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	Rock and roll
		Rock and Roll emerged as a defined musical style in America in the 1950s, though elements of rock and roll can be seen in rhythm and blues records as far back as the 1920s.
		The culmination of rock and roll as a socially-unifying force was seen in the rock festivals of the late '60s, the most famous of which was Woodstock which began as a three-day arts and music festival and turned into a "happening", as hundreds of thousands of youthful fans converged on the site.
		While mainstream rock music was no longer able to shock or offend, new forms of music, particularly Punk rock and Rap emerged to fill this role; people who as youths delighted in the effect rock and roll had on their parents found themselves railing in a similar fashion against their children's music.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/r/ro/rock_and_roll.html (5847 words)

	Learn more about Rock and roll in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Countless British youths listened to and were influenced by the R&B and rock and roll pioneers and began forming their own bands to play the new music with an intensity and drive seldom found in white American acts outside of Elvis.
		In America, Psychedelic rock influenced and was influenced by the drug scene, and featured long, often improvised jams and wild electronic sounds.
		This genre became known as progressive rock, and at its most advanced and complex, was hardly recognizable as anything related to the early years of rock and roll.
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /r/ro/rock_and_roll.html (3537 words)

	Album Review: The White Stripes-Elephant (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Mainstream rock art: a daring, bold, imaginative order from delusional wanna-be critics with a penchant for watching the spotlight and who it’s on for every single band on a major record label and lots of time in that same spotlight.
		Mainstream rock lacks its saviours—and the more I see it, the only good mainstream rock acts I can find are The White Stripes and The Strokes.
		Most mainstream rock tends to rank among the lowest scum of entertainment, with make-up applied heavily to angst-filled boys and girls who scowl and brood over drop-D tuned guitars, screaming about hate and rage.
	www.musicunderwater.com /white_stripes_elephant.htm (898 words)

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		Rock emerged when the music industry was seeking to exploit a new market, and the youth audience was simultaneously seeking a medium that would allow it to express itself.
		Rock is instrumental in youth's ability to construct a culture that is distinct from mainstream culture.
		He begins by explaining that alternative rock is a rebuttal to the "selling-out" attitude of the previous generation and a return to the spontaneity and crispness that rock posessed in the 1950s and 1960s.
	sun.soci.niu.edu /~rocklist/other/thmeyer.txt (14879 words)

	Challenges to mainstream rock (from rock) -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		The excesses of rock superstardom elicited both a return to DIY rock and roll (in the roots sounds of performers such as Bruce Springsteen and in the punk movement of British youth) and a self-consciously camp take on rock stardom itself (in the glam rock of the likes of Roxy…
		Rocks are commonly divided into three major classes according to the processes that resulted in their formation.
		The rock music movement known as grunge gave voice to the frustrations and disenchantment of the teenagers and young adults often referred to as Generation X. Growing out of the do-it-yourself, uncommercial legacy of punk rock, grunge favored straightforward musicianship and songwriting over superficial imagery and media hype.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article?tocId=93496 (909 words)

	sciforums.com - Is rock coming back into the mainstream? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Mainstream listeners, heading to many early 90s fans to "at least listen to people who write their own music", push the likes of Creed, Linkin Park, NIckelback, Staind, Static-X, 3 doors down, and Puddle of Mudd.
		That is, rock and roll that's dumbed down, marketed up and meaningless enough to appeal to the generation that's suffered from a general lack of great music.
		Rock that isn't revolutionary, but likes to think it is. Kind of like pop-punk.
	www.sciforums.com /archive/index.php/t-11937 (1206 words)

	Rock music
		Rock and roll (also spelled Rock 'n' Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles.
		Emerging in the early fifties, rock music was initially referred to as “rock 'n' roll.” After 1964 it was simply called “rock music.” The change in terminology indicates both a continuity with and a break from the earlier period; rock music was no longer just for dancing.
		Indie rock, a subgenre of rock music, is often used to refer to bands that are on small, independent record labels or who aren't on labels at all.
	www.jahsonic.com /Rock.html (5742 words)

	Musician Forums - Strata: mainstream rock is not even trying anymore.
		Every decade or so, there's a huge change in mainstream rock; in my eyes, the last one was with Temple of The Dog/AIC/Soundgarden/Nirvana etc (yeah, those weren't at the time, but they're all played on rock stations now).
		Right now I'm happiest with "Canadian Rock" - Finger Eleven, Billy Talent, Three Days Grace, etc. It can be argued that some of their stuff isn't the most original either, but I haven't been bored to tears like I have with most shows.
		Queens of the Stone Age are relatively mainstream, and they were the last great rock band to grace radio in a long time.
	www.musicianforums.com /forums/showthread.php?t=289397 (1206 words)

	MUS 264 - Lecture Notes 04/17/2000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		mainstream rock, which had nearly disappeared, was rejuvenated by the British bands a.
		as the 50's gave birth to rock and roll, the 60's gave gave birth to a series of important substyles and witnessed the rebirth of mainstream rock a.
		extension of all the characteristics of hard, mainstream rock b.
	www.shsu.edu /~mus_rjm/MUS264/Lectures/Notes_Apr17.html (810 words)

	MSN Encarta - Chuck Berry
		Berry, Chuck, born in 1926, American singer and composer, one of the first musicians to bring the influence of rhythm-and-blues music to mainstream rock and roll.
		Berry wrote and performed such rock classics as “Roll Over Beethoven" (1956), “Rock and Roll Music” (1957), and “Johnny B. Goode” (1958).
		He has received many honors and awards, including a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1984, and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986.
	ca.encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761556987/Chuck_Berry.html (213 words)

	cMusicWeb.com: Hard Rock
		rock it out with lead singers trading harmonies and raps to find a unique sound.
		a female-fronted hard rock band is rather rare, and lead singer lacey mosley is going to take them far.
		Lava Records, home to Kid Rock, Simple Plan and Smile Empty Soul has agreed to pick up Skillet's latest to sell and promote it in the mainstream.
	cmusicweb.com /hardrock/index.shtml (1488 words)

	Music Forum - What mainstream popular rock band ISNT overrated
		Deciding whether or not life is worth living is to answer the fundamental question in philosophy.
		I think no matter what mainstream band you mention, someone will say they are overrated...
		So I guess it becomes a question of which mainstream bands/artists do people feel are least overrated...
	www.radiomute.com /showthread.php?t=10079 (562 words)

	1960's-2000's American Rock. Part 1: The Mainstream - Columns @ Ultimate-Guitar.Com
		American rock is rock played by american bands, who usually have a distinct, southern sound to them.
		Punk Rock is barely mentioned so you obviously haven't researched, Green Day are hardly punk, just because hippys were political doesnt mean they were early punks.
		The whole point of rock festivals after Woodstock was to have as huge a throng as possible.
	www.ultimate-guitar.com /columns/the_history_of/1960s-2000s_american_rock_part_1_the_mainstream.html (5191 words)

	New Gibraltar Encyclopedia of Progressive Rock EM-EZ
		ELP were a bastion of early '70s progressive rock and many bands are compared to ELP as a point of reference, thus you should become familiar with their style.
		Most of this could hardly be called rock, as these guys play an impressionist type of symphonic music that has no standard rhythm section as such to anchor it down.
		While they rock hard for moments, from a compositional point of view, or looking at their (obvious) infuences, I would rather say that this is neo-symphonic, with some pomp thrown in, and a dose of pure R.O.C.K. for good measure.
	www.gepr.net /em.html (15961 words)

	Rotten Tomatoes Forums - Is it just me or is mainstream rock radio becoming increasingly banal?
		I was driving for a couple hours last night and I heard Foo Fighters twice, RHCP twice, and System of a down twice.
		Foo Fighters and RHCP are about the only mainstream bands that are any good these days, and you can blame the lack of variety on the radio on the FCC's media ownership deregulations.
		I gave up on rock and pop radio stations loooong ago, but thankfully the University of PA has the best station I've ever had the pleasure to hear.
	www.rottentomatoes.com /vine/showthread.php?t=241639 (1017 words)

	The Independent Weekly: The sound and the fury
		"They were really ahead of their time in doing strong original rock, and getting very quickly to the point at which they did only original rock," he says.
		Toward the late '70s, though, with acoustic rock losing favor in the face of punk, disco and New Wave, the band once again shifted focus.
		By that point, living the rock 'n' roll lifestyle (touring, dealing with unscrupulous industry types, never quite getting the elusive big break) was beginning to wear thin.
	www.indyweek.com /durham/2000-05-10/rrq2.html (2216 words)

	A History of Garage and Frat Bands in Memphis 1960-75 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Clearly garage rock is this year’s retro fad, like lounge music and the swing revival before it.
		Jim Mangrum claims to be the first long-haired rock ’n’ roller in Arkansas, and he may well have been.
		It’s usually implied in mainstream versions of rock history that all the big stars became big simply because they were the best, and all the others who didn’t make it were less talented, just those one-hit wonders or something even less.
	www.shangri.com /garage.html (2162 words)

	Amazon.ca: Books: Joel Whitburn's Rock Tracks: Mainstream Rock 1981-2002, Modern Rock 1988-2002, Bonus Section! ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		From Creed to The Cure, Pearl Jam to Puddle of Mudd, Incubus to INXS, Linkin Park to Love and Rockets, Scorpions to Staind, Rock Tracks is an artist-by-artist account of every hit that landed on Billboard's "Mainstream Rock Tracks" and "Modern Rock Tracks" chart over the past 22 years.
		Complete chart data includes peak position, chart debut date, and total weeks on the charts plus each track's corresponding album, album label and number, and artist biographies.
		Special sections include a comprehensive track index, an index of classic rock tracks from 1964-1980, yearly rankings, all-time rankings, chronological listing of all #1 rock tracks, and much more!
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0898201535 (329 words)

	U2 Feedback - Modern Rock chart vs. Mainstream Rock chart??? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Modern rock tends to play alternative and newer rock artists as well as those not necessarily in the mainstream, even if they've hit it big.
		They are actually fairly similar now to Modern Rock, except Mainstream Rock stations tend to focus on what they consider 'Real Rock' now.
		Basically, think of a Modern Rock station, but they don't play stuff like The White Stripes, Coldplay, Franz Ferdinand, Modest Mouse, The Killers, etc. In other words, they kinda suck.
	forum.interference.com /t98019.html (432 words)

	Rockdirt.com - Andrew W.K. Isn't Against Mainstream Rock
		Rockdirt.com - Andrew W.K. Isn't Against Mainstream Rock
		Jason Bracelin of the Cleveland Scene spoke with Andrew WK on whether his 'I Get Wet' album is a response against mainstream rock.
		I don't really see [mainstream rock] as being such a bad thing.
	www.rockdirt.com /article1679.html (209 words)

	Blig: Neutro Amarelo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Na verdade nosso ano aqui no Rock Tracks começou na semana passada, mas como eu já tava adiantado com o “serviço”, classifico o programa de hoje como o primeiro do ano.
		Esta semana tem velhas conhecidas entrando na Mainstream.
		Maistream e Modern Rock Tracks são os medidores que uso semanalmente pra saber o que as rádios de rock americanas andam tocando.
	tracks.blig.ig.com.br (6467 words)

	The Phantoms - The Best Indie & Mainstream Rock
		are a "refreshingly different" Rock band with energy and attitude - playing 'Recent and Decent' (majority of the set is from the last 5 years) bang-up-to-date Indie and Contemporary Mainstream Rock, and sometimes their own originals too.
		Their philosophy is to get everybody groovin' and movin', drinking, getting loose and feeling good!
		play the best of today's new Indie, Alternative and Mainstream Rock - as well as some Originals and selected 'Old' new music.
	www.thephantoms.net (481 words)

	Launch Information Project: Mainstream Rock (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		This list represents all artists with at least one album classified "mainstream rock" by Launch that are playable on user stations.
		Disclaimer: This web page is in no way associated with Yahoo!
		This entirely non-authoritative list was compiled by an avid listener.
	www.wam.umd.edu /~gsweeten/mainstreamrock.html (42 words)

	UKMIX - Forums - View topic - History Of The US Charts Part IV (d)
		1983 Rainbow In The Dark Mainstream Rock 14
		1985 Rock 'N' Roll Children Mainstream Rock Tracks 26
		1982 Europa And The Pirate Twins Mainstream Rock 37
	www.ukmix.org /forums/viewtopic.php?topic=25364&forum=5 (3688 words)

	UKMIX - Forums - View topic - History Of The US Charts Part II-(b)
		1981 Promises In The Dark Mainstream Rock 16
		1992 This Could Be the One Mainstream Rock Tracks 21
		1983 Tender Is The Night Mainstream Rock 18
	www.ukmix.org /forums/viewtopic.php?topic=25398&forum=5 (5190 words)

	Amazon API Demo - Books - Joel Whitburn's Rock Tracks : Mainstream Rock 1981-2002 * Modern Rock 1988-2002 - Chris Codes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Amazon API Demo - Books - Joel Whitburn's Rock Tracks : Mainstream Rock 1981-2002 * Modern Rock 1988-2002 - Chris Codes
		Joel Whitburn's Rock Tracks : Mainstream Rock 1981-2002 * Modern Rock 1988-2002
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	Silk 'n Steel - Classic & Mainstream Rock from Daytona Beach (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Silk 'n Steel - Classic and Mainstream Rock from Daytona Beach
		SILK 'N STEEL RETURNS TO ROCK THE WORLD-FAMOUS BOOT HILL SALOON ON MAIN ST. THIS WEEKEND, SEPT. 9 & 10 FROM 9PM-1AM...
		THANK YOU FOR VISITING THE SILK 'N STEEL ONLINE WEB, WE HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!
	www.silknsteelband.com /main.htm (70 words)

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