Rock Music

By: Reid Cashion, Zachary Meosky and Joseph Fletcher

What is Rock Music?

What people think of when they think of rock
General agreement that rock is a form of music with a strong beat

Fig 1 Rock band background

http://www.giantbomb.com/rock-band/30309860/

40s
Arguably the beginning of rock
No defined term for rock music

Fig 2 40s Graphic

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Pre-Rock Rock Songs

Champion Jack Duprees Lets Have a Ball
Jimmy Prestons Rock the Joint
Pee Wee Craytons Bounce Pee Wee
Goree Carters Rock a While
Wynonie Harris All She Wants to do is Rock
Fats Dominos The Fat Man

Fig 3. Rock a While Disk

http://www.discogs.com/GoreeCarter-His-Hep-Cats-Rock-AwhileBack-Home-Blues/release/7051132

50s
Difference in generations
Parents- Frank Sinatra
Children- Elvis Presley

Caused concern and loathing

Dancing

Satans Music

Fig 4. Fifties Rock

www.jukeboxradio.com

Top 5 Songs of the 50s

1. Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry
2. Jailhouse Rock - Elvis Presley
3. Rock Around the Clock - Bill Haley & His Comets
4. Tutti-Frutti - Little Richard
5. Whole Lot of Shakin Going On - Jerry Lee Lewis
Fig 5. Chuck Berry Performing
en.wikipedia.org

60s
Rock and Roll to Rock
East Coast DooWop
Girl groups

R&B and Soul

Less Popular due to prejudice views

California
Instrumental - Dick Dale & The Dale-tones
Vocal - The Beach Boys

Motown

Fig 6. Rock CD Cover

www.timelife.com

Top 5 Songs of the 60s

1. RESPECT - Aretha Franklin
2. Louie Louie - Kingsmen
3. I Heard it Through the Grapevine - Marvin Gaye
4. (I Cant Get No) Satisfaction - Rolling Stones
5. Like A Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan

Fig 7. Marvin Gaye Songwriter

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British Invasion
Started by The Beatles
Ed Sullivan Show

Killed off the American artists

Bob Dylan and The Byrds
Studio-Oriented
1967 -songs about drugs
Flower Power

Fig 8. The Beatles in Photograph

en.wikipedia.org

Woodstock
Three days of peace and music
400,000 in attendance
32 performances
Jimi Hendrix
Sex and drugs
33 arrests on drug charges

Fig 9 Woodstock from

Charlie Brown
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m

Vid 1. Woodstock Facts and Video Clips

www.youtube.com

Top Performers at Woodstock

1. The Star Spangled Banner - Jimi Hendrix
2. Soul Sacrifice - Santana
3. Freedom - Richie Havens
4. With a Little Help of my Friends - Joe Cocker
5. I Want to Take you Higher - Sly & the Family Stone

Fig 10. Jimi Hendrix at Woodstock

en.wikipedia.org

70s
Birth of modern music
Hard and Soft rock created
Vinyl records took off
New equipment expanded rock

Fig 11 . Billboard Magazine.

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e/billboard-top-rock-n-roll-hits-ofthe-70-s-sheet-music/2908532

Bands of the era

Billy Joel
Aerosmith
Led Zeppelin
Elton John
KISS
Fig 12. KISS
http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2014/03/3
1/kiss-feels-dissed-by-rock-hall-of-fame-inductionprocess/7100607/

Advances in Music
Beginning of electric guitar
Synthesizers
Tube compressors

Vid 2. Baba ORiley https://www.youtube.com/

80s
John Lennon was shot
MTV was launched
Records and concerts are dedicated towards charities

Fig 13 80s Graphic

http://www.goodcomps.co.uk/9-to-5-80sLife(3006967).htm

Top Ten Albums of the 80s

1. Michael Jacksons Thriller
2. AC/DCs Back in Black
3. Bruce Springsteen's Born in the U.S.A.
4. Guns n Roses Appetite for Destruction
5. Whitney Houston's Whitney Houston
6. Phil Collins No Jacket Required
7. Prince and the Revolutions Purple Rain
8. Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Bands Live/1975-85

Fig 14. Thriller Album

Cover
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90s
Grunge
Hardcore punk and metal
Appearances

Short lived and died in 1994

Death of Kurt Cobain

Pop Punk
Punk that is radio friendly
Green Day then to Blink 182

Fig 15. Nirvana Album

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90s Continued
Mixing of rock and other types of music
Funk with hard rock
Rock and hip hop
Metal with rap
Rap Metal

Fig 16. Red Hot Chili Peppers Album Cover

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Top 5 Bands of the 90s

1. Nirvana
2. Pearl Jam
3. Green Day
4. Alice in Chains
5. Red Hot Chili Peppers

Fig 17. Green Day Album Cover

www.playbuzz.com

2000s
Rock is slowly dying out
Taking new forms
indie
pop
country

Not as relevant was once was

Fig 18. Compliation of modern rock

http://8tracks.com/je-suisdiana/best-of-alternative-indie-rock2000s

Major Bands
Green Day
Foo Fighters
Linkin Park
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Radiohead
U2

Fig 19. U2 the Band

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/n
ews/u2-interview-oscar-hopesunfinished-679321

Music Events
Warped Tour - Across America
Village Fair - Australia
Rock Werchter - Germany
BumberShoot - Seattle, Washington
Fig 20. Warped Tour Logo.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warpe
d_Tour

Fig 21. History of Rock. http://www.rock-con.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/History-of-RockChalkboard-16x10.jpg

Top Bands

Table. 1. The data shows the top

10 bands of all time. Shows the
number of units sold and the
total band members net worth.
Source: The richest, 10 Highest
Earning Bands of all time.

Band Name

Units Sold

Net Worth

ABBA

58 Million

$300 Million

Queen

61 Million
(95 Million
uncertified)

$200 Million
+

The Rolling
Stones

66 Million
(certified) (94
Million
uncertified)

$200 Million
+

Aerosmith

66.5 Million

$150 Million
+

ACDC

71 Million
(108
uncertified)

$200 Million
+

Pink Floyd

74.5 Million
(100
uncertified)

$250 Million

The Eagles

100 Million

$250 Million
+

20
album sales/
million
08

Where is rock going

now?
Table. 2. Six year trend of album sales for
different genres in the United States.

Source: Statista, US music album sales by

genre from 2008 to 2013.

20
09

20
10

20
11

2
0
1
2

2
0
1
3

Chris
tian /
Gosp
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29
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9

27
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2

24
.2
3

23
.7
3

2
2
.
9

1
9
.
5
3

Coun
try

47
.6
6

46
.1
3

43
.7
2

42
.9
2

4
4
.
6

3
6
.
4
6

Danc
e/
Elect
ronic

8.
74

10
.0
5

8
.
7

7
.
1
1

Latin

25
.1
3

16
.5

12
.3
5

11
.8
1

9
.
7

8
.
2
7

R&B

77
.0
1

69
.8
9

57
.8
7

55
.4
4

4
9
.
7

4
7
.
7
8

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