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Music Appreciation
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performing-arts
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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.
bluegrass
grunge rock
Kurt Cobain
pop rock
2. 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.
funk music
RIAA
nashville sound
Tupac Shakur
3. Style of electronic dance music that originated in the Detroit area during the 1980s.
techno
progressive country
Ray Charles
Willie Nelson
4. Prince is one of the most talented musicians ever to achieve mass commercial success in the field of popular music. He has sold almost forty million recordings. Between 1982 and 1992 - he placed nine albums in the Top 10 - reaching the top of the cha
hardcore
Prince
progressive country
Paul Simon
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.
N.W.A.
hip-hop
Bruce Springsteen
Jimi Hendrix
6. 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.
Public Enemy
gangsta rap
rap
Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Broadus)
7. -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 -
Dolly Parton
Sonic Youth
The Ramones
disco
8. 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.
Bruce Springsteen
grunge rock
art rock
gangsta rap
9. Variant of MPEG; MP3 enables sound files to be compressed to as little as one-twelfth of their original size.
sequencer
MP3
Aretha Franklin
funk music
10. 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).
alternative music
Tupac Shakur
Madonna
Grateful Dead
11. Parton was born in the hill country of Tennessee and began her recording career at age eleven. She moved to Nashville in 1964 and built her career with regular appearances on country music radio and television.
soul music
Dolly Parton
countrypolitan
techno
12. 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.
Led Zeppelin
Paul Simon
soul music
alternative rock
13. 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.
Clear channel
Janis Joplin
soft soul
The Sex Pistols
14. 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.
Kurt Cobain
Prince
Beastie Boys
soft soul
15. Internet-based software program that enabled computer users to share and swap files - specifically music - through a centralized file server. A federal court injunction forced Napster to shut down operations in February 2001.
Napster
Clear channel
Bruce Springsteen
Sean 'Puffy' Combs
16. A style of soft rock - lightly tinged with country music influences: John Denver - Olivia Newton-John - Kenny Rogers.
country pop
MIDI
Willie Nelson
Peter Gabriel
17. 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.
Nirvana
bluegrass
Bruce Springsteen
Kurt Cobain
18. 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.
Queen Latifah
gangsta rap
19. 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.
gangsta rap
Lauryn Hill
sampling
Prince
20. '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.
hip-hop
Aretha Franklin
Kenny Rogers
psychedelic rock
21. Heterogeneous category that includes artists from Africa - the Near East - and Asia—the ultimate margins of the American music industry.
alternative rock
Donna Summer
Run-D.M.C.
world music
22. 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
nashville sound
Peter Gabriel
M.C. Hammer
Led Zeppelin
23. 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
funk music
Donna Summer
countrypolitan
Andre (Dr. Dre) Young
24. 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
Andre (Dr. Dre) Young
Bob Marley
Run-D.M.C.
25. 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
Janis Joplin
Public Enemy
Beastie Boys
Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Broadus)
26. DJ and leader of the furious five - he developed many of the turntable techniques that characterized early hip-hop music.
Beastie Boys
Grandmaster Flash
Dolly Parton
Jimi Hendrix
27. Sophisticated approach to the vocal presentation and instrumental arrangement of country music; a fusion of 'country' and 'cosmopolitan.'
countrypolitan
Tupac Shakur
hardcore
Madonna
28. 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.
psychedelic rock
Dolly Parton
Andre (Dr. Dre) Young
Kenny Rogers
29. Trade association whose member companies—Universal - Sony - Warner Brothers - Arista - Atlantic - BMG - RCA - Capitol - Elektra - Interscope - and Sire Records—control the sale and distribution of approximately 90 percent of the offline music in the
Ray Charles
techno
RIAA
soul music
30. 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.
analog recording
Donna Summer
rave
rap
31. Style of electronic dance music that originated in the Detroit area during the 1980s.
techno
Michael Jackson
Kurt Cobain
nashville sound
32. 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
gangsta rap
art rock
punk rock
N.W.A.
33. 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.
Andre (Dr. Dre) Young
Dolly Parton
Def Jam
alternative rock
34. Trio consisting of the MCs Run (Joseph Simmons - b. 1964) and D.M.C. (Darryl McDaniels - b. 1964) - and the DJ Jam Master Jay (Jason Mizell - b. 1965). Perhaps the most influential act in the history of rap music - they established a hard-edged - roc
Tupac Shakur
soft soul
Sonic Youth
Run-D.M.C.
35. 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
M.C. Hammer
Sonic Youth
Napster
36. Device that standardized digital technologies - enabling devices produced by different manufacturers to 'communicate' with one another.
alternative music
pop rock
MIDI
Led Zeppelin
37. 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
sequencer
Ray Charles
Donna Summer
reggae
38. 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.
Michael Jackson
James Brown
psychedelic rock
Patsy Cline
39. African American musical style rooted in R&B and gospel that became popular during the 1960s.
soul music
Paul Simon
Grateful Dead
techno
40. 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.
bluegrass
Andre (Dr. Dre) Young
reggae
Carlos Santana
41. 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
country pop
Patsy Cline
The Ramones
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
rave
Kenny Rogers
hardcore
43. 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
grunge rock
synthesizer
Tupac Shakur
Andre (Dr. Dre) Young
44. CEO of the New York independent label Bad Boy Records.
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45. 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.
Beastie Boys
The Ramones
gangsta rap
Nirvana
46. 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
funk music
Jimi Hendrix
Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Broadus)
47. 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
Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Broadus)
techno
rap
progressive country
48. 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.
Prince
Led Zeppelin
psychedelic rock
analog recording
49. Device that enables musicians to create or 'synthesize' musical sounds. Began to appear on rock records during the early 1970s.
rave
sequencer
synthesizer
Queen Latifah
50. Slick variety of rhythm & blues - often with lush orchestral accompaniment: the O'Jays - the Spinners - Al Green - Barry White.
Tupac Shakur
Kurt Cobain
urban folk
soft soul