This is a list of rock music genres consisting of subgenres of popular music that have roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, and which developed into a distinct identity as rock music in the 1960s, particularly in the United States and United Kingdom.F. Holt, Genre in Popular Music (University of Chicago Press, 2007), , p. 56. By the late 1960s, a number of identifiable rock music subgenres had emerged, including hybrids like blues rock, folk rock, country rock, and jazz-rock fusion,R. Unterberger, "Garage Rock", in V. Bogdanov, C. Woodstra and S. T. Erlewine, eds, All Music Guide to Rock: the Definitive Guide to Rock, Pop, and Soul (Milwaukee, WI: Backbeat Books, 3rd edn., 2002), , pp. 1320–1. many of which contributed to the development of psychedelic rock influenced by the counter-cultural psychedelic scene.R. Unterberger, "Psychedelic Rock", in V. Bogdanov, C. Woodstra and S. T. Erlewine, eds, All Music Guide to Rock: the Definitive Guide to Rock, Pop, and Soul (Milwaukee, WI: Backbeat Books, 3rd edn., 2002), , pp. 1322–3. New genres that emerged from this scene included progressive rock, which extended the artistic elements;R. Unterberger, "Progressive Rock", in V. Bogdanov, C. Woodstra and S. T. Erlewine, eds, All Music Guide to Rock: the Definitive Guide to Rock, Pop, and Soul (Milwaukee, WI: Backbeat Books, 3rd edn., 2002), , pp. 1330–1. glam rock, which highlighted showmanship and visual style;R. Shuker, Popular Music: the Key Concepts (Abingdon: Routledge, 2nd edn., 2005), , pp. 124–5. and the diverse and enduring major subgenre of heavy metal, which emphasized volume, power, and speed.R. Walser, Running With the Devil: Power, Gender, and Madness in Heavy Metal Music (Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1993), , p. 7. In the second half of the 1970s, punk rock both intensified and reacted against some of these trends to produce a raw, energetic form of music characterized by overt political and social critiques.J. Dougan, "Punk Music", in V. Bogdanov, C. Woodstra and S. T. Erlewine, eds, All Music Guide to Rock: the Definitive Guide to Rock, Pop, and Soul (Milwaukee, WI: Backbeat Books, 3rd edn., 2002), , pp. 1335–6. Punk was an influence into the 1980s on the subsequent development of other subgenres, including new wave, post-punk and eventually the alternative rock movement. From the 1990s alternative rock began to dominate rock music and break through into the mainstream in the form of grunge, Britpop, and indie rock.S. T. Erlewine, "American Alternative Rock / Post Punk", in V. Bogdanov, C. Woodstra and S. T. Erlewine, All Music Guide to Rock: the Definitive Guide to Rock, Pop, and Soul (Milwaukee, WI: Backbeat Books, 3rd edn., 2002), , pp. 1344–6. Further fusion subgenres have since emerged as well as conscious attempts to revisit rock's history.
A Acid rock Active rock Adult album alternative Afro-punk Afro rock Album-oriented rock Alternative country Alternative dance Alternative hip-hop Alternative metal Alternative pop Alternative R&B Alternative reggaeton Alternative rock Anarcho-punk Anatolian rock Anti-folk Arena rock Art punk Art rock Avant-funk Avant-garde metal
B Baroque pop Baggy Bakersfield sound Bandana thrash Bardcore Beatdown hardcore Beat music Big-beat Biker metal Blackgaze Blackened death metal Black metal Blog rock Blues rock Blue-eyed soul Boogie rock Brill Building pop British folk rock British Invasion British rock and roll Britpop Bro-country Brutal death metal Bubblegrunge
C Canterbury sound Cello rock Celtic metal Celtic punk Celtic rock Chamber pop Chicano rock Christian alternative rock Christian death metal Christian hardcore Christian metal Christian punk Christian rock Christian ska Classic alternative Classic rock Cock rock Coldwave College rock Comedy rock Country rock Cowpunk Crank wave Crunkcore Crossover thrash Crust punk
D Dance-punk Dance-rock Dark cabaret Darkwave D-beat Death 'n' roll Deathcore Death-doom Deathgrind Death metal Deathrock Desert blues Digital hardcore Djent Doom metal Dream pop Drone metal Dunedin sound Dungeon synth
E Egg punk Electric blues Electroclash Electronicore Electronic rock Emo Emo pop Emo rap Emo revival Ethereal wave Experimental rock Extreme metal
F Flamenco rock Folk metal Folk punk Folk rock Foxcore Freakbeat Funeral doom Funk metal Funk rock
G Garage punk Garage rock Geek rock Glam metal Glam punk Glam rock Goregrind Gothabilly Gothic country Gothic metal Gothic rock Grebo Grindcore Grindie Groove metal Group Sounds Grunge Grungegaze Gypsy punk
H Hard rock Hardcore punk Heartland rock Heavy metal Horror punk
I Incelcore Indie folk Indie pop Indie rock Indorock Industrial hip hop Industrial metal Industrial rock Instrumental rock Iranian alternative rock Iranian rock Italian beat Italian occult psychedelia
J Jangle pop Jam rock Jazz fusion
K Kawaii metal Kindie rock Könsrock Kosmische Musik Krautrock Krishnacore
L Landfill indie Latin alternative Latin metal Latin rock Latino punk Lounge rock
M Madchester Mainstream rock Mathcore Math rock Medieval folk rock Medieval metal Melodic death metal Melodic hardcore Melodic metalcore Midwest emo Minimal wave Minneapolis sound Metalcore Mod revival Modern rock Motorik
N Nagoya kei Nazi punk Nederbeat Nederpop Neue Deutsche Härte Neoclassical metal Neo-prog Neo-psychedelia New musick New rave New wave New wave of American heavy metal New wave of British heavy metal New wave of traditional heavy metal New wave of classic rock New York hardcore Nintendocore Noisecore Noise pop Noise rock No wave Nu gaze Nu metal Nu metalcore
O Occult rock Oi! Outlaw country
P Pagan metal Pagan rock Paisley Underground Palm Desert Scene Pirate metal Pop metal Pop punk Pop rock Pop screamo Pornogrind Positive hardcore Post-Britpop Post-grunge Post-hardcore Post-metal Post-progressive Post-punk Post-punk revival Post-rock Power pop Power metal Powerviolence Progressive country Progressive folk Progressive metal Progressive metalcore Progressive pop Progressive rap Progressive rock Progressive soul Proto-metal Proto-prog Proto-punk Psychedelic folk Psychedelic funk Psychedelic pop Psychedelic rap Psychedelic rock Psychedelic soul Psychobilly Pub rock (Australia) Pub rock (United Kingdom) Punk blues Punk funk Punk jazz Punk rap Punk rock Punk pathetique Punta rock
Q Queercore
R Raga rock Rap metal Rap rock Reggae punk Reggae rock Red dirt Riot grrrl Risecore Rock Against Communism Rock and roll Rock en español Rock kapak Rockabilly Rock in Opposition Roots rock
S Sass Samba rock Scottish Gaelic punk Screamo Shaman punk Shitgaze Shoegaze Shock rock Ska punk Skate punk Slacker rock Slowcore Sludge metal Soft grunge Soft rock Sophisti-pop SoundCloud indie Southern rock Space rock Speed metal Stoner rock Street punk Sufi rock Sunshine pop Surf rock Swamp rock Symphonic black metal Symphonic death metal Symphonic metal Synth-pop
T Tango-rock Taqwacore Technical death metal Thrashcore Thrash metal Time Lord rock Tough guy hardcore Trallpunk Trip hop Trønder rock Tropicália Tropical rock Tulsa Sound Twee pop 2 Tone
U Unblack metal
V Viking metal Viking rock Visual kei
W Wagnerian rock War metal Washington, D.C., hardcore Wizard rock Wong shadow Worldbeat
Y Yacht rock Youth crew
Z Zamrock Zeuhl Zoomergaze
See also Electronics in rock music Rock festival List of subcultures List of heavy metal genres List of punk rock genres List of hardcore punk genres Lists of music genres
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