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like Hendrix; expanded the sonic vocabulary of the electric guitar
Later albums - folk declared material and Celtic mythology |
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Father of Shock Rock
Influenced by comic book stores and horror movie shows |
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Godfather of Punk Movie
Carried stage drama of Jim Morrison and the Doors
early group was the Stooges |
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| Lou Reed and the Velvet Underground |
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key touchstone to punk and the Combo of music and art
Used sing-speak vocals and gripping narratives
Heroin - famous song |
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Returned rock and roll to the basics
Three chords and simple melody In US
punk remained an underground sensation In the UK
full scale phenomenon
most popular Punk Bands: The Ramones (New York City) Sex Pistols (Great Britain) |
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| Punk club in skid row section of Bowery New York |
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original punk rockers from New York City
in early and mid 1970's
Often pointed to as a major influence by other subsequent punk bands |
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One of the most creative bands to emerge from New York's punk scene
Viewed to be the antithesis of the "happy culture" Back to short hair and street clothes (replace extravagant apparel)
CBGB's became an important venue for punk and new wave bands |
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Improvised lyrics that reflected life in New York
Mixed Rock classics with the dramatic readings
Godmother of Punk |
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Followed Patti smith and the Television
Most popular punk bands Crystallized the musical ideals of the genre
Cut rock and roll down to its bare essentials Four chords Simple catchy melody Irresistibly inane lyrics Very fast tempos |
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| Brought to United Kingdom by Malcolm McClarren |
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The anti-British group
Represented the youth bore Brits
Rebelled against staunch upper class |
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Material is Social Awareness
Material us emotional; close to personal life
Expressionistic/emotion |
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Considered to be the first Heavy Metal Band
Established the concept of album oriented Rock and Roll
Example: Stairway to Heaven was not a single |
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| The Formation of Led Zeppelin |
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Formed out of the ashes of the Yardbirds
Paige returned to session work
Yardbirds split up leaving Paige with the rights to the name
Vocals were offered to singer Terry Reid
Recorded their first album in just 30 hours
Began touring while first album hit the top ten
Recorded Led Zeppelin II while on tour
Led Zeppelin II was an immediate hit |
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Brought back the music if James Brown together with psychedelic music of the 1970's
Is considered Rock's first integrated band with a black person a women, and a white person
Broke down the walls in a positive way--- not by protest |
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Bass player with Sly and the Family Stone
Innovator of the slap bass style
Brought bass guitar to forefront of the band |
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Brass soil selections
More rock oriented
Influenced by Jimi Hendrix |
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Led by Miles Davis
Primarily Instrumental |
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British artist of theater rock
Cross dressing resulted in Ziggy Stardust (1972)
Set the stage for glam rock (Lou Reed, New York Dolls and KISS) |
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Experimental Space Rock band
Inclusion of concrete themes
Creation of themes result in concepts on a massive scale
Name derived from two ancient blues players; PINK ANDERSON AND FLOYD COUNCIL
Dark Side of the moon (1973)
State of the art production
Brought the group to superstar status |
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| rock music influenced by classical music |
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| rock influenced by jazz artists |
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| ART ROCK (aka Classical Rock |
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Blending of classical music with rock
Reference to mythology
Music makes use of odd meters and frequent mood/tempo changes
Large percentage of art rock bands were British |
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Jim Morrison is looked at as one of the fathers of contemporary rock
Attempted to marry rock with poetry
Was an influence for rockers such as Alice Cooper and even Marylyn Manson
EARLY YEARS
Born in Melbourne Florida
Studied film at UCLA
Died of a heart attack at the age of 27 in Paris France |
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Redefined the guitar and guitar performance
Was able to explore and master ALL the sonic force of the guitar
Had the gift of being able to harness the distortions of the guitar
The distortions were not a gimmick |
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Born in Seattle (Garfield High School)
Discovered by Chaz Chandler |
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| jimi hendrix three albums |
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His first album is considered his best work
Covers a wide range of styles and sounds
Are You Experienced?
Axis: Bold as Love
Electric Ladyland |
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Considered to be the ultimate cult band
Was never really part of the mainstream music scene
Was the house band for the Kesey Acid Test "Happening"
Music is an electric blend of folk, country and blues
Fans were known as "Deadheads" |
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The most popular of the Sand Francisco bands
Leaders of the protest movement and supporters of free love
Grace Slick was on vocals
Had a great female rock voice |
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Huge Gathering at Golden Gate Park
People got together and did drugs and played music
Hells Angels was the security for the event
This event was a predecessor to Woodstock |
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Considered to be the start of the Haight/Ashburry scene
They had more of a social contribution to Rock and Roll |
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