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rock music genre

genre of rock music that emerged in the early to mid-1970s in the United Kingdom

Neue Deutsche Welle

genre of German music originally derived from punk rock and new wave music

term to describe a music subgenre consisting in melting traditional sounds and elements of Latin American and Caribbean folk with rock music

British popular music of the late 1970s and early 1980s

Neo-progressive rock (commonly abbreviated neo-prog) is a subgenre of progressive rock that developed in the UK in the early 1980s. The genre's most popular band, Marillion, achieved mainstream success in the decade. Several bands from the genre have continued to record and tour.

Dance-rock is a dance-infused genre of rock music. It is a post-disco genre connected with pop rock and new wave with fewer rhythm and blues influences. It originated in the early 1980s, following the decline in popularity of both punk and disco.

alternative dance

dance music genre

Post-Britpop is an alternative rock subgenre and is the period in the late 1990s and early 2000s, following Britpop, when the media were identifying a "new generation" or "second wave" of guitar bands influenced by acts like Oasis and Blur, but with less overt British concerns in their lyrics and making more use of American rock and indie influences, as well as experimental music. Bands in the post-Britpop era that had been established acts, but gained greater prominence after the decline of Britpop, such as Radiohead and the Verve, and new acts such as Keane, Snow Patrol, Stereophonics, Feede

Microgenre of rock music

neo-psychedelia

album-oriented rock

American FM radio format

alternative R&B

stylistic alternative to contemporary R&B

list of rock genres

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genre of country music

Rock in Opposition

music genre; movement representing progressive bands in the late 1970s united in opposition to the music industry

genre of pop music

music genre which came out of the hard heavy blues rock of the late 1960s

progressive pop

pop music genre that emphasizes complexity and form

subgenre of rock music

Slowcore, also known as sadcore, is a subgenre of indie rock characterised by its subdued tempos, minimalist instrumentation, and sombre vocal performances. Slowcore's influences are diverse, involving various other genres, including folk rock, alternative rock, and dream pop. As a result of these contrasting stylistic directions, there is no definitive characterisation of the genre.

music genre originating in the Southeastern United States

New Weird America

subgenre of psychedelic folk music of the mid-late 2000s

merger of 20th-century rock and roll and 19th-century opera reminiscent of Richard Wagner or Phil Spector's Wall of Sound

music genre; rebirth of the mod subculture in the late 1970s

genre of Japanese rock music

Zamrock is a music genre and scene that emerged in Zambia during the early 1970s. It has been described as a fusion of traditional African music and psychedelic rock, garage rock, hard rock, blues and funk, taking influence from popular bands like Black Sabbath, Blue Cheer, the Rolling Stones, Deep Purple, and Cream.

genre that combines rock music with classical Islamic sufi traditions

Paisley Underground

short-lived subgenre of alternative rock that incorporated influences from punk rock, electronic dance music, hip hop and psychedelia

music genre; rock music performed by Mexican American groups or music with themes derived from Chicano culture

Freakbeat is a loosely defined subgenre of rock music originally coined by English music journalist Phil Smee in 1986 to refer to "hard-edged" British mod groups during the British Invasion and Swinging London period of the mid-to late 1960s. The genre bridges R&B, beat and early psychedelia.

Nederbeat (also: Nederbiet) is a genre of rock music that began with the Dutch rock boom in the mid-1960s influenced by British beat groups and rock bands such as the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. Among the best-known Nederbeat groups are the Golden Earring, The Motions, The Outsiders and Shocking Blue.

fusion genre combining emo with pop-punk, pop music, or both

music genre or scene

rock movement developed in Spain

genre of rock music

San Francisco Sound

music genre or scene

genre of rock music

music genre or scene

British folk rock

form of folk rock pioneered in England

Baggy is a British alternative dance genre popular in the late 1980s and early 1990s, and generally associated with the Northern UK's Madchester scene. The style saw alternative rock bands draw influence from psychedelia as well as dance music.

Rautalanka is a style of rock music that emerged in Finland in the 1960s, though the term is also used to refer to instrumental rock in general. The term translates literally as "iron wire", referring to the strings of the electric guitar.

Spanish rock music genre

new wave of new wave

music scene from the UK

brand of rock music produced in the Philippines or by Filipinos

indigenous rock

style of music which mixes rock music with the instrumentation and singing styles of Indigenous peoples, mostly widespread in Australia, Canada and Ecuador

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