What is Geek rock?
{{Infobox music genre | name = Geek rock | other_names = * nerd rock<br />science rock<br /> dork rock | stylistic_origins = {{flatlist| * [[Punk rock]] * [[New wave music|new wave]] * [[electronic music|electronic]] }} | cultural_origins = Late-1970s [[geek]] culture; United Kingdom, United States | instruments = {{flatlist| * [[Guitar]] * [[Electronic musical instrument|electronic instruments]] * [[bass guitar]] * [[Drum kit|drum]]s * [[Electronic keyboard|synthesizer]]s * [[Singing|vocals]] * unusual instruments }} | derivatives = * Nerd punk * [[Time Lord rock]] * Twi-rock * [[Wizard rock]] | majority = | other_topics = * [[Nintendocore]] * [[nerdcore]] * [[nerd-folk]] }} '''Geek rock''' (also known as '''nerd rock''' or '''science rock''') is a musical subgenre. It was derived from [[pop rock]] and [[New wave music|new wave]] within the [[nerd music]] group. Geek rock first started to diverge from new wave with the nervy, often science fiction-themed work of late 1970s [[XTC]], [[Robyn Hitchcock]] and [[Alberto y Lost Trios Paranoias]] in the [[United Kingdom|UK]], and quirky bands [[Devo]] and [[Oingo Boingo]] in the [[United States|USA]]. ==Related pages== *[[List of geek rock artists]] [[Category:Rock music]] {{music-stub}}