It grew in response to the last gasp of dinosaur bands from the 1970s and from the commercial success of bands such as Nirvana and Pearl Jam. Also known as modern rock .
Instrumentation generally includes guitars, banjos, mandolins and fiddles.
A style of music that evolved from southern African-American secular songs and is usually characterized by slow tempo and flatted thirds and sevenths. Blues influenced the development of rock, rhythm and blues and country music. A style of jazz characterized by rhythmic and harmonic complexity, improvised solo performances and a virtuoso execution. Calypso A type of music that originated in the West Indies and is characterized by humorous, improvised lyrics often on topical subjects. A style of music popularized in the 1950s with words and nonsense syllables sung in harmony by small groups.