American and British music in 1950 s - 1990 s a project done by: Aksenova K. Barsegova E. Gevorkyan S. Korolkova N.
Plan: • Introduction & genre development • American music • British Music • Festivals, labels, producers • Conclusion • Reference list
Introduction
Genres The distinctive feature of these times was creating a new sound by mixing two or even more genres. Rock’n’Roll = r’n’b + country + (boogie-woogie) + (gospel) + (jazz).
Rock is a genre with a big amount of trends and directions. The most popular in those days (60 s-90 s) were: Surf-rock Garage-rock with guitar fuzzes Ska-rock Psychedelic-rock Pop-rock Space-rock Glam-rock Punk-rock (then thrived into pop-punk, ska-punk, post-punk) Heavy music - a prototype for black and doom rock
New wave • Underground music • Electro • Disco • Many others
Then here comes the funk - a protest to commercialization of r’n’b. Funk means to dance until your sweat will make you wet The folk music had it’s own evolution too. In this period audience got crazy folk-rock and acid-folk
There is also hip-hop – (a mix of funk, r’n’b, soul and sometimes rap) radically different from the other genres because of produced beat. Hip-hop has different directions: • Gangsta • Oldscool and newscool • G-funk • Horrorcore
American music in 1950 s – 1990 s
Jan 1951 - First Rock and Roll Record. Jackie Brenston and Ike Turner's Kings of Rhythm record "Rocket '88" Jan 1953 - First White Rock and Roll Song. Bill Haley records "Crazy Man Crazy
Jan 1955 - Early Rock Legends. Elvis Presley, Little Richard, and Chuck Berry each debut on the pop charts. Since 1955, the US market has increased from 213 million dollars to 603 million, and the market share of rock and roll has increased from 15. 7% to 42. 7%
Sixties songwriting moves beyond pop love songs and begins to include social consciousness and political statements. In the U. S. garage bands emerge, inspired by the British Invasion sound
1962 The Beach Boys' Surfin (released in december 1961) launches surf -music in the charts The Trashmen's Surfin' Bird and the Surfaris' Wipe Out extend the scope of surf music
1964 The Holy Modal Rounders' cover of Hesitation Blues is the first song to use the term "psychedelic“ (psychedelic music reflects the growing hippie culture) 1965 March: Bob Dylan's Mr Tambourine Man begins the season of psychedelic music
1965 - Andy Warhol incorporates the Velvet Underground in his multimedia show "The Exploding Plastic Inevitable" Velvet Underground & Nico introduce droning, cacophony and repetition to rock music, and connect rock music to the avantgarde
1966 - Janis Joplin debuts as the lead singer of Big Brother and the Holding Company Jimi Hendrix debuts and turns the electric guitar into the equivalent of the symphonic orchestra
1970 Psychedelic music declines, but morphs into hard rock, progressive rock and heavy metal. Car stereos become common, first with FM stereo radio, cassette tapes. Glam or Glitter Rock shines briefly in the first half of the seventies Death of Jimi Hendrix Janis Joplin and Jim Morrison die
Iggy Pop and the Stooges Aerosmith Alice Cooper KISS
The "new wave" groups begin performing at New York's club CGBG's 1974 August: The Ramones debut at the CBGB's
Patti Smith's Piss Factory is the first single of New York's "new wave"
1977 • Suicide's «Suicide» fuses rockabilly and electronic music • The Eagles top the charts with "Hotel California. " • Television's Marquee Moon
1980 The prevalence of music videos as a 24/7 marketing tool is influential in bringing numerous new bands and music styles into the mainstream (heavy metal, synthpop, new wave, grunge, rap, hip hop)
1982 The Sonic Youth invent "noise-rock" 1981 Venom's Welcome To Hell invents "black metal" The Cocteau Twins invent dream-pop
1983 Metallica's Kill «'Em All» invents speed-metal Run DMC fuse hip hop and heavy metal Swans's «Filth»
1984 Red Hot Chili Peppers invent funk-metal 1987 My Bloody Valentine invent "shoegazing" psychedelia
1988 The Pixies' Surfer Rosa signals the apex of "college-rock" 1989 Nine Inch Nails' Pretty Hate Machine is an electronic album of brutal hardcore Fugazi play a tortured, existential form of hardcore in Washington
British music in 1950 s – 1990 s
Who were the Beatles? 1960
The Kinks (1963, Muswell Hill, North London)
PUNK SEX PISTOLS (1975, London) The punk movement of the late 1970 s began in England. Great British bands of this scene were The Sex Pistols and The Clash. The Punk style was Mohicans, bondage clothes, safety pins, piercings and bovver boots.
Joy Division (1976, Salford, Greater Manchester)
Siouxsie and the Banshees (1976, London)
Buzzcocks (1976, Bolton, Greater Manchester)
The Fall (1976, Manchester)
The Cure (1976, Crawley, West Sussex)
The Smiths (1982, Manchester)
The Jesus and Mary Chain (1983, Glasgow, Scotland)
Music Festivals
Milwaukee, Wisconsin's 11 -day event - "The World's Largest Music Festival"
Roskilde Festival in Denmark - the largest annual greenfield music festival in the world
Burning Man in Nevada, USA - an experiment in community and art Coachella in Indio, USA - a festival heaven for: sun lovers, celebrities, fashion bloggers
Glastonbury Festival in UK - a five-day festival of contemporary performing arts
The Woodstock Music & Art Fair
Coachella in Indio, USA - a festival heaven for: sun lovers, celebrities, fashion bloggers
Conclusion
Reference list http: //www. scaruffi. com/ http: //www. rockmusictimeline. com/1972. html http: //www. woodstockpreservation. org/https: //theculturetrip. com/north-america/usa/articles. . http: //www. scaruffi. com/music/chrono 50. html
