Rock Pioneers
She is called "the godmother of rock and roll."
Who is Sister Rosetta Tharpe?
This band's members wore makeup to play characters like the Demon, the Starchild, the Spaceman, and the Catman.
Who is KISS?
These four musicians from Liverpool, England, appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1964.
Who are The Beatles?
This channel launched in 1981 and made visuals just as important as the music.
What is MTV?
Joan Jett started her own record label with this name.
What is Blackheart Records?
This guitarist is famous for guitar riffs and the "duck walk."
Who is Chuck Berry?
KISS was the first major rock group to use this business model, selling action figures, posters, and lunch boxes.
What is branding and merchandising?
This Beatle played bass and sang.
Who is Paul McCartney?
These two bands are key examples of 1980s pop-rock.
Who are Journey and Bon Jovi?
Ann and Nancy Wilson led this first successful female-fronted hard rock band.
What is Heart?
This piano player called himself "the architect of rock and roll."
Who is Little Richard?
This guitar hero used feedback and distortion and gave an iconic performance at Woodstock.
Who is Jimi Hendrix?
The Rolling Stones took their name from a song by this blues artist.
Who is Muddy Waters?
This artist blended funk, rock, pop, and R&B and played most of the instruments on his records.
Who is Prince?
Joan Jett co-founded this all-female rock band at age 16.
What are The Runaways?
Elvis moved to this city in 1948, where country, gospel, and rhythm and blues all mixed together.
What is Memphis?
This Led Zeppelin guitarist is known for big riffs and a double-neck guitar.
Who is Jimmy Page?
Compared to The Beatles' clean-cut image, The Rolling Stones were known as these.
What are the "bad boys" of the British Invasion?
This guitarist from Van Halen played the solo on Michael Jackson's "Beat It" for free.
Who is Eddie Van Halen?
This is the birth name of Tina Turner.
Who is Anna Mae Bullock?
Early rock 'n' roll was influenced by these four styles of music.
Early rock 'n' roll was influenced by these four
Eddie Van Halen's red, white, and black guitar went by this nickname.
What is the Frankenstrat?
The Rolling Stones took their name from a song by this blues artist.
Who is Muddy Waters?
Slash of Guns N' Roses played on this 1991 Michael Jackson album, which included "Black or White."
What is Dangerous?
Many doubted that a woman past this age could succeed in rock, but Tina Turner became a stadium star in the 1980s and 1990s.
What is over 40?