Table of contents
Part One Rock Music – The Early Years
Chapter One – The Roots of Rock Music……………………………………………………….pg 3
✯ Gospel ✯ The Blues ✯ Country Music ✯ Folk Music
Chapter Two – Elvis Presley and Rockabilly…………………………………………………pg 15
✯ Elvis Presley ✯ Rockabilly Artists ✯ More Elvis
Chapter Three – Early Rock ’N’ Roll…………………………………………………………….pg 25
✯Early Rock ’n’ Roll Artists ✯ Chuck Berry ✯ Fats Domino ✯ Little Richard
✯ Buddy Holly ✯ Roy Orbison ✯ Teen Idols ✯ Surf Rock Artists ✯ The Beach Boys
Chapter Four – The Blues Takes a Trip and the Supergroups…………………..pg 41
✯ British Blues Scene ✯ The Rolling Stones ✯ The Yardbirds
✯Cream ✯ Led Zeppelin
Chapter Five – The Beatles and the Solo Beatles…………………………………………pg 53
✯ The Beatles ✯ George Harrison ✯ John Lennon
✯Paul McCartney ✯ Ringo Starr
Chapter Six – The British Invasion Continues and the American Answer..pg 67
✯ British Invasion Artists ✯ The Kinks ✯ The Who ✯ Psychedelic Rock Artists
✯ The Grateful Dead ✯ More Psychedelic Artists ✯ The Doors ✯ Jimi Hendrix
Part Two Rock Finds New Directions
Chapter Seven – Folk Rock-Bob Dylan-Singer/Songwriters…………………….pg 89
✯ Bob Dylan ✯ Early Folk Rock Artists ✯ Simon and Garfunkel ✯ CSN&Y
✯ Carole King ✯ Singer/Songwriters ✯ James Taylor ✯ Paul Simon
✯ Neil Young ✯ More Singer/Songwriters
Chapter Eight – Art Rock and Glam Rock………………………………………………….pg 113
✯ Pink Floyd ✯ Art Rock Artists ✯ The Avant-Garde ✯ David Bowie
✯ Glam Rock Artists ✯ Roxy Music ✯ Queen ✯ More Glam Rock Artists
Chapter Nine – Country Rock and Southern Rock…………………………………….pg 133
✯ Early Country Rock Artists ✯ The Flying Burrito Brothers ✯ More Country Rock Artists ✯ The Country Rock Dylan ✯ Alternative Country Rock Artists
✯ The Allman Brothers ✯ Lynyrd Skynyrd ✯ More Southern Rock Artists
Chapter Ten – Heavy Metal and Hard Rock……………………………………………….pg 155
✯ Early Heavy Metal ✯ Black Sabbath ✯ More Heavy Metal Artists
✯ Glam Metal Artists ✯ The Big Four Thrash Metal Bands ✯ Metal Sub-Genre Artists ✯ Early Hard Rock Bands ✯ Aerosmith ✯ Kiss ✯ AC/DC
✯ Van Halen ✯ More Hard Rock Bands
Chapter Eleven – Classic Rock……………………………………………………………………….pg 179
✯ Early Classic Rock Bands ✯ ZZ Top ✯ Derek and the Dominos ✯ ELO
✯The Eagles ✯ More Classic Rock Bands ✯ Journey ✯ Dire Straits ✯ Toto
Chapter Twelve – Classic Rock Singer – Led Bands……………………………………pg 199
✯ Elton John ✯ Billy Joel ✯ Bob Seger ✯ Bruce Springsteen ✯ Eric Clapton
✯ Tom Petty ✯ More Classic Singer-Led Bands ✯ Sting ✯ Jam Bands
Chapter Thirteen – Progressive Rock…………………………………………………………….pg 219
✯ Progressive Rock Roots ✯ Musical Characteristics ✯ First Wave Bands
✯ The Moody Blues ✯ Procol Harum ✯ Second Wave ✯ King Crimson ✯ ELP
✯ Gentle Giant ✯ Genesis ✯ Jethro Tull ✯ Yes ✯ Rush ✯Third Wave Bands
Part Three Rock Gets Angry and Evolves
Chapter Fourteen – Punk Rock and New Wave……………………………………………pg 241
✯ Musical Characteristics ✯ Early American Punk ✯ The Ramones ✯ Origins of British Punk ✯ The Sex Pistols ✯ The Clash ✯ More British Punk Artists
✯ Regionalization of American Punk ✯ Crossover Thrash ✯ Pop-Punk Bands ✯ New Wave ✯ Devo ✯ Blondie ✯ The Cars ✯ The Pretenders ✯ More New Wave
Chapter Fifteen – Pop-Rock…………………………………………………………………………….pg 263
✯ Michael Jackson ✯ Madonna ✯ Prince ✯ More Pop-Rock Artists
✯ Hall and Oates ✯ The Bee Gees ✯ Phil Collins ✯ More Pop-Rock Artists
✯ BritPop Artists ✯ Power Pop Artists
Chapter Sixteen -The Big Eighties-Grungy Nineties-and the Alternative..pg 281
✯ The Police ✯ U2 ✯ R.E.M. ✯ Arrival of MTV ✯ Early Grunge Bands
✯ Nirvana ✯ More Grunge Bands ✯ Post Grunge Bands ✯ The Foo Fighters
✯ Alternative Rock Bands ✯ Radiohead ✯ 1990’s to Present Alternative Pop Bands
Chapter Seventeen – Important Musical Styles that Mixed with Rock…….pg 307
✯ Funk and Funk-Rock Artists ✯ Rap-Rock Artists ✯ Jazz-Rock and Horn Rock ✯ Electronica to EDM ✯ New Innovations in Metal
✯ Industrial Metal ✯ Nu Metal ✯ Guitar Slingers
Chapter Eighteen – Rock Music Visionaries…………………………………………………pg 327
✯ Frank Zappa ✯ The Band ✯ Joni Mitchell ✯ Steely Dan
✯ Brian Eno ✯Peter Gabriel