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Parent topics
- Music [r]: The art of structuring time by combining sound and silence into rhythm and harmonies. [e]
- Rock music [r]: A form of popular music with a prominent vocal melody, accompanied by guitar, drums, and bass. Rock music usually has a strong back beat, which evolved from earlier rock and roll and rockabilly music. [e]
- Band (musical ensemble) [r]: A group of two or more musicians who perform instrumental or vocal music. [e]
Subtopics
- The Addicts [r]: A 1960s Widnes band which released one notable single on Decca Records, and featured Geoff Keeley on vocals and Steve Duggan on guitar. [e]
- Cream (band) [r]: British blues rock band that featured guitarist Eric Clapton, bassist Jack Bruce, and drummer Ginger Baker. [e]
- The Firm (band) [r]: A 1980s supergroup, comprising of ex-Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page, along with ex-Bad Company singer Paul Rodgers, Tony Franklin, and Chris Slade. [e]
- The Honeydrippers [r]: A 1980s rhythm and blues project by Robert Plant, featuring guest musicians Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck, and Nile Rodgers. [e]
- Jefferson Airplane [r]: An American rock band founded in 1965, in San Francisco. [e]
- Led Zeppelin [r]: Famous and influential English hard rock and blues group formed in 1968, known for their albums Led Zeppelin IV and Physical Graffiti, and songs 'Stairway to Heaven' and 'Whole Lotta Love'. [e]
- Obs-Tweedle [r]: A 1960s Walsall band notable for having Robert Plant as singer, before being discovered by Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin. [e]
- The Pretty Things [r]: Influential English rock and blues group formed in 1963, known for their raucous stage shows, wild antics, and rivalry with contemporaries The Rolling Stones. [e]
- REO Speedwagon [r]: American rock band from the Midwestern United States, formed in 1967. [e]
- The Rolling Stones [r]: Famous and influential English blues rock group formed in 1962, known for their albums Let It Bleed and Sticky Fingers, and songs '(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction' and 'Start Me Up'. [e]
- Rush [r]: Canadian rock band originally formed in August 1968, in Toronto, Ontario, composed of bassist, keyboardist, and lead vocalist Geddy Lee, guitarist Alex Lifeson, and drummer and lyricist Neil Peart. [e]
- Van Halen [r]: A popular American rock band of the 1970s and 1980s. [e]
- XYZ (band) [r]: A projected 1980s supergroup, derived from eX-Yes-&-Zeppelin, comprising of ex-Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page, along with ex-Yes members Chris Squire and Alan White. [e]
- The Yardbirds [r]: Influential English R&B group formed in 1963, widely known for launching the careers of three guitarists: Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, and Jimmy Page. [e]
- Yes (band) [r]: An English progressive rock band that formed in London in 1968. [e]
Other related topics
- Rock 'n' roll [r]: A form of music that evolved in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s, from rhythm and blues, country, and folk. [e]
- Blues [r]: A music genre based on the use of the blues chord progressions (I-IV-V) and blue notes. [e]
- Classic rock [r]: A radio format usually encompassing the mid-1960s to early 1980s years with an emphasis on guitar based bands such as Led Zeppelin or Bad Company. Since the 1980s, classic rock has also been used to loosely describe a genre of music redolent of the radio format. [e]
- Classic Rock (magazine) [r]: A magazine dedicated to the radio format and genre of classic rock, first published by Future Publishing in 1998. It is one of the highest circulating music publications in the world. [e]
- Bass guitar [r]: Musical instrument used to fill in the bottom end of music in many bands. [e]
- Film [r]: A visual medium involving the recording and display of images in motion over time, generally by photographic means. [e]
- Guitar [r]: A stringed musical instrument consisting of three main types; the electric guitar, the classical guitar, and the acoustic guitar. [e]
- Heavy metal (music) [r]: Heavy metal (often referred to simply as metal) is a popular genre of rock music that evolved in the late 1960s and early 1970s, from heavy blues and psychedelic rock. [e]
- Musical instrument [r]: An object constructed or used for the purpose of making music. [e]
- VH1's 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs [r]: A 2008 program on VH1 Classic, which counted down the top 100 greatest hard rock songs of all time. [e]
