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Garage rock

Music genre
NameGarage rock
Stylistic originsEarly rock and roll, rockabilly, beat, rhythm and blues, soul, blues, surf rock, instrumental rock
Cultural originslate 1950s, United States
Typical instrumentsElectric guitar - Bass - Drums - Keyboards - tambourine - harmonica
Mainstream popularityMid 1960s United States and Canada, revivals in the 1980s and 2000s worldwide.
Derivative formsPunk rock - garage rock revival - power pop - glam rock - indie rock - psychedelic rock - protopunk - hard rock - krautrock - punk blues - psychobilly - heavy metal
SubgenresAcid punk - Garage punk
Subgenre listGarage rock
Regional scenesChicago, Detroit, Grand Rapids, Cleveland, Ohio Philadelphia, New York, LA, Montreal, Portland, Seattle, Twin Cities, Texas

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Garage rock is a raw form of rock and roll that was first popular in the United States and Canada from about 1963 to 1967. During the 1960s, it was not recognized as a separate music genre and had no specific name. In the late 1970s, some rock critics retroactively identified it as an early incarnation of punk rock, and it is sometimes called garage punk, protopunk, or 1960s punk; however, the music style has predominantly been referred to as garage rock.


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