[[Music]] Genre that emerged in the 1950s and whose characteristic is the heavy sound and empowered lyrics that serve both social criticism and party themes. 
Usually, rock is accompanied with a [[Singing|Singer]], a [[Guitar]],  a [[Bass Guitar]] and [[Drum]], plus a [[keyboard (instrument)|Keyboard]] as an extra.

h4. Subgenres
* [[Grunge (Genre)|Grunge]]
* [[Heavy Metal]]
* [[Visual Kei]]

h4.Notable bands

* [[AC/DC]]
* [[Bad Religion]]
* [[Black Sabbath]]
* [[The Beatles]]
* [[Blink-182]]
* [[Deep Purple]]
* [[Evanescence]]
* [[Green Day]]
* [[Guns N' Roses]]
* [[kiss_(rock_band)|Kiss]]
* [[Korn (Band)|Korn]]
* [[Led Zeppelin]]
* [[Linkin Park]]
* [[Nirvana (Band)|Nirvana]]
* [[radiohead_(band)|Radiohead]]
* [[Scorpions (Band)|Scorpions]]
* [[u2_(band) | U2]]
* [[Van Halen]]

h4.Notable Artists

* [[Axl Rose]]
* [[Eddie Van Halen]]
* [[Elvis Presley]]
* [[Jimi Hendrix]]
* [[John Lennon]]
* [[Kurt Cobain]]

h4. External links

"Wikipedia entry":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_music
rock (music)