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Key facts
- Other names
- Progressive rock
- Stylistic origins
- Experimental rock avant-garde psychedelic rock folk jazz classical
- Cultural origins
- 1960s, United States and United Kingdom
- Derivative forms
- Post-progressive post-punk new wave
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- Commons category
- Art rock
- inception
- 1968-01-01
- native label
- Art Rock
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Art rock is rock music that aims to distinguish the genre from popular entertainment, with the term typically being applied as the middle ground between mainstream and experimental rock. Art rock primarily draws influences from the wider art world and academia; which includes contemporary art, art music, avant-garde art, experimental music, avant-garde music, alongside classical music and jazz. The term is sometimes deployed interchangeably with "progressive rock" and to refer to some experimental rock acts.
Critics have defined art rock as a "rejection" of rock music intended solely for the purpose of popular entertainment or dancing. The term was closely associated with a specific period beginning over 1966 and 1967. Its usage waned after the late-1970s while elements of the style were infused into various popular music genres through the 1990s.