Summary and Description of Music Genre

The music genre we aim to work with is ‘alternative rock’ although the other genres we could possibly look into is ‘indie rock’ or ‘pop’, through this genre we have access to a lot of new upcoming bands as well as bands that have been around for a while. Each one creating an interesting video that brings out their genre of music. Alternative rock emerged during the 1980’s, although it didn’t really get popular until the mid 1990’s as it was seen as a rejection of mainstream culture through bands such as Blink 182 and Oasis. From the huge success these bands created new bands followed in their wake and now days we can see hundreds of bands labeled under the alternative rock genre.

The main band which we would like to work with is Muse, over the years Muse have created a unique style of music which comes from their fusion of many different music genres such as progressive rock, classical music, heavy metal, electronica and alternative rock. Their songs vary dramatically from their instrumental symphonies on the resistance album to the metal of Stockholm Syndrome on the Absolution album this shows their great flair of combining multiple different genres into one incredible song.