| Rock music is often associated with heavy | | | | charts during this time. |
| instrumentation, reverberating through a sound system, | | | | The fusioning of rock music extended into the 1960s |
| and played by hyperactive musicians wearing all-black | | | | and the 1970s, with rock music being combined with |
| garb. This kind of music has enjoyed over half a | | | | folk music to create folk rock, with blues to create |
| century of popularity with its strong beat and catchy | | | | blues-rock, and with jazz to create jazz rock. Electrical |
| melody. | | | | instrument ambiance was incorporated into rock music |
| Rock music started in the 1940s and the 1950s as a | | | | to create the carefree psychedelic rock. Influences |
| fusion of rhythm and blues, gospel music, and country | | | | from soul, funk and latin music were integrated with |
| music. Originally known as rock and roll, as branded by | | | | rock music to pave way for subgenres as soft rock, |
| disc jockey Alan Feed from Ohio, rock music | | | | heavy metal, hard rock, progressive rock, and punk |
| combined influences resulted in simple blues-based | | | | rock. |
| style that was fast and danceable. | | | | Rock music took a metallic turn in the 1980s and 1990s |
| Instrumentation for rock music often include electric | | | | with the entry of rock bands like Led Zeppelin, Deep |
| guitar, bass guitar, drums, and keyboards. Others add | | | | Purple, Queen, Aerosmith, Kiss, AC/DC and Black |
| to their line-up reed instruments like the saxophone and | | | | Sabbath. Hard rockers heightened the |
| the French horn. String instruments like the mandolin | | | | commercialization of rock and roll with albums and |
| and the sitar are occasionally seen in the realm of rock | | | | concerts being launched all over the country. Arenas |
| music. Of all these instrumentations, it is the guitar that | | | | and other similar big venues were used as a places to |
| is considered to be the star of the show. Guitars come | | | | gather crowds and crowds of rock music fans. Live |
| as solid electric, hollow electric or acoustic. | | | | performances in rock concerts had rock fans |
| The electric guitar was played rock and roll style by | | | | screaming and going wild over rock bands performing |
| early rock legends Chuck Berry, Link Wray and Scotty | | | | to full performance level complete with stage design |
| Moore. Texas blues guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan | | | | and pyrotechnics. |
| played a fusion of blues and rock. As multitrack | | | | Some of the other developments in rock music are |
| recording was developed by Les Paul along with | | | | retro style grunge, theatrical glam rock (Lou Reed, Iggy |
| electronic sound treatment by Joe Meek, it was not | | | | Pop, and the New York Dolls), intense Britpop (John |
| long after when rock music artists like Jackie Breston | | | | Lennon and the Beatles), indie rock and nu rock (Police, |
| and Bill Haley came out with their first rock and roll | | | | Duran Duran, Eurythmics, and the Culture Club). |
| records. Breston released his record Rocket 88 under | | | | Rock music has not been as popular with music critics |
| recording label Sun Records. And then several years | | | | at some point in time owing to its dark and overly loud |
| after, Haleys Rock Around the Clock was launched | | | | metallic sound. But innovations and developments in |
| and topped the charts of Billboard magazine in terms | | | | look, style and sound has slowly developed a following |
| of record sales and airtime plays. Sun Records also | | | | for rock music not only in the young crowd but for the |
| produced rock and roll king Elvis Presleys first single | | | | public in general as well. Rock music still manages to |
| labelled Thats All Right (Mama). Shake, Rattle & Roll of | | | | chalk up big hits in popular music. |
| Big Joe Turner was also topping the Billboard R&B | | | | |