History of Rock Test 3 Flashcards

The Whisky A-Go-Go gave birth to

Who's next

He was a classically trained trumpet player before joining the Grateful Dead

The year the British invasion really took off

This group contained future American folk rocker Graham Nash

The Grateful Dead album combines studio and live recordings

The Rolling stones were unable to tour in the US in the mid 1960s because of

This group played at the Red Dog Saloon in Virginia City, Nevada in the summer of 1965

The Altamont Festival was notorious because a audience member was murdered during the performance

Which does NOT describe pre-British Invasion England

The song "Layla" was inspired by

He invented the Lizard King stage persona

The Beatles broke up because Yoko Ono forced John to quit

When the Rolling Stones appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1967 they

Which best describes Frank Zappa's music

Duane Allman collaborated with Eric Clapton in the group:

Beatles songs are credited as Lennon/McCartney because both John and Paul contributed to the writing of each:

This album could be describes as a manifesto to non-conformity:

Which was NOT a part of the London Blues scene in the early 1960's

Sticky Fingers is famous for

Which is true of Jim Morrison

Which person was NOT influential to Frank Zappa in his youth:

After Brian Jones's death, the Rolling Stone

Conventional wisdom holds that Woodstock was a success while Altamont was a failure

This album was dark and sneering, with 2 misogynistic songs

The lead vocalist for Jefferson Airplane

What was the Family Dog

Which was NOT an anti-war song

The inspiration for the song "For What it's Worth"

George Harrison organized this charity event in 1971

The acid tests were staged by

This group briefly changed their name to identify with the London mod scence

From the beginning, the Rolling Stones audiences were more aggressive than those of the Beatles

Which is NOT true of The Who

He was raised by his grandparents after his mother abandoned him

The term Mersey Beat makes reference to the Mersey River

Which is NOT true of the Altamont Festival

He was responsible for changing the Beatles image

The Rolling Stones was the only group to perform at Altamont

Jimi Hednrix made his American debut here

The Jefferson Airplane played at the acid tests

Haight/Ashbury was home to the first hippy community

In the 1950s, most British rock and roll groups were actually more innovative than their American counterparts

The Who used this motto in the mid 1960's

Paul McCartney usually sang the songs he wrote

Which is NOT true of the Beatles coming to America

"Strawberry Fields Forever" and "Penny Lane" were originally intended to be included on this album

Eric Clapton's primary influence was

The Doors song that makes reference to the Oedipus mythology

One of the first gigs for the Grateful Dead

Although Tommy was a big seller, critics planned it as a gimmick

This groups rock recording of a folk song went to #1

He helped create the Grateful Dead's innovative sound system

The British equivalent of the southern cat was the

This Cream song is a cover of a Robert Johnson tune

This was the first British blues album

After the Beatles broke up Paul's music became darker while John's was more pop oriented

Which name is not associated with the others

Frank Zappa used this to explore computer-based music

Which is NOT true of Pete Townshend in the late 1960's

Soon after hiring Flo and Eddie, Frank Zappa

Which is NOT correct, Jim Morrison died

Which is NOT true, before joining the Doors, Jim Morrison

The term "Beatlemania" was coined by

Janis Joplin's musical roots were in

Ken Kesey wrote this book

The Charlatans set the stylistic tone for the 1960's Bay Area music scene

Two of the electric ballrooms in San Francisco were the Avalon and the:

Which is the correct Eric Clapton career path

The Beatles early rise to fame was due in large part to the constant airplay of their records by the BBC

The author of the Psychedelic Experience

He often made records by splicing together snippets of different tapes and adding overdubs

Most of the song about the Vietnam war were for it

Which unique fact about The Doors is true

Which is NOT a characteristic of the White Album

Rick and the Ravens were important because they

The Jefferson Airplane album includes the song "Somebody to Love"

Which band was Janis Joplin NOT a member of

Hunter S. Thompson, Greil Marcus, and Cameron Crowe were all

His interest in Indian music culture added to the diversity of Beatles songs

The Grateful Dead's followers

The Beatles album that more than any other is considered a cultural milestone

During the production of Let it Be, the Beatles performed a rooftop concert that was filmed

The Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)

He coined the phrase "Turn on, tune in, drop out"

The Woodstock Music and Arts fair was held in

Which is NOT a characteristic of Revoler

The film Gimme Shelter was shot at

Rock music of the 1960's mirrored the culture changes going on in America

He was the leader of the Merry Pranksters

Rolling Stone magazine was founded in Los Angeles

He played the guitar left handed

In 1967, Mick Jagger, Brian Jones, and Keith Richards all

This band had a pension fund and a health insurance plan

This Do-It-yourself music was popular in England in the 1950's

The debut album by the Jimi Hendrix Experience

This was known as "the gathering of tribes"

Which best describes the Grateful Dead's early albums

This band emerged from weekly jam sessions held in Haight Ashbury in 1965

One unique highlight of this song is the use of a piccolo trumpet solo

The Word hippie was first used

The official cause of Brian Jones's death

In the early years, the "pretty boy" member of the Rolling Stones was

Janis Joplin died before finishing her last album

Which is NOT associated with the Grateful Dead

Early on, the Rolling Stones decided to portray themselves as

Generally speaking, John Lennon's songwriting was more _____ than Paul's

On this album, Phil Spector was brought in to finish the album

The Doors got their name from

He established a drug and alcohol rehabilitation center in the Caribbean

This Beatles album was inspired by Ken Kesey and his Merry Pranksters

Which was an important element of Jimi Hendrix's style

This group's sound system was called the Wall of Sound

The only Beatles album that George Martin did not produce

Some rock musicians began using psychedelic drugs to achieve increased levels of creativity

Generally speaking, the first Rolling Stones recording were mostly

The line, "I hope I die before I get old" is from this song

Who were the Diggers

Although progressive rock radio is often associated with San Francisco, it was actually first tired in Philadelphia