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    design for people who listen to Rock music, ranging from hard rock to death metal. Rock music is a genre of popular music that originated as "rock and roll" in the United States in the 1950s and developed into a range of different styles in the 1960s and later, particularly, in the United Kingdom. Musically, Rock has centered on electric guitar, usually as part of a rock group with electric bass guitar and drums. Rock music and fashion have been inextricably linked. Rock musicians were early adopters

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    The Era Of Rock Music

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    The 1970s were an interesting era for rock music. It offered the genre a harder sound that was not prominent in the 1960s. This was due to the rise in hard rock, glam rock, and arena rock bands such as AC/DC, The Who, Van Halen, and Aerosmith. To go along with this transition in sound, the 1970s continued the experimental music scene that the 1960s created. Groups like Deep Purple, Electric Light Orchestra, and Pink Floyd (of course) helped progress rock music with their experimentation with song

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    Rock is a music genre which is “a form of popular music that evolved from rock and roll and pop music during the mid- and late 1960s” (Dictionary). When it was introduced, it gained a “generation of youth that was much larger than any in recent memory” (America Rocks and Rolls). Throughout the ages, it has been increasing in popularity within society, to the point where it has different types of music based on this genre. As technology started to progress, so did rock, having it become a major

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    Rock music Rock music is a genre of popular music that originated as rock and roll in the United States in the 1950, and developed into a range of different styles in the 1960 and later, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940 and 1950 rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by blues, rhythm and blues and country music. Rock music also drew strongly on a number of other genres such as electric blues and folk, and incorporated influences from jazz, classical

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    Rock Music Band: The Who

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    meantime, read this. The Who is known as one of the first very successful bands in the style of punk rock music and produced the first rock opera Tommy but there were struggles along the way. Each of the four artists had a different way of getting interested and staying in music. Pete Townshend had a musical family. He was born into a family that listened to rock and all sorts of different music. His parents were very musical too. Pete’s mom was a singer and his father was a professional sax player

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    the 1960’s, popular music empowered youth and emphasized this portion of the population as a whole. As the cold war comes to an end in history, society’s unnerve, especially among the newer generations, assembled ideas in order to create a certain understanding of their desires. However, unlike most of social uprisings in the past where demands were normally written through official documentation, in the sixties, rebellion is introduced in a lyrical manner through Rock Music. The fascination with

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    Rock music started around 1940s and 1950s. This moved all the way to the present wear it grow and changed in many ways making tips of music like hard rock and heavy metal. No one knows who made rock music or when it first made it’s appearance but there are some really good artist in rock. Some of the artist include Elvis Presley, The Beatles, and one of my favorites Guns N' Roses. There also were popular instruments in rock like the guitar, drums, and electric guitar. Last, rock’s impact and how

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    Rock Music Gender

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    the genre of rock music, referring to Queen as an artist of this genre. I shall also briefly analyse the use of gender in Queen. Within this essay, I shall also be examining the intertextuality of rock music by referring to how this music genre is transferred across the disciplines of performance in the form of rock musicals. The rock musicals which I shall be referring to, are the following: Rock of Ages; Rent; REPO! The Genetic Opera; and We Will Rock You, which is based on the music of Queen. Intertextuality

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    Music is an expressive language of culture. According to Kasilag (as cited in Angeles & Barlaan, 1978), music embodies the society because it encompasses the culture and social conditions of a country, and it also expresses the ideas and emotions of its people. The various changes that a country undergo is accompanied by the development of its music, particularly, the lyrics. Furthermore, a country’s identity is significantly embedded in its popular culture (Robinson, Buck & Cuthbert, 1991), thus

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    of classic rock. The true origin of classic rock music When I first listened to classic rock music, I was captivated by the way that classic rock utilized its influences. Every time I listened to a new song, my filled enjoyment rose significantly as I always found a different take and aspects of the culture. From that point on, classic rock not only became my favorite music genre to listen to, but listening to it also became a part of my daily routine. I believe that classic rock music has the ability

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