Do You Think it’s Possible to Define Rock Music?

I think not.

Mark Ali
The Riff
Published in
5 min readJan 14, 2023

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A neon sign saying “rock and roll”
Photo by Mike Beaumont on Unsplash

The music industry is full of terms — classifications, if you will — for various styles and genres of music. Classical, country, jazz, blues, reggae, etc., etc.

And, of course, rock, which has plenty of sub-classifications.

As I’ve written about very recently, the definition of terms like “classic rock” can…

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Mark Ali
The Riff

I’m a writer, a photographer, a music lover, and a professional ice sculptor. I’m kidding about that last thing. (View my portfolio at: markaliphotos.com)