FINAL Flashcards by Nick Bradley

“Spinning Wheel”
Contemporary Jazz-Rock
American group
Late 60s-Early 70s

Blood, Sweat and Tears

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“Déjà vu”
Folk Rock
American music
HOF – all four members

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (CSNY)

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“One of these nights”
“Hotel California”
American Rock Band formed in LA, 1971
Huge in the 70s

The Eagles

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“School’s Out”
American singer, songwriter, musician, actor
“The Godfather of Shock Rock”
American Rock
From Detroit

Alice Cooper (Vincent Damon Furnier)

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“Rock and Roll All Nite”
American hard rock
Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons
Most golden albums of any rock band

KISS

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“Mothership Connection”

Black funk band, led by George Clinton

Parliament/Funkadelic

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“YMCA”, “Macho Man”
Black disco group from New York City
Active – 70s, 80s, today

The Village People

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“Bohemian Rhapsody”, “We Will Rock You”, “We Are The Champions”
British rock group formed in London
70s

Queen

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“Space Oddity”
English singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist
60s-present

David Bowie

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“Go Your Own Way”,
British-American rock band, also formed in London (’67)
Stevie Nicks, Mick Fleetwood, Bob Welch, Lindsey Buckingham

Fleetwood Mac

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“Walk This Way”
Steven Tyler
Heavy Metal band

Aerosmith

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Paul McCartney

Wings

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Donald Fagen

Steeley Dan

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Rick Wakeman

Yes

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Bob Marley

The Wailers

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David Gilmour

Pink Floyd

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Phil Collins

Genesis

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Hilly Crystal

CBGB

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CBGB

Low-class bar in New York’s Bowery became the home to “punk”

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“Johnny Hit and Run Paulene”
John Doe
Ray Manzurek – ex-Doors keyboardist, producer for “X”

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“I’m so bored with the USA”
The most commercially-successful and influential punk group
Joe Strummer

The Clash

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Billy Idol

Generation X

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“Take a walk on the wild side”

Lou Reed

The Velvet Underground

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“The Passenger”

Iggy Pop

The Stooges

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“Psycho Killer” | David Byrne

The Talking Heads

Punk singer known for devising the “torn t-shirt” punk look | "Black Generation"

Richard Hell - also part of The Voidoids

“Gloria” Known for trance-like recitations of avant-garde/punk poetry Lenny Kaye

The Patti Smith Group

“God Save the Queen” British punkers known more for stunts/violence than for their music John Lydon Managed by Malcolm McLaren (who also managed the New York Dolls) Sid Vicious – Bassist of Sex Pistols – murdered his girlfriend

The Sex Pistols

“Rockaway Beach” | First group to record and widely disseminate the punk style

The Ramones

“Sweet Dreams Are Made of This” | Annie Lennox

The Eurythmics

Whip It” | Gerald Casale

Devo

“Sultans of Swing” | Mark Knopfler

Dire Straits

“Every breath you take” | Sting

The Police

David Lee Roth

Van Halen

Boy George

Culture Club

“Born in the USA” | The Boss

Bruce Springsteen

“Pride” (“In the name of love”) Bono The Edge – lead guitarist

Deborah Harry

Blondie

Slash

Guns 'N Roses

Billie Jean” Quincy Jones – producer for “Thriller” album Eddie Van Halen – lead guitarist on “Beat It”

Michael Jackson

“We are the world” Harry Belafonte – Calypso singer who organized “USA for Africa” for Ethiopian famine relief Bob Geldof – organized the “Band-Aid” and “Live Aid” concerts for African hunger relief

USA for Africa

Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers

"Refugee"

Madonna

"Like A Virgin"

Quick mix theory – Saddler’s speedy “double-turntable” scratch technique Grandmaster Flash “The Breaks”, “The Message”

Joseph Saddler

James Hetfield

Metallica

“Smells Like Teen Spirit” | Kurt Cobain

Nirvanna

Eddie Vedder

Pearl Jam

Puff Daddy

Sean Combs

The introduced rap to the mainstream on MTV in ‘84 | Darryl McDaniels

Run DMC

The most influential “Gangsta Rap” group “Fight the Power” Chuck D, Flava Flav

Public Enemy

“Radio Song” | Michael Stipes

R.E.M.

Ice-T | He wrote/performed the controversial song “Cop Killer” in ‘91

Tracy Morrow

Dub

Kool DJ Herc

The most important white rap group | “Sabotage”

The Beastie Boys

"Planet Rock"

Africa Bambaataa

"Let's Talk About Sex"

Salt 'N Peppa

"Give It Away"

The Red Hot Chili Peppers

Best selling artist of the 70s-early 80s?

Stevie Wonder

Vince Furnier is the birth name of what famous 70s rock artist?

Alice Cooper

Los Angeles

Major center of the “hardcore movement”

Best selling artist of the 80s?

Michael Jackson

Bob Dylan...

was a member of “The Traveling Wilbury’s”

Paul Simon

fused “World Music” into his albums in the 80s-90s

Robert Pittman

first president of MTV

Jackson Browne

Singer/songwriter who organized the MUSE (anti-nuclear) events

West Coast rapper shot to death in Vegas?

Tupac

Phish

Alternative band with wildly eclectic mix of rock, folk, pop, jazz, bluegrass, etc.

Dub

filtering out a song’s vocals with a mixing board to leave the bass/drums

Grunge

Mixture of hardcore and metal styles popularized in Seattle area in late 80s

First bonafide MC?

Cowboy Keith Wiggins