http://www.ministryofrock.co.ukThe History of British Rock .en-ukTue, 10 Jun 2008 14:58:00 GMT Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:58:00 GMTMinistryOfRockRSSFeedjanem@ministryofrock.co.ukjanem@ministryofrock.co.ukhttp://www.ministryofrock.co.uk/JoeMeek.htmlHe was arguably Britain's greatest and most adventurous producer in the first half of the 1960s. So why are so few people familiar with the name Joe Meek?Fri, 18 Apr 2008http://www.ministryofrock.co.uk/Grime.htmlGrime has been a successful British development in urban music that developed out of the garage dance scene.Fri, 18 Apr 2008http://www.ministryofrock.co.uk/NewWave.htmlNew wave was the more commercial, more acceptable face of punk. But it produced some excellent lasting music and artists.Fri, 18 Apr 2008http://www.ministryofrock.co.uk/Goth.htmlGoth has been one of musics most enduring movements, not just for the sound, but also for the distinctive style.Fri, 18 Apr 2008http://www.ministryofrock.co.uk/PirateRadio.htmlRadio Luxembourg and the pirate stations fed the musical appetites of teenagers in the mid 60s. The BBC had done an appalling job with pop on the radio, and these new stations provided what the young wanted.Fri, 18 Apr 2008http://www.ministryofrock.co.uk/GuitarHeroes.htmlThe guitar was the main instrument of rock'n'roll and the great players became huge, enduring heroes to aspirants. These are the towering figures of British rock.Fri, 18 Apr 2008http://www.ministryofrock.co.uk/ProgRock.htmlWhere rock had looked to blues and America for its inspiration, progressive rock turned its face to Europe and the classical tradition as the basis for its complex musical explorations.Fri, 18 Apr 2008http://www.ministryofrock.co.uk/BayCityRollers.htmlThe Bay City Rollers were one of the biggest pop groups of the 1970s - but their fame was short-lived, caught between glam and punk and disco.Fri, 18 Apr 2008http://www.ministryofrock.co.uk/Festivals.htmlFor a brief moment at the beginning of the 1970s, the festival seemed the perfect way to see groups. But a combination of factors gave it just a brief place in the British sun, although it's one lovingly remembered.Fri, 18 Apr 2008http://www.ministryofrock.co.uk/Shoegazers.htmlShoegazing was an introverted and introspective (and self-indulgent) style of rock that was created a small scene in the early 1990s.Fri, 18 Apr 2008http://www.ministryofrock.co.uk/Oasis.htmlBreaking out of Britpop, Oasis have proved to be one of the successful groups to emerge from Britain.Fri, 18 Apr 2008http://www.ministryofrock.co.uk/what-is-emo-music.htmlEmo has become a fairly major musical genre but many people who use the word dont know what emo really is and where it came from.Thu, 17 Apr 2008