Colombian rock

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Juanes is currently recognized as one of the top icons of Colombian rock.

Colombian Rock is a generic term that describes the different types of rock music from Colombia.

[edit] History

The exact moment in which Colombian rock was born is difficult to trace. However, it is clear that at some time in the 1960s a boom in rock music happened in Colombia, as a result of globalization, the influence of the foreign music of that decade, and opposition to the Vietnam war.

Bogotá, Medellín and Cali were the cities where this movement started to grow, and they remain today as the main 'nests' for new groups and styles. Colombian rock is grouped with all Rock en español, a movement led by Argentinian rock and Mexican rock.

[edit] Elsewhere

In the 1950s, Medellín, Antioquia, was a middle-sized city in a fast process of industrialization. Elvis Presley and Chuck Berry were the first ambassadors of American rock music. The society of the region, more familiar with the main folk music of Colombia, bambuco, received it with mixed opinions until it became established as part of youth culture^[1].

This musical movement was almost unrecognized in other parts of the country, due to the ongoing boom in literature which marked a "new age" in Colombian culture for the next half century.