Hard Rock

A rock style developed from blues in the early 1960s. It has relatively strong guitar distortion, more complex guitars, and more lead guitar components. The blues flavor is stronger. The earliest rock bands such as ROLLING STONES, The WHO, BLOOD SWEAT & TEAR, etc., and later LED ZEPPELIN, AC/DC, CHEAP TRICK, etc. can be said to be hard rock bands. Hard rock and heavy metal are often not easy to distinguish, and different people have different ways of distinguishing. Some people think that the music before the 1970s is called hard rock, and the music after the 1970s is called heavy metal; some people think that guitars with smaller distortion are hard rock, and guitars with stronger distortion are heavy metal; some people think that the hair is half-long but not short, and long hair is hard rock. is heavy metal; some people think that American bands are hard rock (Americans call METALLICA a hard rock band), while bands from other countries are heavy metal; my opinion is that rhythm guitar is less expressive than hard rock, while rhythm guitar is less expressive than riff. The strong and dominant force in the song is heavy metal. But there is no need to make such a clear distinction. Hard and heavy are both the musical qualities we like.

Heavy Metal

A rock style developed from blues and hard rock in the late 1960s. Metallic guitar distortion and repeated guitar riffs are the most important elements of heavy metal. Characteristics, heavy metal covers a very wide range and has many categories. It is the largest branch of rock music since the 1970s, and can also be said to be the most orthodox rock music. Typical bands include BLACK SABBATH (the first heavy metal band), MOTORHEAD, IRON MAIDEN, SLAYER, BATHORY, DEATH, DARKTHRONE and so on. Heavy metal and hard rock are often conflated, see hard rock. The word heavy metal has been abused for a while. In the 1980s, many popular metals and even pop rock were called "heavy metal", and many people were misled. Here, heavy metal has a broader meaning. But sometimes the word "heavy metal" also refers specifically to the most typical heavy metal bands such as OZZY OSBOURNE, ACCEPT, JUDAS PRIEST, etc. It is usually difficult for them to be divided into any one faction, so they have to simply call it heavy metal.

Metal

Due to the proliferation of popular metal and even pop rock in the 1980s, the word "heavy metal" has been overused. When it comes to heavy metal, the first thing people think of is Bands like BON JOVI and GUNS 'N ROSES seem to represent heavy metal music. As a result, many bands and music fans began to dislike "heavy metal". They began to refer to the more core and tougher heavy metal music as "metal" music. In other words, "metal" is heavier and more sophisticated than "heavy metal". Tough. However, later the word gradually became a symbol of temperament, and thus became more abstract and difficult to explain. It is a comprehensive feature of thought, image, timbre, and arrangement. For example, we can say that METALLICA had a strong metal flavor in the early days, but it almost disappeared later; we can also say that among the popular metal in the 1980s, WASP was more metal; we can also call BLACK SABBATH a metal band, while LED ZEPPELIN At most we can say it is a heavy metal band; JUDAS PRIEST, IRON MAIDEN, OVERKILL, etc. all have a strong metal temperament, while AC/DC, DEF LEPPARD, and SLAYER have a weaker metal temperament (because they have stronger metal temperaments respectively) (meaning of blues, pop and punk); death metal is the most metal among extreme metals, because grindcore has a strong punk flavor and the sound of black metal is too dirty - in short, this is indeed an indescribable word.

Acid Rock

That is, psychedelic rock, popular in the mid-to-late 1960s, and is one of the products of the hippie movement. Its music is characterized by deafening strong rhythms and sharp and loud electric guitar solo or duo performances. Different from heavy metal rock, psychedelic rock does not have a certain musical form, and has more improvisational elements. Its melodic tones are varied and often full of wonderful and gorgeous performances. The word "acid" is a slang term for the psychedelic drug LSD. Acid rock has its name because of its fanatical psychedelic music characteristics.

Art Rock (Art Rock)

A type of rock music that attempts to incorporate classical music into it. Its characteristics are: relatively large structure, relatively complex harmonic language, and often borrowing themes from classical music as material. "Art rock" emerged in the 1960s among some British rock musicians who were influenced by classical music. The Beatles' "Sgt. Pep's Lonely Hearts Club Band" concept album is considered a pioneer of "art rock". In the mid-1970s, a similar trend emerged in the United States.

Emerson, Lake and Palmer adapted Mussorgsky's "Pictures at an Exhibition" into rock music; Yes used the classical sonata form in "Close to the Edge". Famous American bands include the "New York Dolls", "Lou Reed" and "Patti Smith". They did not emphasize the superficial connection between rock music and classical music, but focused on the rigor of musical logic and the conciseness and unity of musical materials. This inspired the emergence of punk music and new wave music.

Punk Rock

A popular music genre popular in the mid-to-late 1970s is also a famous music movement. Its main purpose was two-fold: to oppose the affluent middle class and upper class society and to oppose the mainstream rock form and commercial practices of the time. The famous punk band is the British Sex Pistols. It is characterized by aggressive performances, obnoxious stage behavior, spiked hairstyles, torn clothes, foul language and politically unstable songs. For punk bands, spirit and conviction are often more important than musical skill. At that time, the complacency of the music scene threatened to reduce the quality of music, and the rise of the punk movement revitalized rock music to a certain extent. In fact, punk music is not as melodyless as has been stated in the comments. Many wonderful works have had a considerable influence on later generations.

Soft Rock (Soft Rock)

Soft Rock was a type of rock music produced in the early 1970s. It originally referred to rock music based on folk songs that did not use electric instruments. Later, those rock and roll songs that used electronic instruments but had beautiful and smooth melodies were also called soft rock. This kind of music is called "middle-of-the-road" in the American recording industry. In a broad sense, soft rock refers to all lyrical songs with a soft rock rhythm and the use of electroacoustic instruments. It is similar to Pop (pop song) and is mostly popular in Hong Kong and Taiwan. The songs can all be classified as soft rock.

Folk Rock (Folk Rock)

Rock music based on the structure and theme of folk songs and adapted for folk instruments and technical performance. This kind of music is embodied in the works of Bob Dylan. Bob used electric guitar, drums, keyboard and other instruments in folk music to form a unique style. His music was strongly criticized by folk purists in the early 1960s. Another famous folk rock group is The Byrds. Influenced by the lively pop compositions of the Beatles, it is unique in its transformation of early folk and bluegrass music. A genre of pop music. Mainly refers to the music of mainstream rock stars that everyone is familiar with in the late 1960s, 1970s and early 1980s.

Alternative Rock

A form of rock music. It was developed in the early and mid-1980s when "rock groups" and "heavy metal" were stagnant. With a more energetic and unique sound, it deemphasizes the external performance of the music and emphasizes the bizarre musical originality.

Rockabilly

A white rock form that combines the string sound of country music with the musical structure and lyrical style of "rhythm and blues" music . Popular in the mid to late 1950s. Its characteristics are: the lead electric guitar has a full and slightly nasal sound, the double bass strikes the strings with the palm of the hand to produce an active bass line, the rhythm guitar plays a clear rhythm pattern, and some simple percussion rhythms are added from time to time. In the singing, there are often deft screams and intermittent hiccups, mixed with coconut and sarcastic tones. Some of the songs Presley recorded for Sun Records in Memphis in the mid-1950s established the style of mountain rock.

Reggae

A form of Jamaican pop music that evolved from Ska and Rock Steady music. In fact, it's hard to draw a clear line between rocksteady and reggae.

It’s just that the latter is more delicate than the former, uses more electroacoustic instruments and is more international. If ska music is still just a kind of Latin American pop music produced under the influence of American pop music, then reggaeton has developed into an important genre in the mainstream of European and American rock music.