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Garage rock

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Main article: Garage rock
Garage rock was a raw form of rock music, particularly prevalent in North America in the
mid-1960s and so called because of the perception that it was rehearsed in the
suburban family garage.[85][86] Garage rock songs often revolved around the traumas of
high school life, with songs about "lying girls" and unfair social circumstances being
particularly common.[87] The lyrics and delivery tended to be more aggressive than was
common at the time, often with growled or shouted vocals that dissolved into incoherent
screaming.[85] They ranged from crude one-chord music (like the Seeds) to near-studio
musician quality (including the Knickerbockers, the Remains, and the Fifth Estate).
There were also regional variations in many parts of the country with flourishing scenes
particularly in California and Texas.[87] The Pacific Northwest states of Washington and
Oregon had perhaps[according to whom?] the most defined regional sound.[88]

The D-Men (later the Fifth Estate) in 1964


The style had been evolving from regional scenes as early as 1958. "Tall Cool One"
(1959) by the Wailers and "Louie Louie" by the Kingsmen (1963) are mainstream
examples of the genre in its formative stages.[89] By 1963, garage band singles were
creeping into the national charts in greater numbers, including Paul Revere and the
Raiders (Boise),[90] the Trashmen (Minneapolis)[91] and the Rivieras (South Bend,
Indiana).[92] Other influential garage bands, such as the Sonics (Tacoma, Washington),
never reached the Billboard Hot 100.[93]

The British Invasion greatly influenced garage bands, providing them with a national
audience, leading many (often surf or hot rod groups) to adopt a British influence, and
encouraging many more groups to form.[87] Thousands of garage bands were extant in
the United States and Canada during the era and hundreds produced regional hits.
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Despite scores of bands being signed to major or large regional labels, most were
commercial failures. It is generally agreed that garage rock peaked both commercially
and artistically around 1966.[87] By 1968 the style largely disappeared from the national
charts and at the local level as amateur musicians faced college, work or the draft.
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New styles had evolved to replace garage rock.[87][nb 3]

Blues rock
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Main article: Blues rock
See also: British blues

British blues rock group the Rolling Stones in 1965.


Although the first impact of the British Invasion on American popular music was through
beat and R&B based acts, the impetus was soon taken up by a second wave of bands
that drew their inspiration more directly from American blues, including the Rolling
Stones and the Yardbirds.[95] British blues musicians of the late 1950s and early 1960s
had been inspired by the acoustic playing of figures such as Lead Belly, who was a
major influence on the Skiffle craze, and Robert Johnson.[96] Increasingly they adopted a
loud amplified sound, often centered on the electric guitar, based on the Chicago blues,
particularly after the tour of Britain by Muddy Waters in 1958, which prompted Cyril
Davies and guitarist Alexis Korner to form the band Blues Incorporated.[97] The band
involved and inspired many of the figures of the subsequent British blues boom,
including members of the Rolling Stones and Cream, combining blues standards and
forms with rock instrumentation and emphasis.[55]

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