Dance-rock

Dance-rock
Stylistic origins
Cultural originsLate 1970s – early 1980s
Typical instruments
Derivative forms
Other topics

Dance-rock is a dance-infused genre of rock music.[2] It is a post-disco genre connected with pop rock and post-punk with fewer rhythm and blues influences. It originated in the early 1980s, following the decline in popularity of both punk and disco.[3]

Examples of early dance-rock include Gina X's "No G.D.M.",[4] Russ Ballard's "On the Rebound",[5] artists such as Dinosaur L, Liquid Liquid and Polyrock,[6] and the compilation album Disco Not Disco.[7][8]

  1. ^ Modell, Josh (13 October 2014). "Dudes on 'ludes: 15 bands named after drugs that aren't weed". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
  2. ^ "Dance-Rock Music Genre Overview". AllMusic.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Bill was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "The Fader, Issues 14-15". The Fader. Fader, Incorporated: 38. 2002. [the] classic post-disco track "No GDM" by Gina X
  5. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "AllMusic Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine". AlMusic.com. Allmusic. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
  6. ^ Fink, Robert (2005). Repeating Ourselves: American Minimal Music As Cultural Practice. University of California Press. p. 26. ISBN 978-0-520-24550-1.
  7. ^ "Disco Not Disco (2000)". AllMusic. Retrieved 10 August 2009.
  8. ^ Battaglia, Andy (2008). "Album Reviews: VA - Disco Not Disco (Post-Punk, Electro & Leftfield Disco Classics)". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 13 August 2009.