Favorite Rock Genre (for real)

Man Erg wrote: Krautrock, Prog, Psych, Post-Rock, Electronica

That is the exact same order I would chose

 

Sweetnighter wrote: Call me stupid, but... what is post-rock?

I can't really define it, sorry, i think petra can though  but here are some bands: GYBE, Mogwai, Explosions in the SKy, Tortoise, Slint

Wizard/TRueStar wrote: I voted the obvious but............progressive can include all the othe metioned "genres" so that is not really fair.  Progressive is a musical plain of conciousness that knows no limits and only strives to create an experience (it's medium being emotions). It doesn't matter what instruments you use or the era from it has emerged, just how far you have taken it. Is there really such a thing as a "genre" anyway?

Well the edges of every genre blur, but we generally categorize music by certain aspects of it, or by some other unique defining element. Take jazz for example... the big cats in the jazz world have historically made  a family tree of a jazz's who's who. People in jazz make it big when they first play with other big name stars... this is generally speaking of course, and thats much less so nowadays... but it certainly explains the difficulty in explaining just what jazz is, since it now encompasses so many different things. Rock, on the other hand, lends itself to big name bands building up more grassroot support and making it big that way... prog, from what i've seen, started out much in the way jazz did... it was a family of musicians in england, especially canterbury, who started playing rock in new and exciting ways, incorporating more jazz, classical, and avant-garde influences to their music... this generation of progressive rockers came out initially of groups such as early kc and the nice, and eventually blossomed into the core of what we and non-prog fanatics alike today still consider the center influences of the progressive rock movement... elp, yes, gentle giant, vdgg, kc, etc etc.... so, again, generally speaking, this forms the heart of what we know as progressive rock. As this influence grew, other groups incorporated this influence into their music as well, and what these groups did falls on the "blurry edges" of the genre, as i mentioned before... fusion, with groups like mahavishnu orchestra and return to forever, prog metal, with rush, and art pop-rock, with groups like styx. With most anything relating to definitions of any sort its never black or white, but we do the best we can.

thats my two cents on that...

i chose punk. and i would include emo under punk,
as i am assuming punk is meant to have a preatty
broad sence.

After prog and jazz/rock fusion, I listen to Blues Rock more than any of those others. Blues rock covers a lot of ground and includes a lot of the "Jam Bands."

Give me Hendrix, Zeppelin, Cream, Allman Brothers, SRV, Gravy, Kenny Wayne Shepherd (first 3 CDs), Blue Traveler (pre hits), Arc Angles, Doyle Bramhall II, Sonny Landreth, Indigenous and Poppa Chubby any day.  

Yes! Now I'm a senior member!

Obviously prog, followed by classic and hard rock (some heavy metal too).