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Encyclopedia > Aboriginal rock
Music of Australia
Aborigines Pub
English, Irish and Scottish Other immigrants
Surf
Timeline and samples
Genres Classical - Hip hop - Jazz - Country- Rock (Indie · Hardcore punk)
Organisations ARIA
Awards Australian Music Centre · ARIA Music Awards · The Deadlys
Charts ARIA Charts, JJJ Hottest 100
Festivals List: Big Day Out · Livid · Homebake · Falls · Stompem Ground
Tamworth (Country)
Media CAAMA, Countdown, Rage, Triple J, ABC
National anthem "Advance Australia Fair"

Aboriginal rock is a rather nebulous term for a style of music which mixes traditional rock music elements (guitar, drums, bass etc) with the instrumentation of Indigenous Australians (Didjeridu, clap-sticks etc). Performed almost exclusively by Indigenous bands - although some Anglo-Australians feature in some bands - the resulting sound is both hard-edged and eerily timeless. The earliest music of Australia was the folk music of the Australian Aborigines. ... Indigenous Australian music includes the music of Australian Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders, who are collectively called Indigenous Australians, it incorporates a wide variety of distinctive traditional music styles practised by Indigenous Australian peoples, as well as a range of contemporary musical styles both derivative of and fusion with European... Pub rock is a style of Australian rock and roll popular throughout the 1970s and 1980s and still influencing contemporary Australian music today. ... Australia is home to several large immigrant communities, including the Vietnamese, Indonesians, Filipinos and others. ... Surf music is a genre of popular music associated with surf culture. ... The trends of Australian music have often mirrored those of the United States and Britain. ... Problems listening to the files? See media help. ... Subcategories There are 3 subcategories to this category. ... Australian hip hop music began in the early 1980s, primarily influenced by hip hop music and culture imported via radio and television from America. ... Jazz is an American musical genre very substantially created by African Americans. ... Australian country music is a vibrant part of the music of Australia. ... Australian rock and rock musicians have produced a wide variety of music. ... Australian indie rock is part of the overall flow of Australian rock history but has a distinct history somewhat separate from mainstream rock in Australia, largely from the end of the punk rock era onwards. ... Australian hardcore punk is an active rock music subgenre with a dedicated following. ... The Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry. ... The Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (commonly known as ARIA Music Awards or ARIA Awards) is an annual awards night celebrating the Australian music industry, put on by the Australian Record Industry Association (ARIA). ... The Deadlys are an annual celebration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander achievement in music, sport, entertainment and community. ... The ARIA charts is the main Australian popularity chart issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. ... The Triple J Hottest 100 is an annual top 100 list, based on the votes of Australian youth radio station Triple J listeners, in order to determine their favourite song of the year. ... A music festival is a festival that presents a number of musical performances usually tied together through a theme or genre. ... This is a list of music festivals in Australia // A-E Aquarius Festival Australian Gospel Music Festival Big Day Out - national - from 1992 Darwin International Guitar Festival Earthcore F-L Falls Festival Gone South Homebake M-O Meredith Music Festival List of Meredith Music Festival lineups by year Offshore Festival... The Big Day Out (BDO) is an annual music festival that tours Australasia. ... LiViD, short for Linux Video and DVD, was a collection of projects that aim to create program tools and software libraries related to DVD for Linux operating system. ... Homebake is an annual Australian rock festival, featuring an all-Australian lineup (with the occasional artist from New Zealand. ... Snout playing at the 2001 Falls Festival The Falls Festival is a New Years Eve music festival, held annually in Australia since 1993-94. ... Stompen Ground Festival in Broome, in the Kimberley region of Western Australia is an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander owned, designed and managed arts and cultural festival. ... The Tamworth Country Music Festival is a celebration of Australias rich country music culture and heritage. ... The Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association (CAAMA) is an organization founded in 1980 by Freda Glynn, Phillip Batty and John Macumba in order to expose Aboriginal music and culture to the rest of Australia from its Alice Springs media centre. ... Countdown was a long-running popular weekly Australian music television show broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation from late 1974 until July 19 1987. ... Rage is an all-night Australian music video program that has been broadcast on ABC TV on Friday and Saturday nights. ... Triple J (JJJ) is a nationally-networked, government-funded Australian radio station (a division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation), mainly aimed at youth (defined as those between 12 and 25). ... The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) is Australias national non-commercial public broadcaster. ... A national anthem is a generally patriotic musical composition that is formally recognized by a countrys government as their official national song. ... Advance Australia Fair is the official national anthem of Australia. ... Music is an art, entertainment, or other human activity which involves organized and audible sound, though definitions vary. ... 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, however saxophones have been omitted from newer subgenres of rock music since the 90s. ... A guitar is a stringed musical instrument. ... For other kinds of drums, see drum (disambiguation). ... Bass guitars typically have four strings instead of six as found on regular guitars. ... The Indigenous Australians are the first inhabitants of the Australian continent and its nearby islands, continuing their presence during European settlement. ... The didgeridoo (or didjeridu) is a unique wind instrument of the Australian Aborigines of northern Australia. ...


Musical groups, Us Mob and No Fixed Address through their participation in the movie Wrong Side of the Road (there was a Soundtrack 1981) gave wide public profile to Indigenous disadvantage in urban Australia. Wrong Side of the Road is a low-budget feature film made in South Australia in 1980 (released 1981). ... Soundtrack refers to the recorded sound accompanying a visual medium such as a motion picture, television show, or video game. ... In Policy debate, a disadvantage (abbreviated as DA, and sometimes referred to as a Disad) is an argument that a team brings up against a policy action that is being considered. ... Urban area is a term used to define an area where there is an increased density of man-made structures in comparison to the areas surrounding it. ...


By far the most famous band in this style is Yothu Yindi. Featuring vocals by Mandawuy Yunupingu, Yothu Yindi demonstrate the other important by-product of the Aboriginal rock mix - politicised lyrics. Major hits like 1993's "Treaty" unequivocally speak out on political issues relevant to Aboriginal people, while other songs relate more generally to Aboriginal culture. Yothu Yindi (Yolngu for Child and Mother) is an Australian band with Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal members. ... Mandawuy Yunupingu (b. ...


Another major band has been the Warumpi Band, with whom Australia's Midnight Oil has toured frequently. The Warumpi Band focus more on the Aboriginal aspects of the music, rather than the rock sound of Yothu Yindi. The Warumpi Band was an Australian band from the bush, coming from Papunya, Northern Territory, Australia. ... Midnight Oil was an Australian rock band known for their driving hard rock sound, intense live performances and their overt left-wing political activism. ...


More recently, Aboriginal bands have adapted other styles such as rap metal (NoKTuRNL). Rap metal is a musical genre that takes influence from both rap music and heavy metal music. ...


See also

Rock and roll | Rock genres

Aboriginal rock | Alternative rock | Anatolian rock | Art rock | Avant-rock | Blues-rock | Boogaloo | British Invasion | Cello rock | Chicano rock | Christian rock | Country rock | Desert rock | Detroit rock | Dialect rock | Flamenco-rock | Folk-rock | Garage rock | Girl group | Glam rock | Hard rock | Hardcore | Heartland rock | Heavy metal | Indo-rock | Instrumental rock | Jam band | Jangle pop | Krautrock | Madchester | Merseybeat | Piano rock | Post-rock | Power pop | Progressive rock | Psychedelia | Pub rock (Aussie) | Pub rock (UK) | Punk rock | Punta rock | Raga rock | Raï rock | Rockabilly | Rockoson | Samba-rock | Skiffle | Soft rock | Southern rock | Surf | Symphonic rock | Tango rockero Indigenous Australian music includes the music of Australian Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders, who are collectively called Indigenous Australians, it incorporates a wide variety of distinctive traditional music styles practised by Indigenous Australian peoples, as well as a range of contemporary musical styles both derivative of and fusion with European... 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. ... This is a list of music genres derived from rock and roll Alternative rock Aquabeat Arena rock Art-Metal Art-Pop Art-Punk Avant-rock Avant-progressive rock Blues-rock British Blues Rock British Invasion Bubblegum Rock Cello rock Celtic rock Christian rock Classic rock Comedy rock Country rock Death... The terms alternative rock and alternative music were coined in the early 1980s to describe punk rock-inspired music genres which didnt fit into the mainstream genres of the time. ... The Turkish rock scene began in the mid- to late 1960s, when popular United States and United Kingdom bands became well-known. ... Art rock is a sub-genre of rock music that is characterized by ambitious lyrical themes and melodic, harmonic, or rhythmic experimentation, often extending beyond standard pop song forms and toward influences in jazz, classical, or the avant-garde. ... see Experimental Rock ... Blues Rock or Blues-rock is a fusion genre of music which combines elements of the blues with rock and roll. ... 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. ... The appearance of The Beatles on the The Ed Sullivan Show, February 9, 1964, marked the dramatic start of the British Invasion. ... Cello rock is a genre of music characterized by the use of cellos and other stringed instruments such as violin and viola to create a sound, beat, and texture similar to that of familiar rock music, but distinctly reshaped by the unique timbres and more traditional genres of the cello... Chicano Rock Music is rock music performed by Mexican American groups or music with themes derived from Chicano culture. ... Christian rock is a form of rock music played by bands where the musicians are openly Christian. ... Country rock is a musical genre formed from the fusion of rock and roll with country music. ... Desert Rock is a term given to several bands that hail from the California desert. ... Detroit rock is the name for a style of Australian indie rock, particularly popular in Sydney in the 1980s. ... Dialect rock - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... New Flamenco (Nuevo Flamenco) is the name for a Flamenco music style, which is influenced by many different modern musical genres. ... Folk-rock is a musical genre, combining elements of folk music and rock music. ... Garage rock (performed by garage bands, not to be confused with UK Garage dance music) was a simple, raw form of rock and roll that emerged in the mid-1960s, largely in the United States. ... A girl group, as the name implies, is a musical group featuring a group of young female singers, singing usually pop and R&B songs. ... Glam rock (less commonly, and mostly in the US, known as glitter rock), was a style of rock music popularised in the early 1970s. ... Hard rock is a form of rock and roll music which finds its closest roots in early 1960s garage rock. ... Hardcore punk (or hardcore) is a faster and heavier version of Punk Rock usually characterized by short, loud, and often passionate songs with exceptionally fast tempos and chord changes. ... In the late 1970s and 1980s, one of the most popular forms of rock and roll was heartland rock. ... Heavy metal, sometimes referred to as simply metal, is a form of music characterised by aggressive, driving rhythms and highly amplified distorted guitars. ... Indie rock is rock music that falls within the indie music description. ... Instrumental rock is a type of rock and roll which features only musical instruments, and no singing. ... The term jam band is commonly used to describe psychedelic rock-influenced bands whose concerts largely consist of bands reinterpreting their songs as springboards into extended improvisational pieces of music. ... Jangle pop was an American musical genre that arose in the middle of the 1960s, combining angular, chiming guitars and power pop structures. ... Krautrock is a generic name for the experimental bands who appeared in Germany in the early 1970s. ... An NME original issue covering the Madchester movement. ... For the TV program please see Merseybeat Merseybeat, sometimes referred to as Merseysound, was a style of music popular during the 1960s. ... Piano rock, sometimes referred to as piano pop, is a term for a style of music that is based around the piano, and sometimes around piano-related instruments, such as the Fender Rhodes, the Wurlitzer electric piano, and keyboard-based synthesizers. ... The term post-rock was coined by Simon Reynolds in issue 123 of The Wire (May 1994) to describe a sort of music using rock instrumentation for non-rock purposes, using guitars as facilitators of timbres and textures rather than riffs and powerchords. ... Power pop is a long-standing musical genre that draws its inspiration from 1960s British and American pop music. ... Progressive rock (shortened to prog, or prog rock when differentiating from other progressive genres) is an ambitious, eclectic, and often grandiose style of rock music which arose in the late 1960s, reached the peak of its popularity in the early 1970s, and continues as a musical form to this day. ... Psychedelic music is a musical genre inspired by or attempting to replicate the mind-altering experience of drugs such as cannabis, psilocybin, mescaline, and especially LSD. It is not rigorously defined, and is sometimes interpreted to include everything from Acid Rock and Flower Power music to Hard Rock. ... Pub rock is a style of Australian rock and roll popular throughout the 1970s and 1980s and still influencing contemporary Australian music today. ... Pub rock was a mid- to late-1970s musical movement, largely centred around North London and South East Essex, particularly Canvey Island and Southend on Sea. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... Punta rock is a form of the traditional punta rhythm of the Garifuna people of Central America. ... Raga rock was a term used in the 1960s to describe rock and roll records with Indian musical influences, especially those using the sitar, tabla, and other Eastern instrumentation. ... Raï (Arabic: راي) is a form of folk music, originated in Oran, Algeria from Bedouin shepherds, mixed with Spanish, French, African-American and Arabic musical forms, which dates back to the 1930s and has been evolved by women mainly. ... Rockabilly is the earliest form of rock and roll as a distinct style of music. ... A form of Cuban music made with elements of timba, nueva trova and rock and roll made since the late 1980s by groups like Vanito y La Lucha Almada and Habana Abierta. ... Samba-rock - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... Skiffle music is a type of folk music with a jazz and blues influence, usually using homemade or improvised instruments such as the washboard, tea-chest bass, kazoo, cigar-box fiddle, or a comb and paper, and so forth. ... Soft rock, also referred to as lite rock, easy rock, and formally mellow rock, is a style of music which uses the techniques of rock and roll to compose a softer, supposedly more ear-pleasing sound for listening, often at work. ... Southern rock is a style of rock music that was very popular in the 1970s, and retains a fan base to the present. ... In the early 1960s, one of the most popular forms of rock and roll was surf rock. ... Symphonic rock is a style of rock music that incorporates elements from classical music. ...


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