What group/artist is a good example of types of music?

Question

Basically, I am looking for the offspring of Rock and Roll, and Soul. Over the years everything has changed many times. We have heavy metal, grunge, garage, death metal, rap, hip-hop, alternative, punk, new wave, Christian rock has it’s own types from mellow to hard, Is gangsta rap different from rap? Where would you categorize the Flaming Lips? Blues seems to have several styles. what is indie? what is emo? Where would Sublime fit in? Where would ELO fit in? If you have any answers, or anything to add on this subject, please do. Thanks

You don't have to answer all of that. But, for example, Van Halen would fit into the Hair Band category. If you know a little about ANY type of music, I'd like to know. Thanks

Answer 1

Ok... Lemme see...

I consider Sublime to be reggae rock...

Indie is independant, meaning simply not signed to a major label.

Emo- Stands for emotional (because the music is very emotional and personal), and didn't start out with all the negative connotations it has today. One of the first "emo" groups was Rites of Spring. After them, other groups began using the word to define their style of music as well. After a while, some emo groups began getting more mainstream (selling out, yadda yadda yadda) and other groups dropped the term in order to avoid being associated with the sellouts. So nowadays Top 40 groups like Fallout Boy and Panic! At the Disco are considered emo (thus the negative connotations of the word).

Punk- Originated in the late sixties with pre-punk groups like The Velvet Underground, MC5, and The Stooges (MC5 and The Stooges started out pre-punk, but became some of the defining groups of punk, and the Velvet Underground was pre-punk, but inspirational to all punk artists). The Ramones got together in '69, and helped define the simplicity of punk as a genre- just a bunch of chords thrown together. Basically, the idea of punk was that anybody could do it, which is why it went hand in hand with the DIY ethic. The bands I've mentioned so far have been NYC punk, but later, groups like The Clash, The Sex Pistols, The Damned, The Jam, and Sham 69 (Less fashionable punk) formed in Europe. The Sex Pistols are often considered to be the attitude of punk, and when their bassist, Sid Vicious, killed his girlfriend and his self in '77, punk was considered by many to be dead. Punk in the early 80s can be divided into post-punk, with groups like The Talking Heads, Devo, The Slits, The Pop Group, and Joy Division (Joy Division is also considered goth, a genre which fragmented off from post-punk), and hardcore punk, with groups like Agent Orange, The Dead Kennedys, and Bad Religion. Hardcore punk is often more politically oriented than earlier punk, retaining the connection between anarchy and punk, but gaining a more well defined political stance lyrically. The 90s brought yet another resurrection of punk in riot grrl (feminine punk) in groups like Bikini Kill, Bratmobile, and Hole. With the 2000s came crap pop-punk wannabes.

Answer 2

wow. thats alot. but
heres what i listen too-
christian metal-the devil wears prade
christian hardcore-norma jean, as i lay dying
screamo-underoath
emo/screamo/alternative-emery
christian emo/alternative-subseven
punk rock-fallout boy,
alternative-my chemical romance, linkin park, switchfoot
and then like

all your emo indie bands are going to be probably on tooth and nail records, and all the hardcore bands are on solidstate records, your punk bands are on mono vs. stereo and some unchristian bands are on epic/ sony.

and another good label for like alternative cool stuff is flicker. yeah

Answer 3

well
wow

umm


30 seconds to mars is a really good alt. band