Art History Exam III Essay

english rock band formed in Liverpool in1960

youth opposing cultures, from leather jackets and motorcycles to clean cut suits and scooters

scotish skiffle musician “skiffle king”

Jazz, folk, or country music played by performers who use unconventional instruments, such as kazoos, washboards, or jugs, sometimes in combination with conventional instruments.

a 50’s craze

beatles producer, arranger and mentor, later moved to others like Jeff Beck and Celine Dion

“the fifth beatle” manager of the beatles

a British beat music group prominent during the 1960s. In common with the Beatles, they came from Liverpool, were managed by Brian Epstein and recorded by George Marti

heavily influenced by everly brothers, English pop group formed in Manchester in the early 1960, part of british invasion, similar music to beatles

british invasion, group more popular in UK, with one top ten hit in US. “im telling you now”

english band with commercial success but never gained much respect. hit single “i’m into something good”

1960’s beat group from manchester england

English rock band, formed in 1962 in St Albans and led by Rod Argent and Colin Blunstone.

The group scored British and American hits in 1964 with “She’s Not There”

English pop rock group. Their single “Glad All Over” knocked the Beatles’ “I Want to Hold Your Hand” off the top of the UK singles chart

English singer, actress, and composer whose career has spanned seven decades. her professional career began as an entertainer on BBC Radio during World War II

Britain’s greatest pop diva, she was also the finest white soul singer of her era “son of a preacher man”

English singer, songwriter and actress

american rock band, at height of career, outsold the beatles and the rolling stones.

fashion icon, london designer, created mini-skirt

one of the world’s first supermodels and the highest-paid model of her time.

She is regarded today as the face of “Swinging London,” and for popularizing the miniskirt.

“twiggy” became a prominent British teenage model of swinging sixties London

North American rock band renowned both for its music and as a springboard for the careers of Neil Young, Stephen Stills, and Richie Furay.

English rock band formed in 1964 by Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend, John Entwistle and Keith Moon. They became known for energetic live performances which often included instrument destruction

English rock band whose members came from the West Midlands.

The group formed in April 1967 by Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi, Chris Wood and Dave Mason. “feeling alright”

english rock band, they fell firmly under the leadership of lead guitarist Syd Barrett, the gifted genius who would write and sing most of their early material. The Cambridge native shared the stage with Roger Waters (bass), Rick Wright (keyboards), and Nick Mason (drums

English rock band, formed in Birmingham in 1969, by guitarist Tony Iommi, bassist Geezer Butler, singer Ozzy Osbourne, and drummer Bill Ward

English rock band formed in London in 1962.[1][2] The first line-up consisted of Brian Jones on guitar and harmonica, Ian Stewart on piano, Mick Jagger on lead vocals and harmonica, Keith Richards on guitar and backing vocals, Bill Wyman on bass and Charlie Watts on drums, founded in muddy waters

a blues musician and radio broadcaster, who has sometimes been referred to as “a Founding Father of British Blues”

OBE is an English blues singer, guitarist, and songwriter, whose musical career spans over fifty years.

part of band “the bluesbreakers”

he was long established as one of the world’s major rock stars due to his group affiliations — the Yardbirds, John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, Cream, and Blind Faith — which had demonstrated his claim to being the best rock guitarist of his generation

they were second only to the Rolling Stones in influence among R&B-based bands in the first wave of the British Invasion. signed by mickie most

mostly known to the casual rock fan as the starting point for three of the greatest British rock guitarists: Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, and Jimmy Page

aying the foundation for much blues-rock and hard rock of the 1960s and 1970s, electrified and amped-up traditional blues, with guitarist, eric clapton

English rock guitarist. He is one of the three noted guitarists to have played with The Yardbirds

award-winning English musician and songwriter whose genres include blue-eyed soul, R&B, rock, blues-rock, pop-rock, and jaz

fusion of blues soul and jazz, styled himself after ray charles. “gloria” “wild night”

one of the most influential bands of the British Invasion.

Like most bands of their era, they began as an R&B/blues outfit. Within four years, the band had become the most staunchly English of all their contemporaries, drawing heavily from British music hall and traditional pop, as well as incorporating elements of country, folk, and blues.

American rock band from the Chicago suburbs, formed in the 1960s, who play a form of British blues mixed with influences from their native city

a 1960s Beat / garage rock band from Portland, Oregon, United States. They are best known for their 1963 recording of Richard Berry’s “Louie Louie”, which held the No.

2 spot on the Billboard charts for six weeks

sold records in numbers second only to the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. “Steppin’ Out” “Just Like Me” “Hungry” “Him or Me-What’s It Gonna Be” “Kicks”

an American rock music band of the late 1960s and early 1970s from Detroit, Michigan, best remembered for their hit single “Journey to the Center of the Mind”, and for launching the career of Ted Nugent

American guitarist, composer and writer who is best known as a member of the Patti Smith Group

American rock band formed in New York City. First active from 1964 to 1973, its best-known members were Lou Reed and John Cale, who both went on to find success as solo artist

pop artist, influence on commercialism and celebrity art

American author, best known for his novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and as a counter-cultural figure who considered himself a link between the Beat Generation of the 1950s and the hippies of the 1960

friend of jack kerouac, inspired the indian in his “cuckoos nest”, especially influenced the “grateful dead”

an American psychologist and writer, known for his advocacy of psychedelic drugs

co-founder and publisher of the music and politics biweekly Rolling Stone

American rock band formed in 1965 in Los Angeles, California, with vocalist Jim Morrison, keyboardist Ray Manzarek, drummer John Densmore and guitarist Robby Krieger

American rock band formed in 1965 in Palo Alto, California. The band was known for its unique and eclectic style, which fused elements of rock, folk, bluegrass, blues, reggae

American rock band that formed in San Francisco in 1965 as part of the same psychedelic music scene that produced the Grateful Dead, Quicksilver Messenger Service and Jefferson Airplane.

first rose to prominence in the late 1960s as the lead singer of the psychedelic-acid rock band Big Brother and the Holding Company, and later as a solo artist with her more soulful and bluesy backing groups

American rock band formed in San Francisco in 1965. A pioneer of the psychedelic rock movement, it was the first band from the San Francisco scene to achieve mainstream commercial and critical success

a rock band most widely known for musical protests against the Vietnam War, from 1966 to 1971, and also regarded as a seminal influence to psychedelic rock

He was the manager of Jefferson Airplane during 1967 and 1968. His successes and popularity allowed him to become the top concert promoter in rock music. He operated the famous venues the Fillmore West and Winterland and the Fillmore East , where the best up-and-coming acts would come to play.

He also owned a record label, Fillmore Records

American composer, singer-songwriter, guitarist, recording engineer, music producer and film director. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa composed rock, jazz, orchestral and musique concrète works, made 50 albums, critized hippies and counterculture

American musician, singer and songwriter. Despite a limited mainstream exposure of four years, he is widely considered one of the most influential electric guitarists

English rock bassist and guitarist best known for his work as bassist with the Jimi Hendrix Experience.

English drummer, best known for his work in The Jimi Hendrix Experience

American guitarist and singer-songwriter who began his career in blues and blues rock and evolved to a more pop-oriented sound which, from the mid-1970s through the early 1980s, resulted in a series of successful singles and albums.

born in milwaukee

American blues/boogie rock band that formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1965.

The group has been noted for its own interpretations of blues material as well as for efforts to promote the interest in this type of music and its original artist

“Blind Owl” was the leader, singer, and primary composer for Canned Heat. He played guitar and harmonica, and wrote several songs for the band

American rock band from Lincoln Park, Michigan, formed in 1964. The original band line-up consisted of vocalist Rob Tyner, guitarists Wayne Kramer and Fred “Sonic” Smith, bassist Michael Davis, and drummer Dennis Thompson.

lead vocalist, lead guitarist, and primary songwriter John Fogerty, his brother and rhythm guitarist Tom Fogerty, bassist Stu Cook, and drummer Doug Clifford. Their musical style encompassed the roots rock and swamp rock genres. Despite their San Francisco Bay Area origins, they portrayed themselves as Southern rock stylists, singing about bayous, the Mississippi River, catfish, and other popular elements of Southern iconography.

Led by John Kay “Born to Be Wild” roared out of speakers everywhere in the fiery summer of 1968, John Kay’s threatening rasp sounding a mesmerizing call to arms to the counterculture movement rapidly sprouting up nationwide

English rock band formed in London in 1968.

The band consisted of guitarist Jimmy Page, singer Robert Plant, bassist/keyboardist John Paul Jones, and drummer John Bonham

English rock band formed in Hertford in 1968. They are considered to be among the pioneers of heavy metal and modern hard rock, although their musical approach changed over the years

American blues guitarist, singer, and producer. Best known for his late 1960s and 1970s high-energy blues-rock albums and live performances

Crosby had been a member of the Byrds, Nash was in the Hollies, and Stills had been part of Buffalo Springfield. The resulting trio, however, sounded like none of its predecessors and was characterized by a unique vocal blend and a musical approach that ranged from acoustic folk to melodic pop to hard rock

a three-day concert event held in Monterey, California.

was the first widely promoted and heavily attended rock festival. It is remembered for the first major American appearances by Jimi Hendrix, The Who and Ravi Shankar, the first large-scale public performance of Janis Joplin, and the introduction of Otis Redding to a predominantly white audience.

a three-day concert that involved lots of sex, drugs, and rock ‘n roll – plus a lot of mud. It has become an icon of the 1960s hippie counterculture.

festival which signified the end of an era with the stabbing of an individual during the stones performance