Rock music or rock music is a genre of popular music which emerged generally in the mid '50s. Its roots come from rhythm and blues, country music from the '40 and '50s as well as a variety of other influences. Furthermore, rock music also took a variety of styles of music, including folk music (folk music), jazz and classical music.
distinctive sound of rock often revolves around the electric guitar or acoustic guitar, and use a very subtle back beat in the rhythm section with bass guitar and drums, and keyboards like organ, piano or since the '70s, synthesizer. In addition to the guitar or keyboards, saxophone and blues-style harmonica are sometimes used as a musical instrument solo. In pure form, rock music "has three chords, a consistent backbeat and melody striking and attractive".
In the late '60s and early '70s, rock music developed into several types. Mixed with folk music (folk music in the United States) to folk rock, with blues to blues-rock and with jazz, a jazz-rock fusion. In the '70s, rock combines influences from soul, funk, and latin music. Also in the 70's, rock evolved into various subgenres (subcategories) such as soft rock, glam rock, heavy metal, hard rock, progressive rock, and punk rock. Subcategories of rock sticking out in the 80s, including New Wave, hardcore punk and alternative rock. In the '90s there were grunge, Britpop, indie rock and nu metal.
A group of musicians specializing play rock music called rock band or rock group (rock band). Many rock group consisting of guitarist, lead singer (lead singer), bass guitar player, and a drummer (drummer), forming a quartet. Some of the group took off one or two positions above and / or use pennyanyi as a major player in addition to musical instruments singing, forming a duo or trio. Another group has additional musicians like two rhythm guitars and a keyboardist or (keyboard player). Somewhat less frequently, the use of stringed instruments such as violin, cello, or wind instruments such as saxophone, trumpet, or trombone.
The evolution of rock music
in the 1950s - early 1960's
Rock and Roll
Classic Rock
Progressive rock
In the 1970s
psychedelic rock
Hard rock
Punk Rock
Heavy Metal
Hardcore Punk
The 1980's
Alternative rock
Glam metal
speed metal
Avant-garde metal
Extreme metal / Underground metal
Thrash metal
Death metal
Black metal
Grindcore
metal Gothic
Doom metal
Industrial metal
In the 1990s
Grunge
Britpop
Indie rock
Variety hybrid
Rap rock
Pop punk
Post-grunge
metal Nu
2000-an
Emo
In spite of it all, the history of rock music has been criticize musicians were great and had dominated rock music scene in the world in an era of 60-90. Here's a list of 10 greatest rock singer of all time &.
1. WILLIAM BRUCE ROSE Jr. (Axl Rose)
(Born in Lafayette, Indiana, February 6, 1962, age 50 years) is the "lead vocals 'Guns N' Roses band from Los Angeles, California United States.
musician who is better known as Axl Rose has been known as the leader and founder of Guns N 'Roses (with Tracii Guns in 1985), the figure GNR Axl body so dominant, he is controlling all the grooves
stories every GNR 'start pertualangannya'.
Axl Rose has the nature of authoritarian, selfish, and the emotional outburst, not infrequently sebandnya friends got spray 'cruelty' Axl, and so that is Guns N 'Roses broke up because a friend sebandnya already
had enough on perilakuan Axl wants selfish, some resigned, there was fired, and some are out due to differences of opinion about where the next Axl GNR music direction.
In Guns N 'Roses, Axl who is also the creator and author of the song, he was blessed with the ability to change his voice to be 3X as he was singing and he can also sing while running here and there. A typical GNR Axl with her that could not be replaced by any singer if he quit the band. But that does not mean he's only the most important body of Guns N 'Roses, there is another important figure in the GNR, he is none other than the GNR guitarist Slash's self. According to a fan-fan "Guns N 'Roses with Slash?, Without Slash GNR same as losing" his Guns', he is the actual color of GNR chant superclass and the way he plays guitar.
2. MICHAEL JACKSON
(Born 29 August 1958-25 June 2009) is a singer and song writer from
Amerik States. He is known as "THE KING OF POP" and popularizing a dance "moonwalk" which has become his trademark. Album, released in 1982, Thriller, is the world's best-selling album, with
sales exceeding 104 million copies worldwide, so many sales estimate for this one album, and according to the Guinness Book Of Records Morld album sold 65 million copies to taon 2007 .
To this day thriller album still sold 130 thousand copies in America by taonnya there. He began his singing career at the age of five years as a member of the Jackson family vocal group (later to become The Jackson 5), which instituted a lot of hits such as ABC, and I 'LL BE THERE. Entire albums Jacko (EPIC Release) sold tens of millions of pieces next to each album and altogether-totalin could amount to 200 million copies sold worldwide.
3. AARON ELVIS Presley
(January 8, 1935? August 16, 1977) is a singer of rock 'n' roll legendary United States. He is also a music producer and actor. His nickname is "THE KING OF ROCK N ROLL". Thanks to songs that
combine rhythm rock 'n' roll with songs ballads, world rock 'n' roll to obtain a commercial foundation which can then be developed musicians rock 'n' roll successor. In its heyday, Elvis concerts attended
mass (mostly teenagers) in a very large number. Style, nature, and became a symbol for the way dressed rock 'n' roll fans and much imitated. Until now, Elvis fans still believed by the weight
that he belom aka dead still alive, it's just that somewhere along the line existed.
4. JAMES BROWN
born on May 3, 1933 in Barnwell, South Carolina (USA). Brown, who dubbed himself "GODFATHER OF SOUL", also known as "Soul Brother Number One" and "The Hardest Working Man in Show Business. Brown still continued to perform, at least within a year he was able to hold 100 pertunjukan.Sepanjang his life, Brown has received a series of awards. Call it, two Grammy trophies, a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in
1992, and a prestigious Kennedy Center Honors in December 2003. Though none touched a series of hits in the Billboard chart's highest ladder but timeless songs such as I GOT YOU (I FEEL GOOD)
released taon 1965, is at number three in the Top Ten. A song can also be enjoyed as a soundtrack movies and Tv. films he has memusiki BLACK CAESAR (1973) and the song Living America for
the movie Sylvester Stallone, Rocky IV (1985). Songs Living & bring him a Grammy award in 1987.
5. Kurt Donald Cobain
(February 20, 1967 '± 5 April 1994) is a singer, songwriter and guitarist in the Seattle grunge band, Nirvana. With the band's success, Cobain became a national and international celebrities, a position
he assumed with a heavy heart. He is also regarded as a "battering ram SANG-establishment".
In 1991, the rise of Cobain's most famous song, Smells Like Teen Spirit, bermulanya marks a major change in the pop music of the kind of music are popular in the 1980's as glam metal, arena rock, and dance-pop,
to grunge and alternative rock.
Besides writing songs other instance Cobain About a Girl, Come as You Are, In Bloom, Lithium, Heart-Shaped Box, All Apologies, and Rape Me. Cobain married Courtney Love on February 24, 1992 in Waikiki Beach,
Hawaii. On August 18, Frances Bean Cobain was born.
On March 1, 1994, after a concert in Munich, Germany, Cobain was diagnosed with bronchitis and severe laryngitis. He was flown to Rome the next day for treatment, and his wife joined on March 3.
The next morning, Love waking up and finding Cobain was overdose with a blend of champagne and Rohypnol. He was rushed to the hospital and after five days there allowed to go home. Because these drugs problems, Cobain
put rehab on March 30. On the night of April 1, Cobain came out for a smoke and then ran away from the home by climbing the fence. He then went to Seattle and disappeared.
On April 3, Love contacted a private investigator, Tom Grant, and hired him to find Cobain. On April 8, 1994, Cobain's body was found in a room above the garage of his home on Lake
Washington by Veca Electric employee Gary Smith called. An autopsy later estimated Cobain died on April 5, 1994.
6. JAMES DOUGLAS MORRISON
(December 8, 1943? July 3, 1971) was a great singer, poet, songwriter, writer, and film director. He is best known as the singer of a band THE DOORS, and the whole world mengengenangnya as being
the most charismatic and most influential in the history of world music. He is also known as a writer of poetry and buku-buku/kumpulan short and documentary film director. With The Doors, Morrison bringing forth six albums all certified Platinum by the RIAA. Single those who had perched on the top of the charts is Light My Fire and Hello, I Love You.
No less a Scott Weiland, STP and Velvet Revolver singer Scott Stapp and Creed band claims to be affected ato Jim Marrison inspired this.
7. Paul David Hewson
(Born May 10, 1960), nicknamed BONO VOX, his stage name Bono, is the main vocalist of the Irish rock band, U2.Since the mid 80's Bono has been actively raising funds through BAND AID concerts and performed again in concert LIVE AID and LIVE 8. Since 1999 he became increasingly involved in campaigning Third World debt and suffering AFRICA. addition to taking care of her band, Bono formed an organization called "DATA" which stands for Debt, AIDS, Trade in Africa (Debt, AIDS, Trade in Africa). The focus of this organization is to raise awareness of what is claimed as African debt can not be paid, Aids and unbridled trade rules that hurts the poor continent. In February 2006, Bono recorded among 191 people nominated for the Nobel Prize for Peace.
When it comes to musical Bono and U2 are really fitting tops The Joshua Tree was released in 1987. This album captured the number one position in the list of best-selling British album in a very short time, and then began to explore America and last up to nine weeks. Since the hit song really dominate, U2 had become the main report with the title of Time magazine ROCK HOT TICKET. This honor earned only by the two bands
another, The Beatles and The Who.
Now, it's nearly 30 year career, U2 was still victorious as one of the most influential bands in the world and a variety of awards, including 2 Grammy Awards fruit.
8. SIR PHILIP MICHAEL 'MICK' Jagger
(Born July 26, 1943) is a rock musician, actor, songwriter, producer, and a British businessman. He is primarily known as lead singer of the music group The Rolling Stones. Anyone would know who the owner of Lips Dower, who has reached the age of 65 taon still able to continue touring the world with their band. 26 September 2007, Mick Jagger and The Rolling Stones concert ticket sales scored 437 million dollars during the A Bigger Bang TOUR held, and promised not to retire and "I'm sure the Rolling Stones will do more things again and continued to record and tour continues . Our guns have a plan to stop the realities of it. "
9. JOHN WINSTON LENNON
(October 9, 1940 "December 8, 1980) is best known as a singer, songwriter, instrumentalist, writer, and political activist known throughout the world as the leader of the Beatles. Lennon and Paul McCartney formed a partnership songwriter's most successful and managed to date this. Lennon and McCartney with cynicism with optimism complement each other very well. Upon the dissolution of The Beatles in 1970, he was also successful with his solo career. hitsnya one which is still very popular is Imagine, a song which became one salh hymns world peace.
Lennon also showed its rebellious and cynical sense of humor in films such as A Hard Day's Night (1964), in a book he wrote such as In His Own Write, press conferences and interviews. He
uses his popularity to its activities as a peace activist, artist and writer.
Lennon twice married, with Cynthia Powell in 1962 and the Japanese artist Yoko Ono in 1969. He has two children, Julian Lennon (born 1963) and Sean Taro Ono Lennon (born 1975). He
died in New York at the age of 40 years, was shot by Mark Chapman, a deranged fan.
10. ALAN JAMES Hetfield
(Born 3 August 1963, Downey, California) is the main songwriter (with drummer Lars Ulrich and sometimes guitarist Kirk Hammett), co-founder, lead singer and rhythm guitar of the band's thrash / heavy metal American & Metallica.Because of the greatness in creating songs and rock music mix that remains pleasing to the ear, if guns one of his band received the title
THE KING OF HEAVY / thrash metal band ngalahin thtash before and after them. Guns few new bands that are obviously very affected style of music as well as Metallica stage.
Rock and roll
Rock and roll (often written as rock 'n' roll) is a genre of music that evolved in the United States in the late 1940s, and reached a peak of popularity in the early 1950's. From the United States, this music genre spread throughout the world.Rock and roll spawned a variety of subgenres as a whole is known as rock music.
Characteristic of rock and roll is on the beat (beat) is usually combined with the lyrics. Rock and roll using one of the beat-based rhythm blues boogie woogie called plus accents are almost always filled backbeat snare drum hit. Classical versions of rock and roll is played with one or two electric guitars, electric bass and drum set. Played keyboard device as an additional instrument. When played with two electric guitars, electric guitar played to give the melody called lead guitar, while the rhythm guitar and harmony to provide so-called rhythm guitar. Saxophone melody instruments often used in rock and roll style of the early 1950's, but its role was replaced by an electric guitar in the mid 1950's. In the late 1940s, the early form of rock and roll and even use the piano as a melodic instrument. One embryo was rock and roll music to boogie woogie piano as a melodic, like a game of musical groups that dominate the world of big band music decade of the 1940's America. Popularity of rock and roll turned out en masse and global social impact is unpredictable.Rock and roll is not only influenced musical style, but at the same lifestyle, style of dress, and language. In addition to success in the music world, the stars in the early period of rock and roll was also successful in the world of film and television. Elvis Presley, for example, is a rock and roll star whose success as a film and television star.
slang term "rock and roll" is often used to refer to black people "sex". Female singer Trixie Smith first used the term "rock and roll" in the song "My Baby Rocks Me With One Steady Roll" which was released in 1922.
The period of early rock and roll of North America (1953-1963)
Rock and roll appeared at a time when racial tensions in the United States arise to the surface. African-Americans began to protest racial segregation in schools and public facilities. At the time, rock and roll music that combines elements of the white and African-American musical elements are also not immune from criticism. In 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the doctrine of separate but equal (separate but equal) and since it began the struggle for equal rights of people of color in the United States.
Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five mentions the term "rock and roll" in the version of the song "Boogie Tamburitza "which was recorded August 18, 1950 in New York. Before Louis Jordan, other musicians have used the term "rock and roll" on their recordings, such as "Rock and Roll Blues" was recorded Erline Harris. In 1948, Wild Bill Moore have recorded a song titled "Rock And Roll", as well as Paul Bascomb who use the same title in 1947 for the song material is different. In 1922, Trixie Smith even wrote a song called "My Man Rocks Me with One Steady Roll." In 1916, the word "rock and roll" was mentioned in the song "The Camp Meeting Jubilee" which was recorded artists who take shelter under the record label Little Wonder. Lyrics of the song sung by the singer reads, "We've been rocking and rolling in your arms, in the arms of Moses".
A DJ named Alan Freed (aka Moondog) rock and roll concerts the first on March 21, 1952 in Cleveland . The concert, called "The Moondog Coronation Ball" attended by audiences and musicians regardless of skin color differences. The concert had to be dissolved after just one song sung on stage since the situation is not under control. Thousands of fans tried to force entry into the arena of the tickets already sold out. This concert recording industry will open the eyes of the white man's interest in the music of blacks, and the interest is not limited to the genre of rhythm and blues only. Hurdle race and prejudice are still strong in the U.S. was not able to overcome the forces of the market economy. Rock and roll great success in the United States, the waves washed up the Atlantic to England and gave birth to musical movement British Invasion in 1964.
Since its birth in the early decades of the 1950s to the early 1960s, rock and roll come spawned a new style of dance.Young people feel the rhythms of rock and roll backbeat that is not monotonous very suitable for reviving the jitterbug dance style that was popular in the big band era. Fever-style dance party and dance at the sock-hops hit American teen gymnastics room. Teenager with a loyal following of music events that brought American Bandstand Dick Clark on television in order to follow the movements of the dance and the latest fashions. Since the mid-1960s, the term "rock and roll" to be simply called "rock". Since then successively appeared various dance genres, from twist, funk, disco, house and techno to.
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REFERENCES
1. http://www.didunia.net/2013/01/10-penyanyi-rock-terhebat-di-dunia.html
2. http://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musik_rock
3. http://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_and_roll
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