Final Exam Flashcards
where did heavy metal emerge from?
- 1960s England; London blues scene
- took blues and riff based London blues scene
what is the primary instrument in heavy metal?
what does it symbolize?
- electric guitar (rivaled lead singer as focal point)
- symbolize sex and suggestive of power
describe a ‘guitar god’
- emerged from heavy metal
- develop virtuosic and loud styles of playing guitar to fill large stadiums (amplification & distortion)
- players usually classically trained
What is Pete Townsend known for?
- known for smashing guitar to symbolize violence
- Guitar God
describe the vocal style of heavy metal singers
- loud/ screaming style
- distorted voice (metaphor for going too far)
where were the Yardbirds from?
emerged from London Blues scene
who was the founder of the Yardbirds?
Jimmy Paige
what bands is Jimmy Paige associated with?
- The Yardbirds
- Led Zeppelin
who was the founding member of Led Zeppelin?
Jimmy Paige
what is Jimmy Paige known for?
- one of founders of heavy metal/ hard rock
- master of the riff
- created The Yardbirds and Led Zeppelin
“Black dog/ rock and roll”
-By Led Zeppelin
- riff
- powerful sound/ images
- large base drum
what was heavy metal originally called?
hard rock
“When the levee break”
-By Led Zeppelin
- revolutionized drumbeat
- utilized the studio to create sounds of power
who was heavy metal appealing to?
working class, white adolescents, who felt powerless
“A whole lot of Love”
-controversy
- cover song with the ‘led zeppelin treatment’
- originally by Willie Dixson (Chess Records) and then covered by Small Faces
- often covered songs and didn’t give credit; faced charges
- similar riff and lyrics as original, vocal style like cover
- insistent riff to get across insistent projection of male sexuality and power
- psychedelic drum section, weird guitar, percussion effects
- orgasmic moaning & violent sounds (suggestive of sexual violence)
what theme did Led Zeppelin incorporate into their image?
- explored the occult
- dark, evil magic as source of power
where was Black Sabbath from?
-Birmingham (dreary, industrial town)
Main vocalist of Black Sabbath
Ozzy Osborne
main guitarist of Black Sabbath
- Tony Iommi
- sliced off 2 fingertips, so put thimbles of fingers and tuned guitar down 1.5 steps to give slack to strings creating a heavier sound (developed unique tuning style)
where did Black Sabbath get their name?
-from horror movie
what was Black Sabbath’s first album called?
Black Sabbath
-album art was gloomy, creepy house, witch holding black cat
“Black Sabbath
- storm sounds, tolling of bell, ominousness
- riff based song
- middle interval sounds like siren=tritone= diabolous in musica= devil in music
- being chosen by Satin
tritone
=diabolus in musica (devils music)
-sound like siren
“Iron Man”
-By Black Sabbath
- iron=suggestive of power/strength
- based on book/ movie
- riff based song
- minor 2nd= ‘doom’ interval
- tritone
minor 2nd
=’doom’ interval
where did Deep Purple originate?
English band
“Highway Star”
-By Deep Purple
- car theme (speed, excitement, power, notion of freedom)
- parallel between a car and women (objectifying)
- Baroque virtuosity–> studied Buroque classical music technique
