How Rock And Roll Changed Pop Culture

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Rock and roll has come to define the roots of teenage rebellion, people who don't follow the norms, and have disrespect for authority. The style of rock and roll itself is a mixture of music and a combination of sounds including, jazz, country, blues, ragtime, gospel, swing, classical, and ethnic music. Rock `n' roll has not only changed music but has altered American culture since the1950's, when it was introduced, and has continued to change and conform to meet musical requests and pop culture today. The greatest rock bands of all time have certain aspects in common that drove them to ultimate fame.
The best rock bands of all time influenced their fans with a heavy drinking and partying motto. Led Zeppelin, one of the greatest rock bands …show more content…

The band Queen dabbled in drugs during their career. Freddie Mercury, the lead vocalist of Queen, reportedly snorted cocaine throughout his fame. This admired rocker inspired fans that wanted to be like him to try drugs (not directly of course). The Beatles shared their drug experiences with the world through their music. In a 2004 interview, Paul McCartney said that the song is about LSD, stating, "A song like 'Got to Get You Into My Life', that's directly about pot, although everyone missed it at the time ... Day Tripper", he says, "that's one about acid. 'Lucy in the Sky,' that's pretty obvious. There are others that make subtle hints about drugs, but, you know, it's easy to overestimate the influence of drugs on the Beatles' music." This openness about the Beatles drug use inspired fans to indulge at concerts and parties. Nirvana was also one of the major rock bands to use their drugs use to inspire songs. In the Nirvana song “Dumb” the song was about the bands use of amphetamines "We'll float around and hang out on clouds and then we'll come down and have a hangover."(Amphetamine hangovers are terrible). This use of incorporating drugs into music shadowed the drug use during that time. The greatest rock bands all have at least one song with references to their drug

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