18. The jukebox machine
• End of 19th century
• They became very famous.
• You could play your favorite songs
19. The electric guitar.
• Gibson comercilized the first mass
produced
Electric guitars: The ES and the Les
Paul.
• Leo Fender made them more
accesible with
The Broadcaster, later called Telecaster.
1930’s
20. 1950’s
• Dominated by the “big band era” including vocalists such as Doris Day, Frankie
Lane, Frank Sinatra, Rosemary Clooney and Nat King Cole.
• The Rhythm & Blues Charts feature African-American artists playing to a
predominately African-American Audience.
• Rocket 88 Ike Turner/Jackie Brenston, the 1st Rock and Roll Song.
• Use of electic guitar.
• Elvis Presley became a figure of Rock and Roll.
• Bill Hailey – Rock around the rock.
21. 1960’s
• The Motown, Stax and Atlantic labels bring more african-american artists
• Lack of love songs and begin to include social consciousness and political
statements.
• Rock music festivals begin.
• The Beatles get very famous.
22. 1970’s
• The early seventies are marked by the deaths of Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin
and Jim Morrison who all die at the age of 27.
• Morphs into hard rock and heavy metal.
• Big time bands: Led Zeppelin, the Who, Pink Floyd, The Rolling Stones.
• Born of new generes like Punk Rock, progressive rock and disco.
• Elvis Presley dies in 1977 at age 42.
23. 1980’s
• MTV and VH1 are founded
• Videos became marketing tools for rock music.
• Iron Maiden, Metallica, Madonna, Phill Collins, The Police, Deff Lepard,
GUNS N’ ROSES, Megadeth, Poison, Queen, ETC.
• Charity Concerts.
24. 1990’s
• Alternative Rock and it's sub-genres Grunge and Pop Punk
• The Smashing Pumpkins, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, The Smiths,
Nirvana, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam.
• Heavy metal morphs into new sub-genres such as rap metal or rapcore, nu
metal and industrial metal.
• Queen Latifah, Salt n' Pepa, Ice T, Dr. Dre, Eminem, Tupac Shakur, Cypress
Hill and many others.
25. Nowadays
• Foo Fighters
• Linki ng Park
• Green Day
• Red Hot Chili Peppers
• System of a Down
• Arctic Monkeys
• Avenged Sevenfold.
• Kings of Leon