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Music Appreciation
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1. Rock style that emerged in the late 1970s. It was a 'back to basics' rebellion against the perceived artifice and pretension of corporate rock music—a stripped-down and often purposefully 'nonmusical' version of rock music.
Carlos Santana
MP3
punk rock
Bruce Springsteen
2. Got his start in the 1960s as a member of the famous folk rock duo Simon and Garfunkel. His album Graceland (1986) was a global collaboration recorded in South Africa - England - and the United States. It is the album responsible - more than any othe
Paul Simon
countrypolitan
Nirvana
heavy metal
3. From the late 1980s through the 1990s - Madonna's popularity was second only to Michael Jackson's. She created controversial songs and music videos - including 'Papa Don't Preach' (1986) - 'Express Yourself' (1989) - and 'Like a Prayer' (1989).
nashville sound
hip-hop
Sean 'Puffy' Combs
Madonna
4. CEO of the New York independent label Bad Boy Records.
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5. Form of rock music that blended elements of rock and European classical music. It included bands such as King Crimson; Emerson - Lake - and Palmer; and Pink Floyd.
disco
art rock
reggae
psychedelic rock
6. Device that records musical data rather than musical sound and enables the creation of repeated sound sequences (loops) - the manipulation of rhythmic grooves - and the transmission of recorded data from one program or device to another.
Grateful Dead
sequencer
nashville sound
Andre (Dr. Dre) Young
7. Form of rock music that blended elements of rock and European classical music. It included bands such as King Crimson; Emerson - Lake - and Palmer; and Pink Floyd.
Kenny Rogers
art rock
Madonna
heavy metal
8. Slick variety of rhythm & blues - often with lush orchestral accompaniment: the O'Jays - the Spinners - Al Green - Barry White.
Paul Simon
James Brown
sequencer
soft soul
9. The 'Godfather of Soul.' He was known for his acrobatic physicality and remarkable charisma on stage. No other single musician has proven to be as influential on the sound and style of black music as James Brown.
reggae
Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Broadus)
house music
James Brown
10. The first commercially successful white act in hip-hop. Their early recordings represent a fusion of the youth-oriented rebelliousness of hardcore punk rock—the style they began playing in 1981—with the sensibility and techniques of hip-hop.
Carlos Santana
RIAA
Donna Summer
Beastie Boys
11. Kurt KObain's band - Nevermind album
nashville sound
Peter Gabriel
Carlos Santana
Nirvana
12. Tragic victim of conflicts between East and West Coast factions within the hip-hop business. He was an up-and-coming star with Los Angeles-based Death Row Records when He was shot and killed in Las Vegas in 1996.
countrypolitan
Carlos Santana
James Brown
Tupac Shakur
13. Variant of hip-hop music; its emergence was heralded nationwide by the release of the album Straight Outta Compton by N.W.A. (Niggaz with Attitude). It included artists such as Snoop Doggy Dogg - 2Pac Shakur - and the Notorious B.I.G.
countrypolitan
Grateful Dead
gangsta rap
Peter Gabriel
14. Country vocalist who scored crossover hits with songs such as 'I Fall to Pieces -' and 'Crazy -' both recorded in 1961.
Patsy Cline
Led Zeppelin
Beastie Boys
Kurt Cobain
15. A style of soft rock - lightly tinged with country music influences: John Denver - Olivia Newton-John - Kenny Rogers.
country pop
MP3
disco
Led Zeppelin
16. Band that originated in the 1960s San Francisco rock scene. Their career spanned more than three decades.
Sonic Youth
The Ramones
Grateful Dead
James Brown
17. British hard rock band that formed in London in 1968. Zeppelin's sledgehammer style of guitar-focused rock music drew on various influences - including urban blues - San Francisco psychedelia - and the virtuoso guitar playing of Jimi Hendrix.
Kenny Rogers
M.C. Hammer
house music
Led Zeppelin
18. In progressive country - performers wrote songs that were more intellectual and liberal in outlook than their contemporaries and were more concerned with testing the limits of the country music tradition than with scoring hits. The key artists includ
Prince
progressive country
heavy metal
Run-D.M.C.
19. Born in the impoverished shantytowns of Kingston - Jamaica - reggae first became popular in the United States in 1973 - after the release of the Jamaican film The Harder They Come and its soundtrack album. The heart of reggae music consists of 'riddi
alternative rock
Kenny Rogers
reggae
bluegrass
20. The first punk rock band. Formed in 1974 in New York City - the Ramones' high-speed - energetic - and extremely loud sound influenced English punk groups such as the Sex Pistols and the Clash and also became a blueprint for 1980s L.A. hardcore bands.
soul music
Queen Latifah
The Ramones
Donna Summer
21. African American musical style rooted in R&B and gospel that became popular during the 1960s.
James Brown
Grandmaster Flash
Kenny Rogers
soul music
22. The most outrageous—and therefore famous—punk band - formed in 1975 in London. They were the creation of Malcolm McAllen - owner of a London boutique called Sex - which specialized in leather and rubber clothing.
Bruce Springsteen
The Sex Pistols
MP3
rap
23. Genre that developed out of hard rock in the 1970s and achieved mainstream success in the 1980s.
grunge rock
heavy metal
Led Zeppelin
nashville sound
24. Known as the 'Genius of Soul'; songwriter - arranger - keyboard player - and vocalist fluent in R&B - jazz - and mainstream pop.
Ray Charles
Beastie Boys
Napster
Sonic Youth
25. Achieved celebrity as a member of the art rock group Genesis before embarking on a solo career. Gabriel's best-selling single 'Sledgehammer' became Number One pop and Number Sixty-one R&B in 1986. The award-winning video version of 'Sledgehammer' was
Lauryn Hill
gangsta rap
punk rock
Peter Gabriel
26. Pioneered West Coast gangsta rap with the release of the album Straight Outta Compton. Their recordings expressed the gangsta lifestyle - saturated with images of sex and violence. The nucleus of the group was formed in 1986 - when O'Shea ;Ice C
N.W.A.
Prince
Tupac Shakur
breakdancing
27. Founded in 1982 - Public Enemy was organized around a core set of members who met as college students - drawn together by their interest in hip-hop culture and political activism. The group included the standard hip-hop configuration of two MCs—Chuck
Public Enemy
Madonna
urban folk
Napster
28. Rock style that emerged in the late 1970s. It was a 'back to basics' rebellion against the perceived artifice and pretension of corporate rock music—a stripped-down and often purposefully 'nonmusical' version of rock music.
Aretha Franklin
Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Broadus)
punk rock
James Brown
29. The leader of the Wailers and a national hero in his native Jamaica - Marley was reggae's most effective international ambassador. His songs of determination - rebellion - and faith - rooted in the Rastafarian belief system - found a worldwide audien
N.W.A.
urban folk
countrypolitan
Bob Marley
30. Upbeat variety of rock music represented by artists such as Elton John - Paul McCartney - Rod Stewart - Chicago - and Peter Frampton.
pop rock
hip-hop
techno
sampling
31. Singer-songwriter Who wrote many hits in the 1960s with Gerry Goffin. In 1971 - the success of her album Tapestry made her a major recording star.
Donna Summer
Carole King
Michael Jackson
hardcore
32. -one of the forerunners of the Grunge genre - originally part of the 'no wave' scene in NY -Many alternative bands such as Nirvana looked up to them -album 'Daydream Nation' was well-received by critics - and then they were signed to Geffen Records -
urban folk
alternative rock
Sonic Youth
bluegrass
33. Singer and guitarist who founded the alternative rock band Nirvana. His recordings broke through to the commercial mainstream and popularized grunge rock. He shot himself in Seattle in 1994.
synthesizer
James Brown
Nirvana
Kurt Cobain
34. Variant of hip-hop music; its emergence was heralded nationwide by the release of the album Straight Outta Compton by N.W.A. (Niggaz with Attitude). It included artists such as Snoop Doggy Dogg - 2Pac Shakur - and the Notorious B.I.G.
rave
funk music
Prince
gangsta rap
35. Born in Mexico - he began his musical career playing guitar in Tijuana. He formed his band in San Francisco in the late 1960s. Their 1971 album Abraxas established a Latin American substream within rock.
Carlos Santana
Prince
Grateful Dead
techno
36. Marketing category that emerged around 1990; it is most often used to describe bands like are.E.M. - Sonic Youth - the Dead Kennedys - and Nirvana.
James Brown
alternative rock
Def Jam
disco
37. The most original - inventive - and influential guitarist of the rock era - and the most prominent African American rock musician of the late 1960s.
Jimi Hendrix
Kurt Cobain
N.W.A.
Clear channel
38. Genre that developed out of hard rock in the 1970s and achieved mainstream success in the 1980s.
heavy metal
Def Jam
disco
The Ramones
39. The most influential and economically successful member of N.W.A. He founded an independent record label (Death Row/Interscope) - cultivated a number of younger rappers - and continued to develop a distinctive hip-hop production style - christened 'G
urban folk
synthesizer
Vanilla Ice
Andre (Dr. Dre) Young
40. Upbeat variety of rock music represented by artists such as Elton John - Paul McCartney - Rod Stewart - Chicago - and Peter Frampton.
reggae
Patsy Cline
pop rock
Willie Nelson
41. Variant of MPEG; MP3 enables sound files to be compressed to as little as one-twelfth of their original size.
MP3
N.W.A.
alternative rock
country pop
42. Style of folk music that grew in popularity in the burgeoning New York folk scene during the 1960s. It included artists such as Bob Dylan.
urban folk
The Ramones
sampling
Jimi Hendrix
43. '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.
analog recording
bluegrass
soul music
Aretha Franklin
44. Form of dance music popular in the late 1970s - characterized by elaborate studio production and an insistent beat: Donna Summer - Chic - the Village People - the Bee Gees.
disco
sampling
countrypolitan
funk music
45. A digital recording process wherein a sound source is recorded with a microphone - converted to a digital stream of binary numbers - and stored in a computer. The sampled sounds may be retrieved in a number of ways.
Bruce Springsteen
MIDI
gangsta rap
sampling
46. Music played by San Francisco bands that encompassed a variety of styles and musical influences - including folk rock - blues - 'hard rock -' Latin music - and Indian classical music.
synthesizer
synthesizer
psychedelic rock
Prince
47. The first punk rock band. Formed in 1974 in New York City - the Ramones' high-speed - energetic - and extremely loud sound influenced English punk groups such as the Sex Pistols and the Clash and also became a blueprint for 1980s L.A. hardcore bands.
Kurt Cobain
psychedelic rock
The Ramones
Clear channel
48. Country vocalist who scored crossover hits with songs such as 'I Fall to Pieces -' and 'Crazy -' both recorded in 1961.
Napster
Madonna
Willie Nelson
Patsy Cline
49. Pioneered West Coast gangsta rap with the release of the album Straight Outta Compton. Their recordings expressed the gangsta lifestyle - saturated with images of sex and violence. The nucleus of the group was formed in 1986 - when O'Shea ;Ice C
punk rock
N.W.A.
world music
The Ramones
50. One of the main venues for techno. Semipublic event modeled partly on the be-ins of the 1960s counterculture.
Bob Marley
Donna Summer
heavy metal
rave