History of Rock and Roll Test 4

Shortly after recording Street Survivors, this group was involved in a fatal plane crash

Lynyrd Skynyrd

This singer/songwriter's first career was as a Brill Building pop writer

Carole King

This Band album was named in reference to their Woodstock home

Music from Big Pink

The Rickenbacker 12-string electric guitar provided the signature sound of this group

The Byrds

This singer/songwriter had a blockbuster hit in 1970 with "Fire and Rain"

James Taylor

Bands in this style often use 2-3 guitarists, sometimes two drummers

Southern rock

During the recording of one album, this band endured tumultuous inter-band relationship problems

Fleetwood Mac

The Last Waltz was

A film of the Band's last concert

For a while after its release, this Carole King album was the best selling album in history

Tapestry

Which best describes record and tape sales in the 1970s

NOT Declining;

This singer/songwriter first became known as a member of the group Them

Van Morrison

This Simon and Garfunkel song became a hit after a rock rhythm section was added

"The Sounds of Silence"

The order of the Byrds stylistic changes

Folk rock/psychedelic/country rock

What or who was The Troubadour

A folk club in Los Angeles

Two members of this group died in motorcycle accidents

The Allman Brothers Band

Carly Simon's song "That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be" is about

Disillusionment with marriage

This music style was important because many of its important songwriters were women

Singer/songwriter

What best describes the new sensibility in some rock musicians and their audience in the 1970s that is reflected in chapter 8

There was a mood of retreating from the turmoil of the 1960s

Creedence Clearwater Revival's song "Fortunate Son" is about

Avoiding the draft through privilege

This band released an album that became the first platinum LP and is the largest selling album in US history

The Eagles

Simon and Garfunkel provided music for this 1968 classic film

The Graduate

Which group included Mama Cass

The Mamas and the Papas

Which best describes Gram Parsons

Country rock pioneer

The artist most influential to the music covered in Chapter 8

Bob Dylan

The Band collaborated with Bob Dylan on

The Basement Tapes

This short-lived group included Stephen Stills and Neil Young and had a hit with "For What It's Worth"

Buffalo Springfield

This 'supergroup' included members who were all excellent singers and composers

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

Many of the rock royalty in the 1970s lived here

Laurel Canyon

In their early years, the Band was known as

the Hawks

Rick Wakeman was the keyboardist in this band

Yes

The name Lynyrd Skynyrd came from

the members high school gym teacher

The quote, "You can be gorgeous and smart and educated and be a rock star" refers to

Carly Simon

Which one of these artists was born in the U.S.A.

Carly Simon

Which does not fit with the other three

"Candle in the Wind"

This supergroup included members who were all excellent singers and composers

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

Bridge Over Troubled Water was Simon and Garfunkel's last album

true

Which band was most likely to release a concept album

Yes

This group's music was included on the soundtrack LP to the movie The Graduate

Simon and Garfunkel

Which item does not go with the other three

"You're So Vain"

Which does not correspond with the other three

The Yes Album

This artist's first success came as a songwriter rather than a singer

Carole King

In their earliest years, Pink Floyd's style could be characterized as

experimental, psychedelic

She first received attention when visiting artists heard her sing her songs while passing through Detroit

Joni Mitchell

During the recording of this album, Fleetwood Mac endured inter-band relationship problems

Rumours

For song material in the early years, Led Zeppelin drew on this composer

Willie Dixon

The first band to adopt a menacing appearance and a preoccupation with the occult

Black Sabbath

This artist's unsuccessful debut album was released on Apple Records

James Taylor

This band was known for their rowdy off-stage behavior

Led Zeppelin

The earliest examples of art rock came from the United States

false

This group evolved out of the Yardbirds

Led Zeppelin

This band had two lead guitarists and two drummers

the Allman Brothers Band

Where did heavy metal most likely incubate

English industrial cities

He wrote "For What It's Worth"

Stephen Stills

This band was led by the Fogarty brothers

Creedence Clearwater Revival

This Van Morrison album includes a jazz rhythm section and a string quartet

Astral Weeks

Led Zeppelin IV is also known as

Zoso

This album was on the charts for more than 14 years

The Dark Side of the Moon

This group included former members of the Byrds, Buffalo Springfield, and the Hollies

Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young

Future members of this group appeared on American Bandstand in 1957 to perform their song "Hey Schoolgirl"

Simon and Garfunkel

The Mamas and the Papas broke up after Mama Cass died of a heart attack

false

David Crosby's "Almost Cut My Hair" is about

whether to leave the counter-culture

"Born to Be Wild" is significant because

it contained the first musical reference to the term heavy metal

Which was NOT an event from 1969 that signaled a loss of innocence

the assassination of Robert Kennedy

The most important folk rock club in Los Angeles in the 1960s

the Troubadour

Which is NOT true of the record industry in the 1970s

the introduction of the CD fuels sales

This album painted a dark picture of the hedonistic lifestyle

Hotel California

This folk rock group came to Los Angeles via Greenwich Village and the Virgin Islands

the Mamas and the Papas

Classical Baroque composers such as J.S. Bach were influential to this style

heavy metal

This artist played in the International Submarine Band, the Byrds, and the Flying Burrito Brothers

Gram Parsons

His admission to the Byrds led them in a more country-oriented direction

Gram Parsons

Ziggy Stardust

David Bowie's alter ego

While playing with C,S,N&Y, Neil Young also led this group

Crazy Horse

The song "Ohio" is about

the Kent State Massacre

The Band's last concert was held at

Winterland Ballroom

Bands in this category tend to prominently feature keyboard instruments

art rock

Wednesday Morning, Three A.M.

Simon and Garfunkel's first album

This song became a hit after a rock rhythm section was added

"The Sounds of Silence"

This Carole King album won four Grammy Awards

Tapestry

This artist has had many original songs, including "Have I Told You Lately That I Love You" covered by other artists

Van Morrison

Which was NOT an event from 1969 that signaled a loss of innocence

the assassination of Robert Kennedy

This group had the first certified platinum album

The Eagles

Bernie Taupin

Elton John's lyricist

He wrote the rock anthem "Gloria"

Van Morrison

This song speaks to the disillusionment of many women toward marriage

"That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be"

This band had their song "Walk this Way" reworked by Run D.M.C. in the 1980s

Aerosmith

Which heavy metal characteristic is NOT present in hard rock

preoccupation with Satan, evil, etc

Before forming Led Zeppelin, Jimmy Page was a

member of the Yardbirds

Elton John's lyricist

Bernie Taupin

He is known for an innovative "fret board tapping" style of playing the guitar

Eddie Van Halen

This performer was once credited with biting off the head of a chicken and drinking its blood in performance

Alice Cooper

Led Zeppelin IV is also known as

Zoso

Which is most true: Led Zeppelin

NOT Was a prototypical heavy metal band;

Bands in this category often prominently feature keyboard instruments and synthesizers

art rock

This keyboard instrument used tape loops to reproduce the sound of symphonic instruments

mellotron

He created Ziggy Stardust

David Bowie

The first English band to develop a menacing appearance and a preoccupation with the occult

Black Sabbath

In their earliest years, Pink Floyd's style is best characterized as

Experimental, psychedelic

In which style are the musicians most likely to have training in classical music

art rock

Which is NOT a characteristic of glam rock

Primary focus was the virtuoso musicianship of the performers

In the 1970s, some performers created larger than life stage personas

NOT As an easy way to get name recognition;