Top 100 Rock Songs

Rock music is the music in which there is a dominant vocal melody that is complemented by the sounds of electric guitar, bass guitar and drums. Apart from that, even keyboard instruments, saxophone, harmonica, violin, flute, French horn, banjo, melodica, and timpani are also used in this genre of music. In rock music, the sound of the guitar is centric and a strong back beat revolves around it. One can trace back its roots to the rock and roll and rockabilly of the 1940s and 1950s.

 

In 1960s, various variations of rock music were developed - folk rock, blues-rock jazz-rock and psychedelic rock. The next decade saw the emergence of soft rock, heavy metal, hard rock, progressive rock and punk rock. The decade of 1980s saw people moving to the beats of rock subgenres, such as synthpop, hardcore punk and alternative rock. Since the 1990s, the subgenres have included grunge, Britpop, Indie rock, and nu metal. In the following lines, we have provided the list of best and most popular rock songs of all times.

 

Top 100 Rock Songs