Music & Pop Culture
Rock Genre
Rock'n Roll
Time: 1940's and 1950's.
Place: USA
Origin: Combination of African-American genres such as blues, and country music.
Instruments: piano, saxophone, drum set, double bass and electric guitar.
Lyrics: Easy to understand and a repetitive chorus.
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rock and roll, as seen in movies and on television, influenced lifestyles, fashion, attitudes, and language.
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Usually, rock'n roll lyrics were about have a good time, have fun, dance.
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Rock'n Roll songs are not to long, because of the media (vinyls could only include three minutes).
Some bands and artists were:
Rock'n Roll
Elvis Presley
Chuck Berry
Little Richard
Jerry Lee Lewis
Rock
Rock
Time: 1965
Place: USA and UK
Origin: Develope of Rock and Roll and beat music.
Instruments: Electric guitar, electric bass and drum set.
Lyrics: Burning-up lyrics with inappropiate language.
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Guitar solos were very usual.
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There was a psychedelic rock, with crazy lyrics that last for 20 minutes!!
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Also there was a more fancy rock, called progressive rock
Some bands and artists were:
Rolling Stones
The Beatles
Led Zeppelin
Deep Purple
Hard Rock
Time: 1970's.
Place: USA
Origin: Evolution of rock music from psychedelic and blues.
Instruments: Electric guitars, electric bass, drum set and piano or keyboard.
Lyrics: Agressive vocals, with a tendency to talk about violence, war or demons .
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guitar solos were the heart of this music.
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It was a massive popular music in the 70's.
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In this style, the singer always tried to cheer up the audience.
Some bands and artists were:
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AC/DC
Black Sabbath
Alice Cooper
KISS
Soft Rock
Soft Rock
Time: Last years of the 60's and 70's
Place: USA
Origin: Folk music with elements of rock.
Instruments: Folk instruments like the acoustic guitar, fiddle. Also used rock instruments like electric guitar, electric bass and drum set.
Lyrics: Deeper meaning, about life and death.
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Normally this styles used slow and mid tempos.
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It used to be more sentimental.
Some bands and artists were:
Bob Dylan
The Eagles
James Taylor
Queen
Punk
Time: 1970's and a revival in the 1990's.
Place: UK
Origin: Rock music with political and social ideas, specially anarchy.
Instruments: Electric guitars, electric bass, drum set.
Lyrics: Agressive vocals, with violence, anarchy and antisystem messages.
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guitars were so distorted than all musical notes were blured.
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Punk fashion includes leather jackets, spiked bracelets and mohack haircut.
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Lyrics were really aggressive and with explicit sexual content.
Some bands and artists were:
Punk
Sex Pistols
The Clash
Green Day
The Offspring
METAL
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Metal
Metallica
Iron Maiden
Time: Mid 70's and 80's
Place: USA
Origin: Rock music with virtuosistic elements.
Instruments: Mostly electric guitars, electric bass and drum set.
Lyrics: Against intolerance, wars and drugs.
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Usually, the beginning of the song is soft and it becomes harder and faster.
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Guitar solos are insane and fastest.
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It uses a lot of different dynamics and tempo changes.
Some bands and artists were:
Judas Priest
Motörhead
Grunge
Time: Last years of the 80's and 90's.
Place: USA
Origin: Rock music with political and social ideas, specially anarchy.
Instruments: Electric guitars, electric bass, drum set.
Lyrics: Apathetic and against society. It focuses on personal issues, on the negative side
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heavily distorted electric guitars are often.
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this styles used great contrasting song dynamics
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Grunge musicians were noted for their unkempt appearances and rejection of theatrics.
Some bands and artists were:
Nirvana
Pearl Jam
Grunge
Foo Fighters
