The success of the ensemble was emulated by other regional conductors, and a rich tradition of a cappella choral music was born in the region at colleges like Concordia College ( Moorhead, Minnesota ), Augustana College ( Rock Island, Illinois ), Wartburg College ( Waverly, Iowa ), Luther College ( Decorah, Iowa ), Gustavus Adolphus College ( St. Peter, Minnesota ), Augustana College ( Sioux Falls, South Dakota ), and Augsburg College ( Minneapolis, Minnesota ).

The Bridge Wars, however, were only short-lived and after the death of Scott La Rock prior to the group's second album, KRS began to concentrate on consciously focused music.

He is credited by many with first popularizing this form of music in the early 1950s with his group Bill Haley & His Comets ( inspired by Halley's Comet ) and million selling hits such as, " Rock Around the Clock ", " See You Later Alligator ", and " Shake Rattle and Roll ".

Haley and his band were important in launching the music known as " Rock and Roll " to a wider, mostly white audience after a period of it being considered an underground genre.

After the record rose to number one, Haley was quickly given the title " Father of Rock and Roll ," by the media, and by teenagers that had come to embrace the new style of music.

Later, beginning in 1982 with The Pogues ' invention of Celtic folk-punk and Stockton's Wing blend of Irish traditional and Pop, Rock and Reggie, there has been a movement to incorporate Celtic influences into other genres of music.

Rock band The Mars Volta combines elements of progressive rock with traditional Mexican folk music and Latin rhythms along with Cedric Bixler-Zavala's Spanglish lyrics.

* List of singer-songwriters – see also Pop music and Rock music

Rock and pop music tracks can also be used as a basis for drinking games.

A trend towards bigger drum kits in Rock music began in the 1960s and gained momentum in the 1970s.

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Charlie Ahearn's independently released fiction film Wild Style ( Wild Style, 1983 ), the early PBS documentary Style Wars ( 1983 ), hit songs such as " The Message " and " Planet Rock " and their accompanying music videos ( both 1982 ) contributed to a growing interest outside New York in all aspects of hip hop.

* Deleted: Rock music that played in the Japanese version during Godzilla and Ebirah's battle.

Different from the Rolling Stone list, which listed guitarists in descending order, Guitar World divided guitarists by music genre — such as " Lords of Hard Rock " for hard rock artists or " Jazzmen " for jazz players.

Prior to his death, Parsons stated that he wanted his body cremated at Joshua Tree and his ashes spread over Cap Rock, a prominent natural feature there ; however, Parsons ' stepfather arranged for a private ceremony back in New Orleans and neglected to invite any of his friends from the music industry.

Rock music in India has its origins in 1960s when international stars such as The Beatles visited India and brought their music with them.

Recognition of the band's importance built over the years, and they are now regularly represented in many assessments of all-time great rock music, such as the Rolling Stone lists of the 50 Greatest Artists of All Time and 25 Greatest Live Albums of All Time, VH1's 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock, and Mojo's 100 Greatest Albums.

Other music video game titles that involve singing by the player include Boogie and its sequel Boogie SuperStar, Disney Sing It, Get On Da Mic, Guitar Hero World Tour, High School Musical: Sing It !, Lips, the Rock Band series, SingSong, UltraStar, and Xbox Music Mixer.

In 2011, Kid Rock agreed to allow Mitt Romney's GOP campaign to officially make use of his music in campaign events.

A variety of music genres can be heard and have originated in Kansas City metro area, including: Rock groups Puddle of Mudd, Isaac James, Shooting Star, The Get Up Kids, Shiner, Flee The Seen, The Life and Times, Reggie and the Full Effect, Coalesce, The Casket Lottery, The Gadjits, The Rainmakers, Vedera, The Elders, Blackpool Lights and The Republic Tigers and Rappers Tech N9ne, Krizz Kaliko, Kutt Calhoun, Skatterman & Snug Brim, Mac Lethal, and Solè.

Rock critic Mikal Gilmore said, " Led Zeppelin — talented, complex, grasping, beautiful and dangerous — made one of the most enduring bodies of composition and performance in twentieth-century music, despite everything they had to overpower, including themselves ".

* Leningrad Rock Club, 1980s music venue

Marl's music has had influences on RZA, DJ Premier, as well as Pete Rock, who is also a longtime friend.

* Lebrancho Rock In 2004, the Town Hall of Puerto del Rosario started this initiative for the growing number of local bands who'd been performing in the area for years but had not had the chance to play at the same event.

His work with Body Count, whose 1992 debut album Marrow described as a " rock album with a rap mentality ", is described as paving the way for the success of rap rock fusions by bands like Kid Rock and Limp Bizkit ; however, Marrow states that the band's style does not fuse the two genres, and is solely a rock band.

Kid Rock released monthly demo tapes dubbed The Bootleg Series which featured demos of him and other up-and coming rappers and garage rock bands in the Detroit area.

A review in Rolling Stone magazine referred to Physical Graffiti as Led Zeppelin's " bid for artistic respectability ", adding that the only bands Led Zeppelin had to compete with for the title " The World's Best Rock Band " were The Rolling Stones and The Who.

Rock bands of the 1980s and 1990s including Faith No More, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Jane's Addiction, Tool, Alice in Chains and Rage Against the Machine have been identified as laying groundwork for the development of nu metal by popularising elements of the genre, such as combining aggressive riffs with pop structures and drawing influence from a variety of genres within and outside of heavy metal.

The newer generation of bands that could be considered the followers of the Pub Rock tradition includes: Airbourne, Jet, The Living End, Magic Dirt, and You Am I.

For a long time, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame declined to induct any " prog " bands.

* Akasha is a Rock Band from Costa Rica, the band has shared stage with bands such as P. O. D.

is steeped with references to the 1960s popular music scene ( at one point a list of 200 fictional bands performing at the Walpurgisnacht rock festival is reeled off ( including a handful of actual bands of the 60s ), and there are numerous references to the famous rock and roll song, " Rock Around the Clock "), and has influenced many bands and musicians.

Most contemporary western ensembles bands for Rock, Pop, Jazz, R & B etc.

Korn performed at the Nova Rock Festival 2011 in Austria on June 12, 2011, alongside Volbeat, Cavalera Conspiracy and other bands.

* Rock bands – Jeff Wayne and Rick Wakeman with Kevin Peek did a Progressive Rock version of the entire suite with added incidental music on an album called " Beyond The Planets " which also contained occasional narration by Patrick Allen. An arrangement of " Mars " by progressive-rock trio Emerson, Lake & Powell appeared on their eponymous album ( 1985 ) and was played in their 1985 – 86 live shows. King Crimson, Greg Lake's first successful band performed a rock arrangement of " Mars " live in 1969.

The first major release was a compilation of Olympia-area bands simply titled Kill Rock Stars ( Stars Kill Rock and Rock Stars Kill would follow in the same compilation series ) and featured Bikini Kill, Bratmobile, Unwound, Nirvana, The Melvins, as well as singer-songwriter Elliott Smith.

In November 1974 NME music magazine reported that The Rubettes, The Glitter Band and Mud were among the UK bands who had roles in a new film titled Never Too Young To Rock.

Today, the Lakota are found mostly in the five reservations of western South Dakota: Rosebud Indian Reservation ( home of the Upper Sičangu or Brulé ), Pine Ridge Indian Reservation ( home of the Oglala ), Lower Brule Indian Reservation ( home of the Lower Sicangu ), Cheyenne River Indian Reservation ( home of several other of the seven Lakota bands, including the Mnikoju, Itazipco, Sihasapa and Oohenumpa ), and Standing Rock Indian Reservation ( home of the Hunkpapa ), also home to people from many bands.

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Notable Australian musicians include: the opera singers Dame Nellie Melba and Dame Joan Sutherland ; country music stars Slim Dusty ( Australia's biggest selling domestic artist ) and John Williamson ; solo artists John Farnham and Olivia Newton-John, Pub rock band Cold Chisel, folk-rocker Paul Kelly ; Dance group The Avalanches ; jazz guitarist Tommy Emmanuel ; pioneer rocker Johnny O ' Keefe, global folk-rock band The Seekers, global rock and pop bands Men At Work, The EasyBeats, Air Supply, Crowded House, AC / DC, INXS, Little River Band, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Midnight Oil, Dragon, Silverchair, Youth Group, You Am I and Powderfinger ; the " pop princess " Kylie Minogue, Pendulum, Pop Rock duo Savage Garden and alternative music stars the John Butler Trio, Xavier Rudd, Wolfmother, Tame Impala and The Vines.

The 1990s brought Australian Indigenous Folk Rock to the world, led by bands including Yothu Yindi.

Chapel Hill has also been a center for the modern revival of old-time music with such bands as the Ayr Mountaineers, Hollow Rock String band, the Tug Creek Ramblers, Two Dollar Pistols, the Fuzzy Mountain String band, Big Fat Gap and the Red Clay Ramblers.