Rock Music of the 1960's and 1970's

Rock Music of the 1960's and 1970's

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• The 1960's and 1970's paved the way for the development of the rock genre.
• The 1960's was a time of social revolution, meaning that a more rebellious sound was needed for the generation.
• The rock genre was developed from the Rock'n'Roll genre of the 1950's and branched out to pop rock, beat, psychedelic rock, blues rock, and folk rock.
• The following slides show examples of rock music artists from this era, listen to their songs and try to pick out features like dynamics, instrumentation, and style.
• Caption: Led Zepplin

Famous Rock Artists of the 60's and 70's

• The Beatles
• Led Zepplin
• Pink Floyd
• The Rolling Stones
• Black Sabbath
• AC/DC
• Ramones
• Fleetwood Mac

The Beatles

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• The Beatles rose to fame in the 1960's.
• The Beatles covered a huge variety of musical styles including pop, pop rock, psychedelia, and Indian.
• One of their most famous albums, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, is analysed later in the course.

Pink Floyd

• Pink Floyd released their first album, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn in 1965. They are most famous for their 1973 album, Dark Side of the Moon.
• Unconstrained by conventional pop formats, Pink Floyd were innovators of progressive rock during the 1970's.
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• A key feature on Dark Side of the Moon is the use of musique concréte (the use of manipulated everyday sounds such as traffic).
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Led Zepplin

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• Led Zepplin was founded by Jimmy Page in 1968. Their most famous album is IV, also called Led Zepplin IV.
• Their musical style is driven by a heavy guitar-based sound, rooted in blues and psychedelic music. Led Zepplin's heavy metal music is influenced by the blues and folk music of the 1960's.
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• The band is unique as a rock band due to their use of both acoustic and electric instruments.