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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.

  1. British Invasion

    1964

  2. Blues Rock

    1965

  3. Folk Rock

    1965

  4. Psychedelic Rock

    1966

  5. Hard Rock

    1968

  6. Progressive Rock

    1969

  7. Southern Rock

    1969

  8. 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.

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