Rock music

**Rock music** is a genre of music involving electric guitars (usually a single guitar and a bass guitar), a set of drums, and one or more singers. It also has its own variants, such as heavy metal, indie rock, and rap rock.

## In the Rabydosverse

Rock music is popular in some cultures of the Rabydosverse, such as the Kuelgons, Azgo, Marnos, Bujan, and the subcultures of Manzel University.

### Konjor Supercorporation

The Kuelgonians use rock music to convey their rage against the Galaxy and their association with monsters.

### Malendor Supercorporation

Likewise, rock music, especially those with a lot of screaming and howling like the torment of someone being tortured, is very popular in Rukthan, that even babies there listen to it to go to sleep and children listen to it to relax (and giggle).

### Azgo (Vozolaz)

The Azgovians use rock music to make fun of their society's decline: they like to scream in their performances, imitating crude depictions of people who were driven to insanity. As many bands focused on making themselves look as crude and deranged as possible, Azgovian rock concerts have become "dignified shouting matches", and people in other countries play Azgovian rock songs to poke fun of horrible situations or embarrassing failures. It is most often associated with satire and parody. Some bands even intentionally get drunk on alcohol to make themselves look as insane as possible, to amuse their audiences.

### Bujan

Marnosyns like rock music, mostly because it fits their vulgar and rude aethestic. Meanwhile in Bujan, rock music was (re)introduced into the country after independence, where it became a venue for youths to relieve themselves from the stress of excessive properness and decorum. It is very popular among Arnadjanai, because it is where they unleash their aggressive tendencies where they force themselves to be more proper elsewhere to fit into Bujanski society, the last vestige of their brutish nature aside from fights and brawls.

Bujanski also have their own folk metal, known as "patriotic metal". It is named for incorporating Wonao musical instruments to the usual tune of electric guitars and angry screaming, such as the ngagao drums and the ikiril rattle. This is mostly done to mock failures in Bujan and excessive displays of patriotism.

### Siangwaan

The students of Manzel University use rock music for the same reasons as the Azgovians do, mainly to laugh at others calling them "monsters" by putting on a monstrous facade.

Heavy metal music happens to be very popular in Siangwaan, as it adds to the vulgar setting that many young jousting fans enjoy.

## Trivia

* Although rock music is used IRL to promote pagan religions, in the already-pagan Jerde of the Rabydosverse, rock music is almost never used for religious purposes, as it is considered too degrading for holy matters. It is considered by most people there to be for humour, especially for satire or parody.
* IRL, rock music (or heavy metal) has dark or extreme themes, like death, hell, monsters, and destruction. These used to exist on Jerde as well during the Sixteenth Age, but nowadays, people prefer to use the "death" or "monsters" themes only for humour or aesthetic. They prefer to use rock music mostly as a form of mockery.

## See also

* Araukoz, another satirical creature.
* Dondaton, an example of a rock band
* Mockingston Faire, more examples of rock musicians

## External link

* An example of what Bujanski "patriotic rock" sounds like