Thai rock

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Thai rock (Thai: ไทยร็อก) is rock music from Thailand. Thai rock was influenced by rock bands from the United States and United Kingdom. Emerging in the 1980s it flourished with bands like Asanee–Wasan, Carabao and Micro. It became widely popular in the 1990s.

1970s

Rock music emerged from the United States from a

Vietnam war.[1][2]

Early rock bands in the genre include V.I.P., led by Lam Morrison, and The Fox musical group. who helped to make rock music mainstream.[3]

1980s

Rock bands of this decade include

Asanee-Wasan and Micro, both signed with GMM Grammy.[4][5]

The Phleng phuea chiwit genre (influenced by elements of rock music) was popularized by Carabao with their album Made in Thailand, which sold over five million copies.[6]

1990s

Heavy metal emerged, with bands such as Stone Metal Fire, Kaleidoscope, Donpheebin, Uranium, Big Gun and Hi-Rock. A popular Thai rock singer at that time was Itti Balangura, Chatchai Sukhawadee (Rang Rockestra), Thanapol "Suea" Intharit.[2]

In the mid-1990s, alternative and indie music in Thailand was established, following the breakthrough of the American band Nirvana, whose success widely popularized alternative rock in the early-1990s, and the British band Oasis and Brit-pop movements in the 1990s. Several alt-rock bands sprung up, such as Modern Dog, Silly Fools, Y Not 7, Sepia, Labanoon, Crub, Smile Buffalo, Paradox, Fly, Loso, Blackhead, and the artist Nakarin "Pang" Kingsak.[7]

2000s

In the 2000s,

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