Rock
Rock came from people reacting to the obviousness of pop, the commercial and/or common music played continuously on radio stations, internationally. The genre literally gave an alternative to pop and other forms of rock. Alternative Rock, or just laelled as Alternative, mainly a band based genre consisting of vocals, guitar, bass, drums and/or keyboard (sometimes). Since its arrival in the 1980s, the genre of music has grown over the years and bands, such as e.g.; Kasabian, has kept it in modern society and in the public eye for the younger generations to enjoy. Rock albums are simplistic and focus on the bands appearance, giving a band their image or their 'signiture look' so you can point them out, from the other crowds of other bands out there. Although, saying this, there are some rock bands that have album art showing opposite/random images to what other mainstream bands do. For example; Nirvana in their album 'Nevermind' uses an image of a baby in a swimming pool with dollar note floating in front of him.
Pop
'Pop' is a term that originally was first created from an abbreviation of "popular”. The term "pop music" originated in Britain in the mid-1950s as a new genre originated from rock and roll because of the new youth music styles that it influenced to create 'popular' music. For example of the most well known pop artists/bands are; The Beatles, Michael Jackson, ABBA etc.. The pop genre has moved inot it's own sub-genres nowadays e.g.; rnb/pop, easy listening, electronic, hip-hop etc.
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