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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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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. DJ and leader of the furious five - he developed many of the turntable techniques that characterized early hip-hop music.
Nirvana
RIAA
MIDI
Grandmaster Flash
2. 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.
heavy metal
Kenny Rogers
Carlos Santana
The Ramones
3. 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.
punk rock
breakdancing
hardcore
The Sex Pistols
4. A style of soft rock - lightly tinged with country music influences: John Denver - Olivia Newton-John - Kenny Rogers.
country pop
hardcore
Patsy Cline
heavy metal
5. 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
analog recording
M.C. Hammer
alternative music
6. -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 -
The Ramones
Clear channel
hardcore
Sonic Youth
7. 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
analog recording
Michael Jackson
Bob Marley
Bob Marley
8. 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).
Donna Summer
Bob Marley
MIDI
Tupac Shakur
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.
Willie Nelson
soul music
art rock
Tupac Shakur
10. One of the main venues for techno. Semipublic event modeled partly on the be-ins of the 1960s counterculture.
nashville sound
countrypolitan
MP3
rave
11. 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.
Donna Summer
Michael Jackson
gangsta rap
Kurt Cobain
12. 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
rap
art rock
world music
13. 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.
MIDI
Madonna
James Brown
Led Zeppelin
14. 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.
Nirvana
Run-D.M.C.
countrypolitan
sequencer
15. 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
Clear channel
Peter Gabriel
Carlos Santana
Beastie Boys
16. 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
psychedelic rock
Run-D.M.C.
analog recording
17. -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 -
Sonic Youth
soft soul
Run-D.M.C.
breakdancing
18. 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
soft soul
Tupac Shakur
Aretha Franklin
19. 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
Tupac Shakur
synthesizer
progressive country
Paul Simon
20. 'Glam rock' pioneer who established the character of Ziggy Stardust.
Madonna
Grateful Dead
David Bowie
Bruce Springsteen
21. 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
N.W.A.
funk music
RIAA
rave
22. 'Glam rock' pioneer who established the character of Ziggy Stardust.
art rock
David Bowie
Sonic Youth
Lauryn Hill
23. CEO of the New York independent label Bad Boy Records.
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24. 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.
breakdancing
country pop
Led Zeppelin
Donna Summer
25. 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.
bluegrass
urban folk
Paul Simon
Napster
26. 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).
Jimi Hendrix
bluegrass
RIAA
Madonna
27. 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.
Clear channel
Carole King
gangsta rap
Grateful Dead
28. 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.
Bob Marley
Bruce Springsteen
Napster
Led Zeppelin
29. 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
Def Jam
Run-D.M.C.
The Ramones
Carlos Santana
30. 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
Donna Summer
psychedelic rock
hip-hop
Beastie Boys
31. 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.
Prince
nashville sound
David Bowie
Sonic Youth
32. 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
house music
gangsta rap
punk rock
reggae
33. Acrobatic solo dancing improvised by the young 'B-boys' who attended hip-hop dances.
countrypolitan
heavy metal
breakdancing
The Ramones
34. Band that originated in the 1960s San Francisco rock scene. Their career spanned more than three decades.
Grateful Dead
urban folk
house music
Bruce Springsteen
35. 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.
Clear channel
Tupac Shakur
Peter Gabriel
house music
36. 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.
reggae
Madonna
Carlos Santana
Paul Simon
37. Variant of MPEG; MP3 enables sound files to be compressed to as little as one-twelfth of their original size.
Ray Charles
MP3
art rock
The Ramones
38. 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.
Vanilla Ice
Led Zeppelin
Sonic Youth
analog recording
39. Device that enables musicians to create or 'synthesize' musical sounds. Began to appear on rock records during the early 1970s.
techno
synthesizer
Tupac Shakur
bluegrass
40. 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
RIAA
urban folk
David Bowie
41. 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.'
funk music
Willie Nelson
Janis Joplin
Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Broadus)
42. 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).
The Ramones
psychedelic rock
bluegrass
hardcore
43. Style of electronic dance music that originated in the Detroit area during the 1980s.
Andre (Dr. Dre) Young
techno
Def Jam
hardcore
44. Genre that developed out of hard rock in the 1970s and achieved mainstream success in the 1980s.
heavy metal
Madonna
funk music
gangsta rap
45. 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).
hip-hop
Carole King
Madonna
house music
46. Kurt KObain's band - Nevermind album
disco
Sonic Youth
Carlos Santana
Nirvana
47. 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
analog recording
punk rock
Willie Nelson
psychedelic rock
48. 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.
psychedelic rock
grunge rock
Bruce Springsteen
urban folk
49. 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
house music
Peter Gabriel
Andre (Dr. Dre) Young
Nirvana
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
Bruce Springsteen
Carlos Santana
Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Broadus)
countrypolitan