History Of Rock Definitions

Rock Music Appreciation The brief history of Rock Music, the universe and all that.

The Origins  Blues  Country  Bluegrass  Jazz  Gospel  Doowop  Rhythm

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1950s - Rock n Roll  Chuck

Berry, Little Richard, Bo Diddley, and Fats Domino  Elvis Presley, Bill Haley and the Comets, Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper, Jerry Lee Lewis

The mid-1950s-early 1960s 

Early British rock     

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1960s garage rock 

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Skiffle bands – Lonnie Donegan, John Lennon’s The Quarrymen Cliff Richard – Move it (Start of 1960s) The Beatles (1962) Blues influenced bands – The Rolling Stones, The Animals and The Yardbirds (mid 1962) Mod Style - The Kinks, The Who and The Pretty Things (late 1964) The British Invasion spawned a wave of imitators that played mainly to local audiences and made inexpensive recordings, a movement later called garage rock.

1960s Surf music 

Dick Dale, The Surfaris, The Shadows, The Beach Boys

Blues Rock 

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British Bands  John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers and Alexis Korner’s Blues Incorporated  Rolling Stones, Cream, The Yardbirds, Blind Faith, Derek and the Dominos, The Animals, Fleetwood Mac, The Jeff Beck Group, Led Zeppelin American Bands  Lonnie Mack, Paul Butterfield (whose band acted like Mayall's Bluesbreakers in Britain as a starting point for many successful musicians), Canned Heat, the early Jefferson Airplane, Janis Joplin, Johnny Winter, The J. Geils Band and Jimi Hendrix with his power trios, The Jimi Hendrix Experience and Band of Gypsys.  Blues-rock bands like Allman Brothers Band, Lynyrd Skynyrd and eventually ZZ Top from the southern states, incorporated country elements into their style to produce distinctive Southern rock.

Rock as a counterculture movement (1963-1974) 

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Pop Rock  Elton John, Paul McCartney, The Everly Brothers, Rod Stewart, Chicago, and Peter Frampton Folk Rock  Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan, The Byrds, Neil Young, Simon & Garfunkel, The Mamas & the Papas, Joni Mitchell and The Band. (US)  Fairport Convention, Steeleye Span, Lindisfarne, Pentangle, and Trees Psychedelic Rock  Holy Modal Rounders, The Grateful Dead, Country Joe and the Fish, Jefferson Airplane,The Byrds The Doors, The Velvet Underground  Pink Floyd, Soft Machine, Donovan, The Beatles, The Beach Boys, Cream, Jimi Hendrix Progressive Rock  The Who, Pink Floyd, The Moody Blues, Procol Harum, Golden Earring, Yes, Rush, Jethro Tull, Soft Rock  The Partridge Family, The Cowsills, The Osmonds, The Archies. Barry Manilow, Neil Diamond, Olivia Newton-John, Eric Carmen, Bread, The Carpenters, Electric Light Orchestra, Tina Turner, England Dan & John Ford Coley.

The mid to late 70s – Hard Rock 

Hard Rock & Heavy Metal 

Origins and early popularity (late 1960s and early 1970s) 

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Mainstream dominance (late 1970s and 1980s)  

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Cream, Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Judas Priest, Queen, Jimi Hendrix, Black Sabbath, Uriah Heep, Wishbone Ash, Blue Oyster Cult, Kiss, Scorpions, Rainbow, AC/DC, Aerosmith, Van Halen, Judas Priest. New Wave of British Heavy Metal - Iron Maiden, Motörhead, Saxon, Diamond Head, Venom, Blitzkrieg, Def Leppard Quiet Riot, Ratt, Mötley Crüe, and W.A.S.P., Twisted Sister

Glam Rock (Early 70s) 

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David Bowie, T. Rex, David Werner, Gary Glitter, Queen, Slade, Sweet, Alvin Stardust, Sparks, Mud, Roxy Music, Brian Eno, Cockney Rebel, Lou Reed, Mott The Hoople. Alice Cooper, Kiss, New York Dolls, Iggy Pop and Wayne County.

The mid to late 70s 

Arena rock 

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Punk rock 

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The Ramones, Patti Smith, The Heartbreakers, Television, Sex Pistols, The Clash, The Damned, The Buzzcocks, The Knack, Blondie.

New Wave  

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Journey, REO Speedwagon, Boston, Foreigner, Styx, Survivor, Heart, Aerosmith, Queen, Twisted Sister, Bon Jovi, Def Leppard,

Talking Heads, Devo, The Cars The Go-Go's, The Police, The Pretenders, Kraftwerk, Gary Numan, New Romantics - Duran Duran, A Flock of Seagulls, Psychedelic Furs, Talk Talk, Eurythmics

Post punk 

Public Image Ltd., Joy Division, Siouxsie & the Banshees, The Fall, Gang of Four, and Echo & the Bunnymen, U2

Rock diversifies in the 1980s  American

heartland rock

 Bruce

Springsteen, Bob Seger, Tom Petty, John (Cougar) Mellencamp, Creedence Clearwater Revival, John Fogerty

 Glam

metal (Hair metal)

 Mötley

Crüe, W.A.S.P., Ratt, Poison, Warrant  Second wave of glam metal acts (sleaze rock) - Guns N' Roses, L.A. Guns and Faster Pussycat.  Instrumental  Joe

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Satriani, George Lynch, Steve Vai, Yngwie Malmsteen, Steve Morse

Rock diversifies in the 1980s 

Alternative music and the indie movement 

Jangle Pop 

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Gothic Rock 

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R.E.M., The Smiths, The Connells, The Beat Farmers, Toad the Wet Sprocket, 10,000 Maniacs Bauhaus, The Cure, Siouxsie & the Banshees, The Sisters of Mercy and The Mission.

Indie Rock The Smiths, The Stone Roses and The Jesus and Mary Chain (UK 80s)  Hüsker Dü, Dinosaur Jr, Sonic Youth, Pixies, Sonic Youth, Big Black (US 80s)  Guided by Voices, Pavement, Sebadoh, The Grifters, Liz Phair, The Elephant 6 Recording Co., The Cranberries (US 90s)  (After 2000) Post-punk or Post-punk revival - Strokes, The Killers, Franz Ferdinand and Arctic Monkeys 

Rock diversifies in the 1980s  Grunge Green

River, Soundgarden, Mother Love Bone, The Melvins, Malfunkshun, Skin Yard, and the UMen, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Mudhoney, Tad, Alice in Chains, Screaming Trees, Temple of the Dog (Seattle) Stone Temple Pilots (San Diego, California)  Post-grunge Silverchair,

Bush, Candlebox, Collective Soul

Success of hybrid genres (1994-1999) 

Pop punk 

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Post-grunge    

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Green Day, The Offspring, NOFX, blink-182, Sum 41, Anti-Flag Bush, Candlebox, Collective Soul, Everclear, Our Lady Peace and Live Foo Fighters, Silverchair, Creed, Fuel, Alanis Morissette, Tori Amos, Fiona Apple and Jewel. Third Eye Blind and Matchbox Twenty, 3 Doors Down, Puddle of Mudd and Nickelback Audioslave and Velvet Revolver

Rapcore and Nu metal  

Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rage Against the Machine, P.O.D. and later Limp Bizkit, Slipknot, Deftones and Korn Rap Rock - Linkin Park and P.O.D..

Present day (2000-present) 

Internet influence  

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Main indie rock genres after 2000     

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Hip hop ruled the charts The biggest factor that has contributed to the resurgence of rock music is the rise of paid digital downloads in the 2000s. Emo: Sunny Day Real Estate, Jimmy Eat World, and Texas Is the Reason Post-Punk Revival: Hot Hot Heat, The Libertines, The Killers, Bloc party, Franz Ferdinand, Arctic Monkeys, The Strokes, and The Bravery Garage Rock Revival: The White Stripes, The Strokes, Jet, The Vines, and The Hives Harsh noise: Melt-Banana, The Locust, Lightning Bolt, Neptune Dance-punk: !!!, The Rapture, Liars

Additional less clear defined genres such as: 

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Baroque Pop: An updated take on the folk music of the 1960s, as well as the Beach Boys' pioneering Pet Sounds album. (Arcade Fire, Danielson Famile, Sufjan Stevens, The Decemberists, John Vanderslice, Broken Social Scene, Islands, Stars) New Prog: Mew, Porcupine Tree New Weird America or Freak Folk: A more experimental take on New Folk that generally revolves around quirky, psych-inflected folk songs and ballads. (Devendra Banhart, Joanna Newsom, Animal Collective, Six Organs of Admittance) Psych-Folk: The most heavily psych-influenced strain of New Folk, frequently consisting of avant-garde noise, drones, or dissonance, and often employing natural field recordings for added atmosphere. (NoNeck Blues Band, Brightblack Morning Light, Wooden Wand and the Vanishing Voice)

1960s to the Present Southern Rock 

1950s and 1960s – Origins  

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1970s – Peak of Popularity  

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The Allman Brothers Band, Marshall Tucker Band, Wet Willie, Grinderswitch, Elvin Bishop Band, Barefoot Jerry, Charlie Daniels Band Lynyrd Skynyrd, Rossington-Collins band, .38 Special, The Outlaws, Molly Hatchet, Blackfoot, Point Blank, Black Oak Arkansas

1980s & 1990s – Continuing Influence 

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Elvis Presley, Little Richard, Bo Diddley and Jerry Lee Lewis Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Band

Doc Holliday, Better Than Ezra, Drivin N Cryin, Cowboy Mouth, Dash Rip Rock, Third Day, ZZ Top, The Georgia Satellites

2000 to Present – The Resurgence 

Kid Rock, Bo Bice, and many other bands who have used the Souther Rock influence in their songs

1960s to the Present Southern Rock  Southern

Metal

 Pantera,

Black Label Society, Clutch, Maylene and the Sons of Disaster, Hillbilly Orchestra, Nashville Pussy,Adam Failing, Rebel Meets Rebel, Graveyard BBQ, A Perfect Murder, Artimus Pyledriver, Mastodon, Assjack, Superjoint Ritual, Beaten Back To Pure, Alabama Thunderpussy, The Showdown, Cancer Bats, Every Time I Die, Doomriders, Hellyeah, Lynam, Brand New Sin, One Dead Three Wounded, and Chokeslam