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MusicalWork |
A Work intended to be perceivable as a combination of sounds, with or without accompanying
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AfroRock |
Rock music played by African musicians, with Western instruments and harmonies, though
sometimes with more distinctly African percussion instruments.
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AltMetal |
Characterized by most notably heavy riffs but usually with a pronounced experimental
edge, including unconventional lyrics, more syncopation than typical metal, unusual
technique, a resistance to conventional approaches to heavy music and an incorporation
of a wide range of influences outside of the metal music scene.
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AlternativeRock |
Wide-ranging subgenre of rock music, originally underground, or (since the 90s, especially)
mainstream but with roots in and major influence from prior underground music, such
as punk.
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ArtRock |
Art Rock and Progressive Rock are quite similar. Art Rock, though, is more likely
to have experimental or avant-garde influences, placing novel sonic texture above
prog-rock's symphonic ambitions. Both Art Rock and Progressive rock stem from a mostly
British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility.
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BlackMetal |
Black Metal often employs fast tempos, shrieked vocals, highly distorted guitars played
with tremolo picking, double-kick drumming, and unconventional song structure. When
composing music, guitarists often use scales, intervals and chord progressions that
produce the most dissonant, fearful and ominous sounds. Additionally, guitar solos
and low guitar tunings are a rarity in black metal.
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BoogieRock |
Extending from the popular Blues Rock sounds of the late 1960s, Boogie Rock placed
a greater emphasis on a repetitive groove instead of improvisation.
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BritPop |
Britpop is an amalgam of various group from English Pop history: The Beatles, The
Kinks, David Bowie, The Smiths and XTC (among a plethora of others) created music
which would influence a generation of British performers. Britpop focuses on British
culture and the British experience with little regard for how it is perceived outside
of British Society. Although it may have been moderately popular in foreign underground
music scenes, the music is/was highly commercialized in the UK. Britpop typically
has a bright sound, as the genre was formed as a response to the darker lyrical trends
of popular music at the time.
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BritRock |
Brit Rock refers not to the entire pantheon of British Rock music, but instead a spate
of British bands from the late 1980s- early 90s who were influenced by 1960s British
Rock, New Wave and Punk.
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BritishInvasion |
Influenced by American Rock n Roll and Blues, a wave of British bands found popularity
in the U.S. in the mid-1960s-- thanks in no small part to the Beatles. Their sound
reflected a range of styles-- from bluesy hard rock to sweet pop/rock. A second wave
in the late 60s found influence in both American musicians and their British precedents.
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ClassicRock |
The timeless rock format of the 1960s and 1970s. Hints of glam and psychedelia with
the raw energy and palatability of 1960s Pop Rock.
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DarkWave |
Although Darkwave can be traced back to the beginnings of Post Punk and Synth Pop,
the term was first used in the early 1980s to describe bands of these styles with
a noticeably dark sound and lyrics. Darkwave is essentially Post Punk with a gothic
sound and lyrics focusing on self-deprecation, angst and drug use.
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DeathMetal |
Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It typically employs fast tempos,
heavily distorted guitars, deep demonic growling vocals, blast beat drumming, and
complex song structures with multiple tempo changes.
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DoomMetal |
Doom metal is a form of heavy metal music that typically employs very slow tempos,
low-tuned guitars and a much 'thicker' or 'heavier' sound than other metal genres.
Both the music and the lyrics intend to evoke a sense of despair, dread, and impending
doom.
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EarlyRock |
Mainstream rock styles prevalent before the 90s. |
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ElectroGoth |
Combination of goth rock/dark wave and electronic music. |
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EmoRock |
Emo rock is a style of rock music characterized by melodic musicianship and expressive,
often confessional lyrics. It originated in the mid-1980s hardcore punk movement of
Washington, DC, where it was known as 'emotional hardcore' or 'emocore' and pioneered
by bands such as Rites of Spring and Embrace.
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ExperimentalRock |
Characterized by atypical sounds, arrangements, performance techniques, or production
techniques.
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FunkMetal |
Combines hard-driving heavy metal guitar riffs, the pounding bass rhythms characteristic
of funk, and sometimes hip hop-style rhymes into an alternative rock approach to songwriting.
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GarageRock |
Far more gritty and less melodic than its Pop Punk counterparts, Garage bands fostered
an attitude that was frequently angry, cynical, darkly humorous and violent-- though
its early practitioners were more playful. Garage garnered its name thanks to its
amateur inclinations both in its live performance and production values. However,
it defied geography and significantly influenced mainstream acts of the 1960s and
70s.
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GlamRock |
A sub-genre whose aesthetic is based as much on fashion as music, Glam Rock's flamboyant
hedonism catered to a style that dabbled at once in hard rock and eccentric balladeering.
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GothicMetal |
It combines the aggression of heavy metal with the dark melancholy of gothic rock.
The music of gothic metal is diverse with bands known to adopt the gothic approach
to different styles of heavy metal music. Lyrics are generally melodramatic and mournful
with inspiration from gothic fiction as well as personal experiences.
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GothicRock |
Also referred to as goth rock or simply goth, Gothic Rock is a musical subgenre of
alternative rock. Gothic rock bands grew from the strong ties they had to the English
punk rock and emerging post-punk scenes. The genre itself was defined as a separate
movement from punk rock during the early 1980s largely due to the significant stylistic
divergences of the movement; gothic rock, as opposed to punk, combines dark, often
keyboard-heavy music with introspective and depressing lyrics.
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Grindcore |
Grindcore is characterized by heavily distorted, down-tuned guitars, high speed tempo,
blast beats, songs often lasting no more than two minutes (some are seconds long),
and vocals which consist of growls and high-pitched screams. Lyrical themes range
from social and political issues to gore and black humor.
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Grunge |
Has its roots in Punk and Heavy Metal with heavily distorted guitars and lyrical themes
of existential angst. Grunge was a reaction to the polished production, overwrought
showmanship and fashion of mainstream music in the 1980s. However, in the 1990s Grunge
dominated mainstream rock music due to the success of bands like Nirvana and Pearl
Jam.
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HairMetal |
Also known as Glam Metal, Hair Metal is a subgenre of heavy metal, which features
pop-influenced hooks and guitar riffs, and borrows from the fashion of 1970s glam
rock.
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HardRock |
The major influence on hard rock is blues music. Considerably harder than conventional
rock music. Hard rock is loud, aggressive guitar rock, but it isn't as heavy as heavy
metal, and it's only very rarely influenced by punk (though it helped inspire punk).
Hard rock generally prizes big, stadium-ready guitar riffs, anthemic choruses, and
stomping, swaggering backbeats.
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HardcorePunk |
Hardcore punk (or hardcore) is an underground music genre that originated in the late
1970s, following the mainstream success of punk rock. Hardcore is generally faster,
thicker, and heavier than earlier punk rock, while its vocalists usually scream, chant
and use spoken word poetry. Hardcore was heavily involved with the rise of the independent
record labels in the 1980s and with the DIY ethics in underground music scenes. It
has influenced a number of music genres which have experienced mainstream success,
such as alternative rock, metalcore, grunge, thrash metal, emo, and post-hardcore.
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HeartlandRock |
Influenced by 60s and 70s Garage Rock, Americana, and Roots rock, Heartland rock is
a timeless genre that has mass appeal, catchy hooks, and anthemic production. This
sub-genre is epitomized by Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty, and Bob Seger.
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IndieRock |
Indie is short for 'independent,' leading one to assume that Indie Rock is concurrent
with the Punk DIY aesthetic. Since Indie Rock is free of the mainstream, it allows
bands to experiment and incorporate aspects of underground culture. Since the late
1990s, Indie Rock has grown in popularity with bands signing to corporate record labels
and music publishers, thus Indie Rock has become more of a prescription for song composition
than a protest against commercialism.
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Industrial |
Abrasive and aggressive fusion of rock and electronic music, industrial was initially
a blend of avant-garde electronics experiments (tape music, musique concrète, white
noise, synthesizers, sequencers, etc.) and punk provocation. It's early forms included
mail art, performance art, installation pieces and other art forms.
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IndustrialMetal |
While pure 'industrial' takes its primary cues from experimental music and electronic
dance, Industrial Metal makes the distorted noise of electric guitars a crucial part
of the music. Ministry was the first band to popularize industrial metal in the late
'80s, basing their signature grind on countless repetitions of jackhammer guitar riffs,
as well as electronics, samples, and distorted vocals; however, it was Nine Inch Nails
that really brought the sound to the mainstream during the early '90s, thanks to Trent
Reznor's flair for melodic songwriting and multi-layered production.
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JovemGuarda |
Music from a Brazilian Television Program with performing musicians playing music
influenced by early American rock and British Invasion bands.
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Krautrock |
Kraut Rock refers to the legions of German bands of the early '70s that expanded the
sonic possibilities of art and progressive rock. Working with early synthesizers and
splicing together seemingly unconnected reels of tape, bands like Faust, Can, and
Neu created a droning, pulsating sound that owed more to the avant garde than to rock
& roll.
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MathRock |
Has complex, frequently changing meters, contrapuntal guitar lines, and dissonant
harmonies. Math rock draws influence from progressive rock and 20th century composers.
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Merseybeat |
Beat music constituted one of the first forms of British Pop not directly inspired
by American musicians. Its most famous proponents are the Beatles, whose melodic sensibility
and complex songwriting style harkened to more traditional forms of European folk
music.
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Metal |
Characterized by a thick, massive sound with highly amplified distortion, extended
guitar solos, and emphatic beats. The genre was pioneered by the bands Led Zeppelin,
Black Sabbath, and Deep Purple. Metal music has since split into many sub genres.
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Metalcore |
Metalcore combines extreme metal with hardcore punk. The most defining characteristic
of metalcore is the presence of breakdowns where the music goes into a half-time heavily
syncopated groove. These breakdowns are generally the climax of intensity for the
song. Blastbeats, and hardcore style double time riffs are also common.
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NoWave |
An avant-garde music scene that existed in the late 1970s and early 80s in New York
City. Most No Wave groups prominently featured dissonance, atonality, and noise in
their music, and they generally foregrounded musical texture over melody. No Wave
groups, unlike other reactive scenes of the 70s, such as punk, generally rejected
common rock tropes. The name 'No Wave' is a tongue-in-cheek reference to the then
mainstream genre of New Wave. No Wave music varied widely in sound, and groups took
influence from genres such as funk, free jazz, blues, and punk rock. No Wave represented
a nihilistic philosophy inspired by the urban decay of 1970s New York. Brian Eno's
compilation album No New York is a good introduction to the scene. In the 80s, the
No Wave scene gravitated toward making more danceable music, and started to work in
elements of hip hop, disco, dub reggae, and world music.
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NoiseRock |
Noise-Rock is an outgrowth of punk rock, specifically the sort of punk that expressed
youthful angst and exuberance through the glorious racket of amateurishly played electric
guitars. Most noise-rock bands concentrate on the ear-shattering sounds that can be
produced by distorted electric guitars, some also use electronic instrumentation,
whether as percussion or to add to an overall cacophony of sound.
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NuMetal |
Nu metal is a blend of grunge, alternative metal, and funk metal. Vocals have a range
extending from melodic singing, rapping, and guttural screaming, to death growls and
shouting. Bass parts are often reminiscent of hip hop or funk grooves, and in some
songs, slap bass technique is used to give the music a funk groove.
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Oi |
Began in the UK as an attempt to keep Punk music rooted in working-class/street culture.
It was a simpler, harder, and faster version of Punk - aligning itself with drinking
songs and football chants. Unfortunately, (due to the band 'Skrewdriver') the genre
became closely associated with Neo-Nazism.
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PopPunk |
Pop Punk is an amalgam of Punk and Pop, taking cues from mainstream pop music while
playing in a punk style: fast distorted riffs, simple composition and melodies. Lyrics
are usually wry, cocky and/or apathetic.
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PostGrunge |
Began to surface almost immediately after the commercial success of the Grunge movement.
Post Grunge essentially used the Grunge aesthetic as a prescription for song composition--
imitating the Grunge sound, while incorporating mainstream production techniques.
The result is a movement created specifically for the spotlight of the 1990s.
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PostHardcore |
A product of the early hardcore punk movement, Post-Hardcore conveys a more expressive
and complex means of communicating aggravation and angst. Post-Hardcore utilizes the
harsh, guitar-heavy timbres of Hardcore Punk, but expands beyond the fast tempos and
three-chord composition.
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PostPunk |
Post Punk took the independent, D.I.Y. attitude of Punk and incorporated musical experimentation.
This resulted in a more complicated derivative of Punk, with particular attention
paid to lyrics and composition. Post Punk paved the way for what would become known
as Alternative Rock/Pop music.
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PostRock |
Post-rock was the dominant form of experimental rock during the '90s. Post-rock was
hypnotic and often droning (especially the guitar- oriented bands), and the brighter-sounding
groups were still cool and cerebral -- overall, the antithesis of rock's visceral
power.
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PowerPop |
Amalgam of pop and rock-- incorporates the energy of 1960s British rock groups with
the Beatles-esque melodies and harmonies. Power Pop typically features crisp catchy
guitar riffs, vibrant synths, tight vocal harmonies and a strong rhythm section. Production-wise,
songs are typically polished and processed.
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ProgressiveMetal |
Progressive metal is a fusion genre; a mixture of progressive rock and heavy metal.
Progressive metal blends the powerful, guitar-driven sound of metal with the complex
compositional structures, odd time signatures, and intricate instrumental playing
of progressive rock. Some progressive metal bands are also influenced by jazz fusion
and classical music. Like progressive rock songs, progressive metal songs are usually
much longer than standard metal songs, and they are often thematically linked in concept
albums.
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ProgressiveRock |
Art Rock and Progressive Rock (Prog Rock) are quite similar. Prog Rock, though, tends
to be more traditionally melodic (even when multi-sectioned compositions replace normal
song structures), and more oriented toward classically trained instrumental technique.
Both Art Rock and Prog Rock stem from a mostly British attempt to elevate rock music
to new levels of artistic credibility.
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ProtoPunk |
Proto-Punk refers to a number of bands which were essential precursors to the Punk
movement. Since the term refers to a large group of bands, the characteristics of
the subgenre vary from band to band. For the most part, these bands were precursors
to Punk because they represented the Punk aesthetic before there technically was a
Punk aesthetic. These characteristics include primitive production, amateur sounding
composition, DIY aesthetic, etc.
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PsychedelicRock |
Influenced by the psychedelic culture of the 1960s, Psychedelic Rock bands sought
to expand the possibilities of Rock music by incorporating Eastern musical traditions,
unusual effects for instruments and free-form song structures. Psychedelic Rock tends
toward a dreamy impressionism in its aesthetic, though many of its practitioners were
also attached to a traditional, hard-driving Rock sound.
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Psychobilly |
Psychobilly combined the Rockabilly revival of the late 70s/early 80s with a distinctly
Punk aesthetic and attitude; fast rhythms and loud guitars are accompanied by a countrified
swing. Psychobilly maintains a lyrical style that usually plays with cultural taboos,
exploring topics like violence and sexuality.
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Punk |
Born in the 1970s out of 1960s garage music. Focused on the rejection of mainstream
music and culture. Punk rock featured short fast-paced songs with simple instrumentation
and harsh guitar and vocal tone. Some notable artists include Ramones, The Clash,
and Sex Pistols.
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RiotGrrrl |
Riot Grrrl is a feminist punk movement closely associated with the LGBT movement,
Queer Theory, and Straight Edge movements. Because of it's association with political
activism, it has developed into a subculture. The music is comprised of typically
loud and distorted instrumentation with a primary focus on political and social issue
themed lyrics.
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RockNRoll |
Rock n Roll constitutes an early incarnation of Rock music, a genre of popular music
characterized by small groups, boogie woogie blues rhythms, and often sexual lyrics.
Rock n Roll had a massive social impact, influencing dance, fashion, language and
other art forms, and would generate innumerable new genres over the ensuing decades.
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Rockabilly |
An amalgam of early Rock n Roll, Blues and Country music, Rockabilly's frenzied and
visceral beat was usually performed with spare instrumentation that touched on traditional
country/folk arrangements.
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SambaRock |
A Brazilian genre that fuses samba and rock elements. |
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Screamo |
Screamo takes cues from Hardcore and Emo music, combining the two. The lyrics are
typically overwrought and melodramatic, referring to relationships, self-deprecation
and violence. The music is distorted and loud, embodying the existential angst inherent
to the lyrics.
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Shoegaze |
Named after the stoic, hunched performances of its early progenitors, Shoegaze describes
a style of Pop that is at once introspective, dense, melodic and noisy. Heavily effected
guitars are often layered to create an all-encompassing and dreamlike atmosphere
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SoftRock |
Smoother sounding than hard rock, with melodic songs and lush production. |
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SouthAmericanRock |
Blends influences from American Rock and South American Latin styles. |
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SouthernRock |
Fusing 60s Blues Rock and Country, Southern Rock places an emphasis on electric guitar-led
jams and Country-influenced melodies.
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SpaceRock |
Space rock refers to a new generation of alternative/indie bands that draw from psychedelic
rock, ambient music, and -- more often than not -- experimental and avant-garde influences.
Space rock is nearly always slow, hypnotic, and otherworldly; it typically favors
lengthy, mind- bending sonic explorations over conventional song structures, and vocals
sometimes play second fiddle to the shimmering instrumental textures.
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SpeedMetal |
Described as aggressive and 'extremely fast, abrasive, and technically demanding music.
Also speed metal eventually toned down its intense tempos and evolved into thrash
metal. Two of the most influential bands to the genre were English groups Motörhead
and Judas Priest
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StonerRock |
Stoner rock and stoner metal are interchangeable terms describing sub-genres of rock
and metal music. It combines elements of psychedelic rock, blues-rock and doom metal.
Stoner rock is typically slow-to-mid tempo and features low-tuned guitars, a bass-heavy
sound, melodic vocals, and 'retro' production.
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Surf |
Came out of the surfing culture of the early 1960s. Initially it was instrumental
music featuring a lead saxophone or electric guitar heavily affected by reverb (to
emulate the sound of the ocean). Vocal Surf Pop followed with notable acts such as
The Beach Boys and Jan & Dean. There are a variety of guitar playing techniques that
are associated with surf including bending notes downward with the whammy bar and
tremolo picking. It was also one of the first Pop music styles to incorporate the
use of electric bass. Through use of these techniques, the reverb, and later, beach-themed
lyrics, performers sought to capture the essence of surfing in musical form. Named
after the sport with which it became so closely associated, Surf rock is typified
by reverb-effected electric guitar, three-chord song structures, rolling drum fills,
and vocal harmonies.
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SwampRock |
Started in south Louisiana and combines New Orleans R&B, country, and traditional
French Louisiana Musical Influences.
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ThirdWaveSka |
Combines elements of ska with punk, rock, and pop. e.g. The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
and Reel Big Fish.
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ThrashMetal |
Thrash metal (sometimes referred to simply as thrash), is an extreme subgenre of heavy
metal that is characterized by its fast tempo and aggression. Thrash metal songs typically
use fast, percussive and low-register guitar riffs, overlaid with shredding-style
lead work.[1] Thrash metal lyrics often deal with social issues using direct and denunciatory
language, an approach which partially overlaps with the hardcore genre.
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Tropicalia |
The 1968 album Tropicália: ou Panis et Circencis is regarded as the musical manifesto
of the Tropicália movement. Although it was a collaborative project, the main creative
forces behind the album were Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil. The album experimented
with unusual time signatures and unorthodox song structures, and also mixed tradition
with innovation.
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TwoTone |
British music that fuses traditional ska with musical elements of punk rock and new
wave music. It developed in the late 1980s.
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Underground |
Underground rock fabricated from bands and artists unwilling to be influenced by mainstream
music and culture. Underground rock is described by the aesthetic of complete disconnect.
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A Type of genre.
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avs:DanceAndRhythmStyle |
A dance and rhythm style. |
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A Theme.
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DDEX Data Dictionary for Allowed Value Sets, 2019-09-16