page_title: American rock
section_title: Soft and hard rock
hierarchical_section_title: American rock / New genres (the early 1970s) / Soft and hard rock
caption_attribution_description: English: Brad Whitford, Steven Tyler, and Joe Perry of Aerosmith performing at the NFL Kickoff in Washington, DC on September 4, 2003. Deutsch: Aerosmith beim NFL Kickoff Live 2003. Français&#160;: Steven Tyler joue au National Mall à Washington. Image:Aerosmith.jpg. Italiano: Gli Aerosmith sono stati la prima band ad apparire nello show nei panni di se stessi. Nederlands: Aerosmith trad in 2003 op in the National Mall in Washington, DC. Português: Aerosmith performando em 2003. Русский: Тайлер. 中文: 2003年在美国首都华盛顿的音乐会。. Català: Aerosmith. El grup Aerosmith ha aconseguit més beneficis amb el videojoc Guitar Hero: Aerosmith que amb les vendes de qualsevol àlbum. Dansk: Aerosmith 2003, med sangeren Steven Tyler. العربية: براد ويتفورد ستيفن تايلر ، وجو بيري من Aerosmith أداء ضربة البداية في اتحاد كرة القدم الأميركي في واشنطن في 4 سبتمبر 2003. Hrvatski: Aerosmith nastupa u National Mall u Washingtonu, DC, 4. rujan 2003. Uživo izvedba na koncertu &quot;NFL Kickoff Live 2003&quot;.
context_page_description: American rock has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, rhythm and blues, and country music, and also drew on folk music, jazz, blues, and classical music. American rock music was further influenced by the British Invasion of the American pop charts from 1964 and resulted in the development of psychedelic rock.
  From the late 1960s and early 1970s, American rock music was highly influential in the development of a number of fusions, including blending with folk music to create folk rock, with blues to create blues rock, with country music to create country rock, roots rock and southern rock and with jazz to create jazz rock, all of which contributed to psychedelic rock. In the 1970s, rock developed a large number of subgenres, such as soft rock, hard rock, heavy metal, glam rock, progressive rock and punk rock.
  New subgenres that were derived from punk and important in the 1980s included new wave, hardcore punk, post-punk, thrash, and alternative rock. In the 1990s, alternative rock broke through into the mainstream with grunge, and other significant subgenres included indie rock and nu metal.
context_section_description: From the late 1960s it became common to divide mainstream rock music into soft and hard rock. Soft rock was often derived from folk rock, using acoustic instruments and putting more emphasis on melody and harmonies. Major artists included Carole King, James Taylor and America. It reached its commercial peak in the mid- to late- 70s with acts like Billy Joel and the reformed Fleetwood Mac, whose Rumours (1977) was the best-selling album of the decade. In contrast, hard rock was more often derived from blues-rock and was played louder and with more intensity. It often emphasised the electric guitar, both as a rhythm instrument using simple repetitive riffs and as a solo lead instrument, and was more likely to be used with distortion and other effects. Key acts included British Invasion bands like The Who and The Kinks, as well as psychedelic era performers like Cream, Jimi Hendrix and The Jeff Beck Group and American bands including Iron Butterfly, MC5, Blue Cheer and Vanilla Fudge. Hard rock-influenced bands that enjoyed international success in the 1970 included Montrose, including the instrumental talent of Ronnie Montrose and vocals of Sammy Hagar and arguably the first all-American hard rock band to challenge the British dominance of the genre, released their first album in 1973, and were followed by bands like Aerosmith.
caption: Aerosmith performing in 2003
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