Rock:

    7 out of 12 people prefer Rock over  Country. Rock music started in 1956 with Bill Haley's "Rock Around the Clock". Ever since then, rock has become a major music type to most people. With bands like 30 Seconds to Mars, Metallica, Linkin Park, and Aerosmith, it's hard not to love this genre of music. Rock is a kind of music that isn't always happy. When your angry, listening to rock (or screamo) helps you get through the day. Rock has a long history that still keeps growing, 

    

    There are also different types of rock. For example, you have classic rock, folk rock, rock n' roll, and the rock that is made up of todays bands. Rock wouldn't be anything without the singers of the bands. There's the king of rock: Elvis Presley. The person who is believed to be the one who started rock: Billy Haley. Besides classic rock people, you have people on recent bands, like Jared Leto in 30 seconds to Mars, Chester Bennington in Linkin Park.

     Believe it or not, many rock lyrics are actually inspirational. The song "The Kill" by 30 Seconds to Mars is about trying to be someone different then you really are. Most people look at the song and think that it's about a relationship. For example:

"Come break me down

Bury me, bury me
I am finished with you
Look in my eyes
You're killing me, killing me
All I wanted was you"

He's fighting with himself, trying to find him, arguing with the other half of him that's basically being fake. He only wanted to be that person, but he just can't.

    As you can see, rock started way back, and there are many things that make it up. Without all of these elements, we wouldn't have this powerful genre of music called Rock, and millions would lose interest in music in general.