Rock Music

• A form of popular music that evolved from rock and roll and pop music during the mid and late 1960s -70s & cover so many genres.
• Initially characterised by musical experimentation and drug-related or anti-establishment lyrics!
• It is based around amplified instruments, especially the electric guitar and electric bass, and is characterized by a strong bass line and driving rhythms.
• Wide range of styles classed as Rock. Heavy Metal, Prog Rock, Punk Rock, A&R, Acid Rock, Backbeat & hybrids such as Country Rock , Blues Rock etc.
• Bill Wyman has rock music nailed….”A good definition of rock, in fact, is that it’s popular music that to a certain degree doesn’t care if it’s popular. — Bill Wyman in Vulture (2016) 

Popular Artists of Rock are 

• Queen
• Led Zeppelin
• Rolling Stones
• ACDC
• Pink Floyd
• David Bowie
• Black Sabbath
• Eagles
• Guns ‘n’ Roses
• Bon Jovi
• The Kinks
• Oasis
• R.E.M
• Rage against the Machine
• Arctic Monkeys
• Radiohead
• Linkin Park
• Arcade Fire