Genres
16 terms
Glam Rock
Glam rock is an early-1970s rock style known for its theatricality, glitter, flamboyance, and androgynous performer images.
Gothic Rock
Gothic rock is a dark, atmospheric offshoot of late-1970s post-punk that gave rise to a whole goth subculture.
Grunge
Grunge is the “dirty,” raw style of the turn of the 1980s–90s from Seattle, joining heavy rock with punk energy and introspective lyrics.
Indie Rock
Indie rock is rock that grew outside the major labels (independent), stressing creative freedom, melody, and sincerity over commerce.
Krautrock
Krautrock is experimental German rock of the late 1960s–70s with a hypnotic “motorik” beat and pioneering electronics.
New Wave
New wave is a melodic, stylish current of the turn of the 1970s–80s that grew out of punk, enriched with synthesizers.
Punk
Punk is a fast, aggressive rock genre from the 1970s made of short chord-driven songs, rebellious lyrics, and a DIY aesthetic.
Post-punk
Post-punk is the intellectual, dark, and experimental current that grew out of punk in the late 1970s.
Post-Rock
Post-rock is the 1990s instrumental current that uses rock instruments for non-rock ends: atmospheric, cinematic build-ups instead of songs…
Progressive Rock
Progressive rock (“prog”) is the ambitious late-1960s–70s current that joined rock with the forms and complexity of classical music and jaz…
