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Dad Rock

A definitive guide to the six subgeneres of rock -

A definitive guide to the six genres of rock music

There’s a lot.

Dale Maplethorpe
Jun 20, 2026
Chad Smith - Red Hot Chilli Peppers - RHCP

“You crank the shit out of it”: The 1974 album Chad Smith thinks Queen never topped

Does the phrase “danga‑danga, waaaaah” ring any bells? 

Maddi Fearn
Jun 17, 2026
David Crosby - 2018 - Musician - Eddie Janssens

The one guitarist David Crosby could never repay: “He played perfectly”

Melodies that no one could replace.

Tim Coffman
Jun 15, 2026
Brian Wilson - The Beach Boys - Musician - Producer - 1960s

The two bands Brian Wilson called “the greatest music guys”

The greatest kind of rock and roll.

Tim Coffman
Jun 15, 2026
Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young - CSNY - 1970

The most underrated songs from David Crosby, Stephen Stills, Graham Nash & Neil Young

Truly underrated.

Dale Maplethorpe
Jun 10, 2026
Queen - 1975

The 1974 hit single that proves Queen’s songwriting genius: “It was designed to knock people dead”

Taking the mick.

Callum MacHattie
Jun 10, 2026
Friends, foes, and the circus- The tangled relationship of The Beatles and The Rolling Stones

Friends, foes, and the circus: The tangled relationship of The Beatles and The Rolling Stones

You needed to pick a side, even if they rarely did.

Andrew Clayman
May 13, 2026
Five classic rock bands who haven't made a good album in the 21st century

Five classic rock bands who haven’t made a good album in the 21st century

They didn’t work.

Dale Maplethorpe
May 12, 2026
When Donington brought the monster metal showdown of AC:DC vs Van Halen

When Donington brought the “monster metal showdown” of AC/DC vs Van Halen

From not enemies to friends

Gaia Neiman
Apr 13, 2026
Scrubs How a sitcom perfected the sentimental noughties needle drop

‘Scrubs’: How a sitcom perfected the sentimental noughties needle drop

The show pioneered weaponising saccharine dad rock.

Andrew Clayman
Jul 18, 2025
Creed

The danger of divorced dad rock

The antithesis of musical progression.

Tim Coffman
Nov 25, 2024
Van Halen - Sammy Hagar - 1990s

‘5150’: the album that turned Van Halen into dad-rock

The more mature side of the group.

Tim Coffman
Nov 2, 2024

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