BRITISH MUSIC
The United Kingdom have always been considered as a mine of musical innovation; the British music influence is in almost every modern genre all around the world. Its oldest music genres are the sacral music, which is music that is made to be played in religious ceremonies, and the folk music, the music which is typical and traditional of the culture which were or are there.
THE INVASION OF BRITISH MUSIC
- Britpop: like alternative rock, but it is softer, simple, and dainty; it has influences from the 60's and 70's music, but it arose during the 90´s.
- British heavy metal: this genre grew up during the end of the 70's and the beginning of the 80´s; it was pretty close to the standard heavy metal, but it was more amateur and has influences from rock and punk rock.
- Jazz: actually, jazz was created in the USA, but it became very popular in the United Kingdom during the XX century.
- Pop: many people think that pop music and popular music are the same, but they aren't, pop music was forged during the 50's with the combination of traditional pop, urban music and Latin music, Popular music is the music genres that are popular at the moment.
- Rock: in the 40´s and 50´s there was a popular music genre called "Rock and Roll", when the musicians decided to include aspects from other genres such as Blues, Folk, Jazz and classic music, the "Rock" was created, and it became the base for hundreds of other genres around the world. Band like "the Beatles", "the rolling stones" or "queen" were rock bands.
- American culture fusion: In the
60's, the American and British culture got mixed and many music genres was
created due to this mixture.
- Blues Rock
- Heavy metal
- Progressive rock
- Hardrock
- Punk rock
- Electric folk
- Folk punk
- Acid Jazz
- Triphop
- Shoegaze
- Drum and Bass
- Grime
- Dubstep
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