11 Genres of Music Everyone Who Loves Music Should Know

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There are literally hundreds of genres of music, with new subgenres cropping up all the time (and sometimes lasting for just a few months before becoming obsolete.) Unless you write about music for a living, or have incredible amounts of free time, it can be difficult not only to keep up, but even to delve into genres from days gone by, especially those outside your musical comfort zone.

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1) Pub Rock: Although a fairly short-lived musical genre, pub rock made an important impact and deserves a place on rock’s timeline. For starters, it’s a notable predecessor of punk rock’s development in the UK (after it was transported from its birthplace, New York City’s Lower East Side). What’s more, several of pub rock’s key players went on to become major names in punk, including the Kilburn & the High Roads’ Ian Dury (later with the Blockheads), Flip City’s Elvis Costello (later joined by the Attractions) and, of course, 101’ers Joe Strummer (of the Clash). Though the music was ultimately swept up in -- and essentially swept away by -- punk rock, songs like Eddie & the Hot Rods’ equal parts rough-edged and pop-perfect “Do Anything You Wanna Do” are reminders of why it shouldn’t be forgotten.

I am familiar with a lot of this but there is much more I am not familiar with. Looks like a good list to explore

http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/11-genres-music-everyone-who-loves-music-should-know