what is the history of rock music? how it originated? what are the different type of rock music?

Question

like hard rock, metal, death rock etc.

Answer 1

click here:http://www.history-of-rock.com/
http://www.music.indiana.edu/som/courses/rock
http://www.scaruffi.com/history/index.html
http://www.silver-dragon-records.com/museum_of_music.htm

Answer 2

To answer specifically your genres listed:

"Hard rock"--For this, I can't really pinpoint the history. I can only imagine that as rock "grew older" and started to branch out into different genres with harsher themes and "harder" vocals or instruments. I'd imagine it took influences from punk, metal, ad infinitum.

"Death rock" is kind of confusing... do you mean the early name for 80's "goth" music, or the more macabre genres of 70's/early 80's "punk"? In any case, it started with "punk", which was a reaction to disco music (and probably some hippy stuff, too). The "punks" of the 70's rebelled and made music that wasn't so nice and happy, and did't just talk-about-world-peace-while-taking-drugs. It tried to get people to face the world as-is. "Death rock", then, came about as "punk" was dying--it was similar, but much gloomier and perhaps gorier in nature. Eventually "punk" turned into the full-fledged "goth" of the 80's. And then "goth" of the 80's got industrial/synth influences, and turned into much of the garbage that passes for "goth" today...

Metal, as far as I'm aware, was a reaction to "punk". From what I've seen, it seems some old "metallers" thought "punks" were whiny kids.


Most of the genre names today have absolutely nothing to do with what they used to mean, and people can seemingly identify a band's genre by their album art and clothing style moreso than anything else. Eugh.

Answer 3

That really is a HUUuuge question & I'd seriously urge you to read a comprehesive book about it.,..

But nutshell, rock is based in old blues. Pioneers like Little Richard, Chuck Berry & Jerry Lee Lewis woke the blues up. Elvis took that to a huge level in the 50s, Beatles ditto in the 60s & by the 70s to now, it's branched off into literally dozens of sub genres.

Answer 4

well i listen to only rock...but if i hear a good rap song or something, I won't put it on my ipod but I'll listen to it. I listen to all different types of rock though. I listen to some death metal but more preferably melodic death metal...then I switch and listen to bands like Funeral For A Friend....and all the bands in between. On my ipod, I would have bands that are from a bunch of different rock genres

Answer 5

Rock music originated with the African Americans who were poor, during the 1950's when they experimented with music. The heart of rock is actually its rhythm, with boogie-woogie blues and a backbeat accent, which is almost always on the snare drum. Electric guitars (one lead, another rhythm), piano, saxophone, and guitar may create or accompany rock melody. Categories of rock music may include funk, metal, rock and roll, death rock, hip-hop, rap, slow rock, spiritual, country, folk, alternative, or pop music. -- Graciana

Answer 6

2 words >>> Elvis Presley

Answer 7

History of Rock Music
by Dr. Ruben Gonzalez


The history of rock music is steeped in the mysterious. This can only be so since its origins can be traced way back to the mysteries of the temple rituals of ancient, pagan Babylon. In fact its origins are purely religious, being an integral part of orgies and devil worship. This entire system of pagan worship, including the music, eventually filtered down into Egypt.

Egypt is where modern historians directly trace the origins of rock music. In fact we know quite a lot about music in Egypt. We know for a fact that it was used to alter the emotions, it was used to create mass hypnosis and especially to incite immorality. We also know what type of rhythms and harmonies were used and we can clearly recognize the elements of rock music. Aristotle writing about the effects of this music says,

"Emotions of any kind are produced by melody and rhythm...music has the power to form character. The manner of its arrangement being so important that the various modes may be distinguished by their effects on character. One for example, working in the direction of melancholy, another of effeminacy; one encouraging abandonment, another self control, another enthusiasm, and so on through the series."

These effects on character we will see in more detail a little later. Plato himself, however, gives us an insight into these effects.

"When modes of music change, the fundamental laws of the state always change with them (for) this spiritual license, finding a home, imperceptibly penetrates into manners and customs; whence, issuing with greater force, it invades contracts between man and man, and from contracts goes on to laws and constitutions, in utter recklessness, ending at last, by an overthrow of all rights, private as well as public."

"From ancient Egypt, it spread to West Africa, including Dahomey and the Congo. A significant dance tradition derived from the Egyptians is found in the western Congo." In fact this dance called the "Danse du ventre" could be mistaken for modern dance in that "the shoulders, buttocks, stomach and breasts are all separately or simultaneously rotated, wagged or otherwise set in motion." (ibid.) In fact a similar dance is the Voodoo, which is also a religion, and its origin is traceable to Dahomey. Music in these African cultures is intricately involved in devil worship, altering the conscious state and inciting sexual orgies. This music subsequently found its way across the Atlantic to America aboard slave ships.

"Enroute to the United States many slaves were taken first to the West Indies, especially Hispaniola; then after a time many were sold in New Orleans. They brought with them their religious and musical heritage. Those from Santo Domingo had retained their ancient Voodoo worship practices and continued them in New Orleans."

"One of the most exotic sights in old New Orleans was the slave dancing that took place in the ‘Place Congo’. The slaves’ custom of assembling on Sundays and church holy days to dance in public squares must have begun before 1786, for in that year a local ordinance was passed forbidding such dancing until after the close of religious services."

"The exposure of this African music and dance tradition to the public provided an opportunity for it to influence and be influenced by European musical tradition. The unique rhythmical emphasis of these dances plus many other ingredients and entertainment practices combined to form a music called JAZZ. Authorities agree that work songs from cotton fields, rural and urban blues, banjo styles from minstrel shows, syncopated brass bands and ragtime, all played an important part. Even Voodoo had its influence on jazz.". "The syncopation as a primary ingredient of jazz developed as a rhythmic accommodation of the Africans. Syncopation was the nearest and best substitute for the complicated polyrhythms that were an integral part of their musical heritage." It is this syncopation that causes music to "swing".

Jazz, the precursor of modern rock and roll, as we shall see, has a very interesting place in history. The name Jazz comes from the now defunct word jass, which means the sexual act." Jazz to the pagan is a symptom of a glorious release from the bonds of moral restraint. It came from the slums of music; it corrupted taste and manners." In fact jazz music was mainly developed for use in brothels, where each brothel would try to outclass the others by having the best jazz band. Eventually jazz evolved into what we know today as rock and roll, however it lost none of its heritage in its long journey from Babylon to Egypt to America and then to the world; it has simply been repackaged in a different form with the same rhythms and qualities which originated with devil worship, rebellion, and immorality.

"As its name implies, rock and roll was primarily a dance music—the emphasis shifting from blues to rhythm—and it was accepted as a focal point for teenage life, a common bond, an outlet for aggressions, a standard to rally around.... Further, rock and roll has an insistent, powerful impetus—basic backbeat and shuffle rhythms of rhythm and blues which demanded a physical response.. So the harsh, direct syncopation of rock and roll came as a physical manifestation of its content—a challenge to loosen up, to break the old molds of convention and propriety, to express real emotions. The musicians themselves moved and danced as they played, begging the listener to cast off his inhibitions" "Rock songs convey attitudes and ideas about the form of the dance itself, dancing as physical means of self-discovery, rebellion, release." "Its strength (has) always been rooted in the sexual energy of its rhythms; in that sense, the outraged parents who had seen rock as a threat to their children’s virtue were right. Rock and roll made you want to move and shake and get physically excited."

We have seen that the roots of rock come directly from the rites of pagan worship. Therefore the use and effects of it are the same today as then. Let us look at some of the effects of rock music.

Scientists tell us that music not only affects our emotions, but it actually causes a multitude of physical reactions in our bodies, such as changes in hormonal levels depending on what type of music it is. Not only does it do this, but certain kinds of music can coerce one to surrender his autonomy and to follow a crowd. "…it is the rhythm that controls the activities of large groups...[It] furnishes a nonverbal persuasion not only to act but to act together." What, though, is it that rock music with its driving rhythms compels us towards? Mike Quattro a well known producer of rock shows tells us. "Rock motivates you internally, gives you a sensual feeling. A girl can be turned on by the music. It releases her inhibitions. The beat of the drum has always been a factor.. A girl realizes her own sexuality through the music."