Classic Rock Band History

Smashing guitars and eating bats, the crazy man’s music fights his way into today’s music. Classic Rock, according to, Wikipedia.com, is a radio format which developed from the album-oriented rock format in the early 1980s. In the United States, the Classic Rock format features music ranging generally from the late 1960s to the late 1980s, primarily focusing on commercially successful hard rock popularized in the 1970s. Aerosmith, Blue Öyster Cult, and Guns N’ Roses greatly contribute to this genre.

Aerosmith, who made their debut in 1970, stride their way into the genre by showing the heavy overuse of the electric guitar and somewhat Classical vibe and by plainly being active in the era and here is why. The song, Back in the Saddle, clearly

The band shows the eager and outrageous lifestyle of the rockers which is filled with controversy, as seen with one of the replacement players known as Bucket Head who wore a bucket on his head while performing, while using guitar riffs almost everyone knows, such as Sweet Child O’ Mine and Welcome to the Jungle. The band shows the rebellious spirit of metal and tries to pull out that feeling that some rockers cannot bring out of the music. It does this by keeping the riffs, complex and unpredictable and revealing some of their lives to the listeners while using the guitar to make the music sound classical and if you don’t believe me, look at the classical piece, Flight of the Valkyries, the music is complex yet classical which the band, Guns N’ Roses, only adds lyrics to give people levy to relate to the music.

In conclusion, Classic Rock uses complex music to compel feeling out of the listener using emotions put into the song. Aerosmith, Blue Öyster Cult, and Guns N’ Roses are three of the best contributions to the genre of classic rock.”Dream on, Dream on, Dream on.”-quote from