oLahav said:

This is a great comprehensive list! Examples are great too.

My favourites from these genres would be Celtic (I am partially Celtic myself), Psychedelic (In a Gadda Da Vida is an awesome song!), a bit of arena (my hair rocks! ask anybody) and heavy, early ska, and post-punk.

BassPlayer said in response to:

Thank you :)

My favorites are probably the Celtic, Symphonic Rock, and Grunge genres, but really I enjoy all of it, aside from maybe a bit of punk (like the Sex Pistols). And yes, In a Gadda Da Vida is an awesome song (it’s by far the longest song I can listen to without losing interest, lol).

acrosstheuniverse said:

I’m a big fan of indie rock, I like seeing bands in an intimate setting, something you can jam out to, dance along to or just sit and listen. And it’s funny that you mentioned “Arena Rock” because my parents absolutely adore that subgenre of music and I’ve seen old pictures, they were definitely mirroring the hair trends of their favourite bands! Plus, if you want to see a band like Styx, chances are you’re going to be seeing them in an Arena to fit all the fans, go figure!

saratheman said:

indeed a great list it was an insight i was searching for quite a long time now,some of these never left my playlist like jimi hendrix and apocalyptica, but if we have to categorise “korn” which sub-genre willl serve best?

BassPlayer said in response to:

I’ve edited it to include “Alternative Metal/Nu Metal” :)

oLahav said:

My question is, what would a band like the Talking Heads fall under? I can’t really find any category that fits that sound.

BassPlayer said in response to:

Good question, actually. I’m not sure the Talking Heads really fit into any specific sub-genre (mentioned here or not). For the time they were around, perhaps they could be considered new wave music. I’ll add “art rock” (although it is quite broad in a styling aspect).

oLahav said:

Good call on the new wave/art rock, although it’s true that the category is a bit broad. By the way, I like the “anything else that makes noise” comment in the Punk instruments. It’s all about the noise.

acrosstheuniverse said:

Is there a sub-genre associated with low-brow? I know they have what is called low-brow art, but I’m wondering if this can apply to music and rock as well.

BassPlayer said:

The things that classify lowbrow art are epression and humor, according to wikipedia (I don’t have extensive art knowledge, lol). Wikipedia actually specificaly mentioned punk music as an influence of lowbrow art, and I would agree that punk could likely be considered the “lowbrow” phase of rock.

acrosstheuniverse said:

Cool, thanks for the insight BassPlayer!

Carsten said:

This is a really cool lesson, one of my faves so far on LearnHub!

hcraig said:

I’ve got another classification question!

Bands like the Plaid Tongue Devils and Gorgo Bordello. Where do they fit?

New category of Gypsy Rock? I always to throw bands like this, plus the Celtic rock bands into ‘folk rock’ but doesn’t that seem a bit of an oxymoron? What do you all think?

oLahav said in response to:

I don’t think modern Celtic rock bands can be considered Folk rock, mostly since they encompass too much heavy rock to be even remotely folkish. And I mean that in a good way, Dropkick Murphys rule.

Gypsy rock sounds pretty cool though.

BassPlayer said in response to:

I believe they do fit best into the celtic rock genre; they’re pretty similar, and they use the same instrumentation and song stylings.

hcraig said:

I disagree – Celtic really denotes Ireland, Scotland, Wales; maybe include Gaelic or whereas s a band like Gorgol Bordello area Roma based and have a totally different history to draw on, use different languages, etc etc etc.

I do agree however they both use traditional instruments, often sing about traditional things – but are very different at the same time. I think I”m going to keep rocking the ‘folk rock’ lable