Rock started in the 1950’s and from there became a very popular music

genre. It mainly came from the USA and the UK. A guy named Chuck

Berry began performing within the genre. Earlier rock used to involve

Mainstream, country and western and was influenced by Rhythm and

blues “R&B”.

Back in the 50’s the sound was more country/ western and they used smooth

guitars and piano’s and mostly vocals, and later on when the years passed they

started to be more edgy and loud and started using more electric guitars and bass

drums, to create this sort of heavy metal rock.

The rock genre has a lively audience, they are always on the move and

both genre’s are familiar with Rock, the age range is from 11- 40 they

have a big audience in terms of ages because nearly all ages listen to rock

music.

Celtic /punk Industrial Indie

Alternative Grunge Ska

1950’sThe 50’s is where Rock started, it had a more Rhythm and blues, country sound to it, they had

artist’s like Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, Jerry lee Lewis and Johnny cash

1960’sThe 60’s is where rock started to become more popular as other music styles like folk

music, motown, hard rock and heavy metal started to get noticed. They had artist’s like The

Beatles and The rolling stones so it was a pretty successful decade for rock.

1970’sRock in the 70’s had definitely changed from western to hard rock, as the sound, costumes and

instrument types started to change as more people were familiar with the genre.

1980’sThe 80’s was a successful decade for rock, as artists like Madonna and Michael Jackson were in

the music industry, they sold a lot of records and became popular every minute as their style of

music were like no other.

1990’s Present

Rock in the 90’s was more influenced by young audiences/viewers and that’s why they decided to

mix their genre with a bit of Pop and hip hop so that more teenagers can be associated with the

music, as attracting young audiences was important and that’s when rock had successfully

managed to get through all the decades and inspire a lot of people.

Michael Jackson success

started in the 80’s and his

music is still present till

now, he has influenced a lot

of people in terms of his

style, dance moves and style

of sound.

The Beatles have been in the

charts for more than 2

decades and have sold a lot of

hits

Chuck Berry, started the rock

history as it was influenced

by country and Rhythm and

blues.

The Rolling stones

LawsonParamore

Linkin Park are an American rock group, they were formed together in 1996 and until now

they’re still together performing. They have sold at least more than 50 million records / albums.

Most of them new each other as they went to the same school so pretty much it was forming the

band; they’re signed to Warner bros;Machine shop. Linkin Park are mainly alternative rock

which is underground and loud rock.

These are the rock radio stations that are listened by rock audience’s, Kerrang is the UK’s popular

radio station because they talk about music, new artists and gossip.

These are some the rock magazines that are sold in the UK, Kerrang is also another popular

magazine as their rock is Hard and loud types. They mostly talk about new artists and articles on

music and gossip.