Types of Rock Music

Types of Rock Music

The Beginning (1950s-early 1960s)

 Rock and roll

 Surf music



Golden Age (1963-1974)

 The British Invasion

 Garage rock

 Pop rock

 Blues-rock

 Folk rock

 Psychedelic rock

 Progressive rock

 Glam rock

 Soft rock, hard rock and early heavy metal

 Christian rock



Punk and its aftermath (mid-1970s to the 1980s)

 Punk rock

 New wave

 Post-punk

 New waves and genres in heavy metal



Alternative goes mainstream (the 1990s)

 Grunge

 Pop punk

 Indie rock

 Alternative metal, rap rock and nu metal



The new millenium (the 2000s)

 Emo

 Garage rock/Post-punk revival

 Metalcore and contemporary heavy metal

 Digital electronic rock