Rock music

Rock music is a style of music derived from the blues, characterised by a prominent drum beat in 4:4 time, accompanied by electric bass guitar providing the harmonic underpinning for the melody of electric guitar and vocals.

Elvis Presley and Buddy Holly were early pioneers of Rock in the late 1950s, as were the Beatles and Rolling Stones throughout the 1960s. During the later 1960s an experimental type of rock, known as psychedelic rock, became popular. In the 1970s it grew into progressive rock, which removed a lot of the influence that psychoactive drugs had had on psychedelic rock and replaced them with influences from other musical genres such as jazz and classical. Later in the 70s, progressive rock started to decline in popularity, and a new style called punk rock sought to bury it. In the 80s, new wave showed up and became popular as well. By the latter half of that decade, glam rock had stultified into MTV-friendly hair metal, and the stage was set for Nirvana and the Seattle scene, a darker and heavier rock subgenre known as grunge. By 1994 and the death of Kurt Cobain, grunge had changed into the stable formula of alternative rock that still survives on the charts today. Traditional rock music is rare in modern times, having been almost entirely replaced by alternative and indie rock.

## Rock bands[edit]

* 10 Years
* Beatles
* Rolling Stones