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Music of the United Kingdom developed in the 1960s into one of the leading forms of popular music in the modern world. By the early 1960s the British had developed a viable national music industry and began to produce adapted forms of American music in Beat music and British blues which would be re-exported to America by bands such as the Beatles and Rolling Stones, The Who.
1) The music of the United Kingdom, or British music, refers to all forms of music associated with the United Kingdom since its creation in 1707, including music inherited form the states that preceded it. Throughout its history, the United Kingdom has been a major exporter and source of musical innovation in the modern and contemporary eras
Music of the United Kingdom developed in the 1960s into one of the leading forms of popular music in the modern world. By the early 1960s the British had developed a viable national music industry and began to produce adapted forms of American music in Beat music and British blues which would be re-exported to America by bands such as the Beatles and Rolling Stones, The Who.
Beat bands were heavily influenced by American bands of the era, such as Buddy Holly and the Crickets (from which group The Beatles derived their name), as well as earlier British groups such as The Shadows, Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders,
In parallel with Beat music, in the late 1950s and early 1960s a British blues scene was developing recreating the sounds of American R&B and later particularly the sounds of bluesmen Robert Johnson, Howling Wolf and Muddy Waters. It reached its height of mainstream popularity in the 1960s, when it developed a distinctive and influential style dominated by electric guitar and made international stars of several proponents of the genre including The Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, The Yardbirds, Fleetwood Mac and Led Zeppelin.
Psychedelic music is inspired or influenced by psychedelic culture and attempts to replicate and enhance the mind-altering experiences of hallucinogenic drugs.
It emerged during the mid 1960s among progressive folk bands in Britain and the United States and rapidly moved into rock and pop music being taken up by acts including the Beatles, The Yardbirds, Cream and Pink Floyd, The Animals.
BEATLES /1962-1970/ became the most popular group in rock music history. The group consisted of 4 Englishmen: George Harrison /1943/,- John Lennon /1940-80/, Paul McCartney /1942/ and Ringo Starr /1940/. Lennon and McCartney wrote and sang most of the Beatles' Songs. Harrison played lead guitar, Lennon played rhythm guitar, McCartney played bass, and Starr played drums.
All the Beatles Were born in Liverpool. In 1954 John Lennon and 5 other musician formed a band called "Quarrymen" They finally called themselves "The Beatles" in 1960.
. In 1964 the Beatles toured, the USA and created a sensation. They starred in two popular movies. ' During the- late 60', the Beatles help to give rock music a new direction. Early rock music had been based _ on i strong bйat,-but the Beatles's music contained a new sense of melody. The lyrics of their songs were mare imaginative and meaningful.The Beatles composed several songs of social criticism and suck ballads as "Michelle" /1965/ and "Yesterday" /1965/, "Come Together" /1969/ and "Something" /1969/.
The Beatles began to drift apart in the late 1960's. The group broke up in 1970 and Beatles performed as soloists. On the 8th December 1980 outside his home in New-York City John Lennon was murdered by a 25 year old fan.
Popular music of the United Kingdom in the 1970s built upon the new forms developed of music developed from blues rock towards the end of the 1960s, including folk rock and psychedelic rock. Several important and influential sub-genres were created in Britain in this period, by pursuing the limitations of rock music, including electric folk and glam rock
Dominated by British bands it was part of an attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility.[
Key acts included British Invasion bands like The Who and The Kinks, as well as psychedelic era performers like Cream, Jimi Hendrix Experience and The Jeff Beck Group Adopting a form of boogie rock, Status Quo became one of the UK's leading rock bands throughout the rest of the 1970s.
Iron Maiden and Saxon were the New Wave of British Heavy Metal.
Glam or glitter rock developed in the UK in the post-hippie early 1970s. Pioneers of the genre included David Bowie, Roxy Music, T.Rex, Queen and Elton John
he first punk band is usually
thought to be the Ramones from 1976 in USA . This was taken
up in Britain by bands like the Sex
Pistols and The Clash
5) Pink Floyd
were formed in 1965, and originally consisted of university students Roger Waters, Nick Mason, Richard Wright, and Syd Barrett. The group were a popular fixture on London's underground music scene, and under Barrett's leadership released two charting singles, "Arnold Layne" and "See Emily Play", and a commercially and critically successful debut album, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn. In 1968, guitarist and singer David Gilmour joined the line-up,. Following Barrett's departure, bass player and singer Roger Waters became the lyricist and dominant figure in the band, which went on to achieve worldwide critical and commercial success with the concept albums The Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, Animals, and rock opera The Wall.
6)Queen
Band formed in London
in 1971. The group originally consisted of Freddie
Mercury, (lead
vocals), Brian
May (lead guitar,
vocals), John
Deacon (bass guitar),
and Roger
Taylor (drums,
vocals) Queen enjoyed success in the UK during the early 1970s, but
it was the release of Sheer
Heart Attack
(1974) and A
Night at the Opera
(1975) that gained the band international success. The latter featured
"Bohemian
Rhapsody",
which stayed at number one in the UK charts for nine weeks. In 1991 Mercury died of bronchopneumonia, a complication of AIDS,
and Deacon retired in 1997. Since then May and Taylor have infrequently
performed together, including a collaboration with Paul Rodgers under the name Queen + Paul Rodgers.[6]
From left to right: Roger Taylor, Freddie Mercury, Brian May, and John Deacon.
Popular music of the United Kingdom in the 1980s built on the post punk and new wave movements
8)Depeche Mode
DEPECHE MODE was formed in 1980 in Basildon, Essex. Their debut album was released in 1981. "Just Can't Get Enough" became a major dance hit. A second hit album "A Broken Frame" was released in 1982. At their 101st concert there were 70,000 fans. A live album and video was released in 1988. "Personal Jesus"., the first single from this album was a huge success. It became one of the largest selling CD singles in U.S history. "Enjoy the silence" became Depeche Mode's trademark song. Depeche Mode released their new album "Ultra" in 1997.
trip hop mixed house and hip hop producing and borrowed from forms such as techno, drum and bass, and acid house music and introduced more abstract elements.
10)The Prodigy
are an English electronic dance music group established by Liam Howlett in 1990 in Braintree, Essex. Along with Fatboy Slim, The Chemical Brothers and The Crystal Method, as well as other acts, they are pioneers of the big beat genre which achieved mainstream popularity in the 1990s and 2000s, and are known for high-quality live performances. They have sold over 20 million records worldwide which is unequalled in dance music history.[1]
The current band members include Liam Howlett (composer/keyboards), Keith Flint (dancer/vocalist) and Maxim (MC/vocalist). Leeroy Thornhill (dancer/very occasional live keyboards) was a member of the band from 1990 to 2000, as was a female dancer/vocalist called Sharky who left the band during their early period. The Prodigy first emerged on the underground rave scene in the early 1990s, and have since then achieved immense popularity and worldwide renown. Some of their most popular songs include "Charly," "Out of Space," "No Good (Start the Dance)," "Voodoo People," "Poison," "Firestarter," "Breathe," "Smack My Bitch Up," "Omen," and "Warrior's Dance."