rock test 3

3 Types of Art Rock

• Simple form - Used some instruments from the orchestra.

• A more complex style - Created by classically trained composers who wrote multimovement works.

• Experimental - Based on ideas from works of contemporary composers of avant-garde and electronic music.

Moody Blues

Used a full orchestra in their songs.

Genesis

Used elaborate stage acts but not androgynous sexuality which was

Glamor rock.

Jethro Tull

Used a flute as a major solo instrument.

Flutter Tonguing

Rolling the 'r' while playing an instrument.

Yes

Created classically structured music that included full group vocal harmonies.

Robert Fripp

Melded together avant-garde electronics and jazz. He worked with Brian Eno.

Emerson Lake and Palmer

Wrote songs in multimovement format.

Pink Floyd

Used minimalism and sound effects in their music like "Money" using cash registers.

Frank Zappa

American who paralleled many of the avant-garde characteristics and experimentation of the British Art rock musicians.

David Bowie

He created a character for himself, Ziggy Stardust and dressed androgynously.

Elton John

His flamboyant dress with elaborate stage performances. He wore high platform shoes and sparkly sunglasses of every imaginable shape and played rock piano.

Queen

Heavy metal flavored guitar lines with overdubbed guitar parts and close 4 part harmony.

Hard Rock

It is more connected to blues and folk roots. They sang ballads as well as singing loud songs.

Cream

Used a bass riff that influenced hard rock.

Steppenwolf

Was a stronger rock than the music of the singer/songwriter period but without the hostile sound of heavy metal.

Pat Benatar

An important female hard rock singer.

Bon Jovi

Used a positive message in their songs.

Heavy Metal

It is concentrated on screaming often obscured lyrics. The audiences were more caught up in the power of the sound.

Led Zeppelin

Helped define the heavy metal sound.

They also used Celtic folk traditions in their music.

Iron Butterfly

An American heavy metal band that used an electric organ as their main instrument.

Van Halen

Used artificial harmonics and innovative slurring and hammering patterns to create sound effects new to rock guitar.

Rush

Used meter changes and key changes with their songs.

Velvet Underground

They recited Reed's poems to simple and repetitious melodies and started the punk rock movement.

Iggy Pop and the Stooges

He acted out by hitting himself with his microphone. He started the early self-destructive image in the punk movement.

New York Dolls

Were 5 men who wore lipstick and stacked heels, were basically in "drag."

Patti Smith

Combined the musical simplicity of the Velvet Underground with gutsy energetic vocals and a pounding punk beat.

Ramones

They wrote very simple, fast high energy music with monotone vocals. Most of their songs lasted 2 minutes or less.

Devo

They had a clean electronic sound and sang emotionless like a robot.

Cars

Combined the unemotional vocals, the pounding beat of punk with Chuck Berry influenced guitar sounds and an angular version of rhythm and blues beat.

Elvis Costello

He projected an arrogant, yet insecure image and the songs production were clean sounding, not wildly distorted.

Skatelites

An instrumental group that included a brass section, a woodwind section, rhythms section with 2 guitarist, 3 keyboard players, one bass player and 3 percussionists.

Bob Marley

He brought reggae international recognition.

Police

A British punk band became interested in reggae. Much of the music after the reggae influence used a mixture of pop, rock and reggae.

Funk

Polyrhythms between bass, drums and horn section, a syncopated bass line, short vocal phrases.

James Brown

He started the funk music style.

Sly and the Family Stone

They use an electronic fuzz tone and they also stress all 4 beats avoiding the rock backbeat.

Street Funk

Use a variety of percussion instruments like bongos, congas and tambourines. It has a party atmosphere which includes whistles and conversational vocals.

Earth, Wind and Fire

A street funk band that used a gentle vocal sound and sang high pitches.

Barry White

A singer with a deep, lush voice who sang disco style songs.

Donna Summer

A singer who's record producer from the eurodisco style, used the Moog synthesizer to create funky, electronic timbres.

Video Killed the Radio Star

The first video to be shown on MTV.

Depeche Mode

The electronic band that has become one of the longest-lived and most successful band to have emerged from New Wave.

Christopher Cross

He is the only artist to receive all of the

"Big Four" Grammy Awards (Best Record, Song, Album and New Artist).

U2

They did not stress solo styles of individual instrumentalist but instead worked together to craft a thick instrumental timbre to which vocals were added.

Smiths

Guitarist and songwriter Johnny Marr layered the guitar tracks and provided full but catchy support for the vocals.

Cure

The group played catchy guitar lines and a rhythmically pumping bass as a danceable accompaniment for songs that were often about loneliness.