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Encyclopedia > Romanian rock

Romanian rock music started after the Western influence broke out into the world. Rock is a form of popular music with a prominent vocal melody accompanied by guitar and drums. ...


History

However, Romania quickly started adapting and creating a different sort of rock and roll. Lyrics and songs were mainly based on the Orthodox religion, folklore, and mythology. The same genres existed as in the west, but heavy metal and death metal soon began to be fused using melodic patterns and old traditional sounds. Lyrics contained old traditional stories and folklore poems. Musicians had a normal number of band members, but some others had as many as nine members. Concerts and festivals became widely known throughout the country. Because of communist fear, many of these concerts stopped for a short while, until the rock and roll scene began to flourish once more. Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. ... ... Folklore is the body of expressive culture, including tales, music, dance, legends, oral history, proverbs, jokes, popular beliefs, customs, material culture, and so forth, common to a particular population, comprising the traditions (including oral traditions) of that culture, subculture, or group. ... // For the Derek Sherinian album, see Mythology (Derek Sherinian album). ... Heavy metals, in chemistry, are chemical elements of a particular range of atomic weights. ... Death metal is a sub-genre of heavy metal that evolved out of thrash metal during the early 1980s. ... Look up melody in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...


Early 1960s

In the early sixties, Romanian adapted a lot of western influence, but soon found that much of this influence could not be attained because of the political regime. Most musicians, including Dan Andrei Aldea, Victor Socaciu, Doru Stanulescu, Adrian Paunescu, and Mircea Vintila, sang and played a classical genre, based mainly on poetry and freedom, after the nation's writers. The heavy metal genre later became popular. Transsylvania Phoenix was one of the heavy metal pioneers, with lyrics based on Romanian archaic folklore and history. By the end of the 1960s, the country began to grow and split into many genres. Folk singers began to use more amplified sounds, and rock and roll broke into many genres—mainly heavy metal. Shortcut: WP:NPOV Adrian Păunescu, (Born July 20, 1943). ... Mircea Vintila is a Romanian folk music singer. ... The Chinese poem Quatrain on Heavenly Mountain by Emperor Gaozong (Song Dynasty) Poetry (from the Greek , poiesis, making or creating) is a form of art in which language is used for its aesthetic qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its ostensible meaning. ... It has been suggested that Pasarea Phoenix be merged into this article or section. ...


1970s - 1980s

By this time, the country had developed a unique rock scene. Because of the communist regime, much of this rock scene was hidden. But after some time, bands started forming using basically five, members: a guitarist, a singer, a bassist, a drummer, and even another instrument to join the guitarist, usually a violinist. Guitarists also started to use techniques to improve sounds. Amplification usually used Marshall halfstacks. Gibson, Fender and Ibanez guitars and basses were also the most commonly used.
Rock is a form of popular music with a prominent vocal melody accompanied by guitar and drums. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... It has been suggested that Fender Amplifier History be merged into this article or section. ... This article is about the guitar manufacturer. ...

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