what is rock?

Rock is known as a set of varied genres of popular music, descendants more or less of the original Rock n' Roll born in
the United States in the 1950s, as the result of a fusion between Country music and Rhythm and Blues.

Typically, Rock is a genre recognized for the predominance of the electric guitar, with songs in 4/4 time and a verse-
chorus structure. But in its particular evolution it is difficult today to find really common characteristics.

In general, the themes of their songs point to the social, the political and also love and emotion, emphasizing above all
aspects such as composition, live performance and originality.

Origin

The genre was born in the United States in the early 1950s as a product of the natural evolution of Rhythm
and Blues with Afro-American roots and Country, influenced by various genres such as Gospel, Jazz, and
Blues, among others, and represented by artists of the moment like Chuck Berry, Bob Diddley, Jerry Lee
Lewis precursors of this sound that began to give what to talk about in the music scene.
The first song in rock history was That's Allright, Elvis Presley's Mama.

The success would be such that in Detroit, United States, Rock and Rhythm and Blues would start a joint
path, from which a soloist and famous dancer would emerge in the following decade: Michael Jackson, who
would later be the "King of Pop"

For the 1960s The Beattles appear and with them came the British musical rise, which dominated the music scene of the
decade in North America, among the most recognized bands are The Rolling Stones and The Who, these appeared when

rock and roll was giving way to new styles and mixtures .
Psychedelia, free love and the Sexual Revolution deeply marked Rock, adding artists of the enormous stature of Janis
Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Keith Richards, George Harrison, Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Lou Reed and bands like
the Velvet Underground. , Pink Floyd, Grateful Dead, Jethro Tull, experimental cut.

Socially, Rock music emerges as an escape valve for a rebellious youth that at the time was looking for its own identity.
Bands like The Doors and Creedence Clearwater Revival in the United States or Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd and The Beatles
born in England, represented at the time the birth of a new sound and a new way of making music, not only to express
romantic and everyday stories , unlike pop, now also to addres
issues with a social and even political focus

In the 1970s, Queen, Led Zeppelin, Deep Puple, Black Sabat, Iron Maiden, Motörhead and Judas Priest appear, through
these the genre takes another path, with stronger sounds, elements of other musical genres, such as opera or Soul, to
give birth to numerous styles of Rock: melodic and artistic, or fast and ridiculous lyrics that criticized the government,
delved into loneliness and anger, while reflecting a lifestyle, where alcohol, drugs and sex were predominant; In the
same decade, bands such as Guns and Roses, The Ramones, Sex Pistols, AC/DC and U2 emerged, among others, which
perform various genres such as symphonic rock, heavy, punk and alternative rock.

The 80s marked the return of Rock to more commercial aspects, it brings new changes in the music scene with the birth
of Glam rock, Thrash Metal and Synth pop, this last genre is born from the mixture of styles such as electronic, disco
music and pop, with the change of styles, the type of messages that are transmitted are also modified, orienting
themselves to different themes, as was pointed out in the case of Synth pop, which has softer lyrics, considered
superficial, created to sell.

In this decade bands such as Slayer, Megadeth, Metallica, Mötley Crüe and Green Day emerged, among others, by the
end of this decade and the beginning of 1990, the subgenres Grunge, Britpop Black Metal, Death Metal, Rock Fusion and
indie
The 90s brought a new British invasion, as well as the appearance of more disenchanted and sad trends such as Grunge
or Britpop, or more mechanizing ones such as Industrial Rock, which took sounds from factories and factories, and which
would later give rise to electronic music. . Legendary bands like Guns n' Roses, Metallica, Nirvana, Radiohead, Oasis, Blur

and Placebo made their entrance into the scene .

rock returns to its most basic concept in 2000 as garage rock or garage rock revival, with alternative influences and
approach, with groups like The Strokes, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The White Stripes, The Libertines, The Vines, The Hives, Kings
of Leon, BRMC, among others.

rock subgenres

Surfrock. Born in the USA, he takes beach life as his theme.

folk-rock.
Fusion music of blues, rock and folk music.

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psychedelic. Experimental variant and close to the experience of hallucinogenic drugs (especially LSD).

blues-rock. With solo electric guitar taking center stage, it combines Blues and Rock.

Heavy Metal. Betting on the speed and intensity of sounds, it is the strident variant of rock.

Progressive rock. Approaching jazz and classical music, he valued the symphonic and complex aspect of Rock, even
aspiring to philosophical-esoteric content.

Glam Rock. Its name comes from “glamor” (glamorous) and it was a return to a certain simplicity in the face of more
complex rock, during the 70s and 80s.

Punk rock. Under the motto "There is no future" this genre took on the nonconformity and anger of the lower sectors of
the United Kingdom under a countercultural and violent message.

industrial rock. Using sounds of machines and metals, taken from factories, it is a Rock of capitalism: the machines, the
noise, the regularity.

most representative rock singers

Robert Plant
Freddie Mercury
Bono Vox
Kurt Cobain
Chris Cornell
John Lennon
Roger Daltrey
Eddie Vedder
Jim Morrison
Mick Jagger

Rock Instruments

The electric guitar is the great protagonist of Rock, to the point that its sound has become typical of the genre and is
directly associated with it, especially in solos or “riffs”. Other typical instruments are the bass and the drums, but also
the keyboard or electric piano, and in more contemporary cases, the synthesizer is also included, an electronic device
capable of producing novel and particular sounds.