Rock band

Rock group (or later rock band ) is a generic name to describe a group of musicians specializing in a particular form of electronically amplified music. Deriving its name from the musical style which was its immediate progenitor, rock and roll, the type of music played by rock groups has its roots deeply steeped in both rock and roll, and its immediate forebear, rhythm and blues. In Britain of the early 1960s the term rock group was in universal use, but as psychedelia approached the name band came into vogue, typified by the Band. A rock group or band tends to have a heavy focus on certain instruments principally electric guitar, bass guitar, and drums (prime examples of this are The Who, Cream, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, or more recently U2), with electric organs being featured from the outset by groups such as Manfred Mann and the Animals. Later in the 1960s, rock bands such as The Who, Pink Floyd and Hawkwind experimented with electric organs and synthesisers. Other instruments deployed within the context of a rock band include the electric violin, as used by Curved Air and the flute played by Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull. Another instrument common in some rock bands is the musical keyboard, as pioneered by The Doors, Yes and Emerson, Lake, and Palmer.

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Musicians - Music - Rock and roll - Rhythm and blues - The Band - Electric guitar - Bass guitar - Drum - The Who - Cream - The Jimi Hendrix Experience - U2 - Electric organ - Manfred Mann - The Animals - 1960s - Pink Floyd - Hawkwind - Synthesiser - Electric violin - Curved Air - Flute - Ian Anderson - Jethro Tull - Musical keyboard - The Doors - Yes - Emerson, Lake, and Palmer

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Many early rock groups or bands were in the vanguard of psychedelic music and the complexities arising largely led to rock music becoming a generic term broader than "rock and roll".

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Psychedelic music - Rock music

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