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The term street rock refers to an American music genre that originated in several dive bars of major U.S. cities, especially New York City, during the 1970s. This musical movement turned out to be, in retrospect, the first phase of the American alternative music scene (before it took on the name "alternative") and is the immediate precursor to postpunk. It is made up of a two primary subgenres, punk rock and New Wave, both of which developed side by side in the same venues. Street rock is the American equivalent of pub rock in the UK, and like its British counterpart, was largely an anti-corporate reaction against much of the popular rock music of the era, which tended to be dominated by highly polished, supposedly over-produced 'AOR' progressive rock sounds. Street rock was an attempt to 'get back to basics' by playing a stripped-down form of rock (e.g., without solos or showing off musical abilities) in live performances in small clubs. Many dive bar rock acts such as The Ramones went on to find fame in the first wave of American punk, while groups such as Talking Heads became the vanguard of American New Wave.
Street Rock | |
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Stylistic origins | glam rock, garage rock, protopunk, beat music |
Cultural origins | 1970s United States (especially New York). |
Typical instruments | Guitar - Bass - Drums - Piano |
Derivative forms | punk rock, New Wave, postpunk, indie rock |