Rock and Roll - Week 13

Question 1

Definitive hardcore band with a strong DIY ethos; wrote the lyrically graphic song "In My Head"

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Black Flag

Question 2

Tried to fashion identities in a corrupt, declining society; avoided guitar solos & virtuosity

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Grunge

Question 3

American thrash metal pioneers; extreme speed, complex guitar riffs,Dave Mustaine's nasal vocal

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Megadeth

Question 4

This music often incorporates avant-garde or non Western sounds/concepts, challenges status quo

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Alternative music

Question 5

Soundgarden song on breakthrough album Superunknown; lyrics are an allegory for depression

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Head Down

Question 6

Seattle grunge band w/dark, sweaty sexual view of rock n roll;minimalism, Generation X thoughts

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Soundgarden

Question 7

British epitome of heavy metal; one of the 1st metal bands to have 2 lead guitarists

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Judas Priest

Question 8

Music that aims to redefine the traditional boundaries between styles and genres

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Alternative music

Question 9

Originally described Seattle bands; cynical, painful lyrics spoke to Generation X

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Grunge

Question 10

Extreme subgenre of punk rock; strives to be harder, faster & louder; shouted rapid fire vocals

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Hardcore

Question 11

Punk concept taken to the extreme; noise-filled sound w/heavy distortion, unintelligible vocals

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Grindcore

Question 12

Faster, more energetic heavy metal; guitar virtuosity, anti-melody & noise, exposure by touring

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New Wave of British Heavy Metal

Question 13

Nirvana hit song on Nevermind album about a guy who turns to religion after his girlfriend dies

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Lithium

Question 14

A new breed of avant-garde, anti-commercial artists; includes noise, collage, & sound mutation

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Industrial

Question 15

Judas Priest heavy metal classic; perfect for radio, simple structure, catchy riff in minor

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"Breaking the Law"

Question 16

Nine Inch Nails & Rammstein are examples of this style achieving mainstream commercial success

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Industrial

Question 17

AC/DC song known for its opening guitar riff; it's a tribute to their former singer Bon Scott

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Back in Black

Question 18

Brought sound & spirit of punk to a huge, entirely new audience; catchy pop melodies & riffs

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Nirvana

Question 19

"99 Ways to Die" is an extremely fast song by what band?

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Megadeth

Question 20

Def Leppard song from their album Hysteria that's a "mix of pop hooks and hard-rock crunch"

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"Photograph"

Question 21

By 1993, this term is paradoxically applied to fairly coherent style dominating the mainstream

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Alternative music

Question 22

Influential & popular NWOBHM band, themes from mythology & literature, vocalist Bruce Dickinson

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Iron Maiden

Question 23

In Iron Maiden's song "The Number of the Beast" we can hear

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All of these!

Question 24

Relentlessly political & controversial hardcore band; Jello Biafra's lyrics on US hypocrisy

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Dead Kennedys

Question 25

Australian heavy metal band; blues-based, chordal & rhythmic riffs, hoarse/screaming vocals

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AC/DC

Question 26

Broke the monopoly of major record labels; independent labels gained effective market share

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Indie music

Question 27

AC/DC song about love & sex that compares a woman to a car; has descending 3 note/chord hook

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You Shook Me All Night Long

Question 28

Dead Kennedys song about how spoiled suburban kids need to learn what real suffering is like

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"Holiday in Cambodia"

Question 29

Is not particularly useful as a style label, but can connote sensitive, instrospective personas

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Indie

Question 30

Became synonymous w/80s college radio music; popular music on the fringes of the mainstream

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Alternative music

Question 31

What best describes Megadeth's style of thrash metal?

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Disjointed & abrupt meter and tempo changes

Question 32

The 1980s brought what kind of heavy metal?

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All of the above

Question 33

Influential, popular NWOBHM band; pop emphasis on melody, highly processed & super catchy songs

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Def Leppard

Question 34

Tends to avoid overt commerciality & rely on dense overdriven guitar chords, not riffs

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Indie music

Question 35

Success of this Nirvana song worried them that fans were missing its anti-establishment message

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"Smells Like Teen Spirit"

Question 36

Overdrive, distortion and fuzz are all examples of

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Noise

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