History Of Rock Final-Notes

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The Ramones

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• Most popular of punk bands
• Crystallized the musical ideals of the genre
• Cut rock and roll down to its bare essentials
• The Ramones created something that as rooted in early 60s, pre-Beatles rock and roll, and pop but sounded revolutionary. Their music has been labeled by some as “bubble gum punk”.

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The British Connection

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• Brought to the U.K. by Malcom McLaren

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Sex Pistols

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• The anti-British group
• Represented the young bored Brits
• Rebelled against the staunch upper class

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Iggy Pop

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• Considered godfather of Punk Music
• Carried on the stage drama of Jim Morrison and the Doors
• His early group was the Stooges

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Alice Cooper

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• Father of shock-rock
• Influenced by comic book series and RKO horror movie shows

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MC-5

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• Essentially laid foundation for emergence of punk
• Led by John Sinclair (leader of Infamous white Panther Party)

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Pronto Punk

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• Never quite fit into mainstream rock and roll of late 60s and early 70s

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Jimmy Page

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• Align with Hendrix-expanded the sonic vocabulary of the electric guitar
• Later albums more to the interest of folk derived material and Celtic mythology

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Led Zeplin

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o Considered to be the first band of heavy metal
o Established the concept of album oriented rock
• Ex. Stairway to heaven was never a single

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Pink Floyd

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o Experimental “space-rock” band
o Inclusion of “concrete music”
o Creation of themes result in concepts on a massive scale

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Selected British Art-Rock Bands

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• Moody Blues-Days of Future Past

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Viewed by the “rock purists”

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• Attempt to legitimize rock music
• Aimed to broaden the market of listeners or rock music
• Punk music was a revolt of art rock music

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Progressive Rock

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rock music influenced more by jazz style

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Art Rock

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rock music influenced by classical music

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Art Rock (a.k.a Classical Rock)

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o Blending of classical music with rock
o References to mythology
o Music makes use of odd meters and frequent mood tempo changes
o Large percentages of art rock bands were British

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The Doors

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o Morrison is looked at ass one of the fathers of the contemporary rock
o Attempt to marry rock with poetry
o Was an influence for rockers such as Alice Cooper or even Marylyn Manson

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Jimmy Hendrix

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o Redefined the guitar and guitar performance
o Was able to explore and master all the sonic force of the instrument
o Had the first an the ability to harness the distortions
o The sounds (distortion, feedback, wah-wah) was not for gimmick

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Jimmy Hendrix-Early Years

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o Born in Seattle and attended Garfield High School
o Discovered by Chas Chandler (ex Animal band member)

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Jimmy Hendrix-The Three Albums

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The first three albums are considered the best of his work

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Marvelettes

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• Motown’s only girl group

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Marvin Gaye

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• Became one of Motown’s most enigmatic and consistently popular acts

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Jackson 5

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• Fronted by 10 year old Michael-he danced like a miniature James Brown
• J5 transcended all barriers of race and age in their apparel

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Rare Earth

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• Motown’s premier white rock and soul band
• Was Motown’s experimental assault on the rock market

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Stevie Wonder

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• Most successful artist in Motown’s history
• First big tip was fingertips-Part 2 (age 12)
• This is the first live recording to hit #1 in rock history
• By the 70’s Wonder was playing most of the instruments on his albums

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Solomon Burke

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• Brought a country influence into R&B
• Burke never celebrated a number one hit on the pop charts but enjoyed many hits in the R&B charts

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Wilson Pickett

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• Was Atlantic’s best selling southern soul performer
• In the Midnight Hour-one of the most successful songs of soul era

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The Animals

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• Second only to rolling stones in influence among R&B based bands

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Them (Van Morrison)

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• Led by Van Morrison rank THEM among the best of the Brit. Invasion Bands
• Considered the most critically acclaimed pop music song writers of the 1960s

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Doo-wop Background and style traits

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• emphasizes melody above rhythm
• reflected the increase (through still limited) commercial possibilities for black music
• the name “doo-wop” did not come until the 1970’s
• star groups of the time: The Platters/Coasters/Drifters
• many “one hit wonder groups”

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The Orioles and The Ravens (Early R&B Doo-wop)

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• Early important transition groups

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The Platters

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• One of the most successful crossover acts in the 1950’s

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The One Shots

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• Few doo-wop groups managed to make it onto the charts or sustain careers
• Many groups became the one hit wonders
• Individually was eased by the group

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The teenagers (with Frankie Lymon)

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• “Why do fools fall in love”-one hit wonder

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Philadelphia and American Bandstand and Payola

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• City was the most successful teen idol “machine”
• Engine of the idol machine was American band stand

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Brill Building Pop

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• The songwriters dominated the industry not the singers

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Aldon music

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• Was a symbol for the popular music in New York
• Pop singers rarely wrote heir own music/always needed new songs
• Songwriters were usually grouped in pairs (one/music-the other/lyrics)

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Goffin and King

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• Most profile hit maker at Aldon
• Their variety and ability to change with the times kept them in business

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Sedaka and Greenfield

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• Less varied sound since they were writing for Sedaka
• “Stupid Cupid” was first hit for Connie Francis