Pop After Rock Module 8 Flashcards
How did the US respond to electronic pop after rock?
Return to “authentic” rock
How did the UK respond to electronic pop after rock?
Resurgence of no-synth rock (like The Smiths) but not as nostalgic
What ideals did back-to-basics/authentic rock embrace?
Anti-electro/synth-pop. Return to guitars, drums, etc.
What was Goth?
Post punk subculture started by 4AD records when they released Bauhaus and Modern English
Siouxsie & The Banshees & The Cure also pioneered this genre.
What was Queen Street West?
Scene in Toronto including The Cameron House, The Bamboo, and The Rivoli
What was New Jack Swing style?
Silk trousers, bolero jackets, zoot suits, and fedoras
Who were New Jack Swing artists?
Janet Jackson, The TIme, and Teddy Riley
What was New Jack Swing a subgenre of?
Hip-hop
What did Alternative mean in the 80s?
Like Indie, alternative was not a style but was an alternative to pop
How did The Golden Age of Hip-Hop start?
Run-DMC crossed into the mainsteam by covering Aerosmith’s Walk This Way
What was the Native Tongues Collective?
Made of hip-hip artists that focussed on civil rights and black power/liberation
What was the sampler?
A piece of electronic hardware that makes digital sound recordings that can be triggered/processed by other compatible electronic music hardware
How was sampling an extension of record collecting?
Samplers could extract bits of songs and allow them to be manipulated in a more complex way than a live DJ could
How did the CD impact the music industry?
Old records that had been out-of-print were being released as CDs
People replaced their vinyls
Old music became accessible to young people & hip-hop producers hunting for samples
