The 73 years rock has existed is a crazy long time, and the evolution of the genre is also pretty interesting. So this is a showcase of rock from its birth in 1951 to present day 2024. Here are all the songs listed in this project from oldest to newest: 1951: Ike Turner/Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats - Rocket 88 1952: Bill Haley - Rock The Joint 1953: The Crows - Gee 1954: Bill Haley & His Comets - Rock Around The Clock 1955: Little Richard - Tutti Fruit 1956: Johnny Cash - I Walk The Line 1957: Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock 1957: Buddy Holly - Words Of Love 1957: Fats Domino - I'm Walkin' 1958: Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode 1958: The Everly Brothers - All I Have To Do Is Dream 1959: Wilbert Harrison - Kansas City 1960: Ike & Tina Turner - A Fool In Love 1961: Ben E. King - Stand By Me 1961: Elvis Presley - Can't Help Falling In Love 1962: The Isley Brothers - Twist & Shout 1963: Elvis Presley - (You're The) Devil In Disguise 1963: The Beach Boys - Surfin' USA 1963: The Beatles - I Wanna Hold Your Hand 1964: The Kinks - You Really Got Me 1964: The Animals - House Of The Rising Sun 1965: Bob Dylan - Like A Rolling Stone 1965: The Rolling Stones - (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction 1965: The Who - My Generation 1966: The Rolling Stones - Paint It, Black 1966: The Monkees - I'm A Believer 1967: The Doors - Light My Fire 1967: Cream - Sunshine Of Your Love 1967: Jimi Hendrix - Purple Haze 1968: The Beatles - Hey Jude 1968: Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower 1969: Creedence Clearwater Revival - Fortunate Son 1969: Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love 1969: King Crimson - The Court Of The Crimson King 1970: Derek And The Dominos - Layla 1970: Black Sabbath - Paranoid 1970: The Beatles - Let It Be 1971: Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven 1971: Uriah Heep - Lady In Black 1971: Yes - Roundabout 1972: Deep Purple - Smoke On The Water 1972: Elton John - Rocket Man 1972: David Bowie - Starman 1973: ZZ Top - La Grange 1973: Aerosmith - Dream On 1973: Billy Joel - Piano Man 1974: Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama 1974: The Hollies - The Air That I Breathe 1974: UFO - Doctor Doctor 1975: Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody 1975: Rainbow - Catch The Rainbow 1975: KISS - Rock And Roll All Nite 1976: Eagles - Hotel California 1976: Blue Oyster Cult - (Don't Fear) The Reaper 1976: Boston - More Than A Feeling 1977: Ram Jam - Black Betty 1977: Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way 1977: Heart - Barracuda 1978: Van Halen - Ain't Talkin' Bout' Love 1978: Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing 1978: Ramones - I Wanna Be Sedated 1979: AC/DC - Highway To Hell 1979: Electric Light Orchestra - Don't Bring Me Down 1979: Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall 1980: Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train 1980: Motorhead - Ace Of Spades 1980: Judas Priest - Breaking The Jaw 1981: Journey - Don't Stop Believin' 1981: Joan Jett - I Love Rock 'N' Roll 1981: Rush - Tom Sawyer 1982: Michael Jackson - Beat It 1982: Survivor - Eye Of The Tiger 1982: Whitesnake - Here I Go Again 1983: Dio - Holy Diver 1983: The Police - Every Breath You Take 1983: Iron Maiden - The Trooper 1984: REO Speedwagon - Can't Fight This Feeling 1984: Twisted Sister - We're Not Gonna Take It 1984: Bruce Springsteen - Dancing In The Dark 1985: Brian Adams - Summer Of '69 1985: Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me) 1985: Starship - We Built This City 1986: Genesis - Invisible Touch 1986: The Smiths - There Is a Light That Never Goes Out 1986: Bon Jovi - Livin' On A Prayer 1987: Guns N' Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine 1987: Def Leppard - Pour Some Sugar On Me 1987: U2 - With Or Without You 1988: Metallica - One 1988: Pixies - Where Is My Mind 1988: Slayer - South Of Heaven 1989: Motley Crue - Kickstart My Heart 1989: Alice Cooper - Poison 1989: Tom Petty - Free Fallin' 1990: AC/DC - Thunderstruck 1990: Megadeth - Holy Wars 1990: Nine Inch Nails - Head Like A Hole 1991: Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit 1991: R.E.M - Losing My Religion 1991: Scorpions - Wind Of Change 1992: Pantera - Walk 1992: Rage Against The Machine - Killing In The Name 1992: Radiohead - Creep 1993: Meat Loaf - I'd Do Anything For Love 1993: Soul Asylum - Runaway Train 1993: Pearl Jam - Daughter 1994: The Cranberries - Zombie 1994: Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun 1994: Alice In Chains - Nutshell 1995: The Smashing Pumpkins - Bullet With Butterfly Wings 1995: Oasis - Wonderwall 1995: Deftones - 7 Words 1996: Tool - Forty Six and 2 1996: The Wallflowers - One Headlight 1997: Third Eye Blind - Semi-Charmed Life 1997: Foo Fighters - Everlong 1997: Blur - Song 2 1998: Korn - Freak On A Leash 1998: The Offspring - The Kids Aren't Alright 1998: Rob Zombie - Dragula 1999: Smash Mouth - All Star 1999: Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Californication 1999: Blink 182 - All The Small Things
Also you guys watch this on Turbowarp if it's too laggy: https://turbowarp.org/863654986 Anyways continuing listing the songs, now all from the 21st century: 2000: Limp Bizkit - Break Stuff 2000: Papa Roach - Last Resort 2000: Wheatus - Teenage Dirtbag 2001: System Of A Down - Chop Suey 2001: Weezer - Island In The Sun 2001: Rammstein - Sonne 2002: Godsmack - I Stand Alone 2002: 3 Doors Down - Here Without You 2002: Audioslave - Like A Stone 2003: The White Stripes - Seven Nation Army 2003: Evanescence - Bring Me To Life 2003: Linkin Park - Numb 2004: Green Day - Boulevard Of Broken Dreams 2004: The Killers - Mr Brightside 2004: My Chemical Romance - Helena 2005: Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc. 2005: Dream Theater - Panic Attack 2005: Nickelback - Rockstar 2006: The Strokes - You Only Live Once 2006: Panic! At The Disco - I Write Sins Not Tragedies 2006: Three Days Grace - Animal I Have Become 2007: Fall Out Boy - Thnks Fr Th Mmrs 2007: Seether - Fake It 2007: Sum 41 - With Me 2008: Slipknot - Psychosocial 2008: Disturbed - Indestructible 2008: Coldplay - Viva La Vida 2009: Skillet - Monster 2009: Breaking Benjamin - I Will Not Bow 2009: Muse - Uprising 2010: Avenged Sevenfold - Nightmare 2010: Bullet For My Valentine - Your Betrayal 2011: The Black Keys - Lonely Boy 2012: Pierce The Veil - King For A Day 2013: Arctic Monkeys - Do I Wanna Know? 2013: Bring Me The Horizon - Can You Feel My Heart 2013: Five Finger Death Punch - Wrong Side Of Heaven 2014: Royal Blood - Figure It Out 2015: Twenty One Pilots - Tear In My Heart 2016: Gojira - Stranded 2016: I Prevail - Scars 2017: Greta Van Fleet - Highway Tune 2017: Trivium - The Heart From Your Hate 2017: Paramore - Hard Times 2018: Shinedown - DEVIL 2018: Molchat Doma - Sudno 2019: Vampire Weekend - Harmony Hall 2019: Cage The Elephant - Social Cues 2019: Ghost - Mary On A Cross 2020: Eyedress - Jealous 2021: Maneskin - Beggin' 2022: Motionless In White - Masterpiece 2023: Beach Weather - S**, Dr*gs, Etc 2024: wifiskeleton - Nope your too late i already died BRO YDK HOW LONG THIS TOOK ME TO MAKE, LITERALLY STARTED THIS PROJECT SINCE I'D SAY EARLY APRIL I truly hope I got at least most iconic artists Jokes aside this got me to know a lot of great songs I had previously ignored, it was a pretty fun journey to see the evolution of rock while making it and I'm pretty happy with how it shows in this project.
