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Garage rock 1963
High-school bands, a Farfisa organ and one good idea recorded badly. Attitude beats technique here, and punk descends from it directly.
- Heaviness
- 3
- Speed
- 7
- Melody
- 7
- Where from
- USA / Canada
- Tempo
- 140-180 bpm
- Song length
- 2-3 min
- Written about
- Girls, Being wronged, Local grievance, Very little else
- Vocals
- Sung
Why this one
| You said | Garage rock | Match | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| There, but not the point How much weight do you want behind it? | 3 out of 10 | 80% | ×2 |
| As fast as anyone can play What pace? | 7 out of 10 | 70% | ×2 |
| The beginnings Does it matter when it was made? | 1963 | 100% | ×1 |
| Being young and out late What should the words be about? | Girls, Being wronged, Local grievance, Very little else | 50% | ×1 |
| Something to hold on to Do you want a tune you could hum afterwards? | 7 out of 10 | 90% | ×1 |
| Weighted mean | 77% | ||
Ranked over all 150 genres in the encyclopedia, on the 5 answers you gave, weighted heaviness 2, pace 2, era 1, about 1, melody 1 out of 7. Garage rock ties with the next, and won on being the broader of the two. Where two genres score the same the broader one wins, because a genre with subgenres under it is somewhere to carry on from and a leaf is a full stop.
Five records, in this order
- 1Start one step outside
Chuck Berry, Chuck 2017
Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode. That opening riff is the DNA of the entire tree.
- 2The one to put on first
The Sonics, Here Are The Sonics!!! 1965
The Sonics - Psycho. Gerry Roslie's voice is a decade ahead of punk.
The pick names a track. This is the record the encyclopedia holds by them.
- 3Then
- 4Then
- 5Then
The first is the entry point for Rock and roll, one step outside, so the second record has something to be heard against. After it come Garage rock's essential records in the order the encyclopedia lists them. Every one of these has a page here with links out to somewhere it can be played.
If that is not it
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Psychobilly 77%
Rockabilly with slapped upright bass, punk speed and lyrics about monsters. Quiff haircut mandatory.
4 steps from Garage rock, meeting it only at Rock.
The way into Psychobilly -
Glam metal 76%
Hard rock with hairspray, a radio chorus and a mandatory power ballad. It ruled MTV until 1991.
On the other branch of the tree entirely, and 5 steps from Garage rock.
The way into Glam metal
Not simply the second and third of the ranking: those are almost always near neighbours of the first, which is three names for one suggestion. An alternate has to sit at least 4 steps through the tree from the headline and from the other alternate, which is the same floor the "sounds like this, but isn't" panel uses.
What your answers ruled out
- As fast as anyone can play put 4 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Doom metal, Drone metal, Funeral doom. Worth 2 of 7.
- The beginnings put 67 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Folk metal, Metalcore, Nu metal. Worth 1 of 7.
- Being young and out late put 115 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Punk rock, Hardcore punk, Alternative rock. Worth 1 of 7.
Counted as genres scoring 20% or less on that answer alone. A recommendation that only shows what it chose is hiding half of what it did.