Z203 History of Rock 'N' Roll Exam 1
Questions & Answers 100% Correct!!
Progressive Rock - ANSWER developed from psychedelic rock, and originated as an attempt to give
greater artistic weight and credibility to rock music. Bands abandoned the short pop single in favor of
instrumentation and compositional techniques more frequently associated with jazz or classical
music in an effort to give rock music the same level of musical sophistication and critical respect.
Mellotron - ANSWER a keyboard instrument that contains tape recordings of individual notes of
various instruments and voices
Prog Rock - ANSWER stylistic ecclectism
King Crimson - ANSWER Robert Fripp, Greg Lake
Emerson, Lake, and Palmer - ANSWER Keith Emerson, Greg Lake, Carl Palmer. Keyboard based power
trio
Emerson, Lake, and Palmer - ANSWER Recorded works by
Mussorgsky, Tchaikovsky, Copeland, Ginastera. Allegro Barbaro (1911) by Bella Bartok
Jethro Tull - ANSWER Ian Anderson
Works of symphonic duration
Yes - ANSWER Rick Wakeman
Genesis - ANSWER Peter Gabriel, Steve Hackett, Michael Rutherford, Tony Banks, Phil Collins.
:Rock Opera
, Genesis - ANSWER During the Lamb Lies Down Tour, Peter Gabriel told the band he would leave at
the conclusion of the tour and Phil Collins took over as lead singer
Pink Floyd - ANSWER Richard Wright, Roger Waters, Nick Mason, Syd Barrett
Pink Floyd - ANSWER Syd Barrett is replaced by David Gilmore
Pink Floyd - ANSWER The Dark Side of the Moon went to #1 on the Billboard charts and remained on
the charts for 741 weeks from 1973 to 1988
Frank Zappa - ANSWER (1940-93) Musician, songwriter, composer, record producer, filmmaker.
Orchestral Percussion and eventually performed by Ensemble Modern
Captain Beefheart - ANSWER Don Van Vliet
Trout Mask Replica-Produced by Frank Zappa
Brian Eno - ANSWER Had ambient series- outside influences the song.
Vocoder - ANSWER a synthesizer that produces sounds from an analysis of speech input (keyboard
with microphone)
Neu! - ANSWER Formed by Klaus Dinger, Micheal Rother after split from Kraftwerk. Motorik Beat
Laurie Anderson - ANSWER O Superman, minimalism, vocoder
Faust - ANSWER Krautrock. It's a rainy day sunshine girl
Kraftwerk - ANSWER Autobahn. Trans Europe Express, Futuristic
Krautrock - ANSWER Late 1960's
• rock and electronic music that originated in Germany; not a definitive genre
Questions & Answers 100% Correct!!
Progressive Rock - ANSWER developed from psychedelic rock, and originated as an attempt to give
greater artistic weight and credibility to rock music. Bands abandoned the short pop single in favor of
instrumentation and compositional techniques more frequently associated with jazz or classical
music in an effort to give rock music the same level of musical sophistication and critical respect.
Mellotron - ANSWER a keyboard instrument that contains tape recordings of individual notes of
various instruments and voices
Prog Rock - ANSWER stylistic ecclectism
King Crimson - ANSWER Robert Fripp, Greg Lake
Emerson, Lake, and Palmer - ANSWER Keith Emerson, Greg Lake, Carl Palmer. Keyboard based power
trio
Emerson, Lake, and Palmer - ANSWER Recorded works by
Mussorgsky, Tchaikovsky, Copeland, Ginastera. Allegro Barbaro (1911) by Bella Bartok
Jethro Tull - ANSWER Ian Anderson
Works of symphonic duration
Yes - ANSWER Rick Wakeman
Genesis - ANSWER Peter Gabriel, Steve Hackett, Michael Rutherford, Tony Banks, Phil Collins.
:Rock Opera
, Genesis - ANSWER During the Lamb Lies Down Tour, Peter Gabriel told the band he would leave at
the conclusion of the tour and Phil Collins took over as lead singer
Pink Floyd - ANSWER Richard Wright, Roger Waters, Nick Mason, Syd Barrett
Pink Floyd - ANSWER Syd Barrett is replaced by David Gilmore
Pink Floyd - ANSWER The Dark Side of the Moon went to #1 on the Billboard charts and remained on
the charts for 741 weeks from 1973 to 1988
Frank Zappa - ANSWER (1940-93) Musician, songwriter, composer, record producer, filmmaker.
Orchestral Percussion and eventually performed by Ensemble Modern
Captain Beefheart - ANSWER Don Van Vliet
Trout Mask Replica-Produced by Frank Zappa
Brian Eno - ANSWER Had ambient series- outside influences the song.
Vocoder - ANSWER a synthesizer that produces sounds from an analysis of speech input (keyboard
with microphone)
Neu! - ANSWER Formed by Klaus Dinger, Micheal Rother after split from Kraftwerk. Motorik Beat
Laurie Anderson - ANSWER O Superman, minimalism, vocoder
Faust - ANSWER Krautrock. It's a rainy day sunshine girl
Kraftwerk - ANSWER Autobahn. Trans Europe Express, Futuristic
Krautrock - ANSWER Late 1960's
• rock and electronic music that originated in Germany; not a definitive genre
