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Experimental rock, also called avant-rock, is a subgenre of rock music that pushes the boundaries of common composition and performance technique or which experiments with the basic elements of the genre.
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Experimental rock (or avant-rock) [1] is a subgenre of rock...
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Avant Rock. Avant Rock, or Experimental Rock, is rock music that is significantly more "out there" than Art Rock and Prog Rock. In many ways Avant Rock is just a way of classifying rock music that is too arty to even be art rock, or too adventurous to be prog rock, but it does refer to a few specific things as well.
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Art rock is a subgenre of rock music that generally reflects a challenging or avant-garde approach to rock, or which makes use of modernist, experimental, or unconventional elements. Art rock aspires to elevate rock from entertainment to an artistic statement, opting for a more experimental and conceptual outlook on music.
- 1960s, United States and United Kingdom
Sep 12, 2016 · How David Bowie’s ‘Scary Monsters’ Turned Avant-Rock Into Chart-Topping Pop. At the dawn of the MTV Eighties, Bowie radically transformed his sound and image. By Douglas Wolk. September 12 ...
It’s a loose subcategory of rock aspiring to elevate rock from entertainment to art often via unconventional structures, instruments and taking inspiration from genres far and wide. It was described by Yoko Ono in No.4 Bottoms in 1966 as “music that tends to have experimental or avant-garde influences, emphasising novel sonic texture”.
