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   Heartland rock is a genre of rock music characterized by a straightforward, often roots musical style, often with a focus on blue-collar workers, and a conviction that rock music has a social or communal purpose beyond just entertainment.

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   Mar 12, 2024 · Heartland rock combined elements from country, folk, rockabilly, and rhythm and blues. Across the Rust Belt and the Midwest, America’s “heartland,” this music discussed blue-collar life and became the soundtrack of working-class America.

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   The term heartland rock was first used to describe Midwestern arena rock groups like Kansas, REO Speedwagon and Styx, but which came to be associated with a more socially concerned form of roots rock more directly influenced by folk, country and rock and roll.

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   Heartland Rock. During the late '70s, a certain strand of American rock & roll emerged that was later dubbed Heartland Rock in the '80s. At its core, heartland rock was straightforward rock & roll infused with Americana -- more streamlined than garage rock, but not as traditionalist as roots rock.

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   Sep 12, 2022 · Below, we’re going through 10 heartland rock songs from Springsteen, Mellencamp, and more that shine a light on the American experience. 1. “Jack & Diane” (John Mellencamp)

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   What is heartland rock?

   • The term heartland rock was not coined to describe a clear genre until the 1980s. In terms of style, it often uses straightforward rock music, sometimes with elements of Americana with a basic rhythm and blues line-up of drums, keyboards and occasional horn section instruments like a saxophone.

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   Who is known for a heartland rock genre?

   • American indie rock bands the Killers, the Menzingers, and the War on Drugs have been associated with the genre. British band Dire Straits and English singer-songwriter Sam Fender are known to have established their "British version" of the heartland rock genre.

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   Who exemplifies heartland rock?

   • “Born in the U.S.A” (Bruce Springsteen) You can’t discuss Heartland Rock without bringing up The Boss. Arguably the artist that ushered in the moniker for the sub-genre in the first place, no one exemplifies the Heartland mentality more than Bruce Springsteen.

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   What happened to heartland rock?

   • Heartland rock faded away as a recognized genre by the early 1990s, as rock music in general, and blue-collar and white working class themes in particular, lost influence with younger audiences, and as heartland's artists turned to more personal works.

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