Celtic rock
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Celtic rock is a genre of folk rock which incorporates Celtic music, instrumentation and themes. Prototypical celtic rock groups include Fairport Convention, a British band who began to combine celtic music with the American folk and blues influenced music that dominated the folk rock scene of the 1960s, and the Irish group Horslips, who in the early 1970s were possibly the first group to have the term 'Celtic Rock' applied to them. Horslips in particular displayed many elements of Celtic rock: traditional Irish/Celtic music and instrumentation, celtic themes and imagery, concept albums based on Irish mythology all powered by driving hard rock. Other early bands who fall under the Celtic rock banner include Sweeneys Men, Five Hand Reel, Pentangle and Steeleye Span. 1990 to 2000's bands such as Seven Nations and Needfire formed American adaptions of Celtic Rock.
Celtic rock is a subgenre of Celtic fusion, an umbrella term for any modern music which incorporates traditional Celtic influences. In the wake following punk music of the 1980's, the London based The Pogues created the subgenre Celtic punk. The Pogues' style of punked up Irish music spawned and influenced a number of celtic punk bands, particularly in America. Examples of such groups include Flogging Molly and Dropkick Murphys.
In more recent years bands like Cruachan have combined Celtic music and imagery with heavy metal to create a new sub-genre of Celtic rock - Celtic metal.
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