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- Rock | Definition, History, Artists, Songs, Facts | Britannica
Rock is a form of popular music that emerged in the 1950s and that by the end of the 20th century was the world’s dominant form of popular music It originated in the United States and spread to other English-speaking countries and across Europe in the 1960s
- Rock | Definition, Characteristics, Formation, Cycle, Classification . . .
Rock, in geology, naturally occurring and coherent aggregate of one or more minerals Such aggregates constitute the basic unit of which the solid Earth is composed and typically form recognizable and mappable volumes The three major classes of rock are igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rock
- Rock, Massachusetts, Colony, Map, History, Facts - Britannica
Plymouth Rock, first identified in 1741, became a symbol of freedom in 1774 when it was split by being dragged to Liberty Pole Square in pre-Revolutionary agitation It now rests on its original waterfront site under a portico of granite
- Rock - Social Change, Cultural Evolution, Music Revolution | Britannica
Rock - Social Change, Cultural Evolution, Music Revolution: How, then, should rock’s contribution to music history be judged? One way to answer this is to trace rock’s influences on other musics Another is to attempt a kind of cultural audit
- Rock - Pioneers, Genres, Legends | Britannica
Rock history can thus be organized around both the sound of cities (Philadelphia and Detroit, New York City and San Francisco, Liverpool and Manchester) and the spread of youth cults (rock and roll, heavy metal, punk, and grunge)
- Sedimentary rock | Definition, Formation, Examples, Characteristics . . .
sedimentary rock, rock formed at or near Earth’s surface by the accumulation and lithification of sediment (detrital rock) or by the precipitation from solution at normal surface temperatures (chemical rock)
- Alternative rock | Definition, Bands, Songs, Facts | Britannica
Alternative rock, pop music style, built on distorted guitars and rooted in generational discontent, that dominated and changed rock between 1991 and 1996 It burst into the mainstream when “Smells Like Teen Spirit”—the first major-label single from Nirvana, a trio based in Seattle, Washington,
- Grunge | Music, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Seattle, Bands | Britannica
The term grunge was first used to describe the murky-guitar bands (most notably Nirvana and Pearl Jam) that emerged from Seattle in the late 1980 as a bridge between mainstream 1980s heavy metal–hard rock and postpunk alternative rock
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