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Experimental rock or avant-garde rock is a type of music based on rock and roll which experiments with the basic elements of the genre, and/or which pushes the boundaries of common composition and performance technique. Scotland is internationally known for its traditional music which has remained vibrant throughout the 20th century when many traditional forms worldwide lost popularity to Pop music Wales has a strong and distinctive tradition of Folk music related to the Celtic music of countries such as Ireland and Scotland. Irish Music is the generic term for music that has been created in various genres on the entire island of Ireland, North and South of the border The music of the United States reflects the country's multi-ethnic population through a diverse array of styles Canada's music has mirrored the history and culture of the country The modern Japanese music scene includes a wide array of performers in distinct styles both traditional and modern ranging from rock electro punk folk metal reggae salsa and tango Prague underground was an Underground culture developed in Prague, Czechoslovakia in the late 1960s and 1970s during the Czechoslovak normalization This is a timeline of Alternative rock, from its beginnings in the 1960s to the present This is a timeline of Punk rock, from its beginnings in the early 1960s to the present time Rock and roll (also known as rock 'n' roll) is a form of Music that evolved in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s with roots in mostly African Experimental music is a term introduced by composer John Cage in 1955
Performers may also attempt to individualize their music with unconventional time signatures, instrumental tunings, compositional styles, lyrical techniques, elements of other musical genres, singing styles, instrumental effects or custom-made experimental musical instruments. The time signature (also known as " meter signature" is a notational convention used in Western Musical notation to specify how many beats A scordatura (literally Italian for "mistuning" also called cross-tuning, is an alternative Tuning used for the open strings of a String A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other An experimental musical instrument (or custom-made instrument) is a Musical instrument that modifies or extends an existing instrument or class of instruments
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History
1960s
The mid- to late 60s was an era of explosive growth and experimentation in rock music. Bands drew influences from free jazz artists such as John Coltrane and Sun Ra and avant-garde composers like John Cage and Karlheinz Stockhausen. For the Ornette Coleman album after which this genre was named see Free Jazz A Collective Improvisation. Sun Ra (born Herman Poole Blount, Legal name Le Sony'r Ra; Avant-garde (avɑ̃gaʁd in French) means "advance guard" or "vanguard WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> John Milton Cage Jr Notable experimental bands in this period include The Velvet Underground, MC5, The Monks, The Stooges, Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band, The Mothers of Invention, and some work by The Beatles. This article is about the band For their self-titled album see The Velvet Underground (album; for the book see The Velvet Underground (book The MC5 ( Motor City Five) was an American Hard rock band formed in Lincoln Park Michigan in 1964 and active until The Monks are a Garage rock band primarily active in Germany in the mid to late Sixties. The Stooges are an American rock band that was active from 1967 to 1974 then reformed in 2003 Don Van Vliet (born Donald Glen Vliet on January 15 1941, in Glendale California, U The Mothers of Invention was an American Rock and roll band active from 1964 to 1975 The Beatles were a pop and rock band from Liverpool, England formed in 1960 These bands were also the inspiration for Plastic People of the Universe. The Plastic People of the Universe ( PPU) is a rock band from Prague, Czech Republic.
1970s
Influenced by the experiments of these groups came another wave experimental rock bands in the early 1970s. There was, for instance, the so-called Krautrock scene in Germany, which included psychedelic bands like Amon Düül II, sound-collage artists like Faust, and the extremely improvisational and almost unclassifiable Can. Krautrock is a generic name for the Experimental music scene that appeared in Germany in the late 1960s and gained popularity throughout the 1970s especially in Britain Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Amon Düül II (or Amon Düül 2) is a German rock band. The group is generally considered to be one of the founders of the German rock music Faust is a German Krautrock band originally composed of Werner "Zappi" Diermaier, Hans Joachim Irmler, Arnulf Meifert, Can was a musical group formed in West Germany in 1968 One of the most important Krautrock groups Can had a style grounded in the Experimental rock of Brian Eno was another important figure, especially after his departure from Roxy Music in order to pursue his own ideas (which ultimately led to his invention of the term "ambient music"). Brian Peter George St John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno (born 15 May 1948 commonly known as Brian Eno (ˈiːnoʊ is an English Musician, producer Roxy Music is an English Art rock group founded in the early 1970s by art school graduate Bryan Ferry ( vocals and keyboards) Ambient music is a Musical genre in which sound is more important than notes Some other artists in this period, such as David Bowie and Scott Walker, also departing from more pop-oriented styles in order to experiment with songwriting and production. David Bowie (ˈboʊiː born David Robert Jones on 8 January 1947 is an English Musician, actor producer, and arranger. Scott Walker is the Stage name of the American Singer-songwriter Noel Scott Engel (born 9 January 1943 in Hamilton At the same time, there was the experimental wing of the already somewhat experimental progressive rock scene, including a number of bands who were influenced by contemporary classical music -- Magma, Henry Cow, Area, Univers Zero, and so on. Progressive rock (often shortened to " progressive " " prog " or " prog rock " is a form of Rock music that evolved Contemporary classical music can be understood as belonging to a period that started in the mid-1970s with the retreat of modernism. Note that there have been at least five other lesser-known bands named Magma a drum and organ rock duo from Germany in the 1970s a short-lived Polish pop band in the late 1990s Henry Cow were an English Avant-garde rock group, founded at Cambridge University in 1968 by multi-instrumentalists Fred Area - International POPular Group, most commonly known as Area or AreA, was an Italian progressive rock, Jazz fusion, electronic experimental Univers Zero are an instrumental Belgian band known for playing dark music heavily influenced by 20th century Chamber music. There are many avant-prog bands still active, including Sleepytime Gorilla Museum and Koenjihyakkei. Avant-progressive rock is a style of Music based on rock music that explores unconventional territory often incorporating non-standard Chord progressions Sleepytime Gorilla Museum (often abbreviated to SGM) are an American Experimental rock band, formed in 1999 in Oakland California also known as Koenjihyakkei is a Japanese Zeuhl band led by Yoshida Tatsuya of Ruins fame
In the late 70s, punk rock developed a number of experimental offshoots, most notably post-punk. Post-punk was a popular musical movement in the mid to late 1970s following on the heels of the initial Punk rock explosion of the early 1970s This genre includes everything from arty punk rockers like Pere Ubu, The Electric Eels and Suicide to the dub-influenced Public Image Ltd.. Pere Ubu are an Experimental rock music group formed in Cleveland Ohio, in 1975 Not to be confused with the Japanese rock band Electric Eel Shock The electric eels (lowercase "e"s in reference to E e cummings Suicide is an American Rock music group intermittently active since 1971 and composed of Alan Vega ( Vocals) and Martin Rev ( Synthesizers Public Image Ltd ( PiL) were an English musical group formed in 1978 by vocalist John Lydon, Guitarist Keith Levene Other punk offshoots included Industrial music (bands such as Cabaret Voltaire, Einstürzende Neubauten and Throbbing Gristle) and No Wave (bands such as James Chance and the Contortions and DNA). Industrial music is a loose term for a number of different styles of Experimental music, especially but not necessarily Electronic music. Cabaret Voltaire were a British music group from Sheffield, England. Einstürzende Neubauten (ˈaɪnˌʃtʏɐʦəndə ˈnɔʏˌbaʊtən is an Avant-garde music band originally from West Berlin, formed in 1980 Throbbing Gristle are a British Avant-garde music and Visual arts group that evolved from the Performance art group COUM Transmissions No Wave was a short-lived but influential Art music, Film, Performance art, Video and Contemporary art scene that had its beginnings One of the original Punk jazz groups of the New York No Wave scene the Contortions were led by saxophonist James Chance, aka James White DNA were formed in 1978 by Guitarist Arto Lindsay and keyboardist Robin Crutchfield. These scenes are all still active in the 00s, as evidenced by bands like Life Without Buildings and Chicks on Speed. Life Without Buildings was a Glasgow, Scotland based Post-punk band Chicks on Speed is an Electropop group which started in Munich in 1997 after its members had met through the Academy of Fine Arts there
1980s
Experimentalism was a large part of the College rock and underground music scene in the 1980s. College rock was a term used in the United States to describe 1980s Alternative rock before the term "alternative" came into common usage Underground music refers to a variety of post-1960s rock pop or dance subgenres that developed a Cult following despite their lack of Mainstream appeal visibility Influenced by their punk and post-punk predecessors, bands like Sonic Youth, Band of Susans, Negativland, Butthole Surfers, Swans, Live Skull, Beme Seed and Dinosaur Jr. further expanded the boundaries of rock by introducing influences from minimalism and conceptualism, as well as pop art, situationist and fluxus influences. Sonic Youth is an American Alternative rock band formed in New York City in 1981 Band of Susans was a Noise rock band formed in New York City in 1986. Negativland is an Experimental music and Sound collage band which originated in the San Francisco Bay Area in the late 1970s Butthole Surfers (also referred to as simply "the Buttholes" is an American Alternative rock band formed by Gibby Haynes and Paul Leary Overview Live Skull created abrasive No wave music not unlike their 1980s contemporaries Sonic Youth, Swans, Rat at rat r, The Chameleons Beme Seed was a New York USA based psychedelic Noise rock band led by Kathleen Lynch formerly of the Butthole Surfers. Minimalism describes movements in various forms of art and design especially Visual art and music, where the work is stripped down to its most fundamental features Conceptualism is a Doctrine in Philosophy intermediate between Nominalism and realism that says universals exist only within the Pop Art is a visual Art movement that emerged in the mid 1950s in Britain and in parallel in the late 1950s in the United States. Fluxus —a name taken from a Latin word meaning "to flow"—is an international network of artists composers and designers noted for blending different artistic media The late 80s underground scene saw the rise of a number of bands influenced by the Velvet Underground and 1960s psychedelia, including Agitpop, Opal, The Pixies, Yo La Tengo, and Big Black. Psychedelic music is a term that refers to a broad set of popular music styles genres and scenes that may include Psychedelic rock, psychedelic folk, Psychedelic Agitpop is an Art punk band from Poughkeepsie New York. The band was formed in 1981 and began touring widely in 1983 Opal were an American alternative / psychedelic band in the 1980s Pixies are an American Alternative rock band formed in Boston Massachusetts in 1986 Yo La Tengo is an American Indie rock band based in Hoboken, New Jersey. Big Black was a Noise rock band founded in Chicago Illinois, United States that was active between 1982 and 1987. Toward the end of the 1980s rap emerged into a mature, experimental phase exploring the possibilities of sampling and dealing with social and racial issues. Rapping (also known as emceeing, MCing, spitting, or just rhyming) is the Rhythmic spoken delivery of Rhymes wordplay and Rap's impact on experimental rock was huge, as many rock bands were impressed by the power and innovation of rap artists such as Public Enemy, Dream Warriors and Digital Underground and sought to incorporate aspects of rap and hip hop into their music, with Sonic Youth's 1990 Kool Thing featuring an appearance by Chuck D. of Public Enemy. Dream Warriors were an Alternative hip hop duo from Toronto, Canada, comprised of King Lou and Capital Q (aka The Quiet Storm Digital Underground is an alternative rap group from Oakland California. Sonic Youth is an American Alternative rock band formed in New York City in 1981 " Kool Thing " was the first major label single from Sonic Youth 's 1990 album Goo. Carlton Douglas Ridenhour (born August 1 1960 in Roosevelt New York) better known by his stage name Chuck D, is an American rapper author and producer
1990s
The commercialization of underground music in the first part of the 1990s led to the rise of a representative "Alternative" style which featured multiple, layered distorted guitars and overwrought male vocals. Alternative rock (also called alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative; known primarily in the UK as indie) is a genre of The experimentalism that had characterized the 1980s declined as grunge took hold as the dominant style in rock music. Originated in the Pacific Northwest in the 1980s by heavy metal, psychedelia and punk influenced bands such as Mudhoney and Mother Love Bone, Nirvana was the genre's breakout artist. The Pacific Northwest is a region in the northwest of North America (the term refers to the land not the ocean Psychedelic music is a term that refers to a broad set of popular music styles genres and scenes that may include Psychedelic rock, psychedelic folk, Psychedelic Mudhoney is an American Grunge band Formed in Seattle Washington in 1988 following the demise of Green River, Mudhoney has for the most of its recording Mother Love Bone was an American rock band that formed in Seattle, Washington in 1988 In sramanic philosophy Nirvana (निर्वाण| Nirvāṇa; निब्बान Nibbāna; Prakrit: णिव्वाण Soon follow up bands like Pearl Jam, Stone Temple Pilots, Soundgarden were dominating the charts while hewing close to the accepted list of influences on their genre and even adding elements of arena rock such as extended guitar solos and intricate time signatures to what had been a stripped-down, nonvirtuosic style. Pearl Jam is an American rock band that formed in Seattle, Washington in 1990 Stone Temple Pilots (commonly referred to as " STP " is a Grammy Award -winning American rock band consisting of Scott Weiland Bands such as the Butthole Surfers and Sonic Youth discarded many unconventional and abrasive elements and began working within traditional structures. Artists such as Ween and Redd Kross continued their predecessors inventiveness with less impact. Ween is an Alternative rock group formed in 1984 in New Hope Pennsylvania when Aaron Freeman and Mickey Melchiondo met in an eighth grade typing class Redd Kross, a rock band from Hawthorne California had their roots in 1978 in a band called The Tourists begun by Jeff and Steve
In the later 1990s, many indie rock bands became experimental and diverged into a style called Post-rock; major influences on this style include Animal Collective and Slint, who were influenced by Hardcore punk, and Talk Talk's later works, which were influenced by Miles Davis and ambient music. Indie rock is genre of Alternative rock that primarily exists in the independent Underground music scene Post-rock is a genre of Alternative rock characterized by the use of Musical instruments commonly associated with Rock music, but using Rhythms Animal Collective is a New York City / Washington DC / Lisbon based group of Avant-garde musicians from Baltimore Maryland. Slint was a rock band consisting of Brian McMahan (guitar and vocals David Pajo (guitar Britt Walford (drums Todd Brashear (bass on Spiderland Hardcore punk (now usually referred to as simply hardcore) is a subgenre of Punk rock that originated in North America in the late 1970s Talk Talk were a popular British rock group that were active from 1981 to 1991 Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26 1926 &ndash September 28 1991 was an American Jazz Trumpeter, Bandleader, and Composer. Ambient music is a Musical genre in which sound is more important than notes By now "post-rock" can refer to almost any complex instrumental rock coming out of the indie scene, from the delicate, classical-influenced chamber rock of Rachel's to the massive, forbidding sonic landscapes of Godspeed You! Black Emperor. Rachel's is an American Post-rock group formed in Louisville Kentucky in 1991 by ex- Rodan guitarist Jason Noble. Godspeed You! Black Emperor (formerly punctuated Godspeed You Black Emperor!; also referred to as GY!BE is an avant-garde Canadian Post-rock
2000s
As the 90s passed, non-instrumental forms of indie rock also became increasingly experimental. Some of the innovators in this area were bands associated with the Elephant 6 and Jewelled Antler collectives, such as Thuja (band), Six Organs of Admittance, Comets on Fire, Josephine Foster and the Supposed, Neutral Milk Hotel and The Olivia Tremor Control; later experimental indie bands include Deerhoof, Liars, U.S. Maple, Xiu Xiu, Man Man, The Fiery Furnaces, and TV on the Radio. The Elephant 6 Recording Company (or simply Elephant 6) is a collective of American musicians who spawned some of the most notable independent bands of the 1990s including Jewelled Antler is a musical Collective created in 1999 by Loren Chasse and Glenn Donaldson as an extension of their work in the organic drone Six Organs of Admittance is the primary musical project of Guitarist Ben Chasny. Comets on Fire is a Psychedelic rock band from Santa Cruz, California. Josephine Foster is an American modern folk singer-songwriter and musician from Colorado. Neutral Milk Hotel was an American indie Folk band. The band's chief Songwriter, Jeff Mangum, played with a number of other The Olivia Tremor Control was an Athens Georgia Indie rock band in the mid- to late 1990s which along with The Apples in Stereo and Deerhoof is a San Francisco musical group currently consisting of Satomi Matsuzaki (usually vocals and bass John Dieterich (usually guitar Ed Rodriguez (usually guitar as Liars is a four-piece American band consisting of Australian-born Angus Andrew (vocals/guitar Aaron Hemphill (percussion guitar synth Evan Shewchuk (maracas/xylophone and Julian US Maple was an American avant-garde rock band The group formed in Chicago in 1995. Xiu Xiu (ʃuː ʃuː shoe-shoe) is an experimental indie band originally from and currently based in Oakland California, with time often Man Man is a band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Their musical style has been described as Viking - vaudeville, Manic Gypsy The Fiery Furnaces are a US Indie rock band formed in Brooklyn New York, in 2000 TV on the Radio (often abbreviated to TVOTR is a New York City Experimental rock band formed in 2001 whose music spans genres as diverse as Post-punk The New Weird America movement emerged as a distinct presence both harkening back to an imagined 1960s heyday and pointing the way forward for rock music in the era of online distribution. New Weird America describes a Psychedelic folk musical movement of the mid/late 2000s
A collection of second wave post hardcore and new prog bands have dabbled in experimental stylings, notably The Mars Volta, Thrice, Circa Survive, The Sound of Animals Fighting, Chiodos, Mew, Mytrust In Godandman and Dredg, along with an explosion of other experimental artists thanks to the unsigned-band-friendly MySpace environment. Post-hardcore evolved from Hardcore punk, itself an offshoot of the broader Punk rock movement New prog (sometimes called " Nu prog " or " post-prog " is a term used to describe a number of recent Alternative rock bands who incorporate The Mars Volta is the name of a partnership between guitarist Omar Rodríguez-López and singer Cedric Bixler-Zavala founded in 2001 Thrice is an American band from Irvine California. The group was founded in 1998 by guitarist/vocalist Dustin Kensrue and guitarist Teppei Teranishi while Circa Survive is a rock band consisting of vocalist Anthony Green and members of the now-defunct This Day Forward. The Sound of Animals Fighting: a musician collective from the United States with members spread across the country Chiodos (Pronounced chi-oh-dos is a six-member Post-Hardcore band from Davison Michigan Mew are a Danish rock band consisting of Jonas Bjerre, Bo Madsen, and Silas Utke Graae Jørgensen. Dredg (commonly typeset as dredg) is an American progressive / Alternative rock band formed in 1994 in Los Gatos California. MySpace is a popular social networking Website offering an interactive user-submitted network of friends personal profiles blogs groups photos music and
See also
- Art rock
- List of avant-garde artists
- Avant-garde metal
- Avant-garde music
- Progressive metal
- Progressive rock
- Avant-progressive rock
- Experimental music
- List of experimental musicians
- Math rock
- Math pop
- Mathcore
- Post-metal
- Post-punk
- Post-rock
- Prepared guitar
- Noise rock
- No wave
- Freak folk
- Free jazz
Links
- [1] Experimental Rock Forum on Discogs
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