Southern rock goes back to the origins of the
rock and roll
movement to innovators like Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Little Richard
who all came from the South. Drawing heavily from the blues,
rock and roll
redefined music causing an revolution that would sweep the world continuing up
to the present time. The British Invasion and
then psychedelic rock
movement in San Francisco took rock music out of the south and to places like London, San Francisco, Los Angeles,
and New York.
Creedence Clearwater Revival and The Band helped
revive the southern rock movement in the 60's with music that would eventually
define the southern rock genre. The Allman Brothers Band, heavily influenced by
the blues and elements of jazz, quickly developed a very strong following. Even
with the death of guitar legend Duane Allman in 71 they are still very
influential with southern rockers. By the early 70s bands began to combine
hard rock
and heavy
metal influences into the sound. Simple boogie
shuffles and hard rock
guitar antics combined with rebel ideology combined to define this subset of
southern rock. Groups like Lynyrd Skynyrd, 38 Special, Molly Hatchet, and Black
Oak Arkansas soon began to be heard on the radio. The death of several members
of the band Lynard Skynard in 77 including lead singer Ronnie Van Zandt
was a serious blow to the movement
but it managed to survive and in some cases thrive
after the tragedy. Lynyrd Skynyrd's Sweet Home Alabama released in 73 was
widely regarded as the anthem of the movement.
Southern rock influenced
groups far removed from its geographical and musical lines. Bands like Def Leppard
of England and AC/DC of Australia as well as many others were influenced
by the southern sound. Southern rock suffered a decline in the early 80's with
the advent of new wave and hair metal but a few bands survived and flourished
like ZZ Top of Houston Texas. Combining synthesizers with their heavily blues
influenced sound they managed to become one of the most commercially successful
southern rock band of the 80's. The Georgia Satellites scored a few big hits
also and new southern bands began to use MTV as a vehicle for the southern
sound.
Bands like R.E.M., Blind Melon, and the Black Crowes,
advanced the movement combining it with
hard rock to create a new
direction in southern rock music. Southern rock is still alive although it has
been all but absorbed by the hard rock resurgence of the late 90's.
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
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The Weapon of Love Tour T-Shirt and
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or preview one of their songs by
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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.
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