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What was the name of the band Jimmy Page assembled after breaking up the Yardbirds?

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Led Zepellin

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Who from Mountain went on to produce many Cream LPs?

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Felix Pappalardi

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Who was the creative mind behind ‘The Who’?

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Pete Townshend

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Which band ‘killed’ off a member at the end of each show?

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Alice Cooper

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Who was AC/DC’s original lead singer?

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Bon Scott

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What style of music did Iron Maiden represent?

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New Wave of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM)

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What style of music did Metallica represent?

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Thrash Metal

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Acknowledged as the first album to establish rock as an art form

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Beatles’ 1967 Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band

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What was the first form of an orchestra song cycle?

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The Moody Blues’ Days of Future Passes (1967)

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First musical work to be billed as a rock opera

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The Who’s Tommy (1969)

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Only member to be in every version of King Crimson

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Robert Fripp (guitarist)

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Who sang and played bass in King Crimson

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Greg Lake

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Keyboard where each key plays back pre-recorded sounds

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Melatron

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Known for taking classical music pieces and playing them in a rock lineup

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Emerson, Lake and Palmer

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Emerson used a ___________ for his solo at the end of Lucky Man

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Moog Synthesizer (pronounced mOg)

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Only member to be in every version of Jethro Tull

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Ian Anderson

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Who sang vocals for Genesis and left the band in the middle of the tour?

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Peter Gabriel

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Who became Genesis’ vocalist after Peter Gabriel’s departure?

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Phil Collins

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Who left Pink Floyd because of drug use?

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Syd Barrett

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Who replaced Syd Barrett as Pink Floyd’s singer?

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David Gilmour

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Leader of The Mothers of Invention

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Frank Zappa

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Who was Captain Beefheart?

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Don Van Vliet (1941-2010)

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High school friend of Frank Zappa and eventually worked with him

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Don Van Vliet (Captain Beefheart)

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________ used a tape machine to create delays

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Brian Eno

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Small keyboard/synthesizer-type device with microphone that could change voice and play at same decibel as the sound being produced
Vocoder
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This song used a minimalism approach through the vocoder
O Superman by Laurie Anderson
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NEU! is characterized as ________
Motorik beat
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Formed by Klaus Dinger and Michael Rother after their split from Kraftwerk in the early 1970s
NEU!
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Founder of Glam Rock
David Bowie
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David Bowie's guitarist
Mick Ronson
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David Bowie's manager
Tony Defries
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What albums make up the Berlin Trilogy?
Low (1977), Heroes (1977), Lodger (1979)
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Leader of the Velvet Underground
Lou Reed
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Vocalist for Roxy Music
Bryan Perry
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Lead singer for Queen
Freddie Mercury
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Queen's breakthrough hit
Killer Queen
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James Taylor's first album was produced by who
Peter Asher of Apple Records
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What was John Lennon's Mother (1970) based on
Mother's death and father's abandonment
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Died from an overdose of anti-depression medication in 1974
Nick Drake
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Who sang vocals for Black Sabbath?
Ozzy Osbourne
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Who formed Megadeth after being fired from Metallica?
Dave Mustaine
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Came up with the concept of Grindcore
Napalm Death
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Joe Walsh moved on from the James Gang to _______
Eagles
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________ started the two-handed tapping technique
Eddie Van Halen
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__________ quit Humble Pie to go solo
Peter Frampton
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Southern Rock is _______
provincial
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________ had the one note bass part
Foreigner
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________ left Fleetwood Mac but was featured
Peter Green
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________ and ________ are the two members of Steely Dan
Walter Becker and Donald Fagan
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_________ have the Rock Steady
The Maytals
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President of Island Records
Chris Blackwell
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________ was the DJ recording artist
U Roy
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The members of the I-3s were
Rita Marley, Marcia Griffith, and Jody Mowatt
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________ broke up because of the lead vocalist drinking self to death
Led Zeppelin
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Ethan Starr's War was inspired by
The speech of the Ethiopian Prime Minister
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The Spinners' Games People Play was produced by
Thom Bell
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Founder of Motown Records
Berry Gordy Jr.
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Utilized the clavinet in Superstition
Stevie Wonder
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Leader of The Impressions from 1958 to 1970
Curtis Mayfield
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Scored the 1971 Blaxploitation film 'Shaft'
Isaac Hayes
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Voice of 'Chef' on South Park television series
Isaac Hayes
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Scored the 1972 Blaxploitation film 'Super Fly'
Curtis Mayfield
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Pioneers of Philadelphia Soul
Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff
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Ran Philadelphia International Records
Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff
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____________ was a pool of more than thirty studio musicians based at Philadelphia’s Sigma Sound Studios
MFSB (Mother Father Sister Brother)
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______ sampled the Turtles on their record and were sued
De La Soul
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Grandmaster Flash's real name was:
Joseph Saddler
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Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five featured what on their records
Lyrical social commentary
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Grandmaster Flash's records were released by
Sugarhill Records
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Founder of Zulu Nation
Afrika Bambaataa
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Covered Aerosmith's Walk This Way in a rap
Run-DMC
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Who produced LL Cool J's Rock the Bells?
Rick Rubin of Def Jam Records
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Who owned Def Jam Records?
Rick Rubin and Russell Simmons
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First rap album to go to #1
The Beastie Boys' Licensed to Ill
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Who demonstrated consciousness/social awareness rap?
Public Enemy
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George Clinton is an example of an artist who displayed ________
Technofunk
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Producer of the Village People
Jacques Morali
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Michael Jackson was produced by ________
Quincy Jones (Epic Records)
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First hip-hop single to make the Top 40
"Good Times" by Chic
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The Sugarhill Gang was assembled by _________
Sylvia Robinson, the founder of Sugarhill Records
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Introduced digital sampling technology
The Art of Noise in Visible Silence- "Paranoisma"
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Every sound heard is a sample on _________ from ________
Pump up the Volume by M/A/R/R/S
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Derrick May is an example of what style?
Detroit Techno
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Madonna's house DJ was ___________
DJ Frankie Knuckles
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Orb's Little Fluffy Clouds was an example of what style?
Ambient House
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What artists made up the Native Tongues?
Jungle Brothers, De La Soul, A Tribe Called Quest, Queen Latifah
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Ice Cube's 1989 single "AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted" was produced by who?
The Bomb Squad
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Schooly D's 1986 single "P.S.K. What Does it Mean?" was an example of what style?
Gangsta Rap
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Boogie Down Productions wrote _______________ after the murder of Scott La Rock
socially conscious songs
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Who were the members of NWA?
Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, Eazy-E, DJ Yella, MC Ren
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Rick James worked with what production group?
Motown Records
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What was the first video showed on MTV?
The Buggles' "Video Killed the Radio Star"
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Who was the vocalist for Nirvana?
Kurt Cobain
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Black Flag formed ___________
SST Records
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The B-52's Rock Lobster was produced by who?
Chris Blackwell
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What was the first all women's album to hit #1?
The Go-Go's Beauty and the Beat
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___________ performed 2,263 concerts, touring virtually nonstop for 22 years
The Ramones
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Who was the Sex Pistols' manager?
Malcolm McLaren
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Who sang for the Sex Pistols?
Johnny Rotten (John Lydon)
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What was the first British punk single to be released?
"New Rose" by The Damned
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What was Elvis Costello's real name?
Declan McManus
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What was significant about the lead singer of The Slits?
She was the stepdaughter of John Lydon (Sex Pistols and Public Image Ltd.)
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Who was the leader of Public Image Ltd.?
John Lydon (formerly of the Sex Pistols)
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Remaining members of Joy Division formed _________
New Order
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________ suffered from epilepsy and eventually hung himself right before first US tour.
Ian Curtis
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What event stunted XTC's growth?
Andy Partridge's mental breakdown on stage during one of the first concerts of their 1982 tour
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Why did The Germs disband in 1980?
Lead vocalist Darby Crash's suicide
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Where did guitarist Pat Smear move on to following his time with The Germs?
Nirvana and The Foo Fighters
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Who was the first emo band?
Rites of Spring
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Who produced U2's "Pride (In The Name of Love)"?
Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois
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Who shaved her head to contest beauty standards?
Sinead O'Connor
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Since 1994, __________ (drums) has been the leader of Foo Fighters
Dave Grohl

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