rock history
Stone's ancient story
Rock history is the documented story of rock music—its origins, evolution, major figures, and cultural impact from the 1950s onward.
The term appears in course titles, documentaries, and books tracing the genre's development: She's teaching rock history at the community college.
Someone with extensive knowledge of the subject knows their rock history.
- stadium anthemSong sung en masse at games
- riffRepeated musical phrase
- British InvasionSixties UK music takeover
- The WallUpright structural boundary
- David BowieStarman glam rocker
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- musicologymusicology, music theory, ethnomusicology, music criticism, music analysis
- music magazinesRolling Stone, NME, Billboard, Spin, Pitchfork