Popular_Music

Popular music is music intended for a broad audience, especially an audience that has no formal training in or understanding of musical theory.

Important early influential performers/bands include:
*[[The Beatles]]
*[[Chuck Berry]]
*[[The Doors]]
*[[Bob Dylan]]
*[[Carl Perkins]]
*[[Elvis Presley]]
*[[Little Richard]]
*[[Velvet Underground|The Velvet Underground]]

Other individual artists who have or deserve entries:
*[[Catatonia]]
*[[Metallica]]
*[[Minor Threat]]
*[[NirvanaBand|Nirvana]]

Subcategories with or deserving of entries:
* [[Rock and roll]]
*[[Disco music]]
*[[Funk music]]
*[[Grunge Music]]
*[[Heavy metal music]]
** [[Speed metal music]]
** [[Death metal music]]
** [[Thrash metal music]]
* [[Psychedelic music]]

* [[Electronic music]]
* [[Soul music]]
* [[Bluegrass]]
* [[Blues]]
* [[Jazz]]
* [[Rap music]]
* [[Country music]]
* [[Folk music]]