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Music Appreciation
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1. 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
Grandmaster Flash
Queen Latifah
Sonic Youth
2. 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.
The Sex Pistols
heavy metal
world music
Vanilla Ice
3. Sophisticated approach to the vocal presentation and instrumental arrangement of country music; a fusion of 'country' and 'cosmopolitan.'
punk rock
sampling
countrypolitan
The Sex Pistols
4. CEO of the New York independent label Bad Boy Records.
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5. 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.
Carole King
disco
Michael Jackson
nashville sound
6. 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.
David Bowie
bluegrass
Kurt Cobain
psychedelic rock
7. 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
Lauryn Hill
Clear channel
Def Jam
hip-hop
8. 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.
Carole King
sampling
The Sex Pistols
rap
9. Device that enables musicians to create or 'synthesize' musical sounds. Began to appear on rock records during the early 1970s.
house music
hip-hop
synthesizer
world music
10. 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.
The Ramones
David Bowie
Bruce Springsteen
Jimi Hendrix
11. 'Glam rock' pioneer who established the character of Ziggy Stardust.
alternative music
soft soul
Paul Simon
David Bowie
12. Hip-hop artist whose work is a self-conscious alternative to the violence and sexism in the work of rap stars such as Dr. Dre - the Notorious B.I.G. - and 2Pac Shakur. Her commitment to female empowerment builds on the ground-breaking example of Quee
James Brown
Lauryn Hill
M.C. Hammer
Kenny Rogers
13. Style modeled on that of the early acoustic string bands; probably the original 'alternative country' music.
world music
bluegrass
alternative rock
James Brown
14. 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
Kenny Rogers
progressive country
Lauryn Hill
Led Zeppelin
15. 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
Jimi Hendrix
Clear channel
Paul Simon
disco
16. 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
Paul Simon
progressive country
Michael Jackson
Public Enemy
17. Device that standardized digital technologies - enabling devices produced by different manufacturers to 'communicate' with one another.
MIDI
Dolly Parton
Carole King
James Brown
18. 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
Michael Jackson
analog recording
synthesizer
Prince
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
The Ramones
Paul Simon
soul music
grunge rock
20. 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.
Dolly Parton
psychedelic rock
analog recording
bluegrass
21. 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
Andre (Dr. Dre) Young
Ray Charles
reggae
22. African American musical style rooted in R&B and gospel that became popular during the 1960s.
rap
soul music
Jimi Hendrix
art rock
23. 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
techno
Napster
Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Broadus)
N.W.A.
24. One of the main venues for techno. Semipublic event modeled partly on the be-ins of the 1960s counterculture.
disco
rave
urban folk
bluegrass
25. 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
Vanilla Ice
Willie Nelson
breakdancing
Clear channel
26. 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
soft soul
Dolly Parton
Run-D.M.C.
Willie Nelson
27. 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
Ray Charles
Dolly Parton
Aretha Franklin
28. 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
nashville sound
Carole King
funk music
world music
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).
Prince
Carole King
Dolly Parton
hardcore
30. 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.
world music
rap
Lauryn Hill
grunge rock
31. 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.
country pop
Jimi Hendrix
grunge rock
sequencer
32. 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
Public Enemy
house music
Peter Gabriel
Paul Simon
33. 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.
progressive country
Kenny Rogers
Run-D.M.C.
techno
34. 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.
Bruce Springsteen
Vanilla Ice
psychedelic rock
Carlos Santana
35. Hip-hop artist whose work is a self-conscious alternative to the violence and sexism in the work of rap stars such as Dr. Dre - the Notorious B.I.G. - and 2Pac Shakur. Her commitment to female empowerment builds on the ground-breaking example of Quee
soul music
hardcore
Lauryn Hill
soft soul
36. 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.
M.C. Hammer
Carlos Santana
MP3
punk rock
37. 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
Lauryn Hill
techno
Sean 'Puffy' Combs
38. 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.
sequencer
Aretha Franklin
Kenny Rogers
Paul Simon
39. Genre that developed out of hard rock in the 1970s and achieved mainstream success in the 1980s.
Lauryn Hill
Grateful Dead
heavy metal
Nirvana
40. 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
gangsta rap
Madonna
Tupac Shakur
alternative music
41. CEO of the New York independent label Bad Boy Records.
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42. 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.
Napster
Janis Joplin
pop rock
synthesizer
43. Band that originated in the 1960s San Francisco rock scene. Their career spanned more than three decades.
sequencer
David Bowie
Michael Jackson
Grateful Dead
44. 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
nashville sound
N.W.A.
Public Enemy
Run-D.M.C.
45. 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.
Bruce Springsteen
The Ramones
Carlos Santana
psychedelic rock
46. 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
heavy metal
RIAA
hip-hop
Public Enemy
47. 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).
pop rock
hardcore
Public Enemy
Janis Joplin
48. 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
Michael Jackson
Prince
rave
hip-hop
49. Genre that developed out of hard rock in the 1970s and achieved mainstream success in the 1980s.
grunge rock
heavy metal
Queen Latifah
The Sex Pistols
50. Slick variety of rhythm & blues - often with lush orchestral accompaniment: the O'Jays - the Spinners - Al Green - Barry White.
David Bowie
grunge rock
Lauryn Hill
soft soul