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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

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Vocoder

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This song used a minimalism approach through the vocoder

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O Superman by Laurie Anderson

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NEU! is characterized as ________

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Motorik beat

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Formed by Klaus Dinger and Michael Rother after their split from Kraftwerk in the early 1970s

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NEU!

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Founder of Glam Rock

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David Bowie

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David Bowie’s guitarist

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Mick Ronson

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David Bowie’s manager

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Tony Defries

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What albums make up the Berlin Trilogy?

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Low (1977), Heroes (1977), Lodger (1979)

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Leader of the Velvet Underground

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Lou Reed

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Vocalist for Roxy Music

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Bryan Perry

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Lead singer for Queen

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Freddie Mercury

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Queen’s breakthrough hit

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Killer Queen

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James Taylor’s first album was produced by who

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Peter Asher of Apple Records

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What was John Lennon’s Mother (1970) based on

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Mother’s death and father’s abandonment

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Died from an overdose of anti-depression medication in 1974

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Nick Drake

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Who sang vocals for Black Sabbath?

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Ozzy Osbourne

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Who formed Megadeth after being fired from Metallica?

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Dave Mustaine

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Came up with the concept of Grindcore

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Napalm Death

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Joe Walsh moved on from the James Gang to _______

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Eagles

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________ started the two-handed tapping technique

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Eddie Van Halen

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__________ quit Humble Pie to go solo

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Peter Frampton

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Southern Rock is _______

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provincial

47
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________ had the one note bass part

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Foreigner

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________ left Fleetwood Mac but was featured

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Peter Green

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________ and ________ are the two members of Steely Dan

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Walter Becker and Donald Fagan

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_________ have the Rock Steady

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The Maytals

51
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President of Island Records

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Chris Blackwell

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________ was the DJ recording artist

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U Roy

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The members of the I-3s were

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Rita Marley, Marcia Griffith, and Jody Mowatt

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________ broke up because of the lead vocalist drinking self to death

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Led Zeppelin

55
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Ethan Starr’s War was inspired by

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The speech of the Ethiopian Prime Minister

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The Spinners’ Games People Play was produced by

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Thom Bell

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Founder of Motown Records

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Berry Gordy Jr.

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Utilized the clavinet in Superstition

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Stevie Wonder

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Leader of The Impressions from 1958 to 1970

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Curtis Mayfield

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Scored the 1971 Blaxploitation film ‘Shaft’

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Isaac Hayes

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Voice of ‘Chef’ on South Park television series

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Isaac Hayes

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Scored the 1972 Blaxploitation film ‘Super Fly’

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Curtis Mayfield

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Pioneers of Philadelphia Soul

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Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff

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Ran Philadelphia International Records

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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

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MFSB (Mother Father Sister Brother)

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______ sampled the Turtles on their record and were sued

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De La Soul

67
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Grandmaster Flash’s real name was:

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Joseph Saddler

68
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Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five featured what on their records

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Lyrical social commentary

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Grandmaster Flash’s records were released by

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Sugarhill Records

70
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Founder of Zulu Nation

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Afrika Bambaataa

71
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Covered Aerosmith’s Walk This Way in a rap

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Run-DMC

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Who produced LL Cool J’s Rock the Bells?

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Rick Rubin of Def Jam Records

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Who owned Def Jam Records?

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Rick Rubin and Russell Simmons

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First rap album to go to #1

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The Beastie Boys’ Licensed to Ill

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Who demonstrated consciousness/social awareness rap?

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Public Enemy

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George Clinton is an example of an artist who displayed ________

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Technofunk

77
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Producer of the Village People

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Jacques Morali

78
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Michael Jackson was produced by ________

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Quincy Jones (Epic Records)

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First hip-hop single to make the Top 40

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“Good Times” by Chic

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The Sugarhill Gang was assembled by _________

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Sylvia Robinson, the founder of Sugarhill Records

81
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Introduced digital sampling technology

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The Art of Noise in Visible Silence- “Paranoisma”

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Every sound heard is a sample on _________ from ________

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Pump up the Volume by M/A/R/R/S

83
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Derrick May is an example of what style?

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Detroit Techno

84
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Madonna’s house DJ was ___________

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DJ Frankie Knuckles

85
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Orb’s Little Fluffy Clouds was an example of what style?

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Ambient House

86
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What artists made up the Native Tongues?

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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?

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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?

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Gangsta Rap

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Boogie Down Productions wrote _______________ after the murder of Scott La Rock

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socially conscious songs

90
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Who were the members of NWA?

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Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, Eazy-E, DJ Yella, MC Ren

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Rick James worked with what production group?

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Motown Records

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What was the first video showed on MTV?

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The Buggles’ “Video Killed the Radio Star”

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Who was the vocalist for Nirvana?

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Kurt Cobain

94
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Black Flag formed ___________

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SST Records

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The B-52’s Rock Lobster was produced by who?

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Chris Blackwell

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What was the first all women’s album to hit #1?

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The Go-Go’s Beauty and the Beat

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___________ performed 2,263 concerts, touring virtually nonstop for 22 years

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The Ramones

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Who was the Sex Pistols’ manager?

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Malcolm McLaren

99
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Who sang for the Sex Pistols?

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Johnny Rotten (John Lydon)

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What was the first British punk single to be released?

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“New Rose” by The Damned

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What was Elvis Costello’s real name?

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Declan McManus

102
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What was significant about the lead singer of The Slits?

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She was the stepdaughter of John Lydon (Sex Pistols and Public Image Ltd.)

103
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Who was the leader of Public Image Ltd.?

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John Lydon (formerly of the Sex Pistols)

104
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Remaining members of Joy Division formed _________

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New Order

105
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________ suffered from epilepsy and eventually hung himself right before first US tour.

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Ian Curtis

106
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What event stunted XTC’s growth?

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Andy Partridge’s mental breakdown on stage during one of the first concerts of their 1982 tour

107
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Why did The Germs disband in 1980?

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Lead vocalist Darby Crash’s suicide

108
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Where did guitarist Pat Smear move on to following his time with The Germs?

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Nirvana and The Foo Fighters

109
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Who was the first emo band?

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Rites of Spring

110
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Who produced U2’s “Pride (In The Name of Love)”?

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Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois

111
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Who shaved her head to contest beauty standards?

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Sinead O’Connor

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Since 1994, __________ (drums) has been the leader of Foo Fighters

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Dave Grohl

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