Chapter 15

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Smokey Joe's Café, Memphis, Million Dollar Quartet, and Jersey Boys are all
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Broadway musicals featuring rock music
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After similarities were noticed between their songs "How You Remind Me" and "Someday," this group became the subject of controversy.
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Nickelback
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All of the following are changes that took place in radio in the 2000s EXCEPT
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commercial stations began following narrower formats
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All of the following are true of Avril Lavigne EXCEPT
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she attracted attention for her sensual on-stage dress
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All of the following statements are true of emo EXCEPT
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emo's audience was generally older than the audience for indie rock
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Beyoncé
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starred in the 2006 film Dreamgirls
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Connor Oberst was in what successful indie group?
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Bright Eyes
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Country artist Keith Urban is known for his skill on what instrument?
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guitar
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Following her win on American Idol, Carrie Underwood became associated with which musical style?
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country
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Jack White
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performed with the White Stripes, the Raconteurs, and the Dead Weather
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Jimmy Eat World is most often associated with which of the following styles?
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emo
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Linkin Park is associated with which style?
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Nu Metal
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Maroon 5
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toured for several years before achieving national popularity
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Nickelback's "Photograph," Carrie Underwood's "Before He Cheats," and Alabama Shakes' "Hold On" all use what song form?
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compound AABA
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Paul Simon, Stevie Wonder, and Paul McCartney all received this award for lifetime achievement in popular song from the Library of Congress.
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The Gershwin Prize
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The MP3 format was significant because
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it reduced the size of music files and made them easier to share
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The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum is located in
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Cleveland
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The South by Southwest (SXSW) festival is held in what city?
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Austin, Texas
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The White Stripes and Sufjan Stevens both emerged from the indie scene in
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Michigan
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The band Wilco streamed which album for free over the Internet in 2001?
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Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
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The success of Arcade Fire caused this indie record label to adapt its business model.
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Merge
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The term "rockism" refers to
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the viewpoint that rock was the central form of pop music since 1954
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This Atlanta-based hip-hop group comprised of Big Boi and André 3000 is known for its crossover success in the 2000s.
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OutKast
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This group featuring vocalist Amy Lee and guitarist Ben Moody had a heavy rock sound and wide-ranging influences.
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Evanescence
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Vagrant and Drive-Thru were
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independent labels that helped to popularize emo
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What group gained exposure as the house band for the television show Late Night with Jimmy Fallon?
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The Roots
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When it first launched, Napster was
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a peer-to-peer file sharing service.
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Which of the following bands continued the Britpop tradition?
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Coldplay
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Which of the following was founded as a traveling music festival?
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Lollapalooza
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Who won the first season of the television show American Idol?
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Kelly Clarkson