Musical Debuts Flashcards
England’s Newest Hit Makers is the title of what band’s debut album from 1964
Rolling Stones
Whose debut album The Fame came out in 2008
Lady Gaga (Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta
6 grammy nominations
Name came from Queen song
Whose debut album was Katy Hudson (2001) in the genre Christian rock?
Katy Perry
Whose debut in 2007 a guest vocalists on Jim Brickman’s single Never Alone?
Lady Antebellum (Lady A nowadays)
What are the certification thresholds for albums?
Siver 100,000
Gold 500,000
Platinum 1 million
Diamond 10 million
Only Aerosmith song to debut at #1?
I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing
What was Pink Floyd’s debut album?
The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967)
Made under leadership of Sod Barrett (songs that are tributes to hime include Wish You Were Here and Shine on You Crazy Diamond)
What album was She Blinded Me with Science from?
Thomas Dolby’s Golden Age of Wirelesss
First woman’s album to have 4 top-5 Hot 100 hits
Cyndi Lauper - She’s So Unusual
Girls Just Want to Have Fun
Time after Time
She Bop
All Through the Night
Money Changes Everything
Who was booed off the stage opening for the Monkees in 1967
Jimi Hendrix
Who organized the Concert for Bangladesh at MSG in 1971
George Harrison and Ravi Shankar (Norah Jones’ father)
Only artist to play Live Aid in London and Philadelphia in 1985?
Phil Collins
What concert music program debuted in 1976?
Austin City Limits
Where was the last official Beatles concert in 1969
Candlestick Park
What festival was originally designed as a farewell tour for Jane’s Addiction?
Lollapalooza
In 1993 Pearl Jam performed at Empire Polo Club in CA as part of a boycott of Ticketmaster, that venue is now home to what festival?
Coachella
Who were the first and final acts of Woodstock (1969)
Ritchie Valens was first
Jimi Hendrix was last (played from 9am to 11:10am on Monday August 18)
What band name was inspired by Buddy Holly and the Crickets?
The Beatles
What band name was inspired by a Muddy Waters song?
The Rolling Stones
What band name was inspired by a New Order Video for the song “Crystal”?
The Killers
What band name was inpired by the police code for indecent exposure/
311
What band name was inspired by a Talking Heads song?
Radiohead
What band name was inspired by a Monty Python sketch?
Toad the Wet Sprocket
What band name was inspired by 2 blues musicians whose last names are Andersons and Council
Pink Floyd
What band name was inspired by a cloning episode of the X Files?
Eve 6
What band name was inspired by a picture of W.C. Fields?
Gin Blossoms
What band name was inspired by an insult from the Who’s drummer Keith Moon
Led Zeppelin (they’d go over like a lead balloon)
What band’s name is inspired by the British unemployed benefit card?
UB40
What band’s name was inspired by a member’s employment at Starbuck’s?
Nickelback (do you want your nickel back?)
What band’s name was inspired by their gym teacher’s name?
Lynyrd Skynrd
What band names were inspired by the initial of the band member’s names?
ABBA
TLC
NSYNC
What band’s name was inspired by William s. Burrough’s book Naked Lunch
Steely Dan
