Classic Rock Final

Front 1

Name the Manchester group that was started by singer/guitarist/actor Peter Noone.

Back 1

Herman's Hermits (originally named Heartbeats)

Front 2

What song did the Kinks first record?

Back 2

Little Richard's Long Tall Sally in 64' (original recording in 56')

Front 3

What did Ray Davies do to develop a distinct sound? What was the effect that resulted?

Back 3

He slitted the amplifier speaker to get the distorted fuzz tone of the hit "You Really Got Me"

Front 4

What is the name of John Entwistle and Pete Townshend's first (trad jazz) band?

Back 4

The Scorpions (Entwistle on trumpet and Townshend on banjo)

Front 5

Who played rhythm guitar on the Who's, "I Can't Explain?"

Back 5

Jimmy Page

Front 6

When Keith Moon died, who replaced him? From which London based Mod band?

Back 6

Kenney Jones from the Small Faces (later just Faces)

Front 7

What British blues revival band, led by Cyril Davies, served as a training ground for many blues-styled rock artists?

Back 7

Alexis Korner and Cyril Davis Blues Incorporated 1962 or just Blues Incorporated

Front 8

Name the bandleader who was sometimes called the father of the British Blues.

Back 8

John Mayall

Front 9

Eric Clapton left the Yardbirds after their success with what hit song?

Back 9

"For Your Love"

Front 10

Why wasn’t Jimmy Page interested in playing with the Yardbirds at first? Who did he recommend instead?

Back 10

Jimmy Page was a well-respected studio musician and so joining a band full time would require him to tour which would cause him to lose out on session jobs. He recommended Jeff Beck.

Front 11

Who was the singer/pianist for the blues group Chicken Shack?

Back 11

Christine Perfect

Front 12

Which band was featured in a TV show that imitated a Beatles movie?

Back 12

The Monkees

Front 13

Define the meaning of “Power Pop.”

Back 13

a. The "pop" was because the songs were based on well-crafterd, memorable melodies with clever lyrics, as were some of the songs by the early beatles
b. The "power" part of the name was tacked on because the music was often backed by the kinds of distorted guitar riffs and powerful drumming employed by British invasion bands such as the Kinks or the Who

Front 14

Which garage band had a unique way of competing with british bands? What was it? (129-138)

Back 14

Paul Revere and the Raiders

Front 15

Name Joplin’s two favorite female singers:

Back 15

a. Bessie Smith and Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton

Front 16

How did the Kozmic Blues Band differ from Big Brother and the Holding Company?

Back 16

a. BB&HC = guitars, bass, and drums
b. Janis was tired of singing with that limited selection of instruments so she joined Kozmic Blues where they had organ, bass, and drums plus a jazz-band sound of a horn section

Front 17

Both Hendrix and Joplin made this musical genre one of the most important ingredients of late‐sixties American rock:

Back 17

The Blues

Front 18

How did Jimi Hendrix teach himself to play the guitar?

Back 18

By copying the recordings of Muddy Waters, Chuck Berry, and B.B. King

Front 19

How does Chas Chandler describe Hendrix’s guitar style?

Back 19

The two middle strings he'd be playing as rhythm guitar.. and the two top strings he'd be playing lead on at the same time and singing... extraordinary command of the guitar.

Front 20

What were the names of the two musicians who played with Hendrix in the Jimi Hendrix experience band?

Back 20

Bassist was Noel Redding and the drummer was Mitch Mitchell

Front 21

Why were ZZ Top referred to as a power trio?

Back 21

Referred to as a "power trio" because of the way all three members pushed their instruments to a very high volume level

Front 22

Which blues/rock guitarist had a Hendrix-inspired guitar style and died in a helicopter crash?

Back 22

Stevie Ray Vaughan

Front 23

Who established the City Lights Bookshop in San Francisco?

Back 23

Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Front 24

In addition to the guitar, what other stringed instrument did Jerry Garcia play?

Back 24

Bluegrass Banjo

Front 25

Does AM and FM stand for? What is the difference between them?

Back 25

AM - amplitude modulation: could carry sound far beyond the line-sight difference; full of static, and couldn't be converted into stereo

FM - Frequency modulation: limited range and line of sight but high fidelity and static free

Front 26

In San Francisco, which former top forty AM disc jockey decided to reject the pop-station format and start an FM psychedelic station?

Back 26

Tom Donahue

Front 27

What musical mode was used to add an exotic touch to Jefferson Airplane’s hit, “White
Rabbit?”

Back 27

Phrygian mode (a sixteenth-century mode composed of the natural notes from E to E, often used in Flamenco music)

Front 28

What was the name of the book from which the Doors chose their name? Who was the author?

Back 28

The Doors of Perception by Aldous Huxley

Front 29

Jimi Hendrix’ first top 20 hit in the US was a cover of which Bob Dylan song?

Back 29

All Along the Watchtower

Front 30

Which Chicago blues writer ended up suing Led Zeppelin for using his song?

Back 30

Willie Dixon

Front 31

What was Led Zeppelin’s most popular recording? Which album did it appear on?

Back 31

"Stairway to Heaven" which appeared on Led Zeppelin IV

Front 32

What incident contributed to Led Zeppelins break up in 1980?

Back 32

The death of John Bonham

Front 33

Why can a recording not be considered aleatoric?

Back 33

For music to be considered aleatoric it must be unique every time. If it is recorded then it won't be unique or aleatoric because it will play the same way each time

Front 34

What is the name of the instrument that the Moody Blues used to imitate the sound of an orchestra?

Back 34

An electro mechanic instrument - MELLOTRON

Front 35

Which art rock band included the flute as one of its’ main instruments?

Back 35

Jethro Tull

Front 36

When Peter Gabriel left Genesis in 1975, who stepped in to take his place?

Back 36

Phil Collins

Front 37

Which Yes album highlighted each member of the group taking turns as a featured performer?

Back 37

Fragile 1971

Front 38

What was the name of the electronic sound effect that Robert Fripp developed with Brian Eno?

Back 38

Frippertronics

Front 39

Which art rock group recorded their own version of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition?

Back 39

Emerson, Lake, & Palmer

Front 40

What style of music became popular by the composers Terry Riley, Steve Reich, and Philip Glass?

Back 40

Minimalism or systematic music

Front 41

Pink Floyd’s name paid tribute to these two blues musicians:

Back 41

Pink Anderson and Floyd Council

Front 42

How did Syd Barrett’s departure from Pink Floyd effect the remaining band members?

Back 42

a. Roger Waters and Richard Wright took over the bulk of the song writing duties and shifted focus to classically constructed music.
b. David Gilmour became more important
c. Syd's leaving later inspired Wish You Were Here

Front 43

Which Pink Floyd album was the longest lasting success of their career?

Back 43

The Dark Side of the Moon

Front 44

Who was the violinist that played on the Frank Zappa album Hot Rats?

Back 44

Jean-Luc Ponty

Front 45

The band Rush comes from which country?

Back 45

Canada

Front 46

What song did David Bowie write with John Lennon and Carlos Alomar?

Back 46

Fame

Front 47

The song Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen came from which album?

Back 47

A Night at the Opera 1975

Front 48

Which singer toured with Queen when they got back together in 2004?

Back 48

Paul Rodgers

Front 49

Power Trios

Back 49

Usually short lived because of big egos

Front 50

CREAM Part 1

Back 50

o 1966 - formed
• Ginger Baker - drums
• Jack Bruce - bass + vocals (Manfred Mann)
• Eric Clapton - guitar + vocals (John Mayall's BB)
* Blues influenced band!
•2nd album: Disraeli Gears (1967)
- former prime minister of England but nothing to do with politics... inside joke from the band
• "Sunshine of Your Love" - #5 in 1968
 Both Eric Clapton and Jack Bruce sing on this
** not power trio b/c vocal recording w/ overdub and both EC & JB sing
** Ginger Baker tunes drums weird
o 3rd album- 1968 Wheels of Fire
• Double album, first to go platinum (shiny metallic cover)
 Impressive b/c live double rarely outsell singles
• Disk One - studio album
- "White Room" (Jack Bruce sings) #6 1968
• Disk Two - Live album
 "crossroads" by Robert Johnson reached #28 in 1969
 Clapton sings it
* rare for live albums to go

Front 51

What were the 3 singles released by CREAM?

Back 51

"Sunshine of Your Love" (1968) #5
"White Room" (1968) #6
"Crossroads" (1969) #28

Front 52

What was Eric Clapton's guitar called?

Back 52

Clapton's Fool

Front 53

The Beatles White Album (Actually named "The Beatles")

Back 53

Working on it in 1968
o George Harrison - "While my Guitar Gently Weeps"
-- Complained that Lennon/McCartney didn't spend lots of time on his songs
o Clapton: Les Paul Guitar on this song
• Played all over the track but Eric Clapton was under contract so he couldn't play (unless it was unknown)
 Ran Clapton guitar part through Leslie speaker
 This made the effect sound more like George Harrison because he had used that sound before on guitar ("Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds") and on vocals

Front 54

CREAM Final Album

Back 54

1969 Goodbye Cream (group disbanded in 68 - album was released after the group broke up)
• "Badge" - Clapton
 George Harrison recorded on a Cream song under the name L'Angelo Misterioso as payback for Clapton playing on "While My Guitar Gently Weeps"
 George said "Is that badge? Eric, "no it says bridge". So that becomes the name of the song

Front 55

The WHO (power trio with a separate singer)

Back 55

- The Detours --> The High Numbes --> The Who
-- Pete Townsend (guitar)
-- John Entwistle (bass)
-- Keith Moon (drums)
-- Roger Daltry (vocals)
o Nov 1965 "My Generation" #2 in Great Britain, #75 in USA
• Jimmy Page played secondary guitar

o 1967 The Who Sell-Out
• Commercials between the songs
• "I Can See for Miles"
 This is when he began using big power chords and the windmill arm swing

Front 56

The Yardbirds PART 1

Back 56

• The forerunners of heavy metal, psychedelic music, the extended guitar solo, and the rock improv jam
- Jimmy Page was the guitarist from Led Zeppelin
- Eric Clapton - guitarist
- Jeff Beck- guitarist
** No lead guitarist b/c they changed so much


o London based Rhythm and Blues Band formed in 1963
o Keith Relf (vocals), Chris Dreja (Rhythm Guitar), Paul Samwell-Smith (bass), Jim McCarty (drums)
o Eric Clapton replaced Top Topham in Oct 1963
• Clapton nicknamed slowhand (b/c of how long it took him to change his strings between sets)
o "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl"
-- Yardbird slang for hobo
-- Charlie Parker - jazz musician

Front 57

The Yardbirds PART 2

Back 57

o "For Your Love" ** sold a million copies (put them on the map)
o Clapton leaves band b/c didn't want to do pop music, recommends Jimmy Page who recommends Jeff Beck
• Jeff Beck played in band called Tridents and then came over
o Beck uses fuzztone, feedback, and distortion. **Most creative period for the band
o "Shape of Things" - hit for the band
...now about 1966...
o Smith leaves band and Jimmy Page plays bass
o Dreja plays bass and Page plays lead guitar with Beck

• Went on tour and then Beck got sick so Jimmy Page took over
• So for a time they both were playing lead at the same time
o "Stroll On"
** Both Page & Beck play lead guitar
o Beck was fired/quit and new manager- Peter Grant
• Couldn't handle it so he left. Other accounts say that he was fired because he skipped out on shows
o Recordings flopped. Relf and McCarty left in 1968

Front 58

How many lead guitar players in 1966 does The Yardbirds have?

Back 58

2...trouble!

Front 59

Eric Clapton

Back 59

* Left Yardbirds to play in CREAM
o Blind Faith and Derek and the Dominoes (other bands of Eric's)
o "Layla" inspired by Clapton's infatuation with George Harrison's wife Pattie Boyd
o Heavily addicted to drugs and alcohol
o Recorded Bob Marley song "I Shot the Sheriff"

Front 60

Jeff Beck Group

Back 60

o Formed in 1967: Jeff Beck (Guitar), Rod Stewart (Vocals), Ronnie Wood (Rhythm Guitar), Aynsley Dunbar (Drums)
o "Beck's Bolero" featured super group: Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, Keith Moon, and Nicky Hopkins
o Recorded first album "Truth" in 1968

Front 61

The Yardbirds = The New Yardbirds => Led Zeppelin

Back 61

o Page and Dreja had a Scandinavian tour booked
• Labeled as new yardbirds for that tour
o New band formed: Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, and John Bonham
o Dreja owned rights to Yardbirds name so it had to be changed
o The Who drummer Keith Moon commented about the band being like a lead zeppelin
o Spelling changed to Led Zeppelin

Front 62

Emerson, Lake, and Palmer

Back 62

o Keith Emerson - keyboards
o Greg Lake - bass, guitars, vocals
• Left King Crimson to be in ELP
o Carl Palmer - Drums
* Leos Janacek --> "Sinfonietta" = a classical song that Keith Emerson turned into a rock tune using a Hammod organ

"Knife Edge" - ripped off Sinfonietta
o Combined classical elements with rock and roll

1st album: Self titled ELP
- Keith Emerson bought a Moog Synthesizer and used it on this first album (it's a monofonic instrument = only 1 sound)
** All 3 got to do a track on the 1st album to let them shine
o "Lucky Man" 1970 - written when Greg at age 16
• unsure of what he would do until he came up with a sound on the Moog
 Lake did a random solo in one take
** this solo became so famous among keyboardists that articles were written about it in music magazines
• Emerson solo in one take (planned to fade out but let him keep going)
* Before Hendrix died, there was talk about him joining to form "Help"

Front 63

Greg Lake and King Crimson

Back 63

o Robert Fripp - guitar (only consistent players)
o Greg Lake - bass/vocals
- Other instruments in band (drums, woodwinds, keyboards)
o 1969 In the Court of the Crimson King
• Pete Townsend of The Who called it "an uncanny masterpiece"
• "21st Century Schizoid Man"
** musician's musicians (impressed skilled musicians)

Front 64

Jethro Tull

Back 64

- Formed in 1968
o Ian Anderson - vocal, flute,
** Played flute on one leg
• Thick as a Brick
 An album containing one, album length song "Thick as a Brick"

Front 65

Gentle Giant

Back 65

* Formed by three brothers: Derek, Ray, and Phil Shulman
- voices blend well
• "Just the same" - from Free Hand album
 Finger snapping

Front 66

Wishbone Ash

Back 66

o Completely unique - 2 lead guitarists/vocalists
• Andy Powell
• Ted Turner
o 4 piece band - bass (Martin Turner) and drums (Steve Upton) + 2 leads
o "Vas Dis" - no lyrics (sung melodies)
• Album: Pilgrimage

Front 67

Led Zeppelin

Back 67

Band Members:
- Jimmy Page (guitar)
- Robert Flant (vocals)
- John Paul Jones (bass)
- John Bonham (drums)

• Formed in 1968 after the Breakup of The Yardbirds
• Manager: Peter Grant

Front 68

Led Zeppelin I

Back 68

o "Babe I'm on Gonna Leave You"
** Acoustic arrangement of a song recorded by Joan Baez
o "Good Times Bad Times" Guitar solo uses a Fender Telecaster through a leslie speaker
* Hindenburg (disaster in May 1937) = Led Zeppelin
(heavy hard music with light music)
- #6 on the charts

Front 69

Led Zeppelin II

Back 69

o "Heartbreaker" A capella guitar solo
o "Ramble On" Acoustic guitar with lyrics influenced by J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings
* Recorded on the road/on tour
** Reached #1
* touring helped them
*** Never went on TV b/c wanted fans to come to shows (which could be 4 hours long)

Front 70

Led Zeppelin III

Back 70

• Braun-Yr-Aur cottege in Wales
o Had no electricity so Plant and Page wrote a bunch of acoustic songstogether

o "Immigrant Song" The lyrics inspire an image of vikings in search of new lands
o Mostly acoustic songs
(many reached #1?)

Front 71

Led Zeppelin IV

Back 71

• Had own jet ("The Starship")
- Played in sold out arenas
* released in 1971- 30 million copies sold to date
** best selling rock album to date
o Considered to be the landmark record

o "Black Dog"
• The bass riff mirrors guitar (written by John Paul Jones)

o "Going to California"
- features Mandolin & acoustic guitar
- pays homage to Joni Mitchell

o "Stairway to Heaven"
• "best rock song ever"
• Features a double neck guitar. Often cited as one of the greatest rock songs ever

Front 72

Jefferson Airplane

Back 72

• "Of, by, and for the acid community" - Grace Slick (vocalist)
o Grace Slick - vocalist
** Contract with RCA Victar 1965 - unprecedented advance of $25,000
- had to record in LA

o "White Rabbit"
• Alice in Wonderland

o "Crown of Creation"
• Band photo superimposed in atomic explosion of Hiroshima

Front 73

"Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds"

Back 73

Written by Lennon, he didn't intend for this to be about LSD
o From SPLHCB album (1967)
* Song spells out LSD but didn't do drugs in studio
o Song from John's son Julian about girl in class
o lyrics acid inspired

Front 74

The Doors

Back 74

o Album: Waiting for the Sun (1968)
o "The Celebration of a Lizard"
-- 20 minute song
-- singer: Jim Morrison (lead)
o "Not to Touch the Earth"
-- segment of a song they liked that they made into a song
• Song ends with Jim Morrison saying "I am the Lizard King, I can do anything"

Front 75

Donovan

Back 75

"Hurdy Gurdy Man"
• Donovan wrote this song for Hendrix but the producer had him record it for himself
• Before they were Led Zeppelin
o Jimmy Page - guitar
o John Bonham - drums
o John Paul Jones - bass
o Allan Holdsworth - guitar
* John Paul Jones said different people played

Front 76

Moody Blues

Back 76

o Days of Future Passed (1967)
• With the London Festival Orchestra
** First time a rock band did an album with an orchestra
o "Nights in White Satin" (fades in and out to orchestra piece)

o In Search of the Lost Chord (1968)
• played all orchestra instruments themselves
• John Lodge - bass player, playing cello (cello tuned like a bass)
•"Ride my Seesaw"

Front 77

Neil Young

Back 77

After the Gold Rush (1970 album)
- Him, piano, and horn
" After the Gold Rush"

Front 78

Iron Butterfly

Back 78

o LA based band that influenced the Beatles

o Doug Ingle - organ, vocals
o Lee Dorman - bass
o Ron Bushy - drums
o Erik Brann - guitar only 17 upon joining the band

o "Soul Experience"
o "In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida" (20 min)
* Supposed to be "in the garden of eden"
* Recording was a rough tape
** drums solo influential for Ringo on Abbey Road (last Beatle album)
* very slow phase shift

Front 79

Grateful Dead

Back 79

o Previously The Warlocks
o Formed in 1965 in San Francisco
o Guitarist Jerry Garcia Found the name in a Dictionary
o The First Jam Band
• Bill Kruetzmann
• Ron Mckernan
• Bob Weir
• Mickey Hart
• Phil Lesh
• Jerry Garcia

* Oswell Stanley gave LSD to Beatles (sound engineer for this band)
o Let people record their live shows - consequently there are now tons and tons of live recordings
• Good marketing scheme because it got their stuff out there

• American Beauty - 1970
o "Truckin'" - "What a long, strange trip it's been."
o "Sugar Magnolia"

Front 80

Carlos Santana

Back 80

o Born in Mexico - Grew up in SF
o Big break: subbed for Paul Butterfield at Fillmore West in 1966
o Memorable Woodstock Performance
o "Evil Ways"
o in 70s and 80s, still recorded & sold music into the 90s
o Recorded with younger, hipper artists in 90s on a renegotiated contact with Columbia records


o "Oye Como Va" = Listen to how my rhythm goes.
- Written by Tito Puete
o Career made a comeback in 1999 with Supernatural
o "Victory is Won" features fireworks guitar solo
• Song on album Shaman

Front 81

The Doors (McKay)

Back 81

o Jim and Ray met at UCLA in 1965
o Their name was taken from the book "The Doors of Perception"
o Discovered by Elektra at the Whisky a Go Go club
o Members:
• John Densmore
• Robby Krieger
• Ray Manzarek
• Jim Morrison

o "Break on Through"
o "Light My Fire" biggest hit song
o "Touch Me" features a saxophone solo
* Jim Morrison: Singer/Poet, died in 1971

Front 82

Pink Floyd

Back 82

o Formed in London 1965
o Name was a tribute to blues musicians: Pink Anderson and Floyd Council
o Was the Pink Floyd Sound (manager suggested they drop "sound)
- Gilmour joins the band in 1967
- Barrett leaves band in 1968

o "Money" includes the rhythmically organized sound of cash registers
o "Wish You Were Here"
-- features 12 string guitar
-- references Syd Barrett and his breakdown

o Members:
- Syd Barrett (lead guitar)
- Roger Waters (guitar)
- Richard Wright (piano)
- Nick Mason (drums)
- David Gilmour (drums)

Front 83

Deep Purple

Back 83

o "Smoke on the Water"
• Top 10 guitar licks of all time - Rolling Stone
• Song about the Mothers of Invention

Front 84

Frank Zappa PART 1

Back 84

- over 50 albums; started career in 60s, died in 90s
- one of the most famous conductors
- The Real Frank Zappa (autobiography)

o 1966 - Freakout (by: The Mothers of Invention)
• A double album
* Released own first album
• The Beatles Studied it before making SPLHCB
- "Who are the Brain Police" (1966)
-- primary instrument- lead guitar
-- first album didn't sell as well as many hoped

Absolutely Free (1967)
" Call Any Vegetable"
* ends with "Soft Sell Conclusion"

Front 85

Frank Zappa PART 2

Back 85

Burnt Weeny Sandwich (1970)
o Reference to his diet, he would spend many hours in his place of work eating Hebrew Nationals and smoking cigarettes

• "The Little House I Used to Live in"
o starts with piano solo
* Dissolved Mothers of Invention after this album
* Zappa had no specific style- played everything

1969- Uncle Meat * double album
- Zappa intrigued by duop
- "The Air"
- "Sleeping In A Jar"
- "Electric Aunt Jemima" (name of his amp)
* broke a speaker with this song!

1970 - Hot Rats
• First Frank Zappa solo album without the Mothers
• Popular in jazz community first that crossed over to rock
o "Peaches en Regalia"

*** His songs have hidden messages in them!

Front 86

Frank Zappa PART 3

Back 86

o self taught composer & performer
o influenced by modern classical music: Varese, Stransky, and WEbern
o 1966 debut album with the Mothers of Invention "Freak Out"
o MOI used to be an R&B band where Zappa played lead guitar, but Z convinced them to play his stuff

"Hungry Freaks Daddy"
o after album, moved to NYC and played at Garrison Theatre where he was offered contract

We're Only In It For The Money album
o parodies SPLHCB
o played around with taper
* recorded all live shows and edited them
" Who Needs the Peace Corps?"

1968 - 69: Zappa moved back to LA and supports band from publishing royalties
- Disbands MOI due to financial strain and lack of effort
- Records first solo album Hot Rats which contained "Peaches en Regalia"

Front 87

David Bowie

Back 87

o Musical chameleon who often incorporated theatrics into his performances
o Achieved his first hit in 1969 with the single "Space Oddity"

o "The Man Who Sold the World" 1970
o Changed from a folkier performances to a heavier rock
• "The Man Who Sold the World"

o Bowie developed the alter ego of a fictitious rocker named Ziggy Stardust (alien from outer space)

o In 1972 Bowie recorded an album called The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
• Album is themed with Ziggy ideas
• "Star Man"

Front 88

Queen

Back 88

o Band members met while in college
o Recorded A Night at the Opera in 1975
- "Bohemian Rhapsody" was a huge hit and featured multiple layered vocal harmony, ballad segments, and guitar solos
o The song was # 1 for 9 weeks and reached no. 2 in 1992 with Wayne's World