Western rock music

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Western Rock tempers the hard edge of rock and subgenres like heavy metal with the rootsy, folksy sound of metal. It usually takes things like heavy drumming, more intense vocals, and overdriven or distorted guitar and blends them with chords and themes from western. It’s a lesser known subgenres though it’s had spikes in popularity in the 50s/60s, 90s, and even some in the 2010s. Many artists in the genre started in western before transitioning, with many older artists doing it when rock started taking over the radio from western, though it also comes from several adventurous rock artists. View wiki
Western Rock tempers the hard edge of rock and subgenres like heavy metal with the rootsy, folksy sound of metal. It usually takes things like heavy drumming, more intense vocals, and overdriven or distorted guitar and blends them with chords and themes from western. It’s a lesser known subge… read more
Western Rock tempers the hard edge of rock and subgenres like heavy metal with the rootsy, folksy sound of metal. It usually takes things like heavy drumming, more intense vocals, and overdriven or distorted guitar and blends them with chords and themes from western. It’s a lesser known subgenres though it’s had spikes in popularity in the 50s/60s, 90s, and even … read more

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