This document discusses the history and characteristics of rock music. It originated in 1950s America and has since evolved into many subgenres. Rock music typically features one or more vocalists, electric guitar, bass guitar, drums, and sometimes synths. Songs are usually in a 4/4 time signature centered around distorted electric guitar and have a verse-chorus form. Rock places more emphasis on live performance and musicianship compared to pop music. Over the years, rock has branched out into many subgenres like metal, hardcore, and punk rock. Now, fewer people listen to rock relative to genres like pop.

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Artists:
- Bring Me The Horizon
- A Day To Remember
- D.R.U.G.S
- Enter Shikari
- Emarosa
- While She Sleeps
- Fall Out Boy
- Upon This Dawning
- Issues
- Pierce The Veil
- Mayday Parade
- Woe, Is Me
- Of Mice & Men
- Foo Fighters
- Panic! At The Disco
- Slipknot
- Parkway Drive
- Lostprophets
- The Word Alive
- The Blackout
- Three Days Grace
- You Me At Six
- Your Demise
- All Time Low
- The All-American Rejects
- Blessthefall
- Disturbed
- Linkin Park
- Avenged Sevenfold
- Memphis May Fire
- Crossfaith
- Four Year Strong
- Twin Atlantic
- We Came As Romans
- The Dead Famous
- For The Fallen Dreams
- Crown The Empire

2. Rock music is a genre of music that originated in 1950s America and kept on
developing into many sub-genres. It is usually consisted of one or more vocalist, at
least one electric guitar, a bass guitar, drums and more recently some synth
elements.
Rock songs are usually based on a 4/4 time signature and is centred around the
electric guitar, which is usually heavily distorted. They usually have a verse-chorus
form, meaning a song will feature a verse and then a chorus, the chorus usually
being the same every time it is repeated and the verse varying in lyrics.
Rock music places a higher degree of emphasis on musicianship and performance
during live shows. This is very different to pop music as generally, pop artists are a
single person who only sings and has people behind the scenes who write and
make the music.
Over many years, there has been a massive increase in the number of sub-genres.
Some of these include, metal, heavy metal, nu-metal, hardcore, post-hardcore,
punk rock, soft rock etc.
Nowadays, the number of people who listen to rock music is significantly
outweighed by those who like pop or other genres.