Final Review Flashcards
What 70’s rockband played their first gigs as the New Yardbirds?
Led Zepplin
Jimmy Page played what instrument with Led Zepplin?
Guitar
What genre of music originated in Jamaica?
Reggae
Ozzie Osborne was lead singer for what heavy metal band?
Black Sabbath
What major funk rock band was the first to integrate both race and gender into its band?
Sly and the family Stone
What jazz artist is considered to have the first jazz/rock fusion album?
Miles Davis
What glam artist created the character Ziggy Stardust for an album?
David Bowie
The glam artist who finished his shows with gruesome antics
Alice Cooper
The band that features singer Freddie Mercury
Queen
What Southern rock band was named after a high school teacher they didn’t like
Lynyrd Skynyrd
What black pop band was made up of a group of brothers from Gary, Indiana
The Jackson Five
The 1977 film that signaled the breakthrough of disco into mainstream popularity
Saturday Night Fever
What genre of rock music featured dancing called “pogo” and “moshing”
Punk Rock
What punk rocker is considered the “Godfather of Punk”?
Iggy Pop
The punk band who’s members adopted the same stage name despite none of them being related
Ramones
The rock group led by two sisters named Nancy & Anne Wilson
Heart
What does AOR stand for?
Album Oriented Rock
The rock band who features a virtuoso guitar player with the same last name
Van Halen
The music video cable show that premiered on August 1st, 1981?
Music Television (MTV)
The Artist known as the “King of Pop”
Michael Jackson
The album “The Dark Side of the Moon” is considered this group’s defining work
Pink Floyd
The origins of rap began in what city?
Los Angeles
The sub-genre of rock music performed by singers/musicians wearing outrageous clothes, makeup, hair-styles, & platform-soled shoes
Glam Rock
Artists who died at the age of 27
Jimmi Hendrix, Janice Joplin, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain, Brian Jones
