Rock music originated in the 1950s and has since branched into many genres. It began with rock and roll and electric guitars accompanying bass and drums. Over the decades, rock split into categories like pop, blues, folk, and various types of metal and punk. In recent years, rock divided mainly into pop punk, indie rock, and heavy and alternative metal. Rock lyrics sometimes discuss controversial topics and the genre carries stereotypes like Goth, emo, and punk styles involving dark clothing. The document then lists examples of popular artists in metal, pop punk, and indie rock genres and images typically associated with rock music like dark makeup, tattoos, and piercings.

1. TASK 6
Research into the rock genre

2. HISTORY
Rock music originated from ‘rock and roll’ in the 1950’s and is largely associated with the
electric guitar usually as part of a group with a bass guitar and drums accompanying it.
Throughout the years, rock has seen a large transformation and can now be split into many
different categories which include: Garage, Pop, Blues, Folk, Progressive/Art;
Jazz, Glam, Metal (soft and hard);Christian, Punk, Post-Punk and Heartland. This was up to
the early 1980’s, at this point rock shifted into the alternative rock category and then into
grunge in the 1990’s when it was considered main stream. In recent years, rock has been
divided into four main sections: Pop Punk; Indie Rock; Heavy Metal and Alternative Metal.
Rock music in the past has been seen as quite controversial with lyrics often mentioning
drugs, alcohol, suicide etc.
People often associate rock just as heavy metal and ‘screamo’ and often fail to see the
softer side of the rock genre. There are also many stereotypes associated with rock such
as ‘Goth and Emo’ which tend to involve black clothing and can be interpreted as
intimidating. Punk rock also carries it’s own stereotypes with large, bright hair with many
piercings.

3. ARTISTS
METAL POP PUNK INDIE ROCK
1. Black Sabbath 1. The Clash 1. Artic Monkeys
2. Iron Maiden 2. Green Day 2. Kaiser Chiefs
3. Metallica 3. Ramones 3. Roman Holiday
4. Judas Priest 4. Blink-182 4. Jonathon Clay
5. Motörhead 5. My Chemical Romance 5. Floral Terrace
6. Slayer 6. New Found Glory 6. The Sky Life
7. Megadeth 7. Sex Pistols 7. Detlef Zoo
8. Venom 8. The Offspring 8. Sparks The Rescue
9. Pantera 9. Buzzcocks 9. Goodnight Sunrise
10. Death 10. Bowling For Soup 10. Anison
11. Ozzy Osbourne 11. Jimmy Eats World 11. Jason Zerbin

4. IMAGES ASSOCIATED
Can be seen to have a
lot of dark make up
on and dress in dark
colours. Metal is
associated with the
image on the top left
- the studded clothes
and spiked hair. Rock
artists are also usually
seen to have quite a
lot of tattoos and
piercings.