- Piano rock
Infobox Music genre
name=Piano rock
color=crimson
bgcolor=white
stylistic_origins=Pop rock Progressive rock
cultural_origins=1950s in theUnited States
instruments=Vocals ,piano ,electric piano ,guitar , bass,drum kit ,synthesizer
popularity=Worldwide since the 1970s
derivatives=Piano pop
other_topics=Neo-progressive rock Piano rock, sometimes referred to as piano pop, is a term for a style of
rock music that is based around thepiano , and sometimes around piano-related instruments, such as the Fender Rhodes, theWurlitzer electric piano , and keyboard-basedsynthesizer s, rather than theguitar as is the case with traditional rock music.History
The roots of piano rock can be traced to 1950s rock-and-roll pioneers
Little Richard ,Jerry Lee Lewis , andFats Domino . Many of their frantic performance styles, such as kicking the piano bench out of the way to play standing, raking their hands up and down the keyboard for dramatic effect, and even sitting on the keyboard are now commonplace in modern piano rock and often seen in the performances ofBilly Joel andElton John .Fact|date=February 2008Elton John ,Freddie Mercury of Queen andBilly Joel can be considered the modern-day ground-breakers in the genre, with hits throughout the '70s, '80s, and '90s merging therhythm and blues sounds of pianistsRay Charles andStevie Wonder with Jerry Lee Lewis-inspired rock and pop idioms.Fact|date=February 2008 PianistRoy Bittan made contributions to the genre with his playing on such albums asBruce Springsteen 's "Born to Run ",Meat Loaf 's "Bat out of Hell ", andDire Straits ' "Making Movies ".Artists such as Muse,
Coldplay ,We Shot the Moon ,Tori Amos ,Ben Folds ,Rufus Wainwright , Keane,The Whitlams ,Something Corporate , andFiona Apple have kept piano rock in the public consciousness throughout the '90s and into the 2000s. Recently, artists such asSecondhand Serenade ,Straylight Run ,Jack's Mannequin ,Gabe Dixon Band ,Relient K ,Regina Spektor ,Vanessa Carlton ,Jamie Cullum ,Nellie McKay ,Sarah Slean ,Tim Minchin ,Anna Nalick ,Sara Bareilles ,The Fray ,Five For Fighting ,Kate Nash ,OneRepublic , andScouting For Girls have kept its fan base going.See also
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Popular music
*Symphonic metal
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