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Music Appreciation
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1. 'Glam rock' pioneer who established the character of Ziggy Stardust.
Grateful Dead
N.W.A.
David Bowie
Patsy Cline
2. 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.
Led Zeppelin
Bruce Springsteen
Jimi Hendrix
Donna Summer
3. 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
Andre (Dr. Dre) Young
Jimi Hendrix
Dolly Parton
countrypolitan
4. Emerged during the 1970s as one part of the cultural complex of hip-hop. It consisted of rhymed speech accompanied by funk-derived rhythmic grooves.
Kurt Cobain
psychedelic rock
rap
nashville sound
5. 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.
The Ramones
Bob Marley
hip-hop
sampling
6. 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
Run-D.M.C.
Vanilla Ice
Napster
Public Enemy
7. Known as the 'Genius of Soul'; songwriter - arranger - keyboard player - and vocalist fluent in R&B - jazz - and mainstream pop.
MIDI
Grateful Dead
Vanilla Ice
Ray Charles
8. 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.
Andre (Dr. Dre) Young
MIDI
Tupac Shakur
art rock
9. African American musical style rooted in R&B and gospel that became popular during the 1960s.
house music
Sean 'Puffy' Combs
MIDI
soul music
10. 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
synthesizer
M.C. Hammer
Bob Marley
11. Acrobatic solo dancing improvised by the young 'B-boys' who attended hip-hop dances.
breakdancing
funk music
Kenny Rogers
The Sex Pistols
12. 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.
The Ramones
Prince
rap
Sonic Youth
13. Born in Texas - Nelson was one of the most influential figures in the progressive country movement. Nelson's rise to national fame came in the mid-1970s - through his association with a group of musicians collectively known as 'the Outlaws.'
urban folk
Willie Nelson
Janis Joplin
countrypolitan
14. 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.
Michael Jackson
house music
Vanilla Ice
gangsta rap
15. 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
MIDI
breakdancing
funk music
Bob Marley
16. Heterogeneous category that includes artists from Africa - the Near East - and Asia—the ultimate margins of the American music industry.
Public Enemy
disco
world music
Bruce Springsteen
17. Veteran of folk pop groups such as the New Christy Minstrels and the First Edition - star of made-for-TV movies. One of the main beneficiaries of country pop's increasing mainstream appeal.
Kenny Rogers
Ray Charles
Andre (Dr. Dre) Young
countrypolitan
18. 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
gangsta rap
Madonna
bluegrass
19. Named after the Warehouse - a popular gay dance club in Chicago - it was a style of techno dance music. Many house recordings were purely instrumental - with elements of European synth-pop - Latin soul - reggae - rap - and jazz grafted over an insist
N.W.A.
disco
Def Jam
house music
20. DJ and leader of the furious five - he developed many of the turntable techniques that characterized early hip-hop music.
Lauryn Hill
Grandmaster Flash
Willie Nelson
analog recording
21. 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.
Grateful Dead
Kurt Cobain
Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Broadus)
funk music
22. 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.
rap
Tupac Shakur
The Ramones
M.C. Hammer
23. Country music style involving polished arrangements and a sophisticated approach to vocal presentation. The recordings of Patsy Cline were among the most important manifestations of the Nashville sound.
nashville sound
The Sex Pistols
Grandmaster Flash
The Sex Pistols
24. 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
Carlos Santana
soft soul
Paul Simon
bluegrass
25. 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
Bob Marley
N.W.A.
Dolly Parton
The Sex Pistols
26. 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.
Bruce Springsteen
nashville sound
Paul Simon
punk rock
27. Centered on the creation of a strong rhythmic momentum or groove - with the electric bass and bass drum often playing on all four main beats of the measure - the snare drum and other instruments playing equally strongly on the second and fourth beats
Ray Charles
Carlos Santana
funk music
Beastie Boys
28. Slick variety of rhythm & blues - often with lush orchestral accompaniment: the O'Jays - the Spinners - Al Green - Barry White.
Napster
punk rock
soft soul
pop rock
29. Extreme variation of punk - pioneered during the early 1980s by bands in San Francisco (the Dead Kennedys) and Los Angeles (the Germs - Black Flag - X - and the Circle Jerks).
hardcore
Sean 'Puffy' Combs
Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Broadus)
house music
30. 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.
sampling
Sonic Youth
psychedelic rock
nashville sound
31. Hip-hop culture - forged by African American and Caribbean American youth in New York City - included distinctive styles of visual art (graffiti) - dance (an acrobatic solo style called breakdancing and an energetic couple dance called the freak) - m
heavy metal
hip-hop
art rock
MIDI
32. Springsteen's music and personal image evoked the rebellious rock 'n' rollers of the 1950s and the socially conscious folk rockers of the 1960s. His songs reflected his working-class origins and sympathies.
countrypolitan
Public Enemy
analog recording
Bruce Springsteen
33. One of the main venues for techno. Semipublic event modeled partly on the be-ins of the 1960s counterculture.
soft soul
M.C. Hammer
rave
soft soul
34. 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.
Aretha Franklin
Andre (Dr. Dre) Young
Bob Marley
psychedelic rock
35. Acrobatic solo dancing improvised by the young 'B-boys' who attended hip-hop dances.
MIDI
gangsta rap
Clear channel
breakdancing
36. 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.
soul music
RIAA
house music
urban folk
37. CEO of the New York independent label Bad Boy Records.
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38. Upbeat variety of rock music represented by artists such as Elton John - Paul McCartney - Rod Stewart - Chicago - and Peter Frampton.
Willie Nelson
house music
pop rock
Bob Marley
39. 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.
Run-D.M.C.
Patsy Cline
alternative rock
nashville sound
40. Extreme variation of punk - pioneered during the early 1980s by bands in San Francisco (the Dead Kennedys) and Los Angeles (the Germs - Black Flag - X - and the Circle Jerks).
Ray Charles
hardcore
bluegrass
hip-hop
41. Device that enables musicians to create or 'synthesize' musical sounds. Began to appear on rock records during the early 1970s.
Michael Jackson
Vanilla Ice
Lauryn Hill
synthesizer
42. The most important woman in the history of hip-hop - in terms of both her commercial success and her effectiveness in establishing a feminist beachhead on the male-dominated field of rap music.
Kenny Rogers
RIAA
Queen Latifah
Donna Summer
43. African American musical style rooted in R&B and gospel that became popular during the 1960s.
soul music
MP3
hip-hop
Donna Summer
44. Sophisticated approach to the vocal presentation and instrumental arrangement of country music; a fusion of 'country' and 'cosmopolitan.'
countrypolitan
pop rock
urban folk
Led Zeppelin
45. The term 'alternative'—like the broadly equivalent terms 'underground' and 'independent'—is used across a wide range of popular genres - including rock - rap - adult contemporary - dance - folk - and country music. It is used to describe music that c
alternative music
synthesizer
Sonic Youth
Public Enemy
46. 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).
Madonna
Carlos Santana
Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Broadus)
psychedelic rock
47. Rapper from Oakland - California; hit the charts in 1990 with Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em - which held the Number One position for twenty-one weeks and sold over ten million copies - becoming the bestselling rap album of all time.
urban folk
bluegrass
Carole King
M.C. Hammer
48. DJ and leader of the furious five - he developed many of the turntable techniques that characterized early hip-hop music.
Carole King
Vanilla Ice
alternative rock
Grandmaster Flash
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
N.W.A.
grunge rock
David Bowie
Grateful Dead
50. Gangsta rapper born in Long Beach - CA - He was a protaga of Andre 'Dr. Dre' Young and collaborated on Dr. Dre's 1992 album The Chronic. Snoop's soft drawl and laid-back-but-lethal gangster persona were featured on Doggystyle - which debuted at the t
Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Broadus)
world music
Public Enemy
soft soul
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