dance rock
Upbeat electronic genre
Dance rock is rock music with a strong, steady beat designed to get people moving, blending guitar-driven energy with dance-floor rhythms.
The genre emerged in the late 1970s and flourished in the 1980s with acts like Duran Duran and INXS, combining synthesizers and programmed drums with traditional rock instrumentation.
The term covers a broad range from new wave to disco-influenced rock: Their sound is pure dance rock—catchy hooks over four-on-the-floor beats.
- new waveEmerging trend or movement
- synthElectronic tone generator
- 80sDecade before the nineties
- grooveNarrow cut or routine
- beatRhythmic pulse or strike
new wave revival · funky · disco · punk · post-punk · bassline · strobe · club · MTV · drum machine · angular · jangly · Talking Heads · Blondie · quirky · jerky · rhythmic · electronic
- Alt Rockalternative metal, grunge, post-grunge, post-punk, new wave
- Synth-PopDepeche Mode, New Order, Erasure, Pet Shop Boys, Soft Cell
dance rockambient music
Tonal, moodscape-focused genre
ambient · minimalist music · sleep music · downtempo · chillout
dance rockambient
Of the surroundings
drone · field recordings · sound art · noise music · musique concrète
dance rockdirge
Mournful commemorative music
requiem · lament · chamber music · solo piano
dance, rock, danced, dances, dancing, dancer, dancers, rocks, rocked