What is Space rock?
{{Infobox Music genre <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Music_genres --> | name = Space rock |bgcolor = crimson |color = white | stylistic_origins = [[Progressive rock]], [[psychedelic rock]], [[electronic music]] | cultural_origins = Late 1960s, [[England]] | instruments = [[guitar]], [[synthesizer|synthesiser]], [[bass guitar]], [[drum kit|drums]], [[vocals]] | popularity = Limited to a few groups as a specific genre, but often associated with more popular genres | derivatives = [[Noise pop]] | subgenrelist = :Category:Space rock | subgenres = [[Neo-psychedelia]], [[post-rock]], [[shoegazing]] | fusiongenres = [[Dream pop]], [[stoner rock]], [[ambient music]] | regional_scenes = | other_topics = [[Jam band]] }} '''Space rock''' is a subgenre of [[rock music]]. The term originally referred to a group of early mostly British 1970s [[progressive rock]] and [[Psychedelic rock|psychedelic]] bands such as [[Hawkwind]] and [[Pink Floyd]].<ref>Richie Unterberger, [http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p76669 Pink Floyd biography] ''[[Allmusic]]''</ref> The music is characterised by slow, lengthy instrumental passages dominated by [[synthesizer|synthesisers]], experimental guitar work and [[science fiction]] lyrical themes. Later the words were changed to mean a series of late 1980s British [[alternative rock]] bands that drew from earlier influences to create a more melodic but still [[Ambient music|ambient]] form of pop music.<ref>[http://www.allmusic.com/explore/style/d2784 Space Rock], ''[[Allmusic]]''</ref> == References == {{reflist}} {{Rock music}} [[Category:Rock music]]