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===History===
===History===
"Rock and roll's origins can be found in the tribal music of Africa. This music was originally part of the ritual worship of the assorted tribal gods. Among the slaves who were brought into the New World, the old ritual tribal music quickly changed into more acceptable forms like church music and the blues, as the act of worshiping pagan gods was usually viewed with disfavor by the ruling whites. These new types of music, combined together and further altered by the influence of Voodoo ceremonial music and popular white music, eventually became rock and roll."<ref>[http://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/feneric/occultandrock.html The Occult Influence On Rock Music]</ref>
"Rock and roll's origins can be found in the tribal music of Africa. This music was originally part of the ritual worship of the assorted tribal gods. Among the slaves who were brought into the New World, the old ritual tribal music quickly changed into more acceptable forms like church music and the blues, as the act of worshiping pagan gods was usually viewed with disfavor by the ruling whites. These new types of music, combined together and further altered by the influence of Voodoo ceremonial music and popular white music, eventually became rock and roll."<ref>[http://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/feneric/occultandrock.html The Occult Influence On Rock Music]</ref>
====Early Rock====
Rock and Roll was born when African-Americans like Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley formed a new sound out of the Blues, R&B, and the boogie. The music had a driving rhythm and was relevant to the teenagers it was popular with. Arguably the first white rocker was Bill Haley, who wrote the famous song "Rock Around the Clock." Rockabilly became popular at this time as a combination of country and rock, with artists like Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Eddie Cochran. The west coast surfer culture gave rise to surf rock artists like The Beach Boys and Dick Dale.
Advances in technology helped shift popular music away from orchestral and piano-based arrangements to simpler guitar-based songs. The electric guitar was invented in the late 1940s and became widely used. Guitars that would become famous for their use throughout Rock and Roll were invented in the 1950s, like the Fender Stratocaster and the Gibson Les Paul.
Early rock songs were about fairly mundane things that were popular with teenagers at the time, like girls, cars, and surfing, as opposed to the more culturally significant songs that would grow out of the Hippie and Counterculture movements.
====The British Invasion====
At a time when Rock and Roll seemed to be dying out in America, rock groups from Britain, heavily influenced by black musicians from the United States, created their own version of the American phenomenon. The Beatles, one of the most famous groups of all time, were one of these groups. They started out writing party tunes and pop songs and moved into more sophistic music and psychedelia. The Rolling Stones brought a more "bluesy" sound to their music. The Who, a "Mod" band, characterized youthful rebelliousness and the generational gap. They, along with bands like Led Zeppelin, laid the groundwork for the future of Heavy Metal and "harder" rock. Eric Clapton was an important figure in British rock, playing in various bands of the time: The Yardbirds, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, Cream, and Derek and the Dominos.
====The Counterculture and Psychedelia====
The counterculture movement was a consequence of American youthful dissatisfaction. Some music became very political, and there was widespread experimentation with drugs. Jimi Hendrix, ''Rolling Stone'''s "Greatest Guitarist of All Time," pushed the boundaries of modern music. The Grateful Dead, a band from San Francisco, became popular for their live music and are a representation of the hippy movement long after the hippy heyday. "Acid" rock, characterized by long solos and psychedelic sound, became popular in the late 1960s. Popular acid rock bands include Moby Grape, Jefferson Airplane, The Electric Flag, and Steppenwolf. Pink Floyd, a British band, were an important psychedelic group. Their album ''The Dark Side of the Moon'' is one of the best-selling albums of all time.
====Punk and Metal====
Punk rock grew out of young anger at the end of the 1970s and was loud and fast with screamed vocals. Bands of this time include The Sex Pistols, The Ramones, and The Clash.
The term Heavy Metal includes many different bands like AC/DC, Aerosmith, and Van Halen. It also includes Glam and Pop Metal acts like Motley Crue, Kiss, and Def Leppard. Black, Speed, and Death Metal incorporated dark Gothic and satanic themes and included bands like Metallica, Iron Maiden, and Slayer.
==Instrumentation==
==Instrumentation==