The pop rock genre is a genre of music that mixes together
light pop upbeat style lyrics with guitar-based rock songs, normally pop rock
is associated with bands. Pop rock includes instruments being used a lot more
unlike with your typical pop song that focuses more on the artificially made
beat. Existing popular artists/bands that use pop rock are:
- Maroon 5
- McFly
- P!nk
- Avril Lavigne
- Paramore
- Fall Out Boy
And past artists/bands that inspired these ones were:
- The Beatles
- Queen
- Blondie
- The Police
- The Byrds
- The Monkees
Pop and rock are linked together because of their sonic
textures and their cultural history, even though fans perceive the two genres
to be opposite, they both work well together, creating the category pop-rock.
