Rock Band

A Rock Band is a musical ensemble that performs rock music (typically with electric guitars, bass guitar, and drum kit).

• AKA: Rock Music Band, Rock Group, Rock & Roll Band.
• Context:
  • It can typically perform Rock Songs through live performances and studio recordings.
  • It can typically create Rock Music through instrumental arrangements and vocal performances.
  • It can typically tour Music Venues with rock concerts and rock festivals.
  • It can typically record Rock Albums via recording studios and music production processes.
  • It can typically establish Rock Band Identity through band names, visual styles, and musical signatures.
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  • It can often evolve Rock Sound through musical experimentation and genre fusion.
  • It can often influence Rock Culture through cultural movements and youth cultures.
  • It can often collaborate with Rock Producers for album production and sound engineering.
  • It can often sign with Record Labels for music distribution and marketing support.
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  • It can range from being a Garage Rock Band to being a Stadium Rock Band, depending on its rock band commercial success.
  • It can range from being a Traditional Rock Band to being an Experimental Rock Band, depending on its rock band musical approach.
  • It can range from being a Local Rock Band to being an International Rock Band, depending on its rock band geographic reach.
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  • It can have Rock Band Members with lead vocalists, lead guitarists, rhythm guitarists, bass guitarists, and drummers.
  • It can utilize Rock Instruments including electric guitars, bass guitars, drum kits, and keyboard instruments.
  • It can develop Rock Subgenres including progressive rock, punk rock, alternative rock, and indie rock.
  • It can engage Rock Fan Base through fan clubs, social media, and merchandise sales.
  • It can participate in Rock Music Industry via music contracts, royalty agreements, and licensing deals.
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• Example(s):
  • Classic Rock Bands, such as:
    • British Rock Bands, such as:
      • The Beatles, pioneering rock music evolution with experimental studio techniques.
      • The Rolling Stones, exemplifying blues-influenced rock with long-term rock band longevity.
      • Led Zeppelin, defining hard rock and heavy metal rock genres.
      • Queen (Band), demonstrating theatrical rock performances and operatic rock compositions.
      • The Who, innovating rock opera and power chord techniques.
    • American Rock Bands, such as:
      • The Velvet Underground, influencing experimental rock and art rock movements.
      • The Doors, blending psychedelic rock with poetic rock lyrics.
      • Aerosmith, representing hard rock and blues rock fusion.
  • Alternative Rock Bands, such as:
    • Radiohead, exploring experimental rock music and electronic rock fusion.
    • Nirvana (Band), defining grunge rock movement in the 1990s rock era.
    • R.E.M., pioneering college rock and indie rock movements.
  • Contemporary Rock Bands, such as:
    • LCD Soundsystem, combining dance-punk with electronic rock elements.
    • Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, representing indie rock DIY ethic.
    • Arctic Monkeys, demonstrating internet-era rock band success.
  • Progressive Rock Bands, such as:
    • Yes Band (1968-), creating complex rock compositions with virtuosic rock musicianship.
    • Pink Floyd, innovating concept albums and psychedelic rock production.
    • Genesis (Band), evolving from progressive rock to pop rock.
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• Counter-Example(s):
  • Jazz Ensemble, which performs jazz music rather than rock music.
  • Classical Orchestra, which uses orchestral instruments rather than rock instruments.
  • Pop Group, which focuses on pop music without rock music characteristics.
  • Solo Rock Artist, which is an individual performer rather than a rock band ensemble.
  • Electronic Music Group, which primarily uses electronic instruments rather than traditional rock instruments.
• See: Rock Music, Musical Ensemble, Rock Album, Rock Concert, Rock Festival, Rock Subgenre, Rock Band Member, Rock Music History, Rock Band Video Game, Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.

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References

2020

• (Wikipedia, 2020) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Band_(rock_and_pop) Retrieved:2020-3-11.
  • A rock band or pop band is a small musical ensemble which performs rock music, pop music or a related genre. The four-piece band is the most common configuration in rock and pop music. Before the development of the electronic keyboard, the configuration was typically two guitarists (a lead guitarist and a rhythm guitarist, with one of them singing lead vocals), a bassist, and a drummer (e.g. the Beatles, KISS, Metallica). Another common formation is a vocalist who does not play an instrument, electric guitarist, bass guitarist, and a drummer (e.g. the Who, the Monkees, Led Zeppelin, Queen, and U2). Instrumentally, these bands can be considered as trios.

    The smallest ensemble that is commonly used in rock music is the trio format. Two-member rock and pop bands (such as The White Stripes, Tenacious D and The Black Keys) are relatively rare, because of the difficulty in providing all of the musical elements which are part of the rock or pop sound (vocals, chords, bass lines, and percussion or drumming). In a hard rock or blues-rock band, or heavy metal rock group, a “power trio” format is often used, which consists of an electric guitar player, an electric bass guitar player and a drummer, and typically one or more of these musicians also sing (sometimes all three members will sing, e.g. Bee Gees or Alkaline Trio). Some well-known power trios with the guitarist on lead vocals are the Jimi Hendrix Experience, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble, Nirvana, the Jam, ZZ Top, and Green Day, while power trios with the bass guitarist on lead vocals include Cream, Rush, The Police and Motörhead.

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