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FINAL Flashcards

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

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Blood, Sweat and Tears

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

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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

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The Eagles

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

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KISS

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“Mothership Connection”

Black funk band, led by George Clinton

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Parliament/Funkadelic

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

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The Village People

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

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Queen

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

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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

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Fleetwood Mac

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“Walk This Way”
Steven Tyler
Heavy Metal band

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Aerosmith

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Paul McCartney

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Wings

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Donald Fagen

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Steeley Dan

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Rick Wakeman

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Yes

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Bob Marley

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The Wailers

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David Gilmour

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Pink Floyd

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Phil Collins

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Genesis

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Hilly Crystal

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CBGB

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CBGB

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

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20
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“Johnny Hit and Run Paulene”
John Doe
Ray Manzurek – ex-Doors keyboardist, producer for “X”

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X

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

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The Clash

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Billy Idol

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Generation X

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“Take a walk on the wild side”

Lou Reed

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The Velvet Underground

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“The Passenger”

Iggy Pop

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The Stooges

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“Psycho Killer”

David Byrne

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The Talking Heads

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Punk singer known for devising the “torn t-shirt” punk look

“Black Generation”

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Richard Hell - also part of The Voidoids

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

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The Patti Smith Group

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“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

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The Sex Pistols

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“Rockaway Beach”

First group to record and widely disseminate the punk style

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The Ramones

30
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“Sweet Dreams Are Made of This”

Annie Lennox

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The Eurythmics

31
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Whip It”

Gerald Casale

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Devo

32
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“Sultans of Swing”

Mark Knopfler

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Dire Straits

33
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“Every breath you take”

Sting

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The Police

34
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David Lee Roth

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Van Halen

35
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Boy George

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Culture Club

36
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“Born in the USA”

The Boss

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Bruce Springsteen

37
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“Pride” (“In the name of love”)
Bono
The Edge – lead guitarist

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U2

38
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Deborah Harry

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Blondie

39
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Slash

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Guns ‘N Roses

40
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Billie Jean”
Quincy Jones – producer for “Thriller” album
Eddie Van Halen – lead guitarist on “Beat It”

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Michael Jackson

41
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“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

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USA for Africa

42
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Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers

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“Refugee”

43
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Madonna

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“Like A Virgin”

44
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Quick mix theory – Saddler’s speedy “double-turntable” scratch technique
Grandmaster Flash
“The Breaks”, “The Message”

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Joseph Saddler

45
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James Hetfield

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Metallica

46
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“Smells Like Teen Spirit”

Kurt Cobain

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Nirvanna

47
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Eddie Vedder

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Pearl Jam

48
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Puff Daddy

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Sean Combs

49
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The introduced rap to the mainstream on MTV in ‘84

Darryl McDaniels

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Run DMC

50
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The most influential “Gangsta Rap” group
“Fight the Power”
Chuck D, Flava Flav

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Public Enemy

51
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“Radio Song”

Michael Stipes

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R.E.M.

52
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Ice-T

He wrote/performed the controversial song “Cop Killer” in ‘91

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Tracy Morrow

53
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Dub

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Kool DJ Herc

54
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The most important white rap group

“Sabotage”

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The Beastie Boys

55
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“Planet Rock”

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Africa Bambaataa

56
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“Let’s Talk About Sex”

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Salt ‘N Peppa

57
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“Give It Away”

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The Red Hot Chili Peppers

58
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Best selling artist of the 70s-early 80s?

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Stevie Wonder

59
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Vince Furnier is the birth name of what famous 70s rock artist?

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Alice Cooper

60
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Los Angeles

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Major center of the “hardcore movement”

61
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Best selling artist of the 80s?

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Michael Jackson

62
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Bob Dylan…

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was a member of “The Traveling Wilbury’s”

63
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Paul Simon

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

64
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Robert Pittman

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first president of MTV

65
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Jackson Browne

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

66
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West Coast rapper shot to death in Vegas?

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Tupac

67
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Phish

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

68
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Dub

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

69
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Grunge

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

70
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First bonafide MC?

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Cowboy Keith Wiggins

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