1958 - 1961:
Between two significant periods with records large sales and considerable development of the music industry, new styles emerged:
FOLK-Also called protest song. Born of the interactions between rock rhythm and music that lived, was one of the great social forces of the late 60's, which immediately relates to the burning of the primers of militarization and the great peace sitting protesting against violence and development of the arms industry was mired in the United States. The songs of this genre is dedicated to exposing injustice in the world
SURF "They were instrumental passages that sounded like waves breaking on the beach. It showed the idea of \u200b\u200bsurfing as a lifestyle.
1962 - 1968: The British Beat
appeared in Liverpool in 1962 a group of two guitarists, a bass and drums: THE BEATLES
. Were considered a revolution in the music scene because synthesized the first beat of rock and English oral tradition.
Seeing that the charts were being invaded by various British groups, American reaction was to create new styles, most passengers:
BUBBLEGUM "simple and catchy songs to hum and" stick "as the piece from the first time you hear them. SOUL MUSIC-
Black music is sung with "soul." Emotive but a little more festive and positive than the blues.
FOLK ROCK-emerged in 1965 to add electric guitar to slow ballads folklorists before.
psychedelia and HIPPIES "In '64, with the start of the Vietnam War, young Americans were sent to" fight for his country ", however, that generation was not content to accept what for them was an unjustified war . As a symbol of rebellion against violent society and government, the world's youth began smoking marijuana. Marijuana joined the rebellion of rock and roll, long hair and, last but not least, with the chemical entered the scene lysergic acid or LSD, psychedelia was born, the word used to describe the state of perception expansive sense in which the LSD
plunged to their customers simultaneously, as well as rejection of the increasingly aggressive world, appeared in San Francisco HIPPIES: sons of flowers, pacifists, followers of the nonviolence of Gandhi, reused to military service, addicted to marijuana (Justified their use as facilitated happiness and therefore the ability to "make love, not hatred.")
1968 - 1975:
In 1968, the record industry was in a bind to run out of ideas and to be disoriented after the "rule Beatle", was how, trying not to sink, there was an outbreak of songwriters and new trends such as ROCK JAZZ, SALSA ROCK, ROCK GLAMOUR SOUND PHILADELPHIA, we return to the soul and jazz on the one hand, while the other, it gave strength to the most aggressive and hard rock, heavy metal. In New York came a movement called the Underground, which developed an intellectualized and rock critic.
1975 - 1980: The Disco Sound
In 1975, when the Vietnam War ended, there appeared some producers dedicated to making dance music in clubs taking advantage of new technical findings that allowed a high quality of amplified sound great power. DISCO name was taken from the French word Discoteque and introduced a radical change because it allowed continuous dance mix together the issues, a phenomenon never seen before. Born in the heart of the gay, Latino and urban clubs of African American culture in America.
Other styles that emerged in the same period were: FUNK (in black culture, reinforcing the rhythm section low as the protagonist), punk (rock power of a group of misfits with feelings of aggression and frustration), the TECHNO (music incorporating synthesizers and experiencing repetitive rhythmic build bases) and Reggae (Jamaican origin, investing traditional models of rock, combining well with the Ska).