Iranian rock (sometimes called Rocka red) refers to rock music produced by Iranian artists. Rock music has been popular in Iran since the late forties, with the emergence of singers such as Kourosh Yaghmaei, Farhad Mehrad, Fereydoon Foroughi and Habib Mohebian, but was largely forgotten after the Cultural Revolution. Like most rock styles, electric guitar and bass guitar and drums are the main instruments in this type of music. In some groups, the keyboard also has the task of adjusting the rhythms and symbols.
Iranian rock music is influenced by English rock, American rock and European styles. Because of the Iranian performers of this music, all kinds of Iranian rhythms and tones in this genre are separated from other rock genres. Iranian rock is not yet recognized as a legal style in Iran.Most bands and singers of this genre operate underground. The movie "No One Knows About Persian Cats" is about this.
Rock music was introduced in Iran by the 1960s, together with the arrival of other Western musical genres in the country's music industry. Iranian rock music was developed by the emergence of artists such as Farhad Mehrad, Kourosh Yaghmaei, Black Cats, The Dangers and Scorpio(not to be confused with the German Scorpions). It soon grew as a popular musical genre among the young generation, especially at the nightclubs of Tehran and Abadan.
Iranian rock began in Iran as British Invasion began. The Beatles, Dave Clark Five, Bill Haley & His Comets, and later Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple, had a great impact on Iranian rock.