There are numerous types of music genres. Rock music is one of them. The other ones are blues, pop, jazz, hip hop and folk music. There are many more as well. This music is an important music genre. The word “rock” represents a diverse set of musical styles. This music has evolved from two main music genres blues and country with etchings from jazz music.
Vocal melody assumes an important role in this music genre along with guitar, bass and drums. The well known subgenres today are: Heavy Metal, Death Metal, Garage Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Black Metal, Glam Rock, Punk Rock, Hard Rock, Jazz Rock, Acid Rock, Christian Metal, Art Rock, Alternative Rock, Dream Pop, Grunge, Indie Pop, Industrial Rock, Folk Rock, Folk Metal, Glam Metal, Electronic Rock, Experimental Rock, Goregrind, Deathcore, Metalcore, Doom Metal, Industrial Metal, Industrial Rock, Gothi Metal, Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Sludge Metal, Speed Metal, Thrash Metal, Desert Rock, Pop Rock, Folk Pink, Celtic Punk, Garage Punk, Grindcore, Hardcore Punk, Thrashcore, Pop Punk, Ska Punk, Skacore, Gothic Rock, Noise Rock, Rap Metal, Rapcore, Southern Rock, Sufi Rock, Raga Rock, Nu Metal, Sadcore, Slowcore, Post-Britpop, Post-Grunge, Indie Pop, Symphonic Metal and Stoner Rock.
This music has also gained prominence because it can be combined with other forms of music. For example: when combined with folk music it is called folk rock music. This is a hybrid of two music genres and has its own uniqueness. Similarly, it can be blended with other genres such as blues or jazz to have another hybrid. It became a phenomenon particularly in the English speaking countries from the 1960s.
In today’s modern scenario or even in the older days, entertainment was something which assumed a significant place. Music is one of the most coveted forms of entertainment. Changing times has brought a phenomenal change even in the ideas of people. Their views, likes and disliked have also changed. This has made people to discover new things and rock music is also one of them. Typically rock bands or rock groups are musicians who specialize in this. As a group it consists of a guitarist, a lead singer, a bass guitarist and also a drummer.
Rock music artists create soulful and good tunes. They are experts in their area . Some of the popular artists are John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Little Richard, Elvis Presley, Jimi Hendrix, Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly, Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck, Mick Jagger, Ronnie Wood, David Bowie, Syd Barrett, Alice Cooper, John Entwistle, Roger Daltrey, Keith Moon and Kurt Cobain. These artists have also become popular outside their countries. Hence, these artists contribute to the music industry and also to people and society as a whole.
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