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May 15, 2024 · Black Flag burst onto the burgeoning Southern California punk scene in the late 1970s with a relentless, aggressive sound that would come to define the hardcore punk movement. Led by guitarist and chief songwriter Greg Ginn, the band's unique combination of heavy riffs, abrasive vocals, and confrontational lyrics quickly gained them a devoted ...
1 day ago · space rock. Progressive rock (shortened as prog rock or simply prog) is a broad genre of rock music [8] that primarily developed in the United Kingdom [9] through the mid- to late 1960s, peaking in the early 1970s. Initially termed " progressive pop ", the style was an emergence of psychedelic bands who abandoned standard pop traditions in ...
May 23, 2024 · Garage rock (sometimes called garage punk or '60s punk) is a raw and energetic style of rock and roll that flourished in the mid-1960s, most notably in the United States and Canada, and has experienced a series of subsequent revivals. The style is characterized by basic chord structures played on electric guitars and other instruments ...
2 days ago · Rock. Rock is a broad genre of popular music that originated as "rock and roll" in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s, developing into a range of different styles from the mid-1960s, particularly in the United States and the United Kingdom. [3] It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, a style that drew directly from ...
May 22, 2024 · Heavy metal (or simply metal) is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the United Kingdom and United States. [2] With roots in blues rock, psychedelic rock and acid rock, heavy metal bands developed a thick, monumental sound characterized by distorted guitars, extended guitar solos, emphatic beats ...
May 8, 2024 · Pixies, American band whose unique blend of punk rock’s aggression and pop music’s infectious melodies helped establish the sound that would define alternative rock in the 1990s. The original members were Black Francis (Frank Black), Joey Santiago, Kim Deal, and David Lovering.
May 10, 2024 · alternative rock, pop music style, built on distorted guitars and rooted in generational discontent, that dominated and changed rock between 1991 and 1996. It burst into the mainstream when “ Smells Like Teen Spirit ”—the first major-label single from Nirvana, a trio based in Seattle, Washington, U.S.—became a national hit.
