Rock branch
Art rock
Rock › Art rock
- Emerged
- 1966
- Origin
- UK / New York
- Subgenres
- None
Rock made by art-school graduates: concept, image and experiment ahead of formula. It overlaps with prog but cares far less about virtuosity.
- Heaviness
- 3
- Speed
- 4
- Melody
- 7
Key acts
- The Velvet Underground
- Roxy Music
- Talking Heads
- Radiohead