In the early eighties
hard rock
dominated the FM radio stations in the rock format and the genre of alternative
music was all but unknown by mainstream listeners.
Alternative music was limited to
a few scattered college radio stations and small self contained local scenes and
groups. In the mid 80s as it became more popular It began to take over college
radio throughout the country and slowly made its way
into the attention of a large group of college kids and other listeners who
tuned into the local radio stations to keep up with the acts.
Slowly sales began to
grow eventually reaching the attention of some mainstream fans throughout the
country. Small labels promoted these acts and kept the genre alive by touring in
small clubs, reaching the fans directly or through the local college radio
stations to help promote the shows.
In the late 80s commercial
stations slowly began to embrace the genre known as college
rock, incorporating the label
alternative rock
and slowly winning over a very loyal fan base. Bands like REM first began to
make their influence
known although they would leave behind the genre a bit with more mainstream hits
and gain huge success.
The
alternative
movement never sold many albums but the influence on the music community was felt in a big way when the format evolved to the next
logical stage. The incorporation of punk and metal influences into what would be
labeled
Grunge Rock.
Silver Dragon Records Presents the
History of Rock Music
Thank
you for your interest in
Houston Rock Record Label Silver Dragon Records.
Below is some information on our
record label and website catering to rock fans and musicians.
Houston Rock Record Label Silver Dragon Records
presents
rock band Lazarus X
and the their latest independent CD release
Weapon of Love.
Lazarus X's combines determined hard hitting rock with haunting and soulful
melodies which struck a chord with many
underground
rock music fans. Some fans received a preview of the
publicity photos
and
underground
rock CD WOL at a
rooftop listening
party a day before it was released
and the response was amazing. Check out
Rock Band Lazarus X
merchandise like
The Weapon of Love Tour T-Shirt and
the
Weapon of Love CD
or preview one of their songs by
downloading a
free rock mp3.
Silver Dragon Records is a
Houston
rock record label
producing and promoting experimental, hard rock and alternative metal albums. We
provide 24 bit digital recording in a
quiet
private studio
free of distractions. If you think we are the label for you
submit a
demo to our record label and let us tell you how we can help your
band with
artist promotion,
publicity, marketing, recording, mastering, help in marketing a demo or shopping
for a major label deal. We are happy to offer musicians our online resources
like our
musicians
toolkit for recording audio, our
museum of rock
music history and our
Houston rock music resource.
Thank you for checking out
music history or rock genres and subgenres and enjoy the above links.
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