Hard to say where/who started it all. Some credit The Doors (More Jim Morrison, perhaps) with creating art rock. 70's - 80's is really where it had it's time (Pink Floyd, Janes Addiction, etc.). It's starting to make a comeback with such great bands as The Mars Volta, Queens of the Stone Age, Kyuss, Tool, The Locusts, A Perfect Cricle, etc. Art Rock is basically intelligent lyrics (sometimes random nonsense that make sense only to the person who wrote them) with mellow or sometimes fast paced guitars. Great genre.
The Mars Volta is my favorite Art Rock band. A Perfect Circle, Tool, and The Locusts come close though.
by calvinownsj00 July 21, 2005
Me: "Those fucking Brits are blaming me for our dumbass president, it's not like I'm supporting the asshole."
Friend: "I know, what assholes. I think they're just upset because there skin is paste white and they have small peckers."
Friend: "I know, what assholes. I think they're just upset because there skin is paste white and they have small peckers."
by calvinownsj00 May 30, 2005