Hard Rock & Heavy Metal Flashcards

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Where does Soul shift to in 1970s

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Moves to Philadelphia as Stax & Motown decline.

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What happens to Funk in the 1970s

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becomes popular with artists like Sly & the Family, Parliament Funkadelic

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What pop singer songwriters emerge in the 1970s

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James Taylor, Carol King

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What aestheetic does mainstream music adapt in the 70s

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Embrace the hippie aesthetic, move to albums, focus on listening

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How are hard rock and heavy metal related?

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They are a spectrum, with most bands falling somewhere between the two

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from what genre does hard rock develop

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Psychadellic blues (sonic development). Shift away from collective ideas of the counter culture

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How are the the lyrics different between hard rock and heavy metal?

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Hard rock: chuck berry style lyrics (parties, cars, girls, rocks)
Heavy Metal: Fantasy, failure of religion, psychological instability and war metaphors

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How are the tempo and structure different between hard rock and heavy metal

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Hard rock: straight forward verse/chorus or blues. Stable, midrange tempo, no changes in speed
Heavy metal: elaborate structure, extremes in tempo, with varying tempo

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How are the influences different between hard rock and heavy metal?

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Hard Rock: Blues influenced

Heavy Metal: Classical Music

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Does hard rock or heavy metal have higher distortion?

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heavy metal

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What is an example of a hard rock band?

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ACDC

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when was ACDC formed

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1973

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How many copies did Back in Black sell?

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50M (second in history)

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When was back in black released?

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1980

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What components make AC/DC a great example of Hard Rock?

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Strong blues influence, steady tempo, rock n’ roll lyrics

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What is an example of a Heavy Metal band?

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Metallica

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when was Metallica formed?

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1981

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What is an example of a ACDC song?

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Highway to Hell

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What elements indicate Metallica is Heavy metal

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music is highly technical, with frequent tempo changes, instrumental sections. Music is classically influenced with virtuosic soloing. Lyrics express alienation and loss of control

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What is an example of a Metallica song?

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Master of Puppets

21
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What are the founding bands of Hard Rock and Heavy Metal

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Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin

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What connects the three founding bands

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Theyre all british. This is because there was no UK counter culture, 1960s kind of sucked in the UK, gives their music a sense of doom

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What type of music does black sabbath make?

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Doomy music, focus on madness and the futility of war

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What is an example of a Black Sabbath song?

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War Pigs

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When was War Pigs released?

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1970

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What elements of War Pigs are drawn from Heavy Metal?

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tempo changes, instrumental sections, lyrics on alienation and futility

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What elements of War Pigs are drown from Hard Rock

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lower level of distortion, especially in Ozzy Osbornes lyrics

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When does Deep Purple form?

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Late 60s, UK

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What is interesting about Deep Purple’s instrumentation?

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Use of an electric organ (distorted)

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Who plays the electric organ in Deep Purple?

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Jon Lord. Classically taught piano player

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What is an example of a Deep Purple song?

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Highway star

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When was highway star released?

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1972

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What element of highway star are hard rock influnced

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berry style lyrics (cars and girls), constant tempo with verse/chorus structure

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What elements of highway star are heavy metal

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virtuosic electric organ soloing with strong classical elements (Bach)

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What band did Led Zeppelin grow out of?

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the Yardbirds

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Where do led zeppelin fall on the heavy metal / hard rock spectrum?

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In the middle. VERY strong blues influence (lots of covers), also lots of acoustic, celtic songs with virtuosic soloing and mastery of recording studio

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What is an example of a Led Zeppelin song

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Whole Lotta Love

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When was Whole Lotta Love released?

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1969 (Led Zeppelin II)

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What is the structure of Whole Lotta Love

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riff based composition

40
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What song is Whole Lotta Love a rip off of

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You Need Love - 1962 - Muddy Waters

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How does Led Zeppelin use the studio

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interlude section with a psychadellic aesthetic

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How is Hard Rock and Heavy Metal influenced by the counter culture

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response to failure of counter culture and the rejection of the collective ideal.

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Where did the focus shift after moving away from the collective in the 1970s

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Shift to the individual. Focus on musical greatness, fame, fortune

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How are 70s bands influenced by corporations

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Focus on branding w logos. Names that no longer contain “the”, become a model of success for their fans