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A History of Music
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This band introduced a harder, faster sound to rock and roll. They liked destroying instruments
The Who
The What
The Kingsmen
The Queen's Men
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This man became famous for rock and roll. He stopped playing rock and roll to focus on gospel.
Big Richard
Little Richard
Tutti Frutti Man
Richard Little
3
After helping to popularize rock and roll, he died in a plane crash in 1959.
Little Richard
Ritchie Valens
Big Bopper
Buddy Holly
4
Hank Williams is a pioneer in this musical genre
Jazz
Rock and Roll
Country
The Blues
5
This band was a major influence on bands in the 1970s.
The Inks
The Links
The Kinks
The Pinks
6
They took rock and roll in a different direction. They pioneered power pop. Beatles influenced.
Big Planet
Big House
Big Country
Big Star
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People got bored with metal and wanted change. This "different" type of rock N roll began 1989.
Happy metal
Grunge/ Alternative
Power punk
Punk pop
8
Rock music in the 1980s went in the direction of what genre
Hard rock and heavy metal
Surfer rock
Punk
Power pop
9
Since grunge, ended in the late 1990s, how many rock genres have there been?
Zero
One
Eight
Three
10
Who is known as the First Lady of the British Invasion
Dolly Parton
Joan Biaz
Petula Clark
Joan Jett
11
1963-1967 is known as what name in music?
Cross Country Music Era
Birth of Metal
A Return to the Blues
The British Invasion
12
They took the hard rock sound and made it even heavier. This was the first heavy metal band.
Evil Wednesday
Dark Midnight
Black Sabbath
Death's Hand
13
He was the first star of rock and roll. He combined elements of blues, gospel, and country
Elvis Presley
Big Papa Turner
Carl Perkins
Buddy Holly
14
This British band was one of the first to start a new brand of rock and roll
The Who
The Dave Clark 5
The Beatles
The Buggers
15
What genre of music includes religious ideas and mentions the Christian God?
Country
Blues
Jazz
Gospel
16
This British band helped bring back blues-based music
The Rolling Stones
The McCoys
The Searchers
The Who
17
What is the genre of music played and popularized by Robert Johnson
Gospel because it mentions God
Rock and roll because it uses a guitar
The Blues because it is a sad story
Country because it has no electric music
18
Who's the first band to create a "heavy" sound? Hard rock was the first rock and roll subgenre
Raven
Bad Company
AC/DC
Led Zeppelin
19
This genre started in the early 1970s. It has fast playing and anti-establishment lyrics.
Punk
Scum
Trash
Dirt
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This group helped rock and roll have style. Their singer, Freddie Mercury, has excellent range
Prince
Queen
King
Princess