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CHAPTER 15 2000– pres ent, Rock Traditions
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CHAPTER 15: Rock Traditions and the Business of Change
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. The most popular music file-sharing service of the early 2000s was
a. Limewire. c. Gnutella.
b. Napster. d. BitTorrent.
2. The most famous band to file a lawsuit against music file-sharing services was
a. Metallica. c. Foo Fighters.
b. AC/DC. d. Coldplay.
3. The process whereby users create their own videos and combinations of existing songs is often called
a. file sharing. c. mashup.
b. Internet radio. d. jukebox software.
4. Who worked with the songwriting team of the Matrix?
a. P!nk c. Kelly Clarkson
b. Avril Lavigne d. Christina Aguilera
5. Who was the winner of the first season of American Idol?
a. Avril Lavigne c. P!nk
b. Carrie Underwood d. Kelly Clarkson
6. Which of the following bands had an unsuccessful stint under the name Kara’s Flowers?
a. Maroon 5 c. Linkin Park
b. Coldplay d. Nickelback
7. Which of the following groups is fronted by singer and multi-instrumentalist Chris Martin?
a. Maroon 5 c. Coldplay
b. Nickelback d. the Roots
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29. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is housed in the city of
a. New York. c. Memphis.
b. Los Angeles. d. Cleveland.
30. Understanding how the history of popular music is viewed as if rock has been the central form of pop
music since 1954 is a concept central to
a. music theory. c. rockism.
b. the canonization of rock. d. music producers.
31. Blake Shelton is a well-known judge on
a. American Idol. c. America’s Got Talent.
b. The Voice. d. The View.
32. Singer and guitarist Josh Homme fronts the band
a. Queens of the Stone Age. c. Linkin Park.
b. Them Crooked Vultures. d. Hoobastank.
33. Hybrid Theory was the debut album of
a. Coldplay. c. Nickelback.
b. Jimmy Eat World. d. Linkin Park.
SHORT ANSWER
1. What were some of the drawbacks to music file-exchanging networks?
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13. Name the group formed by Dave Grohl, Queens of the Stone Age guitarist Josh Homme, and former
Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones.
14. How has Kanye West represented a strain of hip-hop that is appealing to rock listeners?
15. How has rock criticism achieved mainstream acceptance in many American publications?
MATCHING
Match the item to the description below.
a. album by Avril Lavigne
b. lead singer for Maroon 5
c. one of the most successful country crossover artists of the 2000s
d. a film about the use of older technology in recording
e. house band for Jimmy Fallon
f. Billboard’s tracking of digital downloads
g. song by P!nk
h. debut album by Beyoncé Knowles
i. an encoding initiative used by Pandora to personalize radio stations
j.
album by Norah Jones
1. “Hot 100” chart
2. Sound City
3. Music Genome Project
4. Let Go
5. “Stupid Girls”
6. Adam Levine
7. Come Away with Me
8. Carrie Underwood
9. Dangerously in Love
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10. The Roots
ESSAY
1. Discuss the ways in which digital technologies revolutionized how music was created and sold. What
were some of the benefits of these new technologies? What were some of the drawbacks? Be sure to
cite specific examples of file-sharing services and how they affected consumers of music in the 2000s.
ANS:
answers vary
PTS: 1 DIF: Difficult
2. How did female performers impact the American mainstream in the new millennium? What different
perspectives did they depict in their music, lyrics, and appearance? How were these roles different
from those of previous eras in the history of rock music?
ANS:
answers vary
PTS: 1 DIF: Difficult
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5. Many country artists incorporated rock styles into their songs in the 2000s.
6. The most important country singer to emerge from American Idol was Scott McCreedy.
7. The most famous hip-hop group to perform using traditional rock instrumentation was the Roots.
8. After Wilco signed with a major record label, they lost the support of the indie community.
9. During the 2000s, independent rock was achieving record sales that regularly placed its acts at the top
of the Billboard album charts.
10. The emo tradition drew heavily on high-energy punk from 1970s and 1980s American hardcore.
11. During the 2000s the sound track to the movie O Brother, Where Art Thou? was influential in
exhibiting a renewed interest in music with a strong electric base.
12. During the 2000s commercial advertising came to value rock music as a means to sell products to a
variety of demographics.