I am a scientist. I like classifying things. Just like with all living things, there is taxonomy for rock music. You may remember from your Biology class that animals are classified into the following groups: Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus & Species. You can remember the order of those groups by using a couple of different mnemonic aides, "King Penguins Congregate On Frozen Ground Sometimes", or "Keep Pond Clean Or Frogs Get Sick".
The folks who classify music into different genres and sub-genres, keep dividing and sub-dividing groups into their respective categories too. For instance, did you know that Punk Music now has separate categories of punk: Punk Rock, Pop Punk, Post-Punk Revival, Dance Punk, and so on. A lot of this sub-dividing has happened since the 1990's, when Heavy Metal was sub-divided into Speed Metal, Nu Metal and Metalcore.
Just as all the various life forms on earth have their own niches on land, sea and air, Rock Music has a myriad of forms, filled with great bands, all trying to survive and grow. Every once in awhile a new mutation comes along. Those with survival value will thrive and give rise to others like themselves. Hail to the mutants!
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