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Music Appreciation
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Regional style of alternative rock from Seattle that blended heavy metal guitar textures with hardcore punk. Bands from Seattle included Green River - Mudhoney - Pearl Jam - Nirvana - and Soundgarden.
grunge rock
Def Jam
N.W.A.
breakdancing
2. 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.
Queen Latifah
Carlos Santana
Kurt Cobain
country pop
3. The norm since the introduction of recording in the nineteenth century. Transforms the energy of sound waves into physical imprints (as in pre-1925 acoustic recordings) or into electronic waveforms that closely follow (and can be used to reproduce) t
Bob Marley
analog recording
alternative rock
RIAA
4. 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.
Run-D.M.C.
urban folk
Ray Charles
rap
5. 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.
M.C. Hammer
Bruce Springsteen
hip-hop
N.W.A.
6. 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.
country pop
Madonna
Willie Nelson
nashville sound
7. CEO of the New York independent label Bad Boy Records.
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8. The most successful white blues singer of the 1960s. Born in Port Arthur - Texas - Joplin came to San Francisco in the mid-1960s and joined a band called Big Brother and the Holding Company.
rave
Janis Joplin
world music
gangsta rap
9. Genre that developed out of hard rock in the 1970s and achieved mainstream success in the 1980s.
Peter Gabriel
Clear channel
heavy metal
disco
10. 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
funk music
Public Enemy
reggae
Lauryn Hill
11. 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
Peter Gabriel
Jimi Hendrix
Run-D.M.C.
Beastie Boys
12. Slick variety of rhythm & blues - often with lush orchestral accompaniment: the O'Jays - the Spinners - Al Green - Barry White.
Willie Nelson
gangsta rap
soft soul
soul music
13. 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.
synthesizer
MIDI
rap
Queen Latifah
14. The norm since the introduction of recording in the nineteenth century. Transforms the energy of sound waves into physical imprints (as in pre-1925 acoustic recordings) or into electronic waveforms that closely follow (and can be used to reproduce) t
Kurt Cobain
psychedelic rock
disco
analog recording
15. 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.
art rock
Tupac Shakur
rave
soft soul
16. Ice's first album - To the Extreme (1990) - monopolized the Number One position for sixteen weeks in early 1991 - selling seven million copies. When it was discovered that Van Winkle - raised in reasonably comfortable circumstances in a middle-class
Jimi Hendrix
David Bowie
Vanilla Ice
Prince
17. 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
heavy metal
pop rock
Jimi Hendrix
Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Broadus)
18. 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.
grunge rock
sequencer
sampling
soul music
19. 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.
synthesizer
Donna Summer
soul music
Tupac Shakur
20. 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
Jimi Hendrix
Bruce Springsteen
funk music
Prince
21. 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
M.C. Hammer
Kurt Cobain
alternative music
22. Acrobatic solo dancing improvised by the young 'B-boys' who attended hip-hop dances.
rap
breakdancing
Public Enemy
gangsta rap
23. One of the biggest stars to emerge from disco in the 1970s. She sang on several disco classics - including 'Love to Love You Baby' (1976) and 'Good Times' (1979).
N.W.A.
Donna Summer
Grateful Dead
MIDI
24. 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.
urban folk
punk rock
Queen Latifah
sequencer
25. 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
Napster
Dolly Parton
Andre (Dr. Dre) Young
bluegrass
26. -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 -
Led Zeppelin
alternative rock
Sonic Youth
psychedelic rock
27. 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.
heavy metal
punk rock
alternative music
Carole King
28. 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.
Dolly Parton
techno
hardcore
The Sex Pistols
29. Co-founded in 1984 by the hip-hop promoter Russell Simmons and the musician-producer Rick Rubin. During the 1980s - Def Jam cross-promoted a new generation of artists - expanding and diversifying the national audience for hip-hop - and in 1986 became
Def Jam
Sean 'Puffy' Combs
hardcore
MP3
30. 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.
Prince
Lauryn Hill
disco
The Sex Pistols
31. A style of soft rock - lightly tinged with country music influences: John Denver - Olivia Newton-John - Kenny Rogers.
M.C. Hammer
RIAA
country pop
alternative rock
32. 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.
Ray Charles
MIDI
Beastie Boys
Public Enemy
33. 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.
nashville sound
rap
Beastie Boys
Vanilla Ice
34. Known as the 'Genius of Soul'; songwriter - arranger - keyboard player - and vocalist fluent in R&B - jazz - and mainstream pop.
Led Zeppelin
Peter Gabriel
sequencer
Ray Charles
35. 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
heavy metal
urban folk
Def Jam
36. 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.
Willie Nelson
synthesizer
Prince
Kurt Cobain
37. 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.
M.C. Hammer
Donna Summer
Kenny Rogers
Led Zeppelin
38. Style modeled on that of the early acoustic string bands; probably the original 'alternative country' music.
rave
Grateful Dead
funk music
bluegrass
39. Variant of MPEG; MP3 enables sound files to be compressed to as little as one-twelfth of their original size.
art rock
MP3
synthesizer
funk music
40. 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
rap
disco
Sean 'Puffy' Combs
41. Style of electronic dance music that originated in the Detroit area during the 1980s.
disco
pop rock
techno
Carole King
42. 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.
punk rock
psychedelic rock
Led Zeppelin
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.
Tupac Shakur
Dolly Parton
Aretha Franklin
Willie Nelson
44. DJ and leader of the furious five - he developed many of the turntable techniques that characterized early hip-hop music.
Grandmaster Flash
Tupac Shakur
Kenny Rogers
Nirvana
45. Device that enables musicians to create or 'synthesize' musical sounds. Began to appear on rock records during the early 1970s.
urban folk
synthesizer
alternative music
The Ramones
46. 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
Dolly Parton
disco
Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Broadus)
Prince
47. 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
countrypolitan
MIDI
Public Enemy
Nirvana
48. Co-founded in 1984 by the hip-hop promoter Russell Simmons and the musician-producer Rick Rubin. During the 1980s - Def Jam cross-promoted a new generation of artists - expanding and diversifying the national audience for hip-hop - and in 1986 became
Carlos Santana
Def Jam
James Brown
Peter Gabriel
49. 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
alternative rock
progressive country
urban folk
funk music
50. 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.'
Willie Nelson
funk music
urban folk
Vanilla Ice