Detroit rock

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Detroit rock is the name for a style of Australian indie rock, particularly popular in Sydney, Australia in the 1980s. The name comes from the city of Detroit in the United States, which was home to the heavy metal and garage rock sound of Alice Cooper, The Stooges and MC5. These bands were among the strongest influences on Sydney indie bands in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

The style was popularised and also heavily influenced by Radio Birdman, who formed in Sydney but were led by Deniz Tek, a Detroit native.

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Australian music is the music originating from the country of Australia.

Indigenous Australian music

Main article: Indigenous Australian music

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Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that primarily exists in the independent underground music scene. The term is sometimes used interchangeably with underground music as a whole, though more specifically implicates that the music meets the criterion of being rock, as
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New South Wales

Location of Sydney within Australia

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• Density: 4,280,190 (2006 Census) (1st)
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Capital Canberra

Largest city Sydney
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City of Detroit

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Motto: "Speramus Meliora; Resurget Cineribus"
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"In God We Trust"   (since 1956)
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Heavy metal (sometimes referred to simply as metal) is a genre of rock music[1] that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s.[2] With roots in blues-rock and psychedelic rock, the bands that created heavy metal developed a thick, heavy,
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Garage rock is a raw form of rock and roll that was first popular in the United States and Canada from about 1963 to 1967. During the 1960s, it was not recognized as a separate music genre and had no specific name.
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Alice Cooper (born February 4, 1948) is an American rock singer, songwriter and musician whose career spans four decades. With a stage show that featured guillotines, electric chairs, fake blood and boa constrictors, Cooper drew equally from heavy metal, garage rock, horror movies
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Radio Birdman was one of the first punk bands in Australia. Deniz Tek and Rob Younger formed the group in Sydney, Australia in 1974. The group influenced the work of many successful, mainstream bands, and is now considered to be one of the most crucial bands to Australia's musical
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Deniz Tek is a guitarist/songwriter who is currently a member of Australian group Radio Birdman. He has been in many underground punk bands of the 1970's including The Visitors, and New Race, but is most known for his influence over the punk rock genre in Australia.
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Rock music is a form of popular music with a prominent vocal melody accompanied by guitar, drums, and bass. Many styles of rock music also use keyboard instruments such as organ, piano, or synthesizers.
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This is a list of music genres derived from rock and roll, including major rock, metal and punk genres:

  • Acid punk
  • Acid rock
  • Action rock
  • Afro-punk
  • Alternative metal
  • Alternative rock
  • Anatolian rock
  • Arena rock
  • Artcore
  • Art rock

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Aboriginal rock refers to a style of music which mixes rock music with the instrumentation and singing styles of Aboriginal people. Two countries with prominent Aboriginal rock scenes are Australia and Canada.
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Alternative rock (also called alternative music or simply alternative; known primarily in the UK as indie) is a genre of rock music that emerged in the 1980s and became widely popular in the 1990s.
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The Turkish rock scene emerged in the mid- to late 1960s, soon after popular American and British rock bands became known in Turkey. Soon, Turkish performers like Moğollar (Murat Ses) created a distinctively Turkish fusion of rock and Turkish folk which later started to be
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Arena rock is a loosely defined style of rock music, often also called anthem rock or stadium rock. Arena rock is usually medium hard rock, but lacks the edginess or rage often inherent in heavy metal.
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Art rock is a term used by some to describe rock music including many experimental structures and is characterized by ambitious or avant-garde lyrical themes and/or melodic, harmonic, or rhythmic experimentation, often extending beyond standard modern popular music forms and
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Blues-rock is a hybrid musical genre combining elements of the blues with rock and roll, with an emphasis on the electric guitar. It began to develop as a particular style in the mid-1960s in England and the United States through the work of bands such as Cream and The
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Boogaloo (shing-a-ling, popcorn music) is a genre of Latin music and dance that was very popular in the United States in the late 1960s. Boogaloo originated in New York City among teenage Cubans and Puerto Ricans.
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The British Invasion was the term applied by media - and subsequently by consumers - to the influx of rock and roll, beat and pop performers from the United Kingdom who became popular in the United States, Australia & Canada.
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The Canterbury scene (or Canterbury sound) is a term used to loosely describe the group of progressive rock, avant-garde and jazz musicians, many of whom were based around the city of Canterbury, Kent, England during the late 1960s and early 1970s.
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Chicano rock or Latin rock is rock music performed by Mexican American groups or music with themes derived from Chicano culture. Chicano Rock, to a great extent, does not refer to any single style or approach.
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Christian rock (occasionally abbreviated CR) is a form of rock music played by bands whose members are Christian and who often focus the lyrics on matters concerned with the Christian faith.
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For the geological term, see Country rock (geology).


Country rock is a musical genre formed from the fusion of rock with country music.
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Folk rock is a musical genre, combining elements of folk music and rock music.

In its earliest and narrowest sense, the term referred to a genre that arose in the United States and Canada around the mid-1960s.
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Frat rock was an early influential American subgenre of rock and roll / roots rock. Frat rock was generally characterized as very energetic and upbeat yet raw "party" rock.
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Funk-rock is a music genre that fuses funk and rock elements. It can incorporate a wide range of instruments, but tends to have a definite bass or drum beat and electric guitars. Rock style leadguitars, funky bass and complex drumrhythms and percussions of funk.
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Garage rock is a raw form of rock and roll that was first popular in the United States and Canada from about 1963 to 1967. During the 1960s, it was not recognized as a separate music genre and had no specific name.
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