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Janis Joplin
Janis Lyn Joplin (January 19, 1943 – October 4, 1970) was an American singer, songwriter and music arranger, from Port Arthur, Texas. She rose to prominence in the late 1960s as the lead singer of Big Brother and the Holding Company and later as a solo artist. In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine ranked...
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Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that entered the mainstream in the 1960s. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, rhythm and blues, country music and also drew on folk music, jazz and classical music.
The sound of rock often...
- x Parent genres:
- Rockabilly
- x Subgenres:
- Punkabilly,
- Glam rock,
- Psychobilly,
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- Glam rock,
- x Artists:
- The Police,
- Electrico,
- Alan Murphy,
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- Electrico,
Blues
Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre created within the African-American communities in the Deep South of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and...
- x Parent genres:
- x Subgenres:
- Country,
- Neotraditional country,
- Psychobilly,
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- Neotraditional country,
- x Artists:
- Steve Miller Band,
- Stevie Ray Vaughan,
- Jimmie Vaughan,
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- Stevie Ray Vaughan,
Psychedelic rock
Psychedelic rock is a style of rock music that is inspired or influenced by psychedelic culture and attempts to replicate and enhance the mind-altering experiences of psychedelic drugs. It emerged during the mid 1960s among garage and folk rock...
- x Parent genres:
- Folk rock,
- British rock,
- Jazz,
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- British rock,
- x Subgenres:
- Goa trance,
- Paisley Underground,
- Art rock,
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- Paisley Underground,
- x Artists:
- Steve Miller Band,
- Cream,
- Shalabi Effect,
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- Cream,
Hard rock
Hard rock or heavy rock is a sub-genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage and psychedelic rock and is considerably harder than conventional rock music. It is typified by a heavy use of distorted electric guitars, bass...
- x Parent genres:
- Psychedelic rock,
- Rock music
- x Subgenres:
- Classic metal,
- Deathrock,
- Neo-Psychedelia,
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- Deathrock,
- x Artists:
- Alice Cooper,
- AC/DC,
- Van Halen,
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- AC/DC,
Acid rock
Acid rock is a form of psychedelic rock, which is characterized with long instrumental solos, few (if any) lyrics and musical improvisation. Tom Wolfe describes the LSD-influenced music of The Jimi Hendrix Experience, The Doors, Iron Butterfly, Big...
- x Parent genres:
- Psychedelic rock,
- Garage rock
- x Subgenres:
Blues-rock
Blues-rock is a hybrid musical genre combining bluesy improvisations over the 12-bar blues and extended boogie jams with rock and roll styles. The core of the blues rock sound is created by the electric guitar, bass guitar and drum kit, with the...
- x Parent genres:
- Jam band,
- Rock music
- x Subgenres:
- Heavy metal,
- Progressive rock,
- Jam band
- Progressive rock,
- x Artists:
- The Black Swans,
- Badlands,
- Box Of Frogs,
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- Badlands,
