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| | Some countries create their own version of rock, often adding lyrics of the singers' native country. | | Some countries create their own version of rock, often adding lyrics of the singers' native country. |
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| | + | ==Criticism== |
| | + | [[Christian]] groups often criticized early rock music for, among other things, having a hypnotic beat, which could inspire animalistic urges in listeners. |
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| | + | "The music is loud, primitive, insistent, strongly rhythmic and releases in an undisguised way the all-too tenuously controlled, newly acquired physical impulses of the teenager. Mix this up with the phenomenon of mass hypnosis, contagious hysteria and the blissful feeling of being mixed-up in an all-embracing, orgiastic experience, and every kid can become ‘Lord of the Flies’ or the Beatles." -- ''The Marxist Minstrels'', Rev. [David A. Noebel http://www.summit.org/about/], 1974. |
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| | + | Rock music in general, and especially [[Heavy Metal]], have been accused of promoting [[Satanism]]<ref>Dial-the-Truth Ministries: [http://www.av1611.org/rock.html Rock Music: Devil's Advocate]</ref><ref>Ibid, [http://www.av1611.org/othpubls/roots.html THE SATANIC ROOTS OF ROCK]</ref>, illicit sexuality<ref>[http://www.temcat.com/Chritian-Living/rockmusc.htm History of Rock Music], by Dr. [[Ruben Gonzalez]] |
| | + | </ref>, [[Suicide]]<ref>[http://www.illuminati-news.com/art-and-mc/rock-and-suicide.htm ROCK MUSIC AND SUICIDE]</ref>, and drug use<ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/aug/24/popandrock.drugsandalcohol Rock music's shooting stars]</ref>. |
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| | + | "According to Staulcup, a steady diet of rock and roll junk promotes degenerate rebelliousness among teenagers that finds its outlet in drugs, alcohol and illicit sex... Staulcup concludes that rock and roll is the biggest legalized racket this country has ever seen. If we value civilization, we cannot afford to ignore any longer the high correlation between the multibillion dollar hard rock racket and the explosion of drug use and illicit sex among their teenage victims." In 1978, a California music therapist, investigating the effects of rock music on teenagers, administered to 240 school children aged 10 -18 an emotional stability test during which rock was played. The results were then examined by a psychologist who was unaware of the experiment. He concluded that the test had been given in a mental institution." -- [http://www.temcat.com/Chritian-Living/rockmusc.htm Phyllis Schlafly] |
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| | ==Early rock pioneers== | | ==Early rock pioneers== |
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| | ==See also== | | ==See also== |
| | *[[Rhythm and blues]] | | *[[Rhythm and blues]] |
| | + | *[[Jazz]] |
| | + | *[[Backwards Masking]] |
| | + | *[[Subliminal Messages]] |
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| | [[Category:Rock & Roll| ]] | | [[Category:Rock & Roll| ]] |