gld
Rock
Golden-Age Rock
- Era
- 1965–1976
- Origin
- London · LA · NYC
- Student playlists
- None yet
About this supergenre
Mid-60s to mid-70s — the Beatles, Stones, Zeppelin, Floyd. Rock as the dominant cultural form, the album as art object, the FM radio era at its commercial peak.
Canonical reference: musicmap.info / gld
Inside golden-age rock · 8 subgenre s on a mini-timeline
Each subgenre at its emergence year, oldest at top. This is what students curate playlists for — the granular level. Click any subgenre chip from the main map and you land on its row here.
- 1960s
- 1970s
- 1980s
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British Invasion
1964
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Blues Rock
1965
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Folk Rock
1965
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Psychedelic Rock
1966
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Hard Rock
1968
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Progressive Rock
1969
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Southern Rock
1969
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Glam Rock
1971
Connective tissue · 6 link s
How golden-age rock relates to the rest of the map. Click any genre to follow the line.
Primary lineage
Direct parents and direct children — the main line.
Other influences
Cousin genres and indirect influences that shaped this supergenre.
Backlash / anti
Reactions against, not descents from — the genres this one defined itself against.
Student curations
No playlists for golden-age rock yet.
This supergenre is waiting for a curator. If you're in MUSA 266 or MUSA 220 and this is your assignment, build a 5–10 track YouTube playlist and submit it through the course form.