Wagnerian rock

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name=Wagnerian rock
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stylistic_origins=Rock Opera
cultural_origins=19th Century Opera
20th Century Rock and roll
instruments=Electric Guitar
Keyboard
String instrument
Wind instrument
drums
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Wagnerian rock is a musical term which likely originated with Jim Steinman, who is quoted as using the phrase in the liner notes of the Meat Loaf album, "Rock 'N Roll Hero".Fact|date=August 2008 The phrase is assumed to be inspired by Steinman's love for the music of Richard Wagner and Phil Spector. Amongst writers and reviewers, [cite news
last = Crawford
first = Jeff
title = 'Old Ham' using his loaf
date = March 3, 2004
work = Messenger - Guardian] [cite news
last = Brearley
first = David
coauthors = Waldren, Murray; Butler, Mark; Shedden, Iain
title = 25 classic albums that never get played...and the 25 good reasons why not - ROCK monuments
date = August 9, 2003
work = Weekend Australian] [cite web
title = Bat Out of Hell III review
work = Wisdom from the Voices of Many
date = March 31, 2007
url = http://polysophy.blogspot.com/2007/03/two-out-of-three-aint-bad.html
accessdate = 2008-03-15] [cite web
title = Guiltless Review: Streets of Fire
date = July 23, 2006
work = Guiltless Pleasures
url = http://guiltlesspleasures.blogspot.com/2006/07/guiltless-review-streets-of-fire.html
accessdate = 2008-03-15] the term is used to refer to a merger of twentieth century Rock & Roll and nineteenth century Opera reminiscent of Wagner's and of Spector's "Wall of Sound".

The music of several other rock artists has been referred to as Wagnerian rock, or simply Wagnerian. The word is sometimes used rather ambiguously in rock writing, referring to such things as bombast, teutonic style or fantasy lyrics. The term has been applied to music by such diverse artists as progressive heavy metal band Savatage [http://www.globaldomination.se/class666/savatage-streets-a-rock-opera 2007 music review] ; alternative rock band Evanescence; [cite news
title = The "difficult second album" is one of the cliches of rock music
date = December 1, 2006
work = International Herald Tribune] [cite web
title = Evanescence - The Open Door review
work = MusicMP3.ru
date = September 13, 2006
url = http://musicmp3.ru/review_evanescence__the-open-door.html
accessdate = 2008-03-15] noted producer and songwriter Phil Spector; [cite news
title = Critics' Voices
date = December 1, 2006
work = Time Magazine
url = http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,974448,00.html
accessdate = 2008-03-15] progressive rock band King Crimson; [cite news
last = Harrington
first = Richard
title = King Crimson: Reign of Wagnerian Rock
date = March 20, 1992
work = Washington Post] German industrial metal band RammsteinFact|date=July 2008; Slovenian industrial music group LaibachFact|date=July 2008; American heavy metal group ManowarFact|date=July 2008; and German electronic music artist Klaus SchulzeFact|date=July 2008, who uses the pseudonym "Richard Wahnfried," a name derived from his interest in Richard Wagner.

See also

*Progressive rock
*Symphonic rock

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