Classic Rock
Classic rock, or colloquially "dad rock", is a radio format that developed from the album-oriented rock (AOR) format in the early-mid 1980s. In the United States, it comprises rock music ranging generally from the mid-1960s to mid-1990s, primarily focusing on commercially successful blues rock and hard rock popularized in the 1970s–1980s AOR format. Classic rock's focus somewhat differs from the formats oldies (focusing on the more pop-oriented hits and earlier rock and roll of the 1950s–1970s) and classic hits (focusing on pop-oriented hits and pop rock of the 1970s–1990s).
The classic rock format became increasingly popular with the baby boomer demographic in the 1980s and 1990s. Although classic rock has mostly appealed to adult listeners, music associated with this format received more exposure with younger listeners with the presence of the Internet and digital downloading. Some classic rock stations also play a limited number of current releases which are stylistically consistent with the station's sound, or by legacy acts which are still active and producing new music.
Among academics and historians, classic rock has been discussed as an effort by critics, media, and music establishments to canonize rock music and commodify 1960s–70s Western culture for audiences living in a post-baby boomer economy. The music selected for the format has been identified as predominantly commercially successful songs by white male acts from the Anglosphere, expressing values of Romanticism, self-aggrandizement, and politically undemanding ideologies. Classic rock has also been associated with rock's album era (1960s–2000s).
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