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2747:Rock concert
2592:Classic rock
2321:Yugoslavian
2166:Post-Britpop
2047:Puerto Rican
2040:Chicano rock
1920:Slacker rock
1643:Country rock
1608:Baroque rock
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155:Please help
150:verification
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2577:Active rock
2557:New Zealand
2385:Bangladeshi
2380:Azerbaijani
2015:Costa Rican
1971:Viking rock
1961:Stoner rock
1880:Gothic rock
1703:Occult rock
1678:Heavy metal
1668:Garage rock
1638:Comedy rock
1628:Chamber pop
1623:Boogie rock
1221:Within the
1109:John Lowery
1086:Les Fradkin
1068:'s career.
995:Fire Garden
943:Pepeu Gomes
905:Frank Zappa
847:, Nucleus,
830:Frank Zappa
822:progressive
818:psychedelic
677:Chuck Berry
628:Chuck Berry
624:Lonnie Mack
594:Middle East
556:, from the
554:The Shadows
544:Sugar Shack
536:the Shadows
467:Red Prysock
459:Arnett Cobb
455:Earl Bostic
361:The Shadows
2819:Categories
2762:Rock opera
2717:Beatlesque
2552:Australian
2471:Rock kapak
2454:Visual kei
2434:Indonesian
2277:Portuguese
2262:Macedonian
2257:Lithuanian
2136:Belarusian
2115:Venezuelan
2100:Ecuadorian
2083:Tropicália
2078:Samba rock
1910:Rock kapak
1900:Jangle pop
1895:Indie rock
1849:Yacht rock
1844:Visual kei
1834:Shock rock
1774:Dance-rock
1764:Arena rock
1748:Swamp rock
1743:Space rock
1728:Samba rock
1723:Roots rock
1698:Noise rock
1618:Blues rock
1613:Beat music
1582:Surf music
1577:Rockabilly
1555:Latin rock
1492:Distortion
1480:Components
1473:Rock music
1413:2022-01-21
1379:2022-01-18
1355:2022-01-19
1305:References
1294:Rautalanka
1236:Guitarist
1223:indie rock
1149:Albert Lee
1127:rockabilly
1046:the Mermen
1036:Cul de Sac
1020:indie-rock
826:space rock
814:Pink Floyd
681:Bo Diddley
652:Duane Eddy
634:guitar of
632:blues rock
582:Surf music
548:Nut Rocker
540:surf music
538:, and the
518:Duane Eddy
506:the Champs
461:. Several
377:Surf music
341:rock music
183:newspapers
95:improve it
50:improve it
2500:Taiwanese
2483:Pakistani
2466:Malaysian
2394:1959–1975
2390:Cambodian
2352:Post-punk
2317:Ukrainian
2297:Slovenian
2267:Norwegian
2237:Icelandic
2232:Hungarian
2195:Nederbeat
2110:Uruguayan
2095:Colombian
2068:Brazilian
2063:Argentine
2025:Dominican
1966:Sufi rock
1956:Post-rock
1951:Math rock
1925:Trop rock
1875:Dream pop
1870:Deathrock
1839:Soft rock
1829:Punk rock
1814:Power pop
1809:Post-punk
1784:Glam rock
1779:Funk rock
1769:Cock rock
1733:Soft rock
1718:Raga rock
1693:Krautrock
1688:Jazz rock
1673:Hard rock
1663:Folk rock
1528:Genres by
1497:Rock band
1268:Math Rock
1243:Old Money
1188:Austin TV
1172:post-rock
1145:Steve Vai
1135:bluegrass
1115:in 2003.
1104:service.
1066:Dick Dale
1024:post rock
1001:In 1995,
976:released
974:Steve Vai
972:In 1990,
925:Cacophony
901:Steve Vai
897:Alcatrazz
869:Alcatrazz
841:jazz rock
806:, 1975's
727:Jeff Beck
648:Albatross
586:Dick Dale
471:Lee Allen
424:post-rock
416:Steve Vai
401:virtuosic
389:Jeff Beck
301:Post-rock
293:Subgenres
99:verifying
56:talk page
2791:Category
2478:Nepalese
2449:Japanese
2405:Filipino
2375:Armenian
2347:New wave
2325:Art rock
2282:Romanian
2207:Estonian
2190:Indorock
2175:Croatian
2131:Albanian
2105:Peruvian
2010:Canadian
1998:American
1915:Shoegaze
1905:Rap rock
1799:New wave
1603:Art rock
1560:Pop rock
1517:Drum kit
1487:Backbeat
1278:See also
1161:Jim Root
1102:download
1058:'s film
1028:Tortoise
962:Maracatu
929:Megadeth
766:art rock
760:Several
721:Top Gear
590:music of
397:art rock
2727:Motorik
2710:Related
2622:Culture
2619:History
2545:Oceania
2536:Zambian
2526:Angolan
2510:Turkish
2495:Russian
2444:Israeli
2439:Iranian
2422:Bengali
2410:Bisrock
2400:Chinese
2307:Swedish
2302:Spanish
2292:Serbian
2287:Russian
2252:Latvian
2247:Italian
2212:Finnish
2161:Britpop
2151:British
2146:Bosnian
2141:Belgian
2090:Chilean
2035:Mexican
2030:Haitian
1941:Britpop
1570:British
1227:Ratatat
1118:Vertigo
1090:Beatles
933:Go Off!
853:Chicago
849:Brand X
776:Genesis
605:R&B
494:Telstar
469:, and
383:genre.
381:R&B
345:singing
197:scholar
93:Please
2803:Portal
2519:Africa
2461:Korean
2417:Indian
2272:Polish
2222:German
2217:French
2180:Danish
2124:Europe
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