Rock Music, STE-ZZ
Are you ready to rock out? Rock music originated in the United States in the 1950s, and by the '90s its impact was apparent on a global scale. Rock became the most inclusive of musical genres; if other kinds of music—e.g., classical, jazz, easy listening, country, folk, etc.—are marketed as minority interests, rock defines the musical mainstream. Rock's origins lie in rock and roll, a new form of American popular music in the 1950s that was personified early on by Elvis Presley. Other successful rock singers, musicians, and groups include Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, the Beatles, Tina Turner, Led Zeppelin, Courtney Love, Bob Dylan, and Patti Smith.
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Gwen Stefani is an American singer and songwriter who came to fame in the 1990s as the lead singer for the rock-ska......
Rod Stewart is a British singer and songwriter whose soulful, raspy voice graced rock and pop hits beginning in......
Independent labels have given voice to music otherwise ignored or rebuffed by the major labels. Stiff was set up......
Sting is a British singer and songwriter known both for being the front man of the band the Police and for his......
the Strokes, American rock group often credited with having spearheaded a revival of 1960s-style garage rock in......
Joe Strummer was a British punk rock star who gave voice to a generation of unrest as the leader of the Clash.......
surf music, genre of popular music that arose in southern California in the early 1960s. As the sport of surfing......
T. Rex, British rock band, a pioneer of glam rock in the 1970s. T. Rex originally was known for its acoustic, psychedelic,......
Talking Heads, American art rock band that was popular in the late 1970s and ’80s. Band members were singer-guitarist......
James Taylor is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist who defined the singer-songwriter movement of the......
Television, American rock group that played a prominent role in the emergence of the punk–new-wave movement. With......
Located at 1619 Broadway in New York City, the Brill Building was the hub of professionally written rock and roll.......
the Cars, American rock band that merged 1960s power pop, 1970s glam rock, and music video innovation to become......
In the early 1960s Liverpool, England, was unique among British cities in having more than 200 active pop groups.......
the Cure, English post-punk rock group known for its innovative new-wave style, which rests largely on creating......
the Go-Go’s, American all-female post-punk rock band that emerged during the late 1970s, known for mixing pop melodies......
As rock and roll made its way to continental Europe in the late 1950s, several nightclub owners in the red-light......
Richard Thompson is an English guitarist, singer, and songwriter who earned critical acclaim with his masterful......
Tinariwen, Tuareg music group, active from about 1979, whose update of traditional Tuareg styles captured the spirit......
As a Top 40 deejay in Philadelphia and San Francisco, “Big Daddy” Tom Donahue opened his show with a self-spoofing......
Pete Townshend is a British guitarist and singer-songwriter best known as the lead guitarist and principal songwriter......
Traffic, British rock group of the 1960s and ’70s, known for incorporating lengthy jazzlike improvisation into......
the Tragically Hip, rock band from Kingston, Ontario, that was the most consistently successful Canadian recording......
Trans-Siberian Orchestra, American rock band known for its symphonic heavy metal renditions of Christmas songs......
TV on the Radio, American alternative rock group known for multilayered musical collages that mix sonic experimentation......
Conway Twitty was an American singer who started as a successful songwriter and rockabilly performer but later......
Steven Tyler is an American singer-songwriter best known as the lead singer and front man for the heavy metal rock......
U2, Irish postpunk band that by the end of the 1980s had established itself not only as one of the world’s most......
Ritchie Valens was an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist and the first Latino rock and roll star. His short......
Van Halen, American heavy metal band distinguished by the innovative electric-guitar playing of Eddie Van Halen.......
Eddie Van Halen was a Dutch-born American guitarist and cofounder of the heavy metal band Van Halen, for which......
Stevie Ray Vaughan was an American blues guitarist and vocalist best known for his boisterous, sometimes frenetic,......
the Velvet Underground, American band of the 1960s whose primal guitar sound and urban noir lyrics, influenced......
the Ventures, American musical group that gained fame with its instrumental interpretations of pop hits and that......
Sid Vicious was an English bass player and singer who achieved fame as a member of the punk rock band the Sex Pistols......
Gene Vincent American rockabilly singer whose swaggering, black-leather-clad image defined the look of the rock......
Tom Waits is an American singer-songwriter and actor whose gritty, sometimes romantic depictions of the lives of......
Roger Waters is a British musician and songwriter, best known as the former songwriter and bassist of the rock......
the White Stripes, American rock duo from Detroit, known for combining punk, folk, country, and Mississippi Delta......
Jack White is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter who first gained fame with the White Stripes and later......
the Who, British rock group that was among the most popular and influential bands of the 1960s and ’70s and that......
Wilco, American band led by singer-songwriter Jeff Tweedy that spun off from the group Uncle Tupelo in the mid-1990s......
Lucinda Williams is an American singer and songwriter who received critical acclaim for her label-defying music,......
Pharrell Williams is an American musician who was involved in a number of pop hits as part of the producing team......
Brian Wilson is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer, best known as a co-founder and lead singer,......
Tom Wilson was an American record producer best known for producing the early groundbreaking albums of Cecil Taylor,......
Steve Winwood is a British singer and songwriter, considered one of Britain’s foremost rhythm and blues vocalists.......
Radio stations, as a rule, reflect and serve the local community. In Cleveland, Ohio, where Alan Freed rocked and......
Possessed of one of the most distinctive voices and styles in radio, Wolfman Jack played rhythm and blues and partied......
X, American band whose tales of urban decay, corruption, and sleaze, delivered with skilled musicianship and unique......
the Yardbirds, 1960s British musical group best known for their inventive conversion of rhythm and blues into rock.......
Yes, British progressive rock band known for its extended compositions and virtuoso musicianship. Its principal......
Yo La Tengo, American alternative rock band whose sound consistently evolved over the course of more than a dozen......
Yoko Ono was a skilled, boundary-breaking artist, musician, and filmmaker long before she married musician John......
Neil Young is a Canadian guitarist, singer, and songwriter best known for his idiosyncratic output and eclectic......
Frank Zappa was an American composer, guitarist, and satirist of the 1960s, ’70s, and ’80s. Zappa was, in no apparent......
Rob Zombie is an American heavy metal musician and filmmaker whose work is known for its motifs of horror and science......
ZZ Top, American rock group famous for its rugged blues-driven guitar work, irreverent music videos, and embrace......