A History of Rock and Dance Music

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Table of Contents Preface From Subculture to Counterculture (roughly 1951-1966) Background: The 20th Century Rock'n'Roll 1951-57 Before the Flood 1957-1962 Trouble in Paradise 1961-1964 The Flood 1964-1965 Paradise Reborn 1963-1965 The Counterculture 1965-66 Minimalism and Electronics The Classics (roughly 1966-1969) The Late 1960s: The Democratization of Politics Psychedelia 1965-68 The Age of the Revivals 1966-69 Solo Careers 1967-69 Electronics and Rock 1968-70 Progressive-rock 1968-72 Canterbury 1968-73 Kosmische Musik 1969-72 Hard-rock 1969-73 The Seventies (roughly 1970-75) The Early 1970s: A Crisis of Confidence Psychedelic Madness 1970-74 Re-alignment 1970-74 Singer-songwriters 1970-74 Decadence 1969-76 Sound 1973-78 The Auteurs 1975-82 Disco-music 1975-80 Punk and New Wave (roughly 1976-88) The 1980s: The Last Gasps of the Cold War The New Wave Punk-rock The Blank Generation American Graffiti British Graffiti Dance Music for Punks Gothic Rock Industrial Music Hardcore College-pop The New Wave of Pop and Synth-pop Neo-progressive Noise-rock Psychedelic Underground and Dream-pop The Golden Age of Heavy Metal Singer-songwriters of the 1980s Cow-punks and Roots-rock of the 1980s DJs, Rappers, Ravers The New Age and World-music Shoegazing and Space-pop Extreme Hardcore Industrial-metal Punk Crossovers Between Acid-rock and Industrial Music Between Noise-rock and Post-rock From Computer Music to Collage The Indie Revolution (roughly 1989-1994) The Early 1990s: After the Cold War Female Rock Post-rock Noisier than Rock Progressive Sounds Psychedelic Songwriting Garage Music for the Generation X Lo-fi pop Between Individualism and Populism The Second Coming of Industrial Music Slo-core Dance-music in the Age of House Foxcore Brit and non-Brit pop Alt-pop Grunge The Golden Age of Hip-hop Music Roots-rock in the Age of Alt-country The Age of Emocore From Grindcore to Stoner-rock Gothic Rock Post-ambient Music Concrete Avantgarde The Cyber Age (roughly 1995-2001) The Late 1990s: Globalization Drum'n'Bass Trip-hop Post-post-rock Ambience Africa Glitch Music and Digital Minimalism Exuberance Transcendence Violence Confusion Depression Doom Hip-hop Music Digital Avantgarde The Digital Age (roughly 2001-08) The 2000s: Decade of Fear DJs and Rappers Bards and Dreamers Tunesmiths Populists Intellectuals Clubbers Rockers Trippers Appendix Appendix: Chronology of Events Appendix: Best rock albums Appendix: Best albums of the 1960s Appendix: Best albums of the early 1970s Appendix: Best albums of the 1980s Appendix: Best albums of the 1990s Appendix: Best albums of the 2000s Appendix: Highest scoring artists Alphabetical index Appendix: Chronology of the USA Appendix: Chronology of Britain Appendix: History of German rock Appendix: History of Japanese rock Appendix: History of Italian rock Appendix: History of French rock Appendix: History of Scandinavian rock Other genres Preface to 20th century popular music History of Pop music History of Latin-American music History of modern African music History of modern Indian music History of Jamaican music History of Hip-hop music History of Blues music History of Rhythm'n'Blues History of Soul music History of Country music History of the Musical History of Film Music History of Avantgarde Music History of Jazz Music

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