ROCK

WHAT IS ROCK?

1960

70’S

Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Queen, Blue Cheer, begin to

combine elements of other musical genres and feel the roots of what would

be another genre

Thanks to the Tour of The Rolling Stones American Tour 1972 begs the

phrase "Drugs, Sex and Rock and Roll"

Paul Rodgers jump to fame with Free, mainly through the theme "All right

now", in the late '60s and early '70s before forming Bad Company. The Faces,

with Rod Stewart at the helm, would be another example of that classic rock

rawness, somewhere between blues rock and hard rock.

Queen band to fame with a mixture of hard rock, progressive rock, heavy metal, glam rock and rock opera

In 1974 born the Punk Rock with one of the pioneers of the genre: Ramones. This music is characterized by being more simple, usually for short duration

between 1 to 2 minutes, and do not perform complicated guitar solos. Another characteristic is the protest letters to political and social problems.

Emerge glam rock artists such as T. Rex, Queen, Bowie, Roxy Music, Alice Cooper

American hard rock Wave. Mountain and Grand Funk Railroad create a new style and are pioneers of hard rock and heavy metal American. Aerosmith to

fame, with a rare blend of hard rock with funky rhythms. Parallel arise by Kiss, Cheap Trick and Ted Nugent, born in Australia AC / DC and Thin Lizzy

Ireland,

The great English punk explosion, after the appearance of Ramones, Misfits, Patti Smith, Iggy Pop and The Dictators, followed by Dead Boys and The

Heartbreakers in U.S. and as a reaction to the excesses, back to basics; arise in the UK Sex Pistols, The Clash, The Damned, Buzzcocks, The Slits. The late

70s.

From Jamaica reggae reached worldwide popularity thanks to Bob Marley followed by other artists like Peter Tosh and Jimmy Cliff.

The new wave, rock and roll tributary of the 60s, after the end of punk. Elvis Costello, U2, Blondie, Talking Heads, The B-52's, The Police. The late 70s and

80s.

Rise of post punk, Siouxsie & the Banshees, The Cure, Joy Division, Bauhaus, Public Image Ltd., Gang of Four, Permanent Paralysis. The late 70s.

The soft rock is represented by groups like America and The Eagles.

1980

1990

Second Wave of black metal along the 90 with all the controversy that surrounds

it, also appears Oasismania Blurguesia and a second British invasion bands.

. Rock fusion. The rock, metal and punk fused with rap and funk, incorporating

other elements such as progressive rock. Red Hot Chili Peppers, Fishbone, Living

Colour, Faith No More, Infectious Grooves, Primus, Rage Against the Machine. In

Holland, would be released Urban Dance Squad. 80s - early 90s

The alternative rock and grunge revolutionize the genre following the success of

the single Smells Like Teen Spirit Nirvana's Nevermind album. Seattle became the

center of the rock, in addition to Nirvana, emerge as leading exponents Pearl Jam,

(reborn from the ashes of the seminal Mother Love Bone), Screaming Trees,

Soundgarden, Stone Temple Pilots, Blind Melon and Alice In Chains, and Hole,

Afghan Whigs, and Garbage

To this we add the boom comes to industrial rock and industrial metal, with bands

like Nine Inch Nails, Marilyn Manson, Ministry, Rammstein, 90.

This trend toward retro sounds of the 70s, with bands like Counting Crows

confirm.

Britpop was born in the UK in the mid-90s, as a reaction to the growing

popularity of grunge invading local radio, from the hand of groups like Blur,

Oasis, Radiohead, Pulp, Suede, The Verve, Placebo. Britpop influence of

gender takes madchester, indie, shoegaze, new wave and rock of the 70s and

60s. Mid-1990s.

Prodigy, The Chemical Brothers, Fatboy Slim, Apollo 440 and other artists

combine big beat rock with different genres of electronic music, reaching a

remarkable popularity among rock audiences.

Surge pop punk bands like The Offspring, Green Day, Blink 182, Rancid and NOFX (from melodic hardcore punk scene) mainly in charge of bringing the

punk to a less countercultural and disruptive than the original punk, and cleaner and melodic musically.

Publishes OK Computer Radiohead album which according to the music press becomes his masterpiece and one of the most important of the decade, 14

influencing later bands like Travis, Delirious?, Keane, Muse and Coldplay. Late 1990.

From the mixture of grunge, funk and hip hop appears in mid-decade, nu metal, a style that would become popular until the middle of the next decade. Bands like Korn and Deftones would be the precursors of the style, which reached its peak

of popularity with the emergence of bands like Limp Bizkit or Linkin Park

Disappear the last groups that defined the rock during the '70s. Pink Floyd, leading psychedelic and progressive rock, and this ends separating ends the rock

era of the '70s.