Rock, Classic Rock, Hard Rock, Alternative Rock. If it's rock, discuss it here!
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(Searched through ten pages of the Music Subforum and didn't find ONE Rock thread? Come on guys :S)
Ever since I was a little kid, I've loved classic rock and rock music. I really appreciate my dad being a huge fan of Rock himself growing up and turning me on to great genres of music.
And a little on the history of Rock itself:
[quote=Wikipedia]The foundations of rock music are in rock and roll, which originated in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s, and quickly spread to much of the rest of the world. Its immediate [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origins_of_rock_and_roll"]origins[/URL] lay in a mixing together of various [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African-American_music"]black musical[/URL] genres of the time, including [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhythm_and_blues"]rhythm and blues[/URL] and [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospel_music"]gospel music[/URL]; in addition to [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_music"]country and western[/URL].In 1951, [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleveland"]Cleveland, Ohio[/URL] disc jockey [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Freed"]Alan Freed[/URL] began playing rhythm and blues music for a multi-racial audience, and is credited with first using the phrase "rock and roll" to describe the music.
The period of the later 1950s and early 1960s, between the end of the initial period of innovation and what became known in the USA as the "[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Invasion"]British Invasion[/URL]", has traditionally been seen as an era of hiatus for rock and roll. More recently a number of authors have emphasised important innovations and trends in this period without which future developments would not have been possible. While early rock and roll, particularly through the advent of rockabilly, saw the greatest commercial success for male and white performers, in this era the genre was dominated by black and female artists. Rock and roll had not disappeared at the end of the 1950s and some of its energy can be seen in the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twist_%28dance%29"]Twist[/URL] dance craze of the early 60s, mainly benefiting the career of [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chubby_Checker"]Chubby Checker[/URL].
By the end of 1962, the British rock scene had started with [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beat_music"]beat groups[/URL] like The Beatles drawing on a wide range of American influences including [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soul_music"]soul music[/URL], rhythm and blues and surf music.Initially, they reinterpreted standard American tunes, playing for dancers doing the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twist_%28dance%29"]twist[/URL], for example. These groups eventually infused their original rock compositions with increasingly complex musical ideas and a distinctive sound. In mid-1962 [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rolling_Stones"]The Rolling Stones[/URL] started as one of a number of groups increasingly showing blues influence, along with bands like [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Animals"]The Animals[/URL] and [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Yardbirds"]The Yardbirds[/URL]. During 1963, The Beatles and other [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beat_music"]beat groups[/URL], such as [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Searchers_%28band%29"]The Searchers[/URL] and [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hollies"]The Hollies[/URL], achieved great popularity and commercial success in Britain.
Psychedelic rock particularly took off in California's emerging music scene as groups followed the Byrds from folk to folk rock from 1965. The psychedelic life style had already developed in San Francisco and particularly prominent products of the scene were [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Grateful_Dead"]The Grateful Dead[/URL], [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_Joe_and_the_Fish"]Country Joe and the Fish[/URL], [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Society_%28band%29"]The Great Society[/URL] and [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_Airplane"]Jefferson Airplane[/URL]. The Byrds rapidly progressed from purely folk rock in 1966 with their single "[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eight_Miles_High"]Eight Miles High[/URL]", widely taken to be a reference to drug use. In Britain arguably the most influential band in the genre were The Yardbirds, who, with Jeff Beck as their guitarist, increasingly moved into psychedelic territory, adding up-tempo improvised "rave ups", Gregorian chant and world music influences to songs including "Still I'm Sad" (1965) and "Over Under Sideways Down" (1966). From 1966 the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_underground"]UK underground[/URL] scene based in North London, supported new acts including [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Floyd"]Pink Floyd[/URL], [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic"]Traffic[/URL] and [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soft_Machine"]Soft Machine[/URL]. The same year saw Donovan's folk-influenced hit album [I][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunshine_Superman"]Sunshine Superman[/URL][/I], considered one of the first psychedelic pop records, as well as the débuts of blues rock bands Cream and The Jimi Hendrix Experience, whose extended guitar-heavy jams became a key feature of psychedelia.
Punk rock was developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States and the United Kingdom. Rooted in [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garage_rock"]garage rock[/URL] and other forms of what is now known as [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protopunk"]protopunk[/URL] music, punk rock bands eschewed the perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock. They created fast, hard-edged music, typically with short songs, stripped-down instrumentation, and often political, anti-establishment lyrics. Punk embraces a [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DIY_ethic"]DIY[/URL] (do it yourself) ethic, with many bands self-producing their recordings and distributing them through informal channels.
By the early 1990s, rock was dominated by commercialized and highly produced pop, rock, and "hair metal" artists, while [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTV"]MTV[/URL] had arrived and promoted a focus on image and style. Disaffected by this trend, in the mid-1980s, bands in [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_%28U.S._state%29"]Washington state[/URL] (particularly in the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle"]Seattle[/URL] area) formed a new style of rock which sharply contrasted with the mainstream music of the time. The developing genre came to be known as "grunge", a term descriptive of the dirty sound of the music and the unkempt appearance of most musicians, who actively rebelled against the over-groomed images of popular artists. Grunge fused elements of [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardcore_punk"]hardcore punk[/URL] and [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_metal_music"]heavy metal[/URL] into a single sound, and made heavy use of guitar [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distortion_%28guitar%29"]distortion[/URL], [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuzzbox"]fuzz[/URL] and [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audio_feedback"]feedback[/URL]. The lyrics were typically apathetic and angst-filled, and often concerned themes such as social alienation and entrapment, although it was also known for its dark humor and parodies of commercial rock.[/quote]
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Now, that that's established, let's move on shall we?
Sorry if I left out your favorite genre in the above, just wanted to get some good info in about the History of Rock.
I suppose I'll recommend a few of my favorite bands, and the genre of music they play:
- Bang Camaro (Rock, can't really describe these guys that well, but they're a very overlooked, but awesome band.)
- The Who (Classic Rock/Rock)
- Rage Against The Machine (Rock/Hard[er] Rock)
- Steel Panther (Hair Metal [yeah, I know, but I just had to recommend these guys, because they have some good non-metal sounding songs.])
- Foreigner (Classic Rock/Rock)
- Motley Crue (Hard Rock)
Some of those genre descriptions may be a bit inaccurate, and of course, these aren't all of my favorite bands. Just a few more common bands I picked out.
haha, steel panther is amazing
Girl From Oklahoma
(lyrics are kinda nswf)
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKS3kx-Lcl4[/media]
these guys are SO over the top :)
actually i'm going to a motley crue concert 2 august, they'll put up a great show.
Been listening to rock since forever. I'm mainly into 60's and 70's bluesrock and psychedelic such as Taste, Jimi Hendrix and the Box Tops.
Here is a piece of some pretty raw blues by Buddy Guy
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_rd8y8A2oE[/media]
[i]Led Zeppelin - When The Levee Breaks[/i]
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbrjRKB586s[/media]
[i]Pink Floyd - One Of These Days[/i]
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6-doD3VpyA[/media]
Motley Crue's Livewire is one of the sexiest songs for me. Gets me going any day.
Aerosmith, Deep Purple and Pink Floyd.
Great rock.
[QUOTE=Aries;23119238]Motley Crue's Livewire is one of the sexiest songs for me. Gets me going any day.[/QUOTE]
great riff. I'm a live! I'm a live wire!
I'm getting more and more into the white stripes by the day
I'm probably the only kid in my school who likes rock, everybody else listens to hollywood undead, and all that crap.
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Ac/dc
lol @ your avatar
You noticed ;)
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I love it when people get PISSED off when i put it on and i pretend to be a twifag, it gives a couple good laughs.
Voodoo Chile with Hendrix, it's sick!
Listening to The Scorpions right now.
The Scorpions are Proto-metal lol
but yeah hard rock too I guess whatever
Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith, Pink Floyd, the Doors, the Beatles, AC/DC, Deep Purple, Credence Clearwater Revival, Jimi Hendrix, all those good ol' bands. Seriously rock is one of the best if not THE best musical genres out there.
Born To Be Wild by Steppenwolf. The song that coined Heavy Metal. You Really Got Me by The Kinks, the first heavy metal riff.
That's because of the lyrics "heavy metal thunder", right?
[QUOTE=Vedicardi;23129729]great riff. I'm a live! I'm a live wire!
I'm getting more and more into the white stripes by the day[/QUOTE]
How can you dig crue and the white stripes at the same time? I just can't seem to get into them.
[QUOTE=Aries;23147193]How can you dig crue and the white stripes at the same time? I just can't seem to get into them.[/QUOTE]
What, you can't get into the White Stripes? :ohdear:
[QUOTE=MirageKnight;23139623]Born To Be Wild by Steppenwolf. The song that coined Heavy Metal. You Really Got Me by The Kinks, the first heavy metal riff.[/QUOTE]
[img]http://dkpresents.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/black_sabbath_debut_album.jpg[/img]
The first "true" Heavy Metal album, through-n-through.
[QUOTE=MirageKnight;23139623]Born To Be Wild by Steppenwolf. The song that coined Heavy Metal. You Really Got Me by The Kinks, the first heavy metal riff.[/QUOTE]
Oh yes, Born To Be Wild is awesome. Summertime Blues with Blue Cheer is also one of the first steps towards metal.
1968
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nU5uDozoSSM[/media]
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzdUy90vTuk&feature=related[/media]
I can't get enough of this song. The riff is so awesome and groovy and heavy, while still being rock.
Plus the lyrics are great, it's so damn good.
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[QUOTE=MrJazzy;23149144]Oh yes, Born To Be Wild is awesome. Summertime Blues with Blue Cheer is also one of the first steps towards metal.
1968
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[URL]http://youtube.com/watch?v=nU5uDozoSSM[/URL]
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Yeah I love that song too
[QUOTE=Aries;23147193]That's because of the lyrics "heavy metal thunder", right?
How can you dig crue and the white stripes at the same time? I just can't seem to get into them.[/QUOTE]
because I like rock? I dunno. I love the blues which is what the white stripes are ALL about so I guess that's what that comes from
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[QUOTE=MirageKnight;23139623]You Really Got Me by The Kinks, the first heavy metal riff.[/QUOTE]
that's argueable lol
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Some people say that "Stone Cold Crazy (1974)," "Communication Breakdown(1969)," and "Highway Star(1973)" were/as the first speed/thrash metal song(s).
I disagree. This was recorded in 1970, and was way ahead of it's time. This song basically created the real low E chugging riff.
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9g30nwCpyaA[/media]
Communications Breakdown was in fact recorded before this but I feel this song blows it away simply in terms of metal-ness on any level.
Gotta love CCR! I like their lesser known stuff the most, like Sinister Purpose, Penthouse Pauper, and Graveyard Train, but my favorite has got to be It came out of the Sky!
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxblmM65vWg[/media]
SO. DAMN. GOOD.
I'm near tears every time I hear this song
Don't care how cliche it is but this is one of my favorite songs of all time.
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQifd7O_N5k[/media]
more than a feeling is far more cliche. foreplay/long time isn't near as cliche if at all
Dude Rock and any genre of music with rock in it is the best! Rock HardRock GlamRock Punkrock.ACDC RAMMSTEIN AND FALLOUT BOY FTW!
Would Red Hot Chili Peppers count as Rock?
[QUOTE=Zombielover18;23162702]Dude Rock and any genre of music with rock in it is the best! Rock HardRock GlamRock Punkrock.ACDC RAMMSTEIN AND [b]FALLOUT BOY[/b] FTW![/QUOTE]
No. Just no.
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