Nyimbo za rock ndi mtundu wanyimbo zodziwika bwino zomwe zidayamba ngati "rock and roll" ku United States m'zaka za m'ma 1950, ndipo zidakula kukhala masitaelo osiyanasiyana m'ma 1960 ndi pambuyo pake, makamaka ku United Kingdom ndi United States.
Idayambira mu 1940s' ndi 1950s' rock and roll, yomwe imakhudzidwa kwambiri ndi kamvekedwe ndi nyimbo. maganizo ndi nyimbo za dziko.
Nyimbo za rock zidakokeranso kwambiri pamitundu ina ingapo monga blues ndi folk, ndikuphatikizanso zikoka zochokera ku jazz, classical ndi nyimbo zina.
Nyimbo, rock yakhazikika pa gitala lamagetsi, kawirikawiri monga gawo la gulu la rock ndi gitala la bass lamagetsi ndi ng'oma.
Nthawi zambiri, nyimbo za rock ndi nyimbo zomwe nthawi zambiri zimakhala ndi siginecha ya 4/4 pogwiritsa ntchito vesi-chorus mawonekedwe, koma mtunduwo wakhala wosiyana kwambiri.
Monga nyimbo za pop, mawu nthawi zambiri amagogomezera chikondi chachikondi komanso amalankhulanso mitu ina yambiri yomwe nthawi zambiri imatsindika za chikhalidwe cha anthu kapena ndale.
Kulamulira kwa rock ndi azungu, oimba achimuna kwawonedwa ngati chimodzi mwa zinthu zazikulu zomwe zimaumba mitu yofufuzidwa mu nyimbo za rock.
Rock imayika chidwi kwambiri pa kuyimba, kusewera pompopompo, komanso malingaliro owona kuposa nyimbo za pop.
Pofika kumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma 1960, zomwe zimatchedwa "nthawi yamtengo wapatali" kapena "nthawi ya rock classic", mitundu ingapo ya nyimbo za rock idatuluka, kuphatikiza mitundu yosakanizidwa monga blues rock, folk rock, country rock, ndi jazz-rock fusion, ambiri mwa zomwe zidathandizira kukulitsa miyala ya psychedelic, yomwe idakhudzidwa ndi mawonekedwe amtundu wa psychedelic.
Mitundu yatsopano yomwe idatuluka pachithunzichi idaphatikizanso rock yopita patsogolo, yomwe idakulitsa zojambulajambula; glam rock, yomwe imawonetsa mawonekedwe ndi mawonekedwe; ndi mitundu yosiyanasiyana komanso yokhalitsa ya heavy zitsulo, zomwe zinkagogomezera mphamvu ya mawu, mphamvu, ndi liwiro.
Mu theka lachiwiri la zaka za m'ma 1970, nyimbo za punk rock zinachita motsutsana ndi zomwe zinkawoneka kuti zadzaza kwambiri, zowona komanso zofala kwambiri zamitunduyi kuti zipangitse nyimbo zowonongeka, zamphamvu zomwe zimakhala ndi mawu osakanizika ndipo nthawi zambiri zimadziwika ndi zotsutsana ndi anthu komanso ndale.
Punk idakhudzanso zaka za m'ma 1980 pakukula kwamitundu ina, kuphatikiza mafunde atsopano, post-punk ndipo pamapeto pake nyimbo zina za rock.
Kuyambira m'zaka za m'ma 1990 nyimbo zina za rock zinayamba kulamulira nyimbo za rock ndikudutsa mumtundu wa grunge, Britpop, ndi indie rock.
Magulu ena ophatikizika adatulukanso, kuphatikiza pop punk, rap rock, ndi rap metal, komanso kuyesa mwachidwi kubwereza mbiri ya rock, kuphatikiza zitsitsimutso za rock / post-punk ndi synthpop kumayambiriro kwa zaka chikwi zatsopano.
Nyimbo za rock zakhalanso ngati njira yoyendetsera chikhalidwe ndi chikhalidwe cha anthu, zomwe zidatsogolera ku miyambo yaying'ono kuphatikiza ma mods ndi rocker ku UK komanso hippie counterculture yomwe idafalikira kuchokera ku San Francisco ku US m'ma 1960s.
Mofananamo, chikhalidwe cha punk cha m'ma 1970 chinayambitsa maonekedwe a goth ndi emo subcultures.
Potengera chikhalidwe cha anthu a nyimbo ya zionetsero, nyimbo za rock zakhala zikugwirizana ndi ndale komanso kusintha kwa chikhalidwe cha anthu pa mtundu, kugonana ndi kugwiritsa ntchito mankhwala osokoneza bongo, ndipo nthawi zambiri zimawoneka ngati chisonyezero cha kuukira kwa achinyamata motsutsana ndi kugwiritsira ntchito anthu akuluakulu ndi kugwirizana.
Ndine Joost Nusselder, woyambitsa Neaera komanso wotsatsa malonda, abambo, ndipo ndimakonda kuyesa zida zatsopano ndi gitala pamtima pa zomwe ndimakonda, ndipo pamodzi ndi gulu langa, ndakhala ndikupanga zolemba zakuya zamabulogu kuyambira 2020. kuthandiza owerenga okhulupirika ndi maupangiri ojambulira ndi gitala.
