Garage rock
Garage rock is a genre. Defining acts include Alice Cooper, Iggy Pop, Arctic Monkeys, The White Stripes and The Kinks, and their records are the quickest way into the sound. Garage rock grew out of rock and roll, Rock, Beat music, Surf rock and Rockabilly. It sits close to piano rock, country rock, blues rock, progg and Alternative rock, scenes that trade players, venues and ideas with it. Its influence carried into Proto-punk, Post-punk revival, garage rock revival, garage punk and psychobilly, which took the template somewhere else. The chart currently maps 19 connections around Garage rock. Open any neighbouring band or genre to trace where Garage rock came from and where it led.
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Garage rock connections
Garage rock grew out of rock and roll, Rock, Beat music and Surf rock, shares an orbit with piano rock, country rock, blues rock and progg, went on to shape Proto-punk, Post-punk revival, garage rock revival and garage punk. 19 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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