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I'm going to try and tell the complete history of rock music in just 90 seconds.

Are you ready? Here we go.

Rock and roll begins in the 1950s when R&B and several other genres merge,

thanks to Elvis, Chuck Berry and Little Richard.

There's a lull when Elvis goes into the army, but is soon filled by the Beach Boys and Songs about California and Surfing, followed almost immediately by the Beatles and the British invasion. Then comes Dylan, the hippies, and drugs, leading to everything from an explosion in garage bands to groups that make music so complex, they might have well been classical musicians. That's Prague. The 70s see album sales explode and the domination of FM rock radio.

Recording studios and techniques become more sophisticated and rock follows.

Meanwhile, punk comes along as a potent reactionary force where everything is ripped up and everybody starts again.

Punk evolves into new wave and all its flavors, including those powered by synthesizers.

Hair metal takes over for most of the 80s before flaming out and being replaced by Grunge and all the alt rock in the 1990s, well, Britain has a great time with Manchester and Britpop. But that gets tired after a while, but is reborn under the guise of indie rock in the late 90s and early 2000s. Then streaming comes along and blows up all the cycles of music and introduces an uncountable number of approaches and sounds.

So, in summary, early rock and roll, surf rock, British rock, garage bands, psych rock, metal, soft rock, country rock, protop, pre-punk, pre-punk, punk rock,

plus Prague rock, power pop, corporate rock, new wave, alternative indie, grunge, industrial, goth rock, Manchester, Britpop, rap rock, and the indie rock revival.

That was 83 seconds.

Not bad.

One thing I didn't mention is something known as post-rock.

That's weird.

The name implies something comes after Rock, but Rock is obviously still with us.

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