Noise rock

Noise rock
Noise rock
	Flipper at the 9:30 Club, Washington, D.C., 1984
Stylistic origins	Experimental rock; punk rock; noise; minimal; garage rock; krautrock; acid rock; industrial; hardcore punk; post-hardcore;
Cultural origins	c. Mid-1960s to 1980s, New York City, United States
Derivative forms	Grunge; post-hardcore;
Subgenres
	Pigfuck; Shitgaze;
Local scenes
	No wave
Other topics
	Alternative rock; avant-punk; indie rock; noise pop; post-punk; no wave; mathcore; industrial rock; grindcore; shitgaze;

Noise rock is a subgenre of rock music that originally emerged in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Artists fuse rock music to noise, while utilizing extreme levels of guitar distortion and feedback, primarily through the use of electric guitars.

Notable acts include Sonic Youth, Big Black, Swans, Flipper, Cows, Scratch Acid, No Trend and the Jesus Lizard.

^ Gardner, Noel (March 30, 2016). "The Sound Of Impact: Noise Rock In 1986". The Quietus. Retrieved September 30, 2017.

[quietus-1] Gardner, Noel (March 30, 2016). "The Sound Of Impact: Noise Rock In 1986". The Quietus. Retrieved September 30, 2017.

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