I suggest you not listen to Chinese rock music. Compared with foreign rock music, there is still a certain distance.

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What exactly is rock and roll? Long hair, leather jackets, ripped jeans... yes and no; guitars, basses, drums... yes and no; Elvis Presley, The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Nirvana... yes and no; young Freedom, hormonal impulse, deviance... yes and no; rhythm, lyrics, melody, dreams, truth, feeling, wildness, faith, power, anger... yes and no;... In fact, these related associations are just some Appearance, are you interested in understanding the real rock culture and the "core" hidden under these "appearances"? In its purest form, rock and roll is three chords plus a hard, sustained drum beat and a vocal melody. Rock is not only a form of music, it is actually an "attitude and philosophy of life." It is precisely because of this that rock music is different from ordinary pop music (Pop Music). The real rock culture can at least distill such a microcosm: hippie culture, art rock, punk music, avant-garde music, heavy metal, etc.

Different definitions in history

The first work in history to be labeled as rock and roll was "Rock and Roll All Day" recorded by the white American musician Bill Haley in the mid-1950s. 》(Rock Around the Clock). At that time, Bill Haley was wearing a crisp suit and tie, with his hair combed shiny. If such a person walked on the street or stood on the stage today and sang this song, no one would think He was singing rock music, but history defines it as the first rock song. This is not surprising. It turns out that people still think that the sky is round and the earth is square. It turns out that people also think that the earth is the center of the universe! We can think of it as a joke played on us by the times. In this way, any specific definition seems to be relative, because times are changing, and people's fields of understanding are constantly expanding and changing.

The most difficult thing in the world is to define something, because it requires an accurate and concise description. The easiest thing in the world can also be said to be to define something, because you can completely give a concept according to your own way of understanding and level of understanding. So a long time ago, in the traditional consciousness of Chinese people, long hair and a leather jacket were rock and roll. Then some people think that rock is SOLO on the guitar, bass on the bass, and rhythm on the drums. Nowadays, some people say that rock and roll is a kind of spirit, but some people say that this is wrong. Here are the definitions given by some so-called rock experts:

Grell Marcus, the author of the famous rock classic "Mystery Train", believes that rock and roll is nothing more than "an American culture" ” For example, Elvis Presley is nothing more than “dramatizing the feeling of being an American and vividly expressing the meaning, value and pros and cons of American life.”

Carl Belz, in his book "Rock Story", regarded rock and roll as "folk art", a subconscious slang expression.

Charlie Luter calls rock and roll the "sound of the city" and believes that it is a new musical cry created by urban teenagers.

Jonathan Eisen called rock music "a rebellion against the hypocrisy of Western culture...a profound form of subversion" in "Rock of Ages".

Dave Harker used the Marxist theory of class struggle to analyze rock music in "Bang for Your Money" and considered it to be "working class culture"; while Paul Johnson analyzed rock music in "The New Statesman" The emphasis on rock music is a bourgeois conspiracy, the purpose of which is to recruit potential revolutionaries and make them "indulged in it and become numb, lazy and out of touch with reality."

Richard Goldstein believes in "The Poetry of Rock and Roll" that the most important feature of rock and roll is still the unbridled squandering of youthful vitality...

African Americans Musician Chuck Berry used his work to define rock music. This is also a piece from the early days of rock music in the 1950s, Johnny B, Good.

It tells the story of a young man who plays guitar and leads to success. It uses narrative techniques to add a very attractive aura to rock music. Rock music can make an ordinary person lead to success and glory. This ordinary person does not need to have any knowledge of music theory or understand music, as long as he has an ideal, as long as he has the courage to sing what he thinks in his heart, as long as he is willing. It is also worth mentioning that on a spacecraft launched by the United States to alien creatures, this song was recorded on a CD as the essence of human civilization to express the achievements of earthly civilization.

A brief introduction to the history of rock and roll

In fact, as early as the early 1930s, there was a song called Rock & Roll in the United States, but there was no such music name at that time. The most well-known name for this term was DJ-Alan Freed, who first used the term "rock concert" on his radio show in 1951. It is said that New York still calls him the King of Rock and Roll. And with the song Rock Around The Rock by Bill Haley and his Comets, which stayed on the charts for 8 weeks in 1955, and fueled by the song's success, Rock became known to the world. This is why some people call 1955 the Rock Era, and Bill Henry is also known as the father of rock and roll.

Early rock music came from a wide range of sources, including blues, R&B, and country music, as well as gospel music, traditional pop music, jazz, and folk music. All these influences add up to a simple blues-based song structure that's fast, danceable, and easy to remember. The first rock stars—Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, Buddy Holly, Bo Diddley, Bill Haley, Gene Vincent, the Everly Brothers, Carl Perkins, and many others—established the style of rock music. model, and one that would be followed for the next forty years. In every decade, there are always many artists who copy the music of the first rock musicians, while the remaining artists either expand the original definition of rock and roll, or completely break the limitations of the genre. mode. From British invasion, folk rock, psychedelic rock, to hard rock, heavy metal, glam rock, and punk, in fact every rock subgenre was loyal to the most basic structure of rock when it was first produced. But once this change occurred, traditional rock gradually disappeared from the pop charts - although some artists remained bright. There are some bands, such as the Rolling Stones and the Faces, who always adhere to the most basic rules of traditional rock, but they make the music faster and freer. Other bands, such as proto-punks the Velvet Underground, the New York Dolls, and the Stooges, retained the basic structure of their music but took on a more menacing element to their act. There were also some artists who became rock traditionalists, such as Dave Edmunds and Graham Parker, who wrote songs and produced records that never strayed from the rock and roll model of the late 1950s and early 1960s. Although the term rock has come to refer to more and more different styles of music in the decades since its emergence, the essence of the music has never changed.

American rock music finally underwent a huge change in the early 1960s. Starting with The Beatles, a group of British bands broke into the American market in an instant. Some people call this the first British incident. Invasion, but fortunately there were still some groups in the United States at that time to compete with them, such as the Beach boys, whose group was similar to Beatles and whose music style was full of California scenery such as beaches, sunshine, beauties, and surfboards.

In addition, ballad rock with a national style also emerged soon after. In addition to Bob Dylan, there were also British singers with distinct styles such as Guertian or Irish. However, in the late 1960s, American bands once again took the lead. , that is, psychedelic rock led by 3J (Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin) became the most popular rock music at that time. However, except for the Grateful Dead, most of the psychedelic groups died quite early. In psychedelic rock After the decline, it immediately entered the glorious rock era.

After the 1960s, the rock genres of the 1970s were extremely rich. The glam rock led by David Bowie started in the early 1970s. In addition, in order not to be limited to the existing rock genres, , progressive rock, classical rock and art rock also emerged immediately and became new icons in the music industry at that time. Jazz rock also gradually became famous. In addition, the most popular and longest-lived heavy rock (heavy metal) throughout the 1970s and 1980s was born. Well, maybe now, the decibel soso of Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, and Black Sabbath can be said to be a deafening rock type at the time. Since then, heavy metal has been favored by rock fans through continuous evolution. In addition, in the 1970s, it was also Country rock, California rock and Southern rock, which are different from HM, are also popular. If we say that the great event of the 1960s was the British Invasion, then the great event of the 1970s must be punk rock, which suddenly emerged in the late 1970s. However, just like the psychedelic rock of the late 1960s, punk did not live long.

In the 1980s, in addition to the punk style that still existed in the early days, heavy metal, sandwiched between the residual power of the 1970s, became the leader, and almost all the glory of the 1980s was broken up by heavy rock (heavy metal), but they still It seeks innovation and change, and its style is absolutely different from the past, so it is also called Sina heavy metal. Under the strength of heavy rock, in addition to blue-collar rock, pop rock and rock that incorporates reggae style, it must be able to make a name for itself. To win by technique, some rock music that emphasizes speed and speed came into being, and the trend they caused cannot be underestimated. So far, speed music still has a wide audience.

The Seattle sound grunge rock that led the rock trend in the early 1990s was soon overwhelmed by British rock full of electronic music, and because these bands from all over the UK quickly conquered the new generation Rock fans called it the second British Invasion. In addition, some alternative rock with punk style or full of electronic music in the late 1990s also won quite a few fans. Maybe the rock trend is no longer there. As MacArthur said, old soldiers only fade away if they don't die, but new blood of rock and roll is constantly being produced, such as electronic music, industrial music, hip-hop..., maybe the rock style is not what it used to be, but at least it is another type of rock. continuation.

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Heavy Metal (Heavy Metal)

Among the many rock genres, heavy metal is the most extreme in terms of volume, masculinity and dramatic style. There are many variations on the heavy metal sound genre, but they all strive to achieve their best by focusing on loud effects, distorted guitar playing (often playing riffs), and simple, thumping melodies. Heavy metal has been a source of controversy for as long as it has existed - critics have traditionally attacked the theatrics for its deliberate appeal to mostly teenagers, and some conservative groups have often protested what they felt were harmful, evil undertones. lyrics. Despite all the difficulties, heavy metal has become a stable and popular form of rock music since its birth, capable enough to adapt to the period and still maintain its core appeal that has never been eroded. Despite its rebellious form in American vocal choices, heavy metal is very much a British creation. The initial seeds of heavy metal were sown in the British blues movement of the 1960s, especially among bands who found it difficult to adapt to the naturalng of American blues. This rhythm was more irregular, enhancing the use of electronic instruments as a more important feature, especially by innovative musicians like the Kinks, the Who, Jimi Hendrix, Cream and the Jeff Beck Group. However, as evidence can be presented to prove, the original real metal band was Led Zeppelin.

Initially, Zep played blues tunes heavier and louder than anyone else, and quickly created a style of heavy rock that was characterized by large-scale, textured music by drawing on many musical sources. Less refined but perhaps more influential was Black Sabbath, whose dark, brooding guitar riffs created a fantasy apocalypse filled with drugs, death and supernatural mystification. The style was next abandoned by Zep and Sabbath, and many American bands changed heavy metal into a more accessible form in the 1970s; the catchy tunes and brutal stage performances of Alice Cooper and Kiss; Aerosmith's sleazy boogie; Van Halen's flashy guitar intros and wild party rock. In the late 1970s, some of the hidden British bands that became part of the new wave of British heavy metal (including Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Motorhead) began playing metal faster, leaning more heavily and using more intimidation. Their emergence provided influence for the new American metal of the 1980s - thrash metal. This new thing was defined as a breakthrough in the new mainstream popularity of metal, and its emergence was represented by Def Leppards Pyromania. Metal was most enjoyable during its glory days in the 1980s, due to the large number of glammed-up pop metal bands. In addition to thrash metal bands playing complex riffs fiercely, they sometimes incorporated some soft vocal works. Thrash bands like Metallica and Megadeth developed cult followings that propelled them into the mainstream at the same time that garage shed their pop-metal trappings. Mainstream metal in the '90s centered around a new hybrid called alternative metal, which (in its commercially effective form) combined grinding trash and grunge influences through the boom years of hip-hop and industrial. During this time, the underground grew in a rougher, grimmer style, giving rise to two similar, thrash-derived styles known as death metal and black metal, which created some of the most important abrasive, violent, ultra-speedy music and metal in the world. Graphic shock tactics never shown.

Alternative Metal

In its infancy, alternative metal developed its own style with an unusual sensitivity relative to those that could be directly classified. Heavy metal was at the core of the music, but these bands were too irregular and their influences too eclectic for underground thrash metal, so their main fans were people who liked heavy guitar rock. However, after garage music helped enrich alternative metal and gain a large audience, especially as more aggressive bands gradually refined their sound, alternative metal began to become the most popular style of heavy metal in the 1990s. While it exhibits almost minimal heavy metal classification, its form is very different from the alternative metal of the early 1980s. Meanwhile, most of the surviving hardcore punk bands had moved on to the metal scene, pushing underground guitar-heavy rock bands to look elsewhere for inspiration. The earliest alternative metal with heavy metal style was divided into avant-garde rock (Janes Addiction, Primus), garage punk (Soundgarden, Corrosion of Conformity), noise rock (the Jesus Lizard, Helmet), and funk (Faith No More, Living Color). , rap (Faith No More, Biohazard), industrial (Ministry, Nine Inch Nails), psychedelic music (Soundgarden, Monster Magnet), and even world music (later Sepultura). All this evolution did not happen in a specific scene, but was just a growing desire to try the pure performance form that had become increasingly dependent on instruments.

Some of these bands eventually achieved great mass appeal, particularly through touring, and they also laid the foundations for the alternative rock that emerged in 1993-94, with the formation of bands such as Rage Against the Machine and Korn. Rap metal represented by Tool, dissonant music represented by Tool, and heavy music represented by White Zombie. . . . and popular breakthroughs represented by Nine Inch Nails. These bands would become the most influential force in the sound production and style of the alternative metal genre during the remainder of the '90s, along with Pantera's thick, dissolving riffs that distinguished them from any thrash metal band. Like many alternative metal bands, Pantera are serious, grim and visceral, but they demonstrate how this can be manly. In the mid-to-late 1990s, most new alternative metal bands began to play a style that mixed thrash, rap, industrial, hardcore punk and garage. This new sound included more grindcore features and aggressive attack than hooks or memorable riffs, and therefore relied more on studio recordings to achieve its power; however, it captured the hidden mainstream of teenagers The masculinity represented by metal thus became a commercial cult. Bands like Korn, Marilyn Manson, and Limp Bizkit, which sometimes featured aggro-matal, nu-metal, or (incorrectly) hardcore content, were the biggest stars of the new movement, and by the end of the decade, countless new bands began to perform a style similar to the ironic, given alternative metals vehement rejection of hair metals attitude that was similar to the micro-metal branch of the late 1980s.

Indie Rock (indie rock)

The name indie rock comes from the word "indie", which represents the idea of ??doing things according to the ideas of one's own band and releasing records. share, low-budget features. Although most independent genres of music rely on the main company's brand to enter the market and capture sales share, their decision-making process is still based on their own ideas. Likewise, indie rock is free to explore sounds, emotions, and lyrical themes without pandering to popular tastes—the profits of popular and personal tastes are not the same (although they do, after all, want to be in the business) stay). It has its roots in the American underground and alternative rock of the 1980s, although underground rock has evolved slightly since then. It feels like the term is being used a lot, and indie rock really separated itself from alternative rock around the time Nirvana hit the mainstream. Popular taste gradually transformed alternative into new forms of serious hardcore, making it more predictable and testosterone-driven in the process. Indie rock is an expression of a subculture; not all alternative rock was inspired by Nirvana, and not all wanted to be. Although indie rock has not clearly separated itself from commercial punk groups, it does not particularly care whether the band continues to be independent or sells out to the mainstream; it is generally believed that it is impossible to create multiple musical forms of indie rock and conform to the general public. The taste reaches a balance between these two aspects. There are almost any number of reasons for the incompatible characteristics of indie rock bands, but here are a few: The music can be too volatile and naive; too weird; too sensitive and melancholic; too decadent and morbid; too spacey Thoughtful and hypnotic; too egotistical and emotionally tied to the lyrics; too lo-fi and low-budget in its production; too much edge in the tones and riffs; too grim and abrasive; too packed with Sonic Youth/Dinosaur Jr./Pixies/Jesus & Mary Chain-style guitar noise; too many tilts and breaks in the song structure; too much experimentation or other non-mainstream musical influences.

Regardless of this particular nature, the creators and listeners of this type of rock are very similar to the beginning of alternative music. Despite this intersection, indie rock is still very cautious about excessive testosterone. Of course indie rock never had a lot of influence or a strong feel; it just rarely, or never, felt macho. By the time the 1990s arrived, indie rock had developed into a number of sub-trends similar to its neighboring musical forms (indie pop, dream pop, noise-pop, lo-fi, math rock, posr-rock, space rock, sadcore , or something like that), all of which do seem to keep the underground phenomenon in balance.

Industrial Metal

While pure industry takes its main cues from experimental music and electronic dance music, industrial metal makes the distorted noise of the electric guitar a part of the music. important component. Some industrial metal bands base their songs around metal-style guitar riffs, while others use more of the harsh harshness and abrasive texture it can create. Industrial metal, on the other hand, is generally more aggressive than straight-ahead metal, which has helped the style cross over to audiences accustomed to guitar-based metal and alternative music. Industrial metal lyrics also reflect the aggression of darkness and standard heavy metal, although the sensibility is filtered through a personal sense of alienation from punk and alternative rock. Whether its rage is directed at humanity or at society, industrial metal has always expressed a feeling of bleakness and tortured anxiety, expressing through its wall-pounding noise a near-desperate alienation from the edge of the world. Ministry were one of the first bands to popularize industrial metal in the late 1980s, with their signature building on riffing on jackhammer guitar, electronics, experimentation and distortion; however, it was Nine Inch Nails who really came into their own in the early 90s. A band that brought their sound to the mainstream because of Trent Reznor's talent for songwriting and multi-layered production. Inspired by NIN's success, many similar sounds suddenly appeared on alternative radio. By the end of the decade, many popular alternative metal bands appropriately integrated the excellent works of industrial metal electronics into their aggressive hybrid music styles.

Post-Grunge (Post-Grunge)

Soon after Seattle garage music had an impact on American mainstream music, a group of so-called post-garage-style bands appeared. The main difference between them and Seattle garage music is that Seattle garage music firmly follows the underground alternative rock style of the 1980s, while post-garage music is more conceptually based on the garage music style - the inner form of widely popular, ideological Serious heavy rock - influenced by. Therefore, many post-garage bands simply imitate the stylistic expression of garage music, but do not have the independent characteristics of the original garage art. Post-garage bands inherit the angst-filled, calm and introspective style of typical garage music and regard it as a necessary element of garage art. Even in their low years, post-garage bands maintained a very serious and sober attitude towards their own existence. Eventually, the unique elements of garage music became an essential and indispensable component of orthodox music. Post-garage style influenced almost the entire mainstream mature heavy rock music of the 1990s. Although the music contains alternative elements, post-garage is still a mainstream commercial music - its rich and flowing garage guitar playing is beautiful and smooth, and is popular among people. Many bands are stylistically similar but not identical; in addition to old-school garage music, post-garage also draws on early '80s raucous pop, punk pop, revival ska, alternative metal, and classic memorial rock. Additionally, a subset of weird post-garage items are popular for their dark humor rather than low-key melancholy. Post-garage music surfaced soon after the birth of old-style garage music; nirvana, which represented the old-school garage style, entered its peak period in early 1992. Just a few years later, post-garage-style bush bands and candlebox bands also gained huge popularity. success.

After the initial heyday of old-school garage music, post-garage began to emerge, and a new wave of bands emerged in the mid-to-late 1990s; some continued to be popular, while others were short-lived. To this day, the post-garage style is still thriving, with creed and matchbox20 being two of the most popular bands in the style in the United States.

Progressive Metal (Progressive Metal)

Progressive metal mixes the percussion, volume, and aggressive elements of metal with the grand pseudo-classical flamboyance of progressive rock. Of course, some bands emphasize the influence of one element on the other - for example, dream theater. They tend to be more avant-garde than the other bands - but all of them embody a basic flamboyant style in their music. Represented by Pink Floydian and Queensryche, progressive metal surfaced in the late 1980s. At one time, progressive metal was fairly secretive (although metal albums like and justice for all were as numerous and categorized as progressive metal albums), and throughout the '90s, progressive metal maintained a low profile. exist. However, its popularity was enough to create crossovers, most notably in queensryches' "silent lucidity". Despite this, progressive metal did not gain much financial benefit in the 1990s. Bands such as queensryche and dream theater have become symbols of this style in this decade. However, by the end of the 1990s, progressive metal had undoubtedly become the unanimous direction for the hardcore fanatics.

Death Metal/Black Metal (Death/Black Metal)

Death metal comes from the thrash metal of the late 1980s. Taking it to extremes with gritty lyrics and a morbid obsession with thrash, death metal is--as its name suggests--solely about death, pain, and torture. These brutally cold lyrics are repeated loudly and heavily, a style influenced by slow metal like Black Sabbath, of which Metallica is a typical example. Death metal bands were also influenced by the complex song structures of 1970s art rock, although most of these complex song structures were learned from Metallica. Death metal never had a huge hit with the masses, but for some die-hard heavy metal fans, Metallica and Guns N Roses were the best - and they bought millions in the late '80s and early '90s. records --- or pop metal, like Poison. Death/black metal maintained a small but loyal following of fans during the '90s.

Goth Metal

Gothic metal is surrounded by the dark, constantly noisy icy atmosphere of gothic rock and the aggression of heavy metal, discovering a sense of drama and use of Religion, horror and lyrical appeal adorn the middle ground that exists between the two styles. Like pre-punk gothic metal, ambiguously antique, metal bands like Rainbow, Dio and Judas Priest have been described as the secondary voice of goth, if not more characteristics, then in addition to the real Gothic metal has always been directly influenced by gothic rock, with ethereal synth effects and a ghostly feel being as important as guitar riffs. Gothic metal therefore often reserves a plea for listeners to stand on both sides of the scale. Gothic metal first emerged in the mid-1980s, centered in Los Angeles, so it is often called "death metal", where Christian Death took place. Many gothic metal bands, after jumping around in the United States and Europe, broke out to a wider alternative metal audience in the 1990s through tongue-in-cheek Type 0 Negative. During the latter decade, gothic metal was also considered a precursor to black metal bands

Punk

Punk rock is the most original form of rock music - composed of a simple A pleasant main melody composed of three chords.

The change is that punk rock plays the old rock and roll of the past faster and more passionately. Because some bands had a one-sided understanding of the punk music style - including the garage rock bands of the 1960s and the Velvet Underground, the Stooges, the New York Dolls - it was not until the mid-1970s that the punk music genre was formally formed. Many new bands in the West no longer emphasize the ultra-musical form that is different from mainstream hard-core rock, but go straight to the essence of music. The first punk band in New York was the Ramones; in London it was represented by the Sex Pistols. Although their musical expressions were different—the Ramones were light and casual, while the Pistols emphasized repetitive passages—these unique attempts revolutionized both American and British music. The style of music. Punk music has always existed quietly in the United States, eventually giving birth to the concepts of hardcore rock and indie rock in the 1980s. In the UK, punk rock became the darling of the public. Sex pistols were seen as a serious subversion of government and monarchy. What's more, more and more bands are getting into punk rock. Some bands almost copied the original style of the Pistols, while others created new elements of their own, such as the sharp rock of the Buzzcocks, the anthemic reggae rock of the Clash, and the artistic experiments of Wire and Joy Division. Soon, punk split into post-punk (more artistic and experimental than the original), new wave (more oriental pop), and hardcore rock (a form of punk music that is more intense, fast, and aggressive). Throughout the Eighties, both Britain and the United States associated the definition of punk with hard and rock. In the early 1990s, a group of punk revivalists—represented by Green Day and Rancid—emerged from the American underground music scene. This group of new forces brought punk music back to its original style and tried to add heavy metal elements to its music.

Acid Rock

Acid rock is an intense, loud variation of psychedelic rock. It draws on the best of Cream and Jimi Hendrix improvisations that have passed their prime. Acid relied on shifting guitars, mellow vocals and long jams. Acid rock didn't exist for long - during the lifetime of hallucinogens, it continued to develop and form a center - and the last remaining bands evolved into heavy metal bands.

Blues-Rock (Blues-Rock)

Much early rock and roll was based on the blues, but until the late 1960s, blues-rock had not fully developed into a recognized genre. Blues rock focuses on two defining characteristics - traditional three-chord blues songs and instrumental improvisation. Combining small band jazz with the ever-expanding raucousness of rock, traditional blues rock - bands like Cream, which came from the traditional British blues style of Alexis Korner and John Mayall, and the Paul Butterfield Blues Band and Canned in the United States Heat—also experimented with long improvisations common on jazz records and blues concerts. This hybrid quickly became popular, and many bands immediately began imitating them, even louder and more riffy than theirs. In the early 1970s, the boundaries between blues rock and hardcore were becoming increasingly blurred, with jazz-based bands like ZZ Top absorbing performance techniques from album rock works to blur their blues roots. Regardless, blues rock gradually moved away from hardcore, and some bands continued to play, rewrite, and create.