Talk:Rock music/Archive 2

"Notable Practicioners" of progressive rock
Okay, let's not get carried away. I added Genesis to the list of notable practicioners of progressive rock because they were a major prog band. But how many people know about Camel, Can, Faust, Magma, etc? And who *really* considers ELO to be progressive? Besides, this is just a short section of a more general article, and progressive rock has its own Wikipedia article. That would be a more appropriate place to mention the more obscure artists. This one just needs a few major examples so people get the idea of the style of music. 4.244.96.67 19:24, 5 January 2007 (UTC) ELO is proggresive/classic rock

I agree with 4.244.96.67. The average Joe or Jane probably has no idea who Can or Camel are (and they're probably the two best known of that group).GBrady (talk) 14:54, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

Bubble Gum Pop?
The article says "Rock music had a short-lived "bubble gum pop" era, of soft rock, including groups such as The Partridge Family, The Cowsills, The Osmonds, and The Archies."

Is that right? I always throught bubble gum rock was late 1960s AM top 40 hits like "Yummy Yummy Yummy (I've Got Love In My Tummy)". See, e.g., http://oldies.about.com/cs/70spopandsoul/a/bubblegum.htm

68.174.12.63 02:03, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

I think "bubblegum" as a genre probably dates as far back as celebrity teen discs from people like Annette Funicello and Fabian even before we get to the 70s. I'd also argue later boy bands such as New Edition,N Sync and Backstreet Boys in the 80s and 90s constitute a reemergence of the trend. GBrady (talk) 14:57, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

Present Day USA Centric
This whole section is based around whats happening in the USA at the minute, with only a small paragraph at the bottom referencing any other country, which in itself only mentions the UK. This definately needs expanding to cover British contemporary music better, and to perhaps shed some light on other international music scenes, as has beendone in the hip hop article.

ya,you would'nt wan't to leave out ,Seether from South Africa,plus silverchair from Australia.

Rock'n'Roll and Rock?
I don't think Rock music and Rock'n'Roll should be combined because in some cases, rock and rock'n'roll can be completely different music. "No one ever compared Elvis to Green Day" is basicly what I'm saying. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Rancor125 (talk • contribs) 15:40, 2 March 2007 (UTC).

He's right. Rock n' Roll is more like Elvis or the Beatles while Rock is more like the Stones and AC/DC. They're two completely different genres, that's why they have different names. Rock n' Roll well...uh...rolls more while Rock is more like massive guitar solos or music being blasted through amps. They're too different. Many genres, like heavy metal, are part of rock, but rock n' roll is it's own. MaulYoda 20:54, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

Rock music/rock n roll are interhchangeable terms. The idiots who think otherwise are totally clueless of the history. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.83.101.216 (talk) 19:18, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

Rock n roll was called rock music in the '50s and early '60s (they were interchangeable), even by trade magazines such as Billboard. To make the distinction is obviously dumb. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.191.34.227 (talk) 08:56, 23 August 2009 (UTC)

Rock Music = Metal or is it a.....
I have recently done a search for the band Tool. Apon reveiwing its subsequesnt articals I came across several stubs, and various other incompletes etc. I am very new to this site, but would love to add any and all usefull and correct knowledge I can. I would like to discuss the song Hush a track off their debute record in 1992 Opiate. Being a fan for more then a decade, owner of their collected works and attendded shows since the age of 14 from Middle Of Nowhere, Maine to Lollapalooza 97'-Massachusetts venue to the other side of the country in Orange County, California. The discussion of their rock music merger should not be taken to lightly. Based on 2 important ideas their sound and thier fan base. Tool has such a diverse and unique style for them to be labled as just a rock band would be a shame. Yes their music contains elements of Rock music. However they also could be considerd Progressive rock,Alternative rock,Heavy metal or Punk rock. Merging them to Rock music therefore is comapairing them to the bands/fans that lay with in it's genres leaving no room for Metal to stand. From a fan's point of view it would be in poor taste. Then leading one to think Tool is for lack of a better term a rock band with out slight consideration of the most important aspect the metalhead fans. Metal would be much more accurate merge and or description in which the band Tool may be found under or searched in. Shanopolis 18:01, 18 March 2007 (UTC)shanopolis

Thrash Metal
What Happened to Thrash Metal? I kept trying to write a section on the genre of Thrash, but everytime i did it, it kept getting deleted, i saved it and everything. Am I doing something wrong? or do people think Thrash does not exist? Because if you do, it is very real. Have'nt you heard of, Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, or Anthrax?

So can someone please write a section about Thrash, because it seems someone keeps deleting my artical.

- Krispy_k
 * Unreferenced original research is usually deleted from Wikipedia. This article is just an overview is Rock history and its different genres. Thrash metal is just a subgenre of Heavy Metal and is already covered in detail in that article and in its own article. The main points of heavy metal are covered here with the links to the appropriate sub-articles included. A description of Thrash Metal(or any other metal sub-genre) simply isn't required. 156.34.142.110 14:59, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

Agreed with 156.34.142.110 . This article should be about a bare bones overview. Let the Metal section link to the overall Heavy Metal article which of course will then have a link itself off to Thrash. This article should explain rock music to someone who is an UTTER NEWBIE..that should be the goal..basic knowledge. More than that would be Overkill...pun intended. GBrady (talk) 14:59, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

You don't know EMO
The band that were mentioned at the EMO section are NOTE EMO bands. Can't you just learn the difference?

www.youdontknowemo.tk —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 83.250.77.180 (talk) 10:00, 7 April 2007 (UTC).

Just some suggestions
I reckon that this article should be broken into a lot of stubs. This is just plain confusing with all the history and backround and meanings bunched together. There should be more contrasting information too, like complaints and positives about the genre. 203.173.220.227 05:25, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

don't merge
Rock and rock n' roll are different. Sure, "rock" is just a short version, but it's developed into more than that. Rock n' roll has more of an emphasis on tempo and how the song flows. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 58.178.43.11 (talk) 06:47, 17 April 2007 (UTC).

They are not different. It's called "rock" for a reason, not tree music. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.83.101.216 (talk) 19:19, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

Manchester / Baggy indie movement
There is a whole section missing between "Alternative music and the indie movement" and "Grunge". What happened to the Manchester / Baggy indie movement from the UK (1989 - early 90's) - also known as the "Madchester" scene. How can indie music be described without mentioning "The Stone Roses", "Happy Mondays", "Inspiral Carpets", "James", "The Farm", early "Blur", early "Charlatans" etc.?

no no no no
these articles should definately not get merged, since they stand for 2 different things

thats like saying lets merge the articles for New York City and the State of New York (i havent actually checked, but im pretty sure there are 2 seperate articles)

the reasons?

as for today, if the full word is said (rock & roll), it usually refers to the music of the 50's (and perhaps early 60's) only, with artists like Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, etc

rock stands for the genres that evolved out of rock & roll (psychedelic rock, hard rock, progressive rock, heavy/trash/death/etc metal, grunge, and so on), with artits from the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, over bands like Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin or Jethro Tull, up to groups like Soundgarden, Guns N' Roses, Nirvana or System of A Down

i hope this makes it clear, or to sum it up: rock is NOT just the short for rock & roll - maybe once it was, but thats not how it is today, and thats what counts —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 85.127.211.104 (talk) 06:16, 3 May 2007 (UTC).

--I agree to a certain extent but we should talk about the orgins of rock. To know what something is you have to know it's orgins. It's possible to have a straight definition of rock but that would be in the dictionary. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.138.82.196 (talk) 17:02, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

"Rock music" is still essentially rock n roll. Those two words are interchangeable. Do your homework. Whoever says otherwise is completely ignorant, racist, or both. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.115.194.17 (talk) 08:16, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

There's a reason why we have a hall of fame called the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and has everyone from Elvis to the Beatles to Led Zeppelin. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.115.194.17 (talk) 08:32, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

How to edit rockbox
How do you go about editting the rock box?Cjrs 79 14:15, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

How Come Iron Maiden Is not included in this article As the New Wave of British Heavy Metal
In this article is bearly talked about NWoBHM and they dont even include Iron Maiden Into the Article...Iron Maiden was one of the Biggest Metal Influence of The Past and todayEdwinCasadoBaez 23:33, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
 * This article's focus is on the main aspects of rock music. New Wave of British Heavy Metal is just a sub-genre of heavy metal and it is discussed appropriately in the heavy metal article. It also has it's own article. It does not need to be discussed here. Peter Fleet 00:17, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

glam rock
The article doesn't say anything about glam rock. Why? I know there is another article about it, but there should be something about it.

Apart from that, the article contains many names, but it lacks some very important: Bowie (with glam rock), Iggy Pop or Lou Reed (the Velvet Underground)...


 * I agree. If there is glam metal there should also be glam rock. Artists like T.Rex, David Bowie and Alice Cooper are glam rock and they are MUCH more important than some glam metal groups like Ratt or Poison. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.250.164.186 (talk) 15:32, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

About emo
Emo is popular as slang term not as a genre of music. --Celldwellcius 11:29, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

^^Try telling that to the fans of emo music.

Pwnage8 02:08, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

No matter what you think emo is, I think it's important enough to be mentioned as a popular music section for the 2000's. It has a subculture of followers just like grunge and punk and it is definatly going to be remembered as one of the definitive music genres of the 2000's whether it's worth calling it a music genre or not. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.169.4.101 (talk) 05:24, 28 October 2007 (UTC)

Grunge and Britpop
In the alternative section it mentions the rise in popularity of grunge and britpop but the article does not go on to mention these fairly important genres. A new section should be added. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.155.90.141 (talk) 01:15, August 30, 2007 (UTC)


 * the reason being that the creator of this article obviously went in with half arsed knowlegde of rock and thougfht why notLiAm McShAnE 17:46, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

Golden Earring
Apparently we've gotten some edits from a Golden Earring fan. The various references to Golden Earring throughout the article are hilarious. I'll be removing the most egregiously inappropriate ones, like the completely inane mention of their "Eight Miles High" cover. 74.77.208.52 03:36, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

Is there such a thing as country rock?
Just wondering if anyone knew? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.250.146.76 (talk • contribs)
 * Yes. - Warthog Demon  02:06, 18 September 2007 (UTC)


 * The Flying Burrito Brothers were country rock. Late Byrds would count as well.
 * Questions like this are better asked on Reference desk/Entertainment. Or just plug "country rock" into the search box and see what comes up. / edg ☺ ★ 02:14, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

Can we have a country rock section. Maybe some genius could copy the "country rock" section and paste it in wikipedia?

Zgrrly (talk) 07:48, 20 March 2008 (UTC)zgrrly== Is there such a thing as country rock? ==

Not only that, but what of Southern Rock???-- and such acts as Lynyrd Skynyrd, ZZ Top, Molly Hatchet, Allman Bros., et al., for example? That was around about the late '70s, early 80s, into the alleged "Arena Rock" section that's outlined here. In fact, ZZ Top opened for the Black Crowes (a later distillation of the genre) at an arena....

You guys aren't kidding that this documentation needs BIG help! No disrespect, but, seriously, with every single genre/sub in existence, is it fathomable to hope to cover it all -bands included- in a straight written timeline?!?!?!

Origin section needs expansion.
After reading the comments here regarding the debate about "rock" versus "rock and roll," I think the way to solve the ambiguity is to clarify the origins. Currently there are short references to blues, country, swing, jazz, rockabilly, etc., but little detailed explanation of how they merged and created rock and roll. One issue to address would be to explain the difference between "rock and roll" (as defined in the article here in its narrow sense) and rockabilly.

It seems clear that rock and roll has its origins in the American music of the early 20th century, from the interplay of black and white musical styles. Beyond that, I think it would be very helpful if a professional in modern musical history would do some work on the origin section of this article and related articles. -- Kevin Browning 20:57, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

To go before the 20th century, look up the orgins of blues. Also, before blues made it's first popular splash, the white folk had their folk songs. These are what Martin built its guitars for. Country, swing, jazz, rockabilly are all blues based. They may not use the "blue" notes, but even some blues doesn't have the blue notes. Like country blues. Most music consists of call and response, sometimes in very unreconazable forms. Think, "dah dah,dah dah, dah dah,,,,dah dah,dah dah,dah dah. Call and response. Rap music is two bar blues.(no turn aroundThis goes back before blues in many things, like sonets and even some classical music. Country started out as a way to market blues to the white population. It turned into something of it's own(kind of, stuff like Johnny Cash is still blues, not the tone or the lyrics but the dah dah dah dah. I hear the train a rollin,,,,,dah dah dah dah the bend---and I aint. It is the blues, although it's not bluesy. It does not use the blue notes, I am aware of that.) Listen to country music in the 1920, other than Bob Willis and the Texas Playboys. And when the two met again in the EARLY 50's and LATE 40's, a new form of the blues was created incorporating other elements. Electricity, dancing and the ability for music to spread across county lines through the radio had a HUGE impact on music. The blues is the basis for rock and roll. I don't expect any of this to end up in Wikipedia but it is interesting. I also have my own preference for which bands should be included but I don't believe that this is what this page is for. Is there such a thing as country rock? Just wondering if anyone knew. Maybe we could have a section for country rock, especially if someone is going to add "Iranian Rock"? We could just copy the wiki page for country rock and paste it.blah

Slight Edits to Chronology
I just thought I'd leave a quick not here so nobody accuses me of spamming the article, but I'm making a few small changes to the 90's section of the article. Some of the bands it's listed are not chronologically accurate, for example it lists POD as being one of the nu metal bands of the 90's whereas their first commercial single wasn't released until 2000. Several other similar examples. I'm not trying to change the artists listed to reflect my favorite bands or anything, I'm just trying to make the section as chronologically accurate as possible.

S. Luke 20:13, 28 October 2007 (UTC)

Merge rock band into this page
Rock band (not to be confused with Rock Band or Rock Band (video game)) is a poorly written article with all sorts of vandalism and cleanup problems. It also cites no sources. Additionally, it's creating a disambiguation nightmare with the video game. Currently, different capitalizations of "rock band" lead to different places. The idea is that all capitalizations of "rock band" would lead to a disambiguation page leading to Rock Band (video game) and rock music. This has gotten some support at Talk:Rock_Band (video game) but not yet at rock band. There hasn't been enough discussion at Talk: Rock band to build a consensus. Any input from the editors of this page would be appreciated. Oren0 (talk) 19:38, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

List of rock and roll performers?
Redundancy with List of rock and roll performers? - User:Olivier


 * Perhaps a move and merge of this list to the list of.. entry would be best (so that a larger list will live at the list of.. entry). --mav

Local H?
Is Local H really a "notable" exception to the four-member band structure? No offense to Local H, they sound good, but as far as I know they aren't nearly as notable as Ben Folds Five or the White Stripes. I find the inconsistency distracting. - Brendan

Given their current level of notoriety, I agree with Brendan that Local H is getting a bit too much credit here. When they are at the "big stadium tour" level of fame, I'd consider them being worthy of a mention. I like the band Morphine which consists of a 2 string slide bassist/singer, baritone sax and a drummer. Obviously different than the usual "guitar/bass/drums/singer" configuration but not famous enough to merit a mention and I think Local H is the same situation. GBrady (talk) 15:08, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

"Rock" bands
No mention nor redirect to the 19th century rock bands. NPR Story --138.89.96.185 16:44, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

Prose
Much of the prose is absolutely terrible. I've removed all of the redundant content I could find, but the phrasing is extremely awkward. --NeoVampTrunks 22:10, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

"The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Cream, and Wolfmother."
I'm guessing one of these bands won't be remembered five years from now. May as well change the article now... 71.238.124.147 20:16, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Indeed, and no prizes for guessing which one of these it will be...--h i s  s p a c e   r e s e a r c h 19:07, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Actually, there's a good chance that [Wolfmother] will still be around in five years and be remembered for something, but the chance that Wolfmother will ever have the same kind of historical impact or significance as The Jimi Hendrix Experience or Cream is so tiny that it's absolutely negligible.--h i s  s p a c e   r e s e a r c h 10:35, 8 July 2007 (UTC)
 * So now we have Chevelle and Green Day? Removing them. 220.245.149.248 13:18, 3 September 2007 (UTC)