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Who’s album Nevermind launched the alternative rock boom in the 1990s? |
Nirvana |
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What band from Seattle battled with Ticketmaster over ticket prices to their show? |
Pearl Jam |
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Who fronted the group Foo Fighters after the death of Kurt Cobain? |
Dave Grohl |
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The following bands emerged from the California pop punk scene: |
Green Day, The Offspring, Sublime. |
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Who blended traditional Jamaican music into their songs? |
Sublime |
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What artist started his career as a rapper in the style of the early Beastie Boys? |
Kid Rock |
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Who was the guitarist for Rage Against the Machine? |
Tom Morello |
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The group _______________ recorded an album in the house where Charles Manson and his followers committed several murders. |
Nine Inch Nails |
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The main source of radio exposure for indie rock in the 1990s was what? |
college radio stations |
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The band that embodied the lo-fi aesthetic was who? |
Pavement. |
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What group recorded a cover version of the Beach Boys’ "Little Honda"? |
Yo La Tengo |
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The movement of feminist punk musicians in the Pacific Northwest called__________. |
riot grrrl |
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All of the following are alt-country acts: |
Uncle Tupelo, Old-97s, Ryan Adams |
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The artist _______re-released the song "Loser" on a major label. |
Beck |
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All of the following are characteristics of Beck’s music: |
country rock, hip-hop, classical music. |
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The alternative music scene specific to Seattle during the first half of the 1990s known as ___________. |
grunge |
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Stone Temple Pilots was an alternative band from California that was influenced the most by the __________________________________________________. |
styles from the Seattle alternative scene. |
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Who’s Album is a political rock opera that has since been converted into a Broadway show? |
The Green Day album American Idiot |
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_______________ dressed as a ghoulish transvestite and included vulgar and satanic content on albums in attempt to outrage conservative segments of America. |
Marilyn Manson |
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The term industrial comes from music that has a heavy rhythmic groove reminiscent of sound from large factory machinery. |
heavy rhythmic groove reminiscent of sound from large factory machinery |
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In _______________ breakout single "Hanging by a Moment," there are clear allegiances to Nirvana. |
Lifehouse |
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The band _________________ was formed with Scott Weiland of Stone Temple Pilots and former members of Guns N’ Roses and Wasted Youth. |
Velvet Revolver |
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The album Dookie from 1994 served as the first significant commercial success for ____________. |
Green Day. |
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A rejection of commercialism is an idea ____________________________________. |
central to alternative rock |
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______________________ and _________________________ both grew out of California’s alternative scene. |
Faith No More and the Red Hot Chili Peppers |
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________ was marketed as an alternative group, but emerged through mainstream channels. |
Live |
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In the indie world, there is a clear aversion to __________________. |
major labels |
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______________________ and ______________________ represent industrial bands from the 1990s. |
Nine Inch Nails and Marilyn Manson |
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Korn is responsible for bringing the sound of the seven-string guitar into rap-rock. |
seven-string guitar into rap-rock. |
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