Rock
Rock is a genre. Defining acts include Michael Jackson, Shakira, The Beatles, Elvis Presley and The Carpenters, and their records are the quickest way into the sound. Rock grew out of Musical Theatre. Its influence carried into Alternative rock, Psychedelic rock, Metal, Punk and Progressive rock, which took the template somewhere else. The chart currently maps 23 connections around Rock. Open any neighbouring band or genre to trace where Rock came from and where it led.
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Rock connections
Rock grew out of Musical Theatre, went on to shape Alternative rock, Psychedelic rock, Metal and Punk. 23 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
What Rock shaped
Where the influence of Rock travelled next.
- Alternative rockgenre
- Psychedelic rockgenre
- Metalgenre
- Punkgenre
- Progressive rockgenre
- Garage rockgenre
- hard rockgenre
- Latin rockgenre
- electronic rockgenre
- piano rockgenre
- experimental rockgenre
- blues rockgenre
- rap rockgenre
- British rhythm and bluesgenre
- rock and rollgenre
- folk rockgenre
- country rockgenre
- gritpopgenre
- progggenre
- tango rockgenre
- worldbeatgenre
- Rapgenre
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