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Where did punk rock originate?

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in NYC’s Bowery district where literary-minded, avant-garde musicians defined the sound and look

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What was the name of the club in NYC’s Bowery district which helped to spawn punk rock?

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CBGB

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What was punk rock?

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  • an aesthetic as much as a musical style
  • rebellion against virtually all previous rock styles
  • minimalistic, aggressive, angry musical style
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Song and Album for Lou Reed

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“Walk On The Wild Side” from 1973 album Transformer

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What was the name of the band led by Lou Reed and John Cale, which was part of Andy Warhol’s Factory?

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Velvet Underground

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Song for the Ramones

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“I Wanna Be Sedated”

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The Ramones

Fact about members? Considered? Look idols?

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  • all bands members took the last name Ramone
  • considered by many to be first punk rock band
  • modeled their look after 1950s greasers
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Song for The Sex Pistols

What happened at time of song release?

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“God Save the Queen”
- releaase coincided with the Queen’s Silver Jubilee celebration

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The Sex Pistols

What did they represent? Show style?

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  • represented working-class anger at dismal economic conditions
  • violent live shows
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Who put the Sex Pistols together?

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clothing store owner Malcolm McLaren

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Song for The Clash

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“Train in Vain (Stand By Me)”

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Who was vocals/guitars for The Clash?

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Joe Strummer

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What was the name of The Clash album?

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London Calling

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Song for Elvis Costello

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“Alison”

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What did Elvis Costello do?

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helped usher in New Wave (punk attitude with more musical sophistication)

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Song for Talking Heads

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“Burning Down the House”

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Song for The Cars?

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“Just What I Needed”

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Who was the creative leader/singer/guitarist of The Cars?

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Ric Ocasek

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Song for Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

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“American Girl”

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What happened to music & technology in the 80s?

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-Americans began buying VCRs and video games
-portable cassette players & boom boxes become popular
- CDs introduced

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What was MTV?

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  • Music Television launched Aug 1981
  • Targeted young audience and played very few black artists in beginning
  • emphasis on the visual
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What was the first video played on MTV?

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“Video Killed The Radio Star” by the Buggles

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Song for Michael Jackson

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“Billie Jean” from Thriller album

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Who produced Michael Jackson’s Thriller?

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Quincy Jones

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Significance of Michael Jackson

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  • arguably the most successful and influential entertainer of all time - worldwide influence
  • first truly international pop star
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Song for Madonna

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“Like A Virgin”

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What pop star exploited an idea found in Freudian psychology in her public image?

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Madonna

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Significance of Madonna

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  • trendsetter for 80s dance music
  • exploited new video medium
  • control of good girl vs bad girl imagery
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What does PMRC stand for and what was it?

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Parental Music Resource Center
- group of Senators wives led by Tipper Gore who believe music industry should submit to rating system for content control
- 1985 Senate hearings included musicians who argued that their 1st Amendment rights were being violated

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Song for Prince and album

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“Darling Nikki” from Purple Rain

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Significance of Prince

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  • Brilliant performer (guitarist, singer, dancer, keyboardist, drummer, etc.)
  • Sexually suggestive songs/performances
  • MTV staple in 1980s
  • Subject of much controversy and targeted by PMRC
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Song for Bruce Springsteen

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“Born To Run” from album of same name

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Who had the nickname of “The Boss”?

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Bruce Springsteen - rooted in 60s idealism & music

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What was the name of Bruce Springsteen’s backup band?

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E Street Band

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80s Activism

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some musicians wielded their new power & influence for social/political causes

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Song for The Go-Go’s

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“We Got the Beat”

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What all-female band fused New Wave and pop starting in the late 70s in California?

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The Go-Gos

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Song for Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine

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“Rhythm is Gonna Get You”

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Significance of Gloria Estefan

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  • fused pop music with Latin rhythms and predated the 90s Latin pop explosion by a decade.
40
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Song for Milli Vanilli

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“Girl You Know It’s True”

41
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Significance of Milli Vanilli

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-dance-pop duo
-Rob and Fab were models who lip synched to recorded tracks
-first artists to ever be stripped of a Grammy

42
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Song for Ozzy Osbourne

Album?

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“Crazy Train” from Blizzard of Ozz

43
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Significance of Ozzy Osbourne

Show style? Controvesry over? Previous Band?

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  • great showman with outrageous live shows
  • From Black Sabbath
  • ran into controversy with “Suicide Solution”
  • accused in 1986 of encouraging suicide
44
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Song for AC/DC

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“Back in Black”

45
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AC/DC details

Type of rock? Led?

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  • visceral, minimalist hard rock
  • led by brothers Malcolm and Angus Young
46
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What band’s visual trademark includes the lead guitar player wearing a school uniform onstage?

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AC/DC

47
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Song for Van Halen

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“Jump”

48
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Van Halen Brothers

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  • sons of jazz musician and classically trained
  • Virtuosic Eddie pioneered new guitar-playing techniques, i.e. “tapping” (play with both hands on guitar neck)
49
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What was tapping?

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new guitar-playing techniques w/ play with both hands on guitar neck
- started by Eddie Van Halen

50
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Song for Guns ‘N’ Roses

Album?

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“Sweet Child O’ Mine” from Appetit For Destruction album
- brought back raw, gritty, blues rock & roll

51
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What does NWBHM stand for?

During what time?

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New Wave of British Heavy Metal
- musical movement in late 70s-early 80s
- Led by Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Def Leppard

52
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Song for Judas Priest

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“You’ve Got Another Thing Coming” from Screaming for Vengeance

53
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Judas Priest

Genre? Led the way for?

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-Influential, true British “heavy metal”
- Laid groundwork for speed and death metal in 80s

54
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Song for Journey and what was unusual about it?

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“Don’t Stop Believin”
- chorus appears only once at end

55
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Journey Facts

What type of band? Area? Started as?

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Not metal - Quintessential AOR band (Album-Oriented Rock)
Based in San Francisco area
Started as jazz-rock fusion band

56
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Song for U2

Album?

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“I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For” from Joshua Tree album

57
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Who was U2’s lead singer and guitar player?

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Bono on vocals
The Edge on guitar

58
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What helped define the sound of U2?

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The Edge’s layered guitar textures (w/ heavy use of effects like delay)

59
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Song for The Police

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“Every Breath You Take” from Synchronicity
Lead singer
- Sting, vocals/bass

60
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Song for The Pretenders

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“Brass In Pocket”

61
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Who is the lead singer of the Pretenders?

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lead singer & creative leader was Chrissie Hynde

62
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Song for The Cure

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“Boy’s Don’t Cry”

63
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Who was the lead singer for The Cure?

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Robert Smith with his ghoulish appearance

64
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Song and Album for Peter Gabriel

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“Sledgehammer” from album So

65
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80s-90s Alternative Music

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alternative to mainstream pop and rock
- college radio stations were influential in promoting these bands

66
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Song for R.E.M

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“Radio Free Europe”

67
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What band sparked the 1980s alternative rock movement?

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R.E.M.

68
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Birth of Hip-hop

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  • block parties in NYC in the mid 70s ft DJs spinning two turntables
  • Hip-hop refers to cultural expression which includes music, dance (incl. Break dancing early on), language, art (incl. graffiti), fashion, etc
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Who was the first rap artist to have commercial success?

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Kurtis Blow with “The Breaks”

70
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Song for Sugarhill Gang

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“Rapper’s Delight” released on Sugarhill Records

71
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What artist is regarded as the beginning of recorded hip-hop, and use samples from Chic’s “Good Times”

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Sugarhill Gang

72
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Song for Run D.M.C

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“My Adidas”
Song from their 1986 Raising Hell album, the first to crossover into pop mainstream (also included “Walk This Way” w/ Aerosmith)

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Run DMC

Label? Fused what? First to what?

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  • Signed to Def Jam
  • From Hollis, Queens (NYC)
  • First rap group to get airplay on MTV
  • Fused rock & rap, sometimes using hard rock samples
  • Members
    Run (Joseph Simmons)
    Jam Master Jay (Jason Mizell)
    D.M.C. (Darryl McDaniels)
74
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Beastie Boys Song

Album and significance of it?

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“You Gotta Fight For Your Right To Party”
from Licensed to Ill produced by Rick Rubin and first #1 album in rap history

75
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Chuck D and Flavor Flav were rappers in what hip-hop group?

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Public Enemy

76
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Song for Public Enemy

Album? Considered? Impact on hip-hop?

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“Fight The Power” from Fear of a Black Planet
- many consider them to be the definitive rap group of all time
- Moved hip hop towards pro-Black Consciousness & social/political message

77
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Metallica song

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“Enter Sandman” from Metallica album

78
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Metallica details

Best what? Pioneers of? Fan base from?

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  • Best, most influential heavy metal band of the 1980s
  • Pioneers of “thrash” (aka speed metal)
  • Built fan base through constant touring (support from radio & MTV came after years of work)
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Nirvana song and facts?

Style of Song? Quintessential? First to?

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“Smells Like Teen Spirit”
-Combined hardcore punk with melodic hooks
- Became the quintessential grunge band and first to find commercial success

80
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Guitarist for Nirvana

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Kurt Cobain - committed suicide in 1994

81
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Drummer for Nirvana

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Dave Grohl who founded Foo Fighters

82
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Riot Grrrls

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A feminist cultural expression which grew out of the Pacific Northwest around same time as grunge

83
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Sarah McLachlan song?

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“Sweet Surrender”

84
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Sarah McLachlan

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Canadian singer-songwriter
Dedicated to political & social causes
Founder of Lilith Fair concert tours
- Started b/c concert promoters would not book more than one female act per show

85
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Mariah Carey Song

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“Vision of Love” from self-titled debut which included four #1 singles

86
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Mariah Carey

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Best-selling female performer of the decade (had #1 hits each year in 1990s)
Five-octave vocal range

87
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Boyz II Men Song

Also most what?

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“End of the Road”
The most commercially successful R&B group of all time

88
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Dr. Dre

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“Nothin But A ‘G’ Thang” from his debut solo album The Chronic
- Pioneer of gangsta rap, west coast “G Funk”
- Co-founder of influential group N.W.A. (w/ Ice Cube)
- Producer/mentor to Snoop Dogg, Eminem, 50 Cent

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Red Hot Chili Peppers

Song? Album? Success? Music style?

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“Give It Away”
- From album Blood Sugar Sex Magik, produced by Rick Rubin
- Most successful alternative rock band of the era - 80 million records sold
- Fused punk, rock, funk, rap
- Known for stage antics included wearing only a single tube sock onstage

90
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Radiohead

Song? Album? Creative Lead? Thing?

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“Paranoid Android” From their OK Computer album
- Thom Yorke, singer/creative leader
- Embraced new technology on business side too, pioneering new ways to handle digital releases (i.e. “pay what you want” model)

91
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Dave Matthews Band

Song? Music Style? Following? Fact?

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“Crash Into Me”
- Combined pop, jazz, folk, world music in jam band format
- Built following through constant touring, first caught on among college students
- They are the only band to have 6 consecutive studio albums debut at #1 on Billboard charts

92
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2000s rapid change in music tech

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  • internet in majority of American homes
  • iPods in 2001 and iTunes in 2004
  • internet radio and streaming services alter listening habits
93
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Moby

Song? Album? Significance of album?

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“Find My Baby” from 1999 album Play
- Most licensed album in history; First album ever to have every track (18 total) used for movies, TV, or commercials
- Brought techno/dance music into the mainstream

94
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Britney Spears

Song? Album? Biggest what? Image?

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“Oops I Did It Again” From her 2000 album of the same name, which sold over a million copies in its first week of release
- Biggest solo star of late 90s teen pop trend
- Sexualized image at a very young age

95
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Eminem

Song? Career Began? Revered for?

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“The Real Slim Shady”
- Began career in independent/underground hip hop
- Both revered for his creative and technical abilities a rapper and criticized for violent and controversial imagery
- Made career as angry young white outsider

96
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White Stripes

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“Seven Nation Army”
- A rare rock duo: Jack White - vocals/guitars
and Meg White - drums
- Very creative work with limited palette, both musically and visually (red, black, white imagery)

97
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Green Day

Song? What kind of innovators?

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“American Idiot”
- Pop punk innovators who achieved mainstream success in the late 1990s
- Helped introduce a younger generation to punk

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