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Music Appreciation
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1. 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
RIAA
Kurt Cobain
urban folk
Clear channel
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.
rave
M.C. Hammer
Kurt Cobain
Vanilla Ice
3. 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.
Led Zeppelin
world music
The Ramones
Bob Marley
4. 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.
soul music
nashville sound
Bruce Springsteen
Napster
5. Singer-songwriter Who wrote many hits in the 1960s with Gerry Goffin. In 1971 - the success of her album Tapestry made her a major recording star.
Madonna
Willie Nelson
heavy metal
Carole King
6. Country vocalist who scored crossover hits with songs such as 'I Fall to Pieces -' and 'Crazy -' both recorded in 1961.
Patsy Cline
hip-hop
progressive country
reggae
7. Singer-songwriter Who wrote many hits in the 1960s with Gerry Goffin. In 1971 - the success of her album Tapestry made her a major recording star.
alternative rock
Led Zeppelin
heavy metal
Carole King
8. Known as the 'Genius of Soul'; songwriter - arranger - keyboard player - and vocalist fluent in R&B - jazz - and mainstream pop.
MIDI
Andre (Dr. Dre) Young
grunge rock
Ray Charles
9. CEO of the New York independent label Bad Boy Records.
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10. 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.
reggae
N.W.A.
art rock
M.C. Hammer
11. 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.
Andre (Dr. Dre) Young
reggae
rap
hip-hop
12. The most original - inventive - and influential guitarist of the rock era - and the most prominent African American rock musician of the late 1960s.
MIDI
Willie Nelson
Jimi Hendrix
hip-hop
13. Style modeled on that of the early acoustic string bands; probably the original 'alternative country' music.
soul music
sampling
bluegrass
The Ramones
14. 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
Michael Jackson
Jimi Hendrix
Bruce Springsteen
MIDI
15. 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
Queen Latifah
progressive country
RIAA
heavy metal
16. 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).
rap
Madonna
Grandmaster Flash
synthesizer
17. 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
rap
Vanilla Ice
David Bowie
18. 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.
James Brown
M.C. Hammer
Dolly Parton
N.W.A.
19. 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.
Nirvana
Led Zeppelin
funk music
Andre (Dr. Dre) Young
20. 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.
Ray Charles
Paul Simon
sampling
Andre (Dr. Dre) Young
21. 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
progressive country
alternative rock
house music
hip-hop
22. 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
Michael Jackson
M.C. Hammer
progressive country
23. 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.
Carlos Santana
Michael Jackson
disco
alternative music
24. 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
Queen Latifah
gangsta rap
Jimi Hendrix
Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Broadus)
25. Device that enables musicians to create or 'synthesize' musical sounds. Began to appear on rock records during the early 1970s.
Napster
sequencer
progressive country
synthesizer
26. 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
punk rock
techno
analog recording
27. 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
N.W.A.
sequencer
countrypolitan
Andre (Dr. Dre) Young
28. The most important woman in the history of hip-hop - in terms of both her commercial success and her effectiveness in establishing a feminist beachhead on the male-dominated field of rap music.
Madonna
Queen Latifah
Def Jam
countrypolitan
29. 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
The Ramones
analog recording
Prince
Michael Jackson
30. 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
rap
bluegrass
Lauryn Hill
Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Broadus)
31. One of the main venues for techno. Semipublic event modeled partly on the be-ins of the 1960s counterculture.
rave
house music
Sean 'Puffy' Combs
psychedelic rock
32. Variant of MPEG; MP3 enables sound files to be compressed to as little as one-twelfth of their original size.
grunge rock
MP3
Ray Charles
Carlos Santana
33. 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
funk music
techno
house music
punk rock
34. 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.'
Led Zeppelin
Carole King
Madonna
Willie Nelson
35. 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.
psychedelic rock
Lauryn Hill
alternative rock
Led Zeppelin
36. 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.
Carole King
The Sex Pistols
house music
urban folk
37. 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
Prince
Bob Marley
Napster
world music
38. 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.
Andre (Dr. Dre) Young
Run-D.M.C.
The Ramones
MIDI
39. 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
The Ramones
Def Jam
Napster
Run-D.M.C.
40. 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
breakdancing
Lauryn Hill
urban folk
41. 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.
Bruce Springsteen
James Brown
pop rock
42. 'Glam rock' pioneer who established the character of Ziggy Stardust.
urban folk
David Bowie
Led Zeppelin
Public Enemy
43. Kurt KObain's band - Nevermind album
Andre (Dr. Dre) Young
Prince
Nirvana
synthesizer
44. Acrobatic solo dancing improvised by the young 'B-boys' who attended hip-hop dances.
Grateful Dead
psychedelic rock
breakdancing
Nirvana
45. 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.
The Sex Pistols
hip-hop
punk rock
James Brown
46. 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.
The Sex Pistols
Kenny Rogers
Napster
Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Broadus)
47. Variant of MPEG; MP3 enables sound files to be compressed to as little as one-twelfth of their original size.
MP3
alternative music
techno
reggae
48. Heterogeneous category that includes artists from Africa - the Near East - and Asia—the ultimate margins of the American music industry.
world music
Bruce Springsteen
Queen Latifah
RIAA
49. 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.
pop rock
punk rock
funk music
gangsta rap
50. The most important woman in the history of hip-hop - in terms of both her commercial success and her effectiveness in establishing a feminist beachhead on the male-dominated field of rap music.
Queen Latifah
analog recording
country pop
gangsta rap
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