Rock Music

By: Reid Cashion, Zachary Meosky and Joseph Fletcher

What is Rock Music?

What people think of when they think of rock

Definition

Fig 1 Rock band background

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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 Jont
Pee Wee Craytons Bounce Pee Wee
Goree Carters Rock a Whle
Wynonie Harris All She Wants to do s Rock
Fats Dominos The Fat Man
Fig 3. Rock a While Disk
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50s

Difference in generations

Caused concern and loathing

Parents- Frank Sinatra

Children- Elvis Presley
Dancing

Satans Music
Fig 4. Fifties Rock
www.jukeboxradio.com

Top 5 Songs of the 50s

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry

Jalhouse Rock - Elvis Presley
Rock Around the Clock - Bill Haley & His Comets
Tutt-Frutt - Little Richard
Whole Lot of Shakn Gong On - Jerry Lee Lewis

Fig 5. Chuck Berry Performing

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Fig 6. Rock CD Cover

www.timelife.com

60s

Rock and Roll to Rock

East Coast DooWop

R&B and Soul

Less Popular due to prejudice views

California

Girl groups

Instrumental - Dick Dale & The Dale-tones

Vocal - The Beach Boys

Motown

Marvin Gaye

Top 5 Songs of the 60s

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

RESPECT - Aretha Franklin

Loue Loue - Kingsmen
I Heard t Through the Grapevne - Marvin Gaye
(I Cant Get No) Satsfacton - Rolling Stones
Lke A Rollng 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

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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
www.corsairsaffairs.
com

Vid 1. Woodstock Facts and Video Clips

www.youtube.com

Top Performers at Woodstock

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

The Star Spangled Banner - Jimi Hendrix

Soul Sacrfce - Santana
Freedom - Richie Havens
Wth a Lttle Help of my Frends - Joe Cocker
I Want to Take you Hgher - Sly & the Family Stone

Fig 10. Jimi Hendrix at Woodstock

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70s

Birth of modern music

Hard and Soft rock created
Vinyl records took off
New equipment expanded rock

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Bands of the era

Billy Joel
Aerosmith
Led Zeppelin
Elton John
KISS

Fig 12. KISS http://www.usatoday.

com/story/life/music/2014/03/31/kiss-feels-dissedby-rock-hall-of-fame-induction-process/7100607/

Advances in Music

Beginning of electric guitar

Synthesizers
Tube compressors

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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-5-80s-Life
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Top Ten Albums of the 80s

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

Michael Jacksons Thrller

AC/DCs Back n Black
Bruce Springsteen's Born in the U.S.A.
Guns n Roses Appette for Destructon
Whitney Houston's Whtney Houston
Phil Collins No Jacket Requred
Prince and the Revolutions Purple Ran
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Bands Lve/1975-85
Dire Straits Brothers n Arms
Bon Jovis Slppery When Wet

Fig 14. Thriller Album

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90s

Grunge

Short lived and died in 1994

Hardcore punk and metal

Appearances
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.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Nirvana
Pearl Jam
Green Day
Alice in Chains
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.

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Music Events

Warped Tour - Across America

Village Fair - Australia
Rock Werchter - Germany
BumberShoot - Seattle, Washington

Fig 20. Warped Tour Logo. https:

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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 +

Led Zeppelin

111.5 Million

$300 Million +

U2

150 Million

$838 Million

The Beatles

250 Million

$1 Billion

album sales/
million

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.

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

Christian /
Gospel*

29.79

27.82

24.23

23.73

22.9

19.53

Country

47.66

46.13

43.72

42.92

44.6

36.46

Dance /
Electronic

8.74

10.05

8.7

7.11

Latin

25.13

16.5

12.35

11.81

9.7

8.27

R&B

77.01

69.89

57.87

55.44

49.7

47.78

Rock

139.67

124.16

103.71

105.69

102.5

92.93

Pop

24.62

Alternative

80.92

68.2

53.73

55.03

52.2

Classical

13.32

12.14

8.96

9.57

7.5

Jazz

11.79

11.78

8.78

11.08

8.1

Metal

50.48

38.73

32.55

32.21

31.9

New Age

2.94

2.35

1.66

1.93

1.7

Rap

33.41

26.44

27.33

28.25

24.2

Soundtrack

20.85

18.98

16.41

13.23

12.3

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