This is a soundtrack to a film of the same name
Purple Rain
He is credited for perfecting back spinning
Grandmaster Flash
The New York punk scene was nourished here
CBGB
One of Sonic Youth’s main influences
Glenn Branca’s guitar ensemble
What is the significance of Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever
Michael Jackson introduced the moonwalk
Northern Songs
the Beatles song catalog
This album was recorded on a 4-track cassette recorder
Nebraska
The theme of “I’m Waiting For the Man”
making a heroin purchase
Which does not correspond with the other three
A. Lou Reed
B. Andy Warhol
C.
A. Lou Reed
B. Andy Warhol
C.
Iggy Pop
D. Maureen Tucker
C. Iggy Pop
Leon Huff
romantic soul producer
Steve Dahl
Chicago DJ
This song is about the troubles of a returning Vietnam War veteran:
Born In the USA
The theme of U2’s “Sunday Bloody Sunday”
The violence in Northern Ireland
Which did NOT contribute to the disco backlash
Congressional hearings on disco lyrics
Because of this, Bob Marley was forced into exile for a year
An assassination attempt
This artist was censured by the Vatican for a controversial music video
Madonna
“America’s Hippest Band”
R.E.
M.
Who or what was TAFKAP
Prince
This artist evokes the persona of a Woody Guthrie-esque working class hero
Bruce Springsteen
The moonwalk was first premiered on the “Thriller” music video
False
December 8, 1980
John Lennon murdered
The E Street Band backed up
Bruce Springsteen
Three of the members of this band are practicing Christians
U2
This band was from Athens, Georgia
R.E.M.
The Harder They Come
A film about reggae music
The first debut album to enter the charts at #1
Doggystyle
This artist held the #1 spot on the charts for a total of 16 weeks in 1983
Michael Jackson
The producer of Thriller
Quincy Jones
Paul Westerberg
Leader of the Replacements
The London punk scene was inspired primarily by the
Poor economy
Which was a characteristic of soft soul
Romantic lyrics
The first video played on MTV
“Video Cleared the Radio Star”
This punk band emerged out of the 101ers and the London SS
The Clash
This band’s biggest successes came while working with producers Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois
U2
Two important 1960s archetypal punk bands came from this state
Michigan
The first rap song to address social issues
“The Message”
They wrote their own songs because they couldn’t learn songs from records
Ramones
This band was inspired by the dynamic of James Brown shows
MC5
The punk movement occurred at roughly the same time as
Disco
Henry Rollins
Black Flag Lead Singer
Which does not fit ?
Kool Herc
Afrika Bambaataa
Ice-T
Grandmaster Flash
Kool Herc
Afrika Bambaataa
Ice-T
Grandmaster Flash
Ice- T
Jon Landau: “I saw rock’s future and its name is___________.”
Bruce Springsteen
Our Band Could Be Your Life
a book about 1980s alternative rock
Giorgio Moroder
Disco Producer
Andy Warhol was influential to the development of this band
Velvet Underground
Crew (or posse
An informal neighborhood group
Who was Debbie Rowe
Michael jackson’s second wife
The Sex Pistols broke up
After a tour of the US
The first record to be legally declared as obscene
As Nasty as they Wanna Be
He said “Check your egos at the door”
Quincy Jones
He developed an influential slap bass technique
Larry Graham
Seven of this album’s nine songs hit the Top Ten
Thriller
This artist was granted honorary knighthood by Queen Elizabeth
Bono
Billy Joel’s 52nd Street
First album released on CD
This could be considered a Sun or Chess of the 1980s alternative scene
Sub Pop
Which was NOT a romantic soul producer
Roger Waters
Which is NOT an element of hip hop culture
street theatre
Which does not correspond with the other three:
a.the Cars
b.Black Flag
c.
a.the Cars
b.Black Flag
c.
Devo
d.the Police
B. Black Flag
This label was sold to MCA in 1988
Motown
Which best describes the sound of the Velvet Underground
crude
Independent labels and renegade radio stations were the key players in this genre
alternative
His prophecies were instrumental to the foundation of Rastafarianism
Marcus Garvey
The New York punk scene was driven by
conceptualist art
Their high-energy sound was referred to as a punk version of Phil Spector’s Wall of Sound
the Ramones
The leader of Body Count
Ice- T
Which did NOT contribute to the demise of Stax
Moving the company to LA
Which does not correspond with the other three:
MFSB
R.E.
MFSB
R.E.
M.
the Replacements
Sonic Youth
MFSB
This group/artist’s first four singles went to #1
Jackson 5
The first Michael Jackson/Quincy Jones collaboration
Off the Wall
This record label had the first rap hit single
Sugar Hill
Sylvia Robinson
first rap producer
Before starting a music career, this fixture of the CBGB scene was a painter and poet
Patti Smith
This artist has maintained artistic control of his/her while remaining in his/her hometown of Minneapolis
Prince
This artist won a Golden Globe for acting in Evita
Madonna
Disco’s emphasis was on dancers and DJs rather than musicians
true
The correct chronological order of development
mento/ska/rock steady/reggae
Which was NOT part of the ‘cultural underground railroad’
online file sharing sites
Which does not correspond with the other three:
“Wonderful World, Beautiful People”
“Israelites”
“Stir It Up”
“Love Train”
“Love Train”
Which does not correspond with the other three:
Maureen Tucker
Lou Reed
Iggy Pop
Andy Warhol
Iggy Pop
Intertwined rhythmic patterns found in reggae music
Riddim
This Springsteen album reflected on life after the 9/11 attacks
The Rising
Which does not correspond with the other three:
New York Dolls
Television
the Stooges
Patti Smith
The Stooges
Which was NOT true of both cassette tapes and CDs
Superior Fidality
The band The Revolution backed up
Prince
Some consider this band a fraudulent trick played on the record industry
the Sex pistols
Which of these emerged in the South Bronx in the 1970s
back spinning
This artist writes his songs and records them in his own studio, and produces his own music videos and albums
Prince
He managed the Sex Pistols
Malcolm McLauren
The definitive hardcore band
Minor threat
This artist’s career began as a DJ
Sly Stone
Which did NOT contribute to the changing status of Motown records in the late 1960s and early 1970s
Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated
This 1977 soundtrack LP went 30x platinum
Saturday Night Fever
One of Sonic Youth’s main influences:
Glenn Branca’s guitar ensemble
Before starting a music career, this fixture of the CBGB scene was a painter and poet:
Patti Smith
This artist was signed by Columbia’s John Hammond in 1972
Bruce Springsteen
The most political English punk band
the Clash
This song was denounced by the President, Vice President, and the PMRC
“Cop Killer”
What is Jobete music
a publishing company for the Motown recordings
Even though they were a punk band their music was high-energy and fun with sometimes humorous and mindless lyrics
Ramones
This studio was rebuilt in the 2000s and now houses as a museum
Stax
This artist was signed by Columbia’s John Hammond in 1972
Bruce Springsteen
A “black Frank Zappa or James Brown on acid”
George Clinton
Godfather of Punk
Iggy Pop
In this song the phrase “no future” is repeatedly used
“God Save the Queen”
Cassette tape sales grew
when the walkman was introduced
MIDI
Musical Instrument Digital Interface
Disco demolition occurred in
Chicago
Thom Bell
soft soul producer
Which does not correspond with the other three
A) Thom Bell
B) Leon Huff
C) Kenny Gamble
D) Brian Eno
A) Thom Bell
B) Leon Huff
C) Kenny Gamble
D) Brian Eno
D) Brian Eno
First generation of rap is known as
old school
The 1977 soundtrack LP went 30x platinum
Saturday Night Fever
Which does not correspond with the other three
A) Fulfillingess First Finale
B) Talking Book
C) Songs in the Key of life
D) There’s a riot going on
A) Fulfillingess First Finale
B) Talking Book
C) Songs in the Key of life
D) There’s a riot going on
D) There’s a riot going on
Many soft should were produced in
Philadelphia
Frank Zappa, Dee Snider, and John Denver all testified against this
warning labels for records
One of their songs was inspired by Alfred Hitchcock’s movie Psycho
Talking Heads
He played her father in a Madonna music video
Danny Aiello
“They didn’t sell many records, but everyone who bought one started a band “
The Velvet Underground
Which does not correspond with the other three
A) Evita
B) Downward Spiral
C) Hard Candy
D) Truth or Dare
A) Evita
B) Downward Spiral
C) Hard Candy
D) Truth or Dare
B) Downward Spiral
One of the songs from this band/ artist channels the serial killer Charles Starkweather
A) Bruce Springsteen
B) Sonic youth
C) U2
D) R.E.M
A) Bruce Springsteen
B) Sonic youth
C) U2
D) R.E.M
A) Bruce Springsteen
Eric Clapton’s cover of this song became a #1 hit in both England and America
“I shot the sheriff”
Who were the Rude Boys
Jamaican urban gangs
Which was not true of punk
slick production
Which does not correspond with the other three
A) the Isley Brothers
B) Kool and the Gang
C) The Wailers
D) the Ohio Players
A) the Isley Brothers
B) Kool and the Gang
C) The Wailers
D) the Ohio Players
C) the Wailers
Record sales fell during the years
1978-1982
Which genre was not instilled with a DIY esthetic
disco
Which is Not a characteristic of Gangsta Rap
party themes
