Hard Rock & Heavy Metal

Question 1

Where does Soul shift to in 1970s

Answer 1

Moves to Philadelphia as Stax & Motown decline.

Question 2

What happens to Funk in the 1970s

Answer 2

becomes popular with artists like Sly & the Family, Parliament Funkadelic

Question 3

What pop singer songwriters emerge in the 1970s

Answer 3

James Taylor, Carol King

Question 4

What aestheetic does mainstream music adapt in the 70s

Answer 4

Embrace the hippie aesthetic, move to albums, focus on listening

Question 5

How are hard rock and heavy metal related?

Answer 5

They are a spectrum, with most bands falling somewhere between the two

Question 6

from what genre does hard rock develop

Answer 6

Psychadellic blues (sonic development). Shift away from collective ideas of the counter culture

Question 7

How are the the lyrics different between hard rock and heavy metal?

Answer 7

Hard rock: chuck berry style lyrics (parties, cars, girls, rocks)
Heavy Metal: Fantasy, failure of religion, psychological instability and war metaphors

Question 8

How are the tempo and structure different between hard rock and heavy metal

Answer 8

Hard rock: straight forward verse/chorus or blues. Stable, midrange tempo, no changes in speed
Heavy metal: elaborate structure, extremes in tempo, with varying tempo

Question 9

How are the influences different between hard rock and heavy metal?

Answer 9

Hard Rock: Blues influenced

Heavy Metal: Classical Music

Question 10

Does hard rock or heavy metal have higher distortion?

Answer 10

heavy metal

Question 11

What is an example of a hard rock band?

Answer 11

ACDC

Question 12

when was ACDC formed

Answer 12

1973

Question 13

How many copies did Back in Black sell?

Answer 13

50M (second in history)

Question 14

When was back in black released?

Answer 14

1980

Question 15

What components make AC/DC a great example of Hard Rock?

Answer 15

Strong blues influence, steady tempo, rock n’ roll lyrics

Question 16

What is an example of a Heavy Metal band?

Answer 16

Metallica

Question 17

when was Metallica formed?

Answer 17

1981

Question 18

What is an example of a ACDC song?

Answer 18

Highway to Hell

Question 19

What elements indicate Metallica is Heavy metal

Answer 19

music is highly technical, with frequent tempo changes, instrumental sections. Music is classically influenced with virtuosic soloing. Lyrics express alienation and loss of control

Question 20

What is an example of a Metallica song?

Answer 20

Master of Puppets

Question 21

What are the founding bands of Hard Rock and Heavy Metal

Answer 21

Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin

Question 22

What connects the three founding bands

Answer 22

Theyre all british. This is because there was no UK counter culture, 1960s kind of sucked in the UK, gives their music a sense of doom

Question 23

What type of music does black sabbath make?

Answer 23

Doomy music, focus on madness and the futility of war

Question 24

What is an example of a Black Sabbath song?

Answer 24

War Pigs

Question 25

When was War Pigs released?

Answer 25

1970

Question 26

What elements of War Pigs are drawn from Heavy Metal?

Answer 26

tempo changes, instrumental sections, lyrics on alienation and futility

Question 27

What elements of War Pigs are drown from Hard Rock

Answer 27

lower level of distortion, especially in Ozzy Osbornes lyrics

Question 28

When does Deep Purple form?

Answer 28

Late 60s, UK

Question 29

What is interesting about Deep Purple's instrumentation?

Answer 29

Use of an electric organ (distorted)

Question 30

Who plays the electric organ in Deep Purple?

Answer 30

Jon Lord. Classically taught piano player

Question 31

What is an example of a Deep Purple song?

Answer 31

Highway star

Question 32

When was highway star released?

Answer 32

1972

Question 33

What element of highway star are hard rock influnced

Answer 33

berry style lyrics (cars and girls), constant tempo with verse/chorus structure

Question 34

What elements of highway star are heavy metal

Answer 34

virtuosic electric organ soloing with strong classical elements (Bach)

Question 35

What band did Led Zeppelin grow out of?

Answer 35

the Yardbirds

Question 36

Where do led zeppelin fall on the heavy metal / hard rock spectrum?

Answer 36

In the middle. VERY strong blues influence (lots of covers), also lots of acoustic, celtic songs with virtuosic soloing and mastery of recording studio

Question 37

What is an example of a Led Zeppelin song

Answer 37

Whole Lotta Love

Question 38

When was Whole Lotta Love released?

Answer 38

1969 (Led Zeppelin II)

Question 39

What is the structure of Whole Lotta Love

Answer 39

riff based composition

Question 40

What song is Whole Lotta Love a rip off of

Answer 40

You Need Love - 1962 - Muddy Waters

Question 41

How does Led Zeppelin use the studio

Answer 41

interlude section with a psychadellic aesthetic

Question 42

How is Hard Rock and Heavy Metal influenced by the counter culture

Answer 42

response to failure of counter culture and the rejection of the collective ideal.

Question 43

Where did the focus shift after moving away from the collective in the 1970s

Answer 43

Shift to the individual. Focus on musical greatness, fame, fortune

Question 44

How are 70s bands influenced by corporations

Answer 44

Focus on branding w logos. Names that no longer contain "the", become a model of success for their fans