Art Rock/Heavy Metal/Punk 4-10-17 Class Flashcards
Progressive Rock Style Characteristics (4)
- Emphasis on virtuoso playing
- Album oriented
- Studio production values
- Music intended for listening, not dancing
This Pink Floyd album has a connection with the “Wizard of OZ”
The Dark Side of the Moon
Characteristics of Pink Floyd’s ‘Dark Side of the Moon’ (4)
- New Direction
- Longest running chart album in history
- On the billboard charts for 741 weeks
- Connection with the Wizard of OZ
Queens Signature hit song
A Night at the Opera 1975
How many albums did Pink Floyd record?
18
How many number 1 hits did Pink Floyd have?
18
Pink Floyd sold ____ albums.
150 milliion
This Queen song used advanced multi-track recording technology?
Bohemian Rhapsody
Heavy Metal Characteristics (3)
- Influenced by British blues-based rock
- Extreme variant of blues-based rock’
- Electric guitar forefront distortion
Heavy Metal early exponents (4)
- Jimi Hendrix
- Deep Purple
- Black Sabbath
- Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin sold ____ albums worldwide?
200 million
Led Zeppelin had ____ albums in the Billboard top 10
9 albums
Deriving meaning from a recorded song played backwards?
Backmasking
This Metallica album represented a departure from their ‘thrash’ metal sound of previous albums.
Metallica the”Black Album”
Characteristics of Metallica (3)
- 9 Grammy Awards
- 5 consecutive albums that debuted number 1 on the billboard 200
- Sold over 100 million records world-wide
