Rock branch
Beat / British Invasion
Rock › Rock and roll › Beat / British Invasion
- Emerged
- 1963
- Origin
- Liverpool, UK
- Subgenres
- None
The British took American rock and roll, added vocal harmony and shipped it back across the Atlantic. Both hard rock and pop-rock start here.
- Heaviness
- 2
- Speed
- 5
- Melody
- 10
Key acts
- The Beatles
- The Kinks
- The Who
- The Animals