Classic rock is based off of 50s blues and bluesy bands. “ACDC”, “Led Zeppelin”, “Van Halen”, and “Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers” fall in that category. Classic rock all has different sound. Every band I mentioned has a distinctive sound.

Techno is very artificial. It has electronic beats with synth instruments. Besides its own genre, Techno is found in Rap, R&B, and Pop. It is popular in dance clubs.

Hard Rock is music’s most dominant genre at the moment. It consists of all rock that isn’t metal, or classic. Alternative, emo, and Grunge also fall in this category. It’s most popular bands are “The Foo Fighters”, “SICKpuppies”, “Nirvana”, and “My Chemical Romance”.

Funk is Rock n’ Rolls answer to disco. The most common bands are “DFunk”, “Earth, Wind & Fire”, “Parliament”, and “The Red Hot Chili Peppers”. “Funk is Disco with real instruments and an unsteady drum and bass beat”, says Mike Vargo of The Drive By Fix.

Metal is Hard, Heavy, Fast, Slow, and always powerful. Its hard hitting music with screaming vocals leaves an audience in awe. The most famous genre is metal. The most selling genre is metal. It’s most famous bands are Metallica, System Of a Down, Lamb of God, Bullet For My Valentine, Avenged Sevenfold, and Ozzy Osbourne. Some people mistake Metal for Emo, but it’s very different. Screamo screams but usually doesn’t have heavy music. Emo Punk doesn’t have heavy vocals and usually doesn’t have heavy music.