No wonder there's no good music these days. Everyone trying to start a subcategory. <a href="http://www.concerthotels.com/100-years-of-rock" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.concerthotels.com/images/creatives/rock/embed/embed.png" border="0" width="550" height="550" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 12px;">Click image to see the full interactive music graphic(via <a href="http://www.concerthotels.com/">Concert Hotels</a>).</span>
Heavy metal music is the worst when it comes to this, and I think that shows in this graphic. That is mainly because metalheads are geeks/nerds/losers and we tend to do that kind of thing. I threw in the towel when metalheads wanted "djent" - an onomatopoeia for a sound some metal bands make - to be considered a sub-genre.
It's cool that someone put the effort into compiling all of these genres. I do wish there was an explanation for some of the origins (or lack of origin) for each genre. There's clearly a heavy emphasis on rock (hence the name) bu it's unfortunate that many of the sub-genres of R&B, EDM, and hip hop are left off.
Of all of the Beach Boys songs they could have chose for Surf, they chose Good Vibrations? Good Vibrations is their best song, but it isn't "surf", it's psychedelic pop. They should have chose "Surfin". Or "Surfin USA". Or "Surfer Girl" lol.
Pretty cool but where's the category for Celtic / Irish Punk? You figure with Dropkick Murphys, Flogging Molly and The Pogues before them along with a ton of other bands that would be a genre worth listing.
Cool link. I waste a lot of time trying to classify bands in iTunes within a certain genre that makes sense and makes for cohesive playlists, etc. It's pretty much impossible, but this is as good of an attempt as any. Wish there was a little more groupings under the alternative rock/indie rock umbrella, but unfortunately those sub-genre's don't really exist or aren't very clear. Alternative/Indie Rock is just way too much of a catch-all to really be useful in classifying music. A few possibilities off the top of my head. Jangle Pop Britpop Noise Pop Neo-psychedelia Power Pop Dream Pop Chamber Pop Lo-fi Indie Electronic (or Indietronica) - thinking cut copy, the xx, lcd soundsystem, etc. I also feel like post-hardcore is a pretty well defined genre of music that is left off (fugazi, at the drive-in, jawbox, etc.).
