This is sort of a different question, but interesting nonetheless. Can somebody tell me the different kinds of rock (ie. grunge, punk, etc.) and what the differences are? My friend told me that grunge was like a branch off of alternative rock. So where would bands such as Sevendust, Limp Bizkit, and Linkin Park fit under? Good luck everybody.
Here I was ready to try and answer a question about igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic, etc. Back to the hole with me...
I don't know...I tried to come up with a few variations of rock with examples. Death Metal - extremely hard with absolutely no melody. Examples: Slayer Heavy Metal - still very hard but with some hooks and melodic tendenceies. Examples: Metallica, Korn Rock and Roll - Old-school rock. Examples: Aerosmith, Led Zeppelin Alternative Rock - More innovative, forward-looking music. Examples: Radiohead, Smashing Pumpkins Grunge - As far as I know grunge is pretty much dead. Examples: Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden Hard Rock aka Generic Rock aka Rock aka Grunge-lite - basically the modern day version of grunge. This is probably where Incubus fits in. Pop Rock - Pretty much all the rock you hear on the radio that even ten year old girls would like. Usually focused more on melody. Examples: Matchbox 20 Indie Rock - Poorly produced, very catchy, and overly-emotional. Sometimes very innovative. Examples: Pavement, Guided By Voices. Industrial Rock - Use a lot of Keyboards and electronic beats. Examples: Nine Inch Nails Brit-pop - Basically, rock music with a twist of gayness...and British. Examples: Blur, Pulp I don't know. It's all pretty hard to distinguish. Many of those categories are pretty iffy. Some bands probably fit in three different categories. Another type of rock might be "rap-rock" with all these heavy metal bands trying to incorporate rap into their music, but I'd probably just call it heavy metal or alternative. I would say Limp Bizkit and Sevendust fit under heavy metal.
Good post, DCKid! I would add punk rock which would include: Ramones The Clash Sex Pistols Operation Ivy/Rancid Fugazi/Minor Threat old Green Day old Offspring old Blink 182 (pre-Enema of the State) Descendents Lagwagon Pennywise Dead Kennedys Black Flag Bad Religion and many more
Yes, you could include ska but I don't know many bands past Less Than Jake (best ska band ever!) Operation Ivy (only did like 1 CD & only has touches of ska in it) No Doubt (more pop now than ska) Mighty Mighty Bosstones (also more pop now than ska)
DC, Great list, but with one glaring flaw. Traditional Rock'n'Roll is actually dance music. The songs are generally short and simple, with a lively beat. ie: Rock Around the Clock, Slippin' and Slidin', Shake Rattle n' Roll, etc.. Stuff like Aerosmith would be known as Rock. As my history of rock'n'roll professor says: "if you can dance to it, it's rock'n'roll, if you can't, it's rock."
Since BGM is not here to represent, I feel it is necessary to mention Voodoo Glow Skulls as a great ska band.
I'll buy that, though I do think it would be pretty easy to dance to some old Aerosmith songs (not that I do). So would some oldies like Beatles and Beach Boys fit under Rock and Roll or Pop? I guess bands like Led Zeppelin and the Doors would probably fit under Rock.
The Beatles & Beach Boys sound was definitely derived from classic rock'n'roll whereas bands like Led Zeppelin, the Doors and the Rolling Stones were heavily influenced by the Blues. That's why most people who like the Beatles like old rock'n'roll, and most people who like the Rolling Stones also like the Blues. I did a few university courses that explained and laid everything out really well. I wish I could remember all the stuff I used to know.
When splitting up the types of rock, I think that it would be pretty hard to place the beatles. They could fit in Rock N' Roll, Rock, Pop, or R&B. I would also think that the Beatles were influenced by blues.
