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Wagnerian rock

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Wagnerian rock is a musical term originally coined by writer and producer Jim Steinman (to describe Meat Loaf's Bat Out of Hell trilogy of albums) referring to the merger of twentieth century rock and roll and nineteenth-century opera reminiscent of Richard Wagner and of Phil Spector's Wall of Sound. [1]

27 relations: Album, Bat Out of Hell, Bonnie Tyler, Faster Than the Speed of Night, Industrial metal, Jim Steinman, King Crimson, Meat Loaf, Music, Opera, Original Sin (Pandora's Box album), Pandora's Box (band), Patti Russo, Phil Spector, Pink Floyd, Progressive metal, Progressive rock, Rammstein, Richard Wagner, Rock and roll, Rock opera, Savatage, Symphonic metal, Teutons, The Washington Post, Time (magazine), Wall of Sound.

Album

An album is a collection of audio recordings issued as a single item on CD, record, audio tape or another medium.

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Bat Out of Hell

Bat Out of Hell is the second studio album and the major-label debut by American rock singer Meat Loaf, as well as being his first collaboration with composer Jim Steinman and producer Todd Rundgren, released in September 1977 on Cleveland International/Epic Records.

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Bonnie Tyler

Bonnie Tyler (born Gaynor Hopkins; 8 June 1951) is a Welsh singer, known for her distinctive husky voice.

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Faster Than the Speed of Night

Faster Than the Speed of Night is the fifth studio album by Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler.

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Industrial metal

Industrial metal is the fusion of heavy metal music and industrial music, typically employing repeating metal guitar riffs, sampling, synthesizer or sequencer lines, and distorted vocals.

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Jim Steinman

James Richard Steinman (born November 1, 1947) is an American composer, lyricist, and Grammy Award-winning record producer responsible for many hit songs.

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King Crimson

King Crimson are an English progressive rock band formed in London in 1968.

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Meat Loaf

Michael Lee Aday (born Marvin Lee Aday; September 27, 1947), better known by his stage name Meat Loaf, is an American musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, and actor.

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Music

Music is an art form and cultural activity whose medium is sound organized in time.

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Opera

Opera (English plural: operas; Italian plural: opere) is a form of theatre in which music has a leading role and the parts are taken by singers.

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Original Sin (Pandora's Box album)

Original Sin is a concept album performed by Pandora's Box and produced by Jim Steinman.

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Pandora's Box (band)

Pandora's Box was a female pop group assembled by Jim Steinman in the 1980s.

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Patti Russo

Patricia "Patti" Russo (May 20, 1964, New Jersey) is an American singer/songwriter/actress.

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Phil Spector

Phillip Harvey Spector (born Harvey Phillip Spector, December 26, 1939) is an American record producer, musician, and songwriter who developed the Wall of Sound, a music production formula he described as a "Wagnerian" approach to rock and roll.

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Pink Floyd

Pink Floyd were an English rock band formed in London in 1965.

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Progressive metal

Progressive metal (sometimes known as prog metal or technical metal) is a fusion genre melding heavy metal and progressive rock which combines the loud "aggression".

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Progressive rock

Progressive rock (shortened as prog; sometimes called art rock, classical rock or symphonic rock) is a broad genre of rock music that developed in the United Kingdom and United States throughout the mid to late 1960s.

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Rammstein

Rammstein is a German heavy metal band formed in 1994 in Berlin, Germany.

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Richard Wagner

Wilhelm Richard Wagner (22 May 181313 February 1883) was a German composer, theatre director, polemicist, and conductor who is chiefly known for his operas (or, as some of his later works were later known, "music dramas").

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Rock and roll

Rock and roll (often written as rock & roll or rock 'n' roll) is a genre of popular music that originated and evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950sJim Dawson and Steve Propes, What Was the First Rock'n'Roll Record (1992),.

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Rock opera

A rock opera is a collection of rock music songs with lyrics that relate to a common story.

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Savatage

Savatage is an American heavy metal band founded by the Oliva brothers Jon and Criss in 1979 at Astro Skate in Tarpon Springs, Florida.

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Symphonic metal

Symphonic metal is a subgenre of heavy metal music which combines the heavy drums and guitars of metal with different elements of orchestral classical music, such as symphonic instruments, choirs and sometimes a full orchestra.

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Teutons

The Teutons (Latin: Teutones, Teutoni, Greek: "Τεύτονες") were an ancient tribe mentioned by Roman authors.

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The Washington Post

The Washington Post is a major American daily newspaper founded on December 6, 1877.

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Time (magazine)

Time is an American weekly news magazine and news website published in New York City.

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Wall of Sound

The Wall of Sound (also called the Spector Sound) is a music production formula developed by American record producer Phil Spector at Gold Star Studios in the 1960s, with assistance from engineer Larry Levine and the session musician conglomerate later known as "the Wrecking Crew".

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wagnerian_rock

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