What bands started the names of music such as Metal, Grunge, Acid, Pop, and Rap?

gmackematix

I'd say probably none of those as such terms are normally coined by music critics and journalists rather than the bands who play it. Nov 27 05, 5:25 PM

gmackematix

And now to contradict myself as I discover that "grunge" music came from the lead singer of Seattle based band Green River being disparaging about his own style of guitar playing. Still it will be pop journalists who popularised the term as representative of those that followed that style. Metal is short for "heavy metal" which famous appears in early 60s works by William S Burroughs but probably not in reference to the rock music that came to be known as metal. "Heavy" had meant serious or profound since it was used by the beatniks of the 50s. It is thought that "heavy" music from the "metal Midlands" (many of the early metal groups started in the industrial areas around Birmingham in the UK) probably lead to widespread use of the term. Acid house music (I assume you don't mean acid jazz!) is popularly thought to be so called because of the drug scene that surrounded it, but as acid was hardly the drug of choice some have claimed it was due to the squelchy synthesiser sounds that were used. The term, "house music" itself comes from the Warehouse, a club in Chicago where such electronic music was frequently played. Rap music takes its name from the old word rap, to tap with a rhythm, as lyrics are delivered to a beat over a hiphop track. Some have claimed it stands for Rhythm And Poetry although there is no evidence for this unlikely claim. Such is the nature of language that few pop and rock music terms can be pinned down exactly and even the term "rock and roll" is thought to have been used by jazz musicians long before Alan Freed is supposed to have coined the term. Nov 27 05, 6:25 PM

CrazeeTracy

Grunge was Nirvana Nov 28 05, 6:54 AM