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history of rock final Flashcards

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who is in Led Zeppelin?

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Jimmy Page, guitar
John Paul Jones, bass guitar
Robert Plant, vocals
John Bonham, drums

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When did led zepplin form & who/what are their influences?

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formed 1968, influenced by rock, american delta & urban blues, and trends from the 60s

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what are led zepplins most notable songs?

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“Good times, Bad times”
“Immigrant song”
“Rock and Roll”
“Babe im gonna leave you”
“whole lotta love”

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why did led zepplin break up?

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the surprising death of john bonham in 1980

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who formed black sabbath?

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Tony Iommi, guitar
John “Ozzy” Osbourne, vocals
Terry “Geezer” Butler, bass guitar/lyrics
Bill Ward, drums

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When did black sabbath form & who/what are their influences?

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formed in 1968, originally called “earth” playing cream styled blues-rock

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what are black sabbaths most notable songs?

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“Black Sabbath”
“Paranoid”
“Iron Man”
“Children of the Grave”

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Who formed the allman brothers band?

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Duane Allman
Gregg Allman
Johanny “Jaimoe” Johanson on drums
Berry Oakley on bass
Dickey Betts on lead and rhythm guitar

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who are the allman brothers signed to?

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Capricorn Records

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who is black sabbath signed to?

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Phillips Records

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When did the allman brothers form & who/what are their influences?

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improvisational jazz influence of John Coltrane, the blues from B.B. King, Santana & Grateful Dead

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what was Alice Cooper most known for?

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outrageous stage show, mixing horror-movie camp with Broadway and Las Vegas clichés, and featured the killing of Alice at the climax of every show, typically by guillotine or electric chair.

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who formed Alice Cooper?

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Alice Cooper (born Vincent Furnier, 1949) lead vocals

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what two bands are considered shock rock?

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Kiss & Alice Cooper

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what are the allman brothers band most notable songs?

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“hot Lanta”
“Dreams”
“Midnight Rider”
“Layla” by derek & the dominoes ft dunae allman

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what was Alice Cooper originally named?

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The Nazz

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who formed kiss?

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Gene Simmons: the Demon bass, vocals
Paul Stanley: the Starchild rhythm guitar, vocals
Ace Frehley: the Spaceman lead guitar, vocals Peter Criss: the Catman drums, vocals.

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what was different about kisses audience compared to the other heavy rock bands?

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by 1970 kids and families attended many kiss shows in full makeup - kiss was outraged since it nots for children lol

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what are alice coopers most notable songs?

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“Im eighteen”
“schools out”

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what are kiss’es most notable songs?

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“Rock & Roll All Nite”
“Detroit Rock City”

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what artist was the velvet underground closely associated with?

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Andy Warhol and they were apart of his traveling show “The exploding plastic inevitable”

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what was iggy pop influenced by?

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hard rocking, proto-punk Detroit band the MC5 (Motor City Five), he was inspired after seeing Jim Morrison and The Doors at the Univ. of Michigan

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What are iggy pop and the stooges most notable songs?

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“1969”
“I wanna be your dog”
“Search and Destroy”

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What is CBGB & the significance of it?

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A small dive biker bar on 315 Bowery and was the epicenter of the new york punk underground scene

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who are some of the notable performances at CBGB?

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Richard Hell & Tom Verlaine, The Ramones and Television

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when did The Ramones first play at CBGB?

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1974

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what are the velvet underground most notable songs?

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“im waiting for the man”
“Sweet Jane”

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what are the ramones most notable songs?

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“Beat on the brat”
“Blitzkreig Bop”

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who is in the sex pistols?

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vocalist Johnny Rotten
guitarist Steve Jones
drummer Paul Cook
bassist Glen Matlock

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who formed the clash?

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Lead singer Joe Strummer
guitarist Mick Jones
bassist Paul Simonon
drummer Nicky “Topper” Headon

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what are the clashes influences?

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created a punk style that was political, artistic and musically adventurous.

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what are the sex pistols most notable songs?

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“Anarchy in the uk”
“God save the queen”

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what are the sex pistols influences?

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Formed in the midst of a terrible recession in mid-Seventies England, their anti-authority, anti-Royal Family stance offended common British standards of decency and upended a nation culturally.

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what are the clashes most notable songs?

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“White Riot”
“london calling”
“guns of brixton”

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