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Music Appreciation
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.
rap
Peter Gabriel
Bob Marley
Beastie Boys
2. 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
Def Jam
disco
Patsy Cline
3. 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.
sequencer
Paul Simon
Bruce Springsteen
breakdancing
4. Began his performing career as a member of the Jackson Five. He achieved unprecedented success with his 1982 album Thriller - and his elaborately produced music videos helped boost the new medium of music videos. Jackson became the first African Amer
Led Zeppelin
Michael Jackson
grunge rock
bluegrass
5. 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
Grandmaster Flash
Def Jam
Prince
alternative rock
6. 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
funk music
Carole King
Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Broadus)
reggae
7. 'Glam rock' pioneer who established the character of Ziggy Stardust.
Def Jam
progressive country
David Bowie
Michael Jackson
8. 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.
sequencer
analog recording
Willie Nelson
psychedelic rock
9. 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.
gangsta rap
Madonna
art rock
countrypolitan
10. Began his performing career as a member of the Jackson Five. He achieved unprecedented success with his 1982 album Thriller - and his elaborately produced music videos helped boost the new medium of music videos. Jackson became the first African Amer
alternative rock
breakdancing
Dolly Parton
Michael Jackson
11. 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.
soft soul
Madonna
Lauryn Hill
sampling
12. 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.
Janis Joplin
Kurt Cobain
heavy metal
Nirvana
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.'
punk rock
Willie Nelson
house music
Janis Joplin
14. 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
Grateful Dead
country pop
Janis Joplin
15. 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
Janis Joplin
alternative rock
techno
16. 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
analog recording
Tupac Shakur
Def Jam
reggae
17. 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
progressive country
Dolly Parton
reggae
urban folk
18. 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.
grunge rock
world music
soul music
nashville sound
19. 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).
grunge rock
Sonic Youth
RIAA
Donna Summer
20. Style of electronic dance music that originated in the Detroit area during the 1980s.
Bob Marley
techno
Lauryn Hill
Aretha Franklin
21. Variant of MPEG; MP3 enables sound files to be compressed to as little as one-twelfth of their original size.
house music
James Brown
MP3
David Bowie
22. 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
Carole King
alternative music
Led Zeppelin
pop rock
23. 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
countrypolitan
Vanilla Ice
Tupac Shakur
world music
24. The most original - inventive - and influential guitarist of the rock era - and the most prominent African American rock musician of the late 1960s.
Led Zeppelin
Jimi Hendrix
The Ramones
Andre (Dr. Dre) Young
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
Dolly Parton
Patsy Cline
Sean 'Puffy' Combs
Public Enemy
26. 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
The Sex Pistols
country pop
Carlos Santana
27. Heterogeneous category that includes artists from Africa - the Near East - and Asia—the ultimate margins of the American music industry.
world music
Andre (Dr. Dre) Young
Carole King
bluegrass
28. 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.
Tupac Shakur
grunge rock
Led Zeppelin
heavy metal
29. 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.
nashville sound
progressive country
sequencer
Bob Marley
30. Kurt KObain's band - Nevermind album
Nirvana
Tupac Shakur
Carole King
MIDI
31. 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
Kenny Rogers
alternative music
sampling
funk music
32. Genre that developed out of hard rock in the 1970s and achieved mainstream success in the 1980s.
Nirvana
Sonic Youth
heavy metal
rave
33. Upbeat variety of rock music represented by artists such as Elton John - Paul McCartney - Rod Stewart - Chicago - and Peter Frampton.
The Ramones
gangsta rap
Paul Simon
pop rock
34. 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
progressive country
Michael Jackson
Sonic Youth
Beastie Boys
35. Style modeled on that of the early acoustic string bands; probably the original 'alternative country' music.
Sonic Youth
bluegrass
N.W.A.
art rock
36. One of the main venues for techno. Semipublic event modeled partly on the be-ins of the 1960s counterculture.
The Sex Pistols
rave
countrypolitan
Donna Summer
37. 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.
Janis Joplin
Grateful Dead
rap
hip-hop
38. Band that originated in the 1960s San Francisco rock scene. Their career spanned more than three decades.
RIAA
house music
analog recording
Grateful Dead
39. 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
Public Enemy
house music
Sonic Youth
disco
40. 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.
Grandmaster Flash
nashville sound
The Ramones
Public Enemy
41. 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
synthesizer
Peter Gabriel
MIDI
Sean 'Puffy' Combs
42. -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 -
Nirvana
funk music
Napster
Sonic Youth
43. 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
Led Zeppelin
M.C. Hammer
Bob Marley
Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Broadus)
44. Band that originated in the 1960s San Francisco rock scene. Their career spanned more than three decades.
soft soul
heavy metal
Grateful Dead
Led Zeppelin
45. 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.
Janis Joplin
house music
countrypolitan
Bruce Springsteen
46. DJ and leader of the furious five - he developed many of the turntable techniques that characterized early hip-hop music.
Public Enemy
M.C. Hammer
Prince
Grandmaster Flash
47. Publicly traded corporation that owns more than 1 -200 radio stations - 39 television stations - 100000 advertising billboards - and 100 live performance venues - ranging from huge amphitheaters to dance clubs - enabling them to present more than 70
Clear channel
world music
soul music
N.W.A.
48. 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.
alternative rock
nashville sound
Grandmaster Flash
Michael Jackson
49. A style of soft rock - lightly tinged with country music influences: John Denver - Olivia Newton-John - Kenny Rogers.
country pop
Bob Marley
Dolly Parton
Clear channel
50. 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.
rave
country pop
Def Jam
Tupac Shakur