800,000 different genres of rock! - Democratic Underground

rbnyc

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Fri Mar-25-11 08:23 AM
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800,000 different genres of rock!

Okay, not quite that many. But check out this list:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_rock_genres (Also below)

What's the value of grouping and describing music with this level of categories and sub-categories? I'm not saying there is no value. But what is the value? Why do we do it? Who does it?

Remembering my teen years, I think part of it is a kind of tribal identity thing. Kids (who are usually going through some type of identity crisis) want to associate with emblems that define a certain set of values, even aesthetic values. I likes a lot of different types of music, which meant I had lots of different groups of friends. But they didn't mix. Part of their self definition was their opposition to each other. (Am I sounding too much like Random Thoughts?)

Them there is the music critic. I think in part, the motivation is the same, but then there's simply the aspect of developing language to help analyze and describe musical trends and how they have evolved from or relate to one another?

Then there's the musician. The musician is probably the least disinterested but the most uninterested in all of this. Or no?

Anyway, in addition to sharing any thoughts on why we have 800,000 different genres of rock and what that means, I invite you to pick out the ones from that list with which you most identify and the ones you think are the most ridiculous or that you've never even heard of.

(This is all an extension of recent discussion here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=9649049&mesg_id=9649049)

:smoke:

# 2 Tone
# Acid house
# Acid punk
# Acid rock
# Alternative dance
# Alternative metal
# Alternative rock
# Ambient music
# Anatolian rock
# Art punk
# Art rock
# Avant-garde metal
# Baroque pop
# Beat
# Bisrock
# Black metal
# Blackened death metal
# Blackened doom metal
# Blackened power metal
# Blackened thrash metal
# Blues-rock
# Brazilian rock
# Britpop
# Bubblegum pop
# C86
# Canterbury sound
# Cello metal
# Cello rock
# Celtic punk
# Celtic metal
# Celtic rock
# Chicano rock
# Christcore
# Christian metal
# Christian punk
# Christian rock
# Christmas rock
# Coldwave
# College rock
# Comedy metal
# Comedy rock
# Country metal
# Country rock
# Cowpunk
# Crossover thrash
# Crunkcore
# Crust punk
# Cuddlecore
# Dance-punk
# Dance-rock
# Dark cabaret
# Darkwave
# Death 'n' roll
# Deathcore
# Deathgrind
# Death metal
# Death punk
# Death rock
# Doom metal
# Dream pop
# Drone metal
# Dunedin sound
# Electric folk
# Electronic hardcore
# Electronic rock
# Electro punk
# Emo
# Emocore
# Experimental metal
# Experimental rock
# Extreme metal
# Folktronica
# Folk metal
# Folk punk
# Folk rock
# Freakbeat
# Funk metal
# Funk rock
# Garage punk
# Garage rock
# Glam metal
# Glam punk
# Glam rock
# Goregrind
# Gothabilly
# Gothic metal
# Gothic rock
# Grebo
# Grindcore
# Groove metal
# Group Sounds
# Grunge
# Gypsy punk
# Hatecore
# Hard rock
# Hardcore punk
# Heartland rock
# Heavy metal
# Hellbilly
# Hip pop
# Horror metal
# Horror punk
# Indie pop
# Indie rock
# Indorock
# Industrial metal
# Industrial rock
# Instrumental rock
# J-ska
# Jam rock
# Jangle pop
# Jazz rock
# Jersey Shore sound
# Krautrock
# Lo-fi
# Lovers rock
# Madchester
# Manguebeat
# Manila Sound
# Mathcore
# Math rock
# Medieval folk rock
# Medieval metal
# Melodic black metal
# Melodic death metal
# Melodic hardcore
# Metalcore
# Mod revival
# Nardcore
# Nazi metal
# Nazi punk
# Nazi rock
# Neue Deutsche Welle
# Neo-classical metal
# Neo-folk
# Neo-prog
# Neo-psychedelia
# New prog
# New wave
# Nintendocore
# Noisecore
# Noise pop
# Noise rock
# No wave
# Nu metal
# Oi!
# Ostrock
# Pagan metal
# Pagan rock
# Paisley underground
# Pinoy rock
# Pirate metal
# Pop music
# Pop punk
# Pop rock
# Pornogrind
# Post-Britpop
# Post-grunge
# Post-hardcore
# Post-metal
# Post-punk
# Post-punk revival
# Post-rock
# Power pop
# Power metal
# Powerviolence
# Progressive metal
# Progressive rock
# Protopunk
# Psychedelic rock
# Psychedelic pop
# Psychedelic folk
# Psychobilly
# Punk blues
# Punk jazz
# Punk metal
# Punk rock
# Punkcore
# Punta rock
# Queercore
# Raga rock
# Rapcore
# Rap metal
# Rap rock
# Red dirt metal
# Riot grrrl
# Rock Against Communism
# Rock and roll
# Rockabilly
# Rock noir
# Rockoson
# Roots rock
# Sadcore
# Samba-rock
# Screamo
# Shoegazing
# Shock rock
# Ska-core
# Ska punk
# Skate punk
# Skate rock
# Sludge metal
# Soft rock
# Southern metal
# Southern rock
# Space rock
# Speed metal
# Stoner metal
# Stoner rock
# Street punk
# Sufi rock
# Sunshine pop
# Surf music
# Swamp pop
# Symphonic metal
# Symphonic rock
# Synthpop
# Third Wave Ska
# Thrashcore
# Thrash metal
# Trip rock
# Twee pop
# Unblack metal
# Viking metal
# Viking rock
# Visual kei
# Wagnerian rock
# Wizard Rock
# Zeuhl