
A late 1970s style incorporating elements of pop, salsa, funk and soaring vocals into a club-focused dance experience.
Reggae
A style of music that developed in Jamaica in the 1960s and is rooted in African, Caribbean, and American music, often dealing with social problems and religion.
Bob Dylan
A twentieth-century American folksinger in early 1960s and songwriter. His music, with its strong note of social protest, was especially popular during the 1960s, when he wrote songs such as "Blowin' in the Wind," "The Times They Are A-Changin'," and "Like a Rolling Stone". In 1965 Dylan changes to a rock n' roll musician with the electric guitar and it was seen as a deep betrayal to the folk music community.
Black Sabbath
Began as a blues band Lead singer Ozzy Osbourne Pioneers for heavy metal: lyrics and image evoke demonic or hellish imagery "Tuned down" guitars create a unique sound
Bob Marley, The Wailers
Bob Marley and the Wailers was a Jamaican reggae band led by Bob Marley. It developed from the earlier ska vocal group, the Wailers, created by Marley with Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer in 1963. By late 1963 singers Junior Braithwaite, Beverley Kelso, and Cherry Smith had joined on. By the early 1970s, Marley and Bunny Wailer had learned to play some instruments and brothers Aston "Family Man" Barrett (bass) and Carlton Barrett (drums), had joined the band. After Bunny Wailer and Peter Tosh left the band in 1974, Marley began touring with new band members.
Led Zeppelin
British rock band, formed 1968 Started as blues rock: electric guitar-focused, heavier blues songs The Fourth Album Released 1972 Jimmy Page = songwriter and guitarist Plant = lyricist Electric blues, folk, studio experimentation Album was untitled
Led Zeppelin
British rock band, formed 1968 Started as blues rock: electric guitar-focused, heavier blues songs The Fourth Album Released 1972 Jimmy Page = songwriter, Plant = lyricist Electric blues, folk, studio experimentation Album was untitled
Country rock
Country rock is a subgenre of popular music, formed from the fusion of rock and country. It was developed by rock musicians who began to record country-flavored records in the late-1960s and early-1970s. These musicians recorded rock records using country themes, vocal styles, and additional instrumentation, most characteristically pedal steel guitars
Pet Sounds (The Beach Boys)
Critically considered a masterpiece and one of rock and roll's important albums, Pet sounds became Brian Wilson's master project in 1966. It was fueled by the Beatles album Rubber Soul and in turn became a major influence on the Beatles' with their album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Was a concept album.
Punk Rock
DIY = Do it yourself Garage band aesthetic Return to rock's roots and rebellious image Simple music Punk fashion Exploration of "non-musicality"
The Beatles
Defined rock n roll in the 1960s. 3 part career model -cover music from earlier rock n' roll styles to demonstrate mastery -create original music based on those forms -branch out, exploring new sounds and pushing the boundaries of pop
Queen
English rock band founded in 1970 Lead singer Freddie Mercury: often wore elaborate costumes First US success: Sheer Heart Attack (1975) "Bohemian Rhapsody": mixes classical-influenced prog rock with glam aspects Hit singles: "We Will Rock You" "We Are the Champions" (1977)
Fleetwood Mac
Fleetwood Mac are a British-American rock band, formed in London in 1967. The band has sold more than 100 million records worldwide, making them one of the world's best-selling bands.
The Beach Boys
Founded in California in 1961, they popularized the "California sound" in the early 1960s. Their hit songs included "Surfin' Safari," "Surfer Girl," "California Girls," "Surfin' USA" and "Good Vibrations."
Funk
Funk is a music genre that originated in African-American communities in the mid-1960s when African-American musicians created a rhythmic, danceable new form of music through a mixture of soul music, jazz, and rhythm and blues (R&B). Funk de-emphasizes melody and chord progressions used in other related genres and brings a strong rhythmic groove of a bass line played by an electric bassist and a drum part played by a drummer to the foreground. Like much of African-inspired music, funk typically consists of a complex groove with rhythm instruments playing interlocking grooves. Funk uses the same richly colored extended chords found in bebop jazz, such as minor chords with added sevenths and elevenths, or dominant seventh chords with altered ninths.
David Bowie
Glam rock pioneer who established the character of Ziggy Stardust
British Invasion
Influx of bands and musicians from Britain during the 60's. Huge influence on the American music scene. The Beatles and Rolling stones played a large impact in this movement.
Booker T and the MGs
Instrumental R&B/funk band that was influential in shaping the sound of Southern soul and Memphis soul. one of the first racially integrated rock acts, this group was the core group of studio musicians for Stax Records and also played the backup band in the Blues Brothers movie. They scored a series of hit singles in the 1960s.
Jefferson Airplane
Jefferson Airplane, a rock band based in San Francisco, California, was one of the pioneering bands of psychedelic rock. Formed in 1965, the group defined the San Francisco Sound and was the first from the Bay Area to achieve international commercial success. They were headliners at the three most famous American rock festivals of the 1960s—Monterey (1967), Woodstock (1969) and Altamont (1969)—and the first Isle of Wight Festival (1968) [1]
Blondie
Lead singer Debbie Harry Blondie (1976) "X Offender" New Wave: punk's dangerous reputation rebranded "Call Me" (1980), a #1 hit on Billboard charts The band was a pioneer in the early American new wave and punk scenes of the mid-late 1970s.
Stax Records
Memphis record label and studio that was the production center of Memphis Soul and Funk. Atlantic Records still owns the rights to most of the music produced from 1959-1968.
Music festivals (Monterey, Woodstock, Altamont)
Monterey (67) Woodstock (69) Altamont (69)- resulted in hells angels member stabbing fan holding gun in air Monterey, Woodstock and Altamont have come to represent a short but vibrant and hugely influential life-cycle - the birth, peak and death of a society that was to have been guided by the message of rock and roll. Among them, these three set the stage (so to speak) by introducing the incomparable thrills and crushing disappointments that have marked all other festivals ever since.
Acid Rock
Music that recreates the effects of an LSD trip, intended to accompany a trip Emerged in San Francisco with Ken Kesey's "Acid Tests" Aspects: extended improvisations, distortion, world music influences
Otis Redding
Otis emerged from memphis, Tennessee's Stax records a company that in many ways exemplified southern soul sound. Otis had two parallel audiences- Rock and soul. He played at the monterey pop festival and the fillmore auditorium.
Simon and Garfunkel
Simon & Garfunkel were an American folk rock duo consisting of singer-songwriter Paul Simon and singer Art Garfunkel. They were one of the bestselling music groups of the 1960s and became counterculture icons of the decade's social revolution, alongside artists such as the Beatles, the Beach Boys, and Bob Dylan. Their biggest hits—including "The Sound of Silence" (1964), "Mrs. Robinson" (1968), "The Boxer" (1969), and "Bridge over Troubled Water" (1970)—reached number one on singles charts worldwide.
Ska
Ska (/skɑː/; Jamaican: [skjæ]) is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s and was the precursor to rocksteady and reggae. Ska combined elements of Caribbean mento and calypso with American jazz and rhythm and blues. It is characterized by a walking bass line accented with rhythms on the off-beat.
Sly and the Family Stone
Sly and the Family Stone was an American band from San Francisco. Active from 1966 to 1983, it was pivotal in the development of funk, soul, rock, and psychedelic music. Its core line-up was led by singer-songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Sly Stone, and included Stone's brother and singer/guitarist Freddie Stone, sister and singer/keyboardist Rose Stone, trumpeter Cynthia Robinson, drummer Greg Errico, saxophonist Jerry Martini, and bassist Larry Graham. It was the first major American rock group to have a racially integrated, male and female lineup.
protest songs
Songs that express support or disapproval for a political subject, usually associated with a movement for social change.
Southern Rock
Southern rock is a subgenre of rock music and a genre of Americana. It developed in the Southern United States from rock and roll, country music, and blues, and is focused generally on electric guitar and vocals. Although the origin of the term Southern rock is unknown, "many people feel that these important contributors to the development of rock and roll have been minimized in rock's history."[1]
Allman Brothers Band
Southern rock- The Allman Brothers Band was an American rock band formed in Jacksonville, Florida, United States, in 1969 by brothers Duane Allman (slide guitar and lead guitar) and Gregg Allman (vocals, keyboards, songwriting), as well as Dickey Betts (lead guitar, vocals, songwriting), Berry Oakley (bass guitar), Butch Trucks (drums), and Jai Johanny "Jaimoe" Johanson (drums). The band incorporated elements of Southern rock, blues, jazz, and country music, and their live shows featured jam band-style improvisation and instrumentals.
The Doors
The Doors were an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1965, with vocalist Jim Morrison, keyboardist Ray Manzarek, guitarist Robby Krieger, and drummer John Densmore.
The Grateful Dead
The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in Palo Alto, California. Ranging from quintet to septet, the band is known for its unique and eclectic style, which fused elements of rock, folk, country, bluegrass, blues, gospel, modal jazz, reggae, experimental music, psychedelia, and space rock, for live performances of lengthy instrumental jams, and for their devoted fan base, known as "Deadheads". "Their music", writes Lenny Kaye, "touches on ground that most other groups don't even know exists". These various influences were distilled into a diverse and psychedelic whole that made the Grateful Dead "the pioneering Godfathers of the jam band world".
The Ramones
The Ramones were an American punk rock band that formed in the New York City neighborhood of Forest Hills, Queens, in 1974. They are often cited as the first band to define the punk rock sound.[1][2] Despite achieving only limited commercial success, the band was vastly influential in both the United States and the United Kingdom.
The Sex Pistols
The Sex Pistols were an English punk rock band that formed in London in 1975. They were responsible for initiating the punk movement in the United Kingdom and inspiring many later punk and alternative rock musicians. Although their initial career lasted just two and a half years and produced only four singles and one studio album, Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols, they are regarded as one of the most influential acts in the history of popular music.
The Yardbirds
The Yardbirds are an English rock band, formed in London in 1963. The band's core lineup featured vocalist and harmonica player Keith Relf, drummer Jim McCarty, rhythm guitarist/bassist Chris Dreja and bassist/producer Paul Samwell-Smith. The band is known for starting the careers of three of rock's most famous guitarists, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck, all of whom ranked in the top five of Rolling Stone magazine's list of 100 greatest guitarists.[4] The band had a string of hits throughout the mid-1960s, including "For Your Love", "Heart Full of Soul", "Shapes of Things" and "Over Under Sideways Down". ***Turned into led Zeppelin
The Velvet Underground
The band's integration of rock and the avant-garde achieved little commercial success during their existence,but they are now recognized as one of the most influential bands in rock, underground, experimental, and alternative music. Their debut album, The Velvet Underground & Nico (with German-born singer and model Nico), was released in 1967 to critical indifference and poor sales, but over time has been critically acclaimed; it was called the "most prophetic rock album ever made" by Rolling Stone in 2003.
Psychedelia
The counterculture of young americans was highly linked during the 1960s to psychedelic substances. Particularly, Marijuana and LSD.
Jimi Hendrix
The most original, inventive, and influential guitarist of the rock era, and the most prominent African American rock musician of the late 1960s. Did start spangled banner at woodstock festival. Burned a guitar at Monterrey Pop Festival
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
The summer of 1967 was known as the summer of love. A sense of participation to the counterculture was available that summer to anyone who had a phonograph and the spending money to by the Beatles new album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, which was as revolutionary work of pop musical art as had ever been made.
Urban Folk Revival
The twentieth-century aesthetic movement in which traditional music was embraced by people outside the communities in which it originated. It was anti- commercial, concerned with social and political issues, artistic, and authentic.
The Velvet Underground
Their debut album, The Velvet Underground & Nico (with German-born singer and model Nico), was released in 1967 to critical indifference and poor sales, but over time has been critically acclaimed; it was called the "most prophetic rock album ever made" by Rolling Stone in 2003.[5][6]The band's integration of rock and the avant-garde achieved little commercial success during their existence,[7] but they are now recognized as one of the most influential bands in rock, underground, experimental, and alternative music.[8] The provocative subject matter, musical experimentation, and often nihilistic attitudes explored in the band's work would prove influential in the development of punk rock and new wave music.[7]
Alice Cooper
Vincent Furnier became Alice Cooper on stage Explores dark themes in lyrics and sound Bloody and theatrical stage effects Balanced darkness with self-satire
Prog Rock
a broad genre of rock music[8] that developed in the United Kingdom and United States throughout the mid to late 1960s an outgrowth of psychedelic bands who abandoned standard pop traditions in favour of instrumentation and compositional techniques more frequently associated with jazz, folk, or classical music lyrics were more poetic, technology was harnessed for new sounds, music approached the condition of "art" and the studio, rather than the stage, became the focus of musical activity, which often involved creating music for listening, not dancing
Disc Jockey (DJ)
a radio station announcer who plays records and often emphasizes delivery and personality
Concept Album
a rock album featuring a cycle of songs expressing a particular theme or idea.
Glam Rock
a style of rock music first popular in the early 1970s, characterized by male performers wearing exaggeratedly flamboyant clothes and makeup. Ex. Kiss
Skiffle Music
combines American folk, blues, country, and rock n' roll, promotes the use of homemade instruments
Hippie aesthetic
focus on the craft and importance of the creation of art in creating music, musical ability is admired and studio techniques should be used to make music of the highest quality possible. idea that rock musicians are "gods." Only men thought of as awesome.
Jimmy Page
guitarist and founder of the rock band Led Zeppelin was a member of the Yardbirds from 1966 to 1968 In late 1968, he founded Led Zeppelin
Beatlemania
intense frenzy in the 1960s towards the Beatles.
Robert Plant
lead singer of Led Zeppelin or lyricist
Janis Joplin
nicknamed "Pearl", was an American rock, soul and blues singer and songwriter, and one of the most successful and widely-known female rock stars of her era. After releasing three albums, she died of a heroin overdose at the age of 27. A fourth album, Pearl, was released in January 1971, just over three months after her death. It reached number one on the Billboard charts.
James Brown
was an American singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, dancer and bandleader. A progenitor of funk music and a major figure of 20th century popular music and dance, he is often referred to as the "Godfather of Soul". In a career that lasted 50 years, he influenced the development of several music genres including funk, soul, and R&B.
