Rock! Why is it stereotyped in todays society?

• Indie
• Punk
• Emo
• Grunge and
• Goth

Many arguments have been made because of how they dress and what they listen to. There have been distributes about the fact that rockers can’t listen to music other than rock because its wrong. Also there have been numerous occasions where people pick fights against rockers because they think that they are a joke or they shouldn’t be aloud to be anyway near them. I myself listen to rock and I would be classed as a grunge because of the type of cloths I wear. Most people listen to rock because they can relate to the words. It doesn’t just involve shouting, nearly all rock music tells a story about what’s happened to that particular group/member or other people. I listen to rock because I can relate to it, also I love the buzz I get from it. Rock has been said to be the devils toy, due to the fact that people think it is based around him. This type of music uses instruments to create songs, by doing this it gives more impact to the song because you can feel the singers emotions through the song, giving it a certain presence to the listener  which indicates that things aren‘t always what they seem. I personally would rather listen to rock than listen  to anything else because with rock there is always a meaning to the songs and it really gets you thinking about what life is like for them.

 Some band members come from broken homes or they have been treated poorly in the past so they express themselves through there instruments.

Rock became a major form of culture expression in the 1960’s and has grown ever since then. Under certain circumstances those who listen to this form of music are usually teased . I’ve been teased, I’ve lost friends because of it, but that doesn’t stop me from being me. Many people say that rock influences you to misbehave, but that is not true because it is your choice on what you do, It would be like saying that rap music influences you to go out and kill people, but I know that is just somebody’s opinion. Numerous people think that rock is beneath them because of how it is presented, however I will agree that rock can be quiet scary sometimes but It also paints a picture to how people are perceived. Society today claim to share an interest in the different types of music out there, but how can they say that if they go around labelling  different aspects of certain music. Rock actually originated from blues and folk music which tells me that people don’t know its heritage. If people would just take into account of why some people listen to rock than they would have a better understanding of what it is about.

I leave you now with a thought. Are you jus like everybody else judging people on what they listen to and what they’re about?

By Lauren Herelle 10 or