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The 78 pages that link to Rock music, each with the reason it gives.

• Rock and Roll Hall of FameNarrower topic: The Hall’s name invokes a musical tradition whose boundaries remain contested.

• JazzCompared with: Jazz and rock met in fusion, while retaining different conventions for improvisation, ensemble roles, and form.

• BluesRelated: Blues riffs, progressions, and vocal styles became foundational to rock.

• Rock and rollNarrower topic: Rock and roll became a foundation for a much wider range of later music.

• The StrokesNarrower topic: The Strokes’ success renewed mainstream attention to rock bands in the early 2000s.

• DiscoCompared with: The backlash against disco was often framed as a conflict between disco and rock.

• Pop musicCompared with: Rock and pop overlap, yet listeners often distinguish rock's band-centered identity from pop's emphasis on broad accessibility.

• David BowieNarrower topic: Bowie expanded rock’s range by bringing theatricality and experimentation into its mainstream.

• Singer-songwriterNarrower topic: Rock’s growing emphasis on performer-authored material strengthened the role.

• Aretha FranklinCompared with: Franklin’s induction into a rock hall of fame shows how her influence crossed genre boundaries.

• American folk music revivalCompared with: Its electric sound became a pointed alternative to the acoustic identity prized by many revival audiences.

• Concept albumNarrower topic: The album format became a major vehicle for concept albums during rock’s rise.

• Country rockNarrower topic: Country rock adopts rock’s amplification, rhythmic drive, and band format.

• Progressive rockNarrower topic: Progressive rock expands rock’s instrumentation and song structures.

• Jazz fusionRelated: Rock contributes amplification, drum power, and guitar-centered textures.

• Drum kitRelated: Rock commonly uses the kit to establish a forceful backbeat and dynamic build.

• Pentatonic scaleRelated: Guitar riffs and solos often draw on the minor pentatonic scale.

• Glam rockNarrower topic: Glam reshaped rock’s possibilities by making visual presentation inseparable from musical identity.

• Great American SongbookCompared with: Later rock songwriting displaced many older standards in mainstream popular culture.

• Atlantic RecordsNarrower topic: Atlantic’s rock roster helped bring major British and American bands to listeners.

• BackbeatRelated: Many rock styles use a strong backbeat to anchor the band.

• Blues rockNarrower topic: Blues rock combines blues vocabulary with rock’s instrumentation, volume, and rhythmic force.

• Chuck BerryNarrower topic: Berry’s songwriting and performance helped shape rock’s early musical vocabulary.

• Folk rockNarrower topic: Its electric instrumentation and driving rhythm distinguish folk rock from acoustic folk performance.

• Mick JaggerNarrower topic: Jagger’s influence belongs to the genre’s history of vocal style and live performance.

• Led ZeppelinNarrower topic: Led Zeppelin became one of rock’s most influential and commercially successful bands.

• Rock operaNarrower topic: Its instrumentation and conventions provide the musical language for rock opera.

• Guitar soloNarrower topic: Rock made the amplified guitar solo a prominent feature of recorded songs and live shows.

• Easy listeningCompared with: Rock's emphasis on rhythmic impact and amplified performance contrasts with easy listening's restraint.

• Keith RichardsNarrower topic: Richards’s guitar style became part of rock’s shared musical vocabulary.

• Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club BandNarrower topic: The album’s impact reshaped possibilities within the wider rock tradition.

• R. D. BurmanRelated: Burman adapted rock textures and rhythms for Hindi film songs.

• The WhoNarrower topic: The Who helped expand rock’s sound and ambitions during the 1960s and 1970s.

• Verse–chorus formRelated: Rock songs frequently use verse–chorus cycles, often intensified by repeated refrains.

• Disco demolition nightCompared with: Dahl framed the campaign through rock identity and opposition to disco.

• Guitar riffNarrower topic: The electric-guitar riff became a signature device across many rock styles.

• Gimme ShelterNarrower topic: The recording uses rock instrumentation while making atmosphere, rather than a heavy beat, drive its tension.

• Pop rockNarrower topic: Pop rock takes its guitars, drums, and performance energy from this wider tradition.

• Christian rockNarrower topic: Christian rock adapts rock’s instrumentation, performance styles, and musical conventions.

• Ellen WillisNarrower topic: Willis used particular songs and performers to examine desire, rebellion, and cultural change.

• Jann WennerNarrower topic: The genre supplied Rolling Stone’s central subject and the Hall of Fame’s defining legacy.

• Power balladNarrower topic: Power ballads are a rock-derived style shaped by its instruments and performance conventions.

• Rock bandNarrower topic: Rock bands are ensembles organized to perform this broad musical tradition.

• Ronnie WoodNarrower topic: Wood’s career spans several generations of British rock.

• Traditional popCompared with: Rock displaced traditional pop as the dominant form of popular music for younger audiences.

• (I Can't Get No) SatisfactionNarrower topic: The track became a defining example of mid-1960s rock.

• Freddie MercuryNarrower topic: Mercury’s work with Queen belongs to rock while stretching its conventions through theatrical and operatic elements.

• Gram ParsonsNarrower topic: Parsons placed country material inside rock bands and arrangements.

• Rachid TahaNarrower topic: Taha used rock instrumentation to recast North African musical influences.

• Leo FenderRelated: Fender guitars and basses became widely used in rock bands.