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Pop music 1970 - onwards

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Heavy Metal and 1980s Rock

Late 1970s onward

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Thin Lizzy

Heavy Metal was highly amplified form of electronic rock with a hard beat, distorted guitar and frequent long instrumental solos. Bands such as Motorhead, AC/DC, Whitesnake, Thin Lizzy and many others played in this style.

Thrash metal and Death Metal take this music even further, with a harder and faster playing style. Megadeth and Metallica are examples.

1980s Rock

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This was a development of 1970s rock music with elaborate guitar solos and a heavy beat. Examples are U2, The Police, Bryan Adams, Bruce Springsteen and Guns'n Roses.

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