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Old 03-09-2016, 05:18 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Sated Ire View Post
Anything before 1992 is labelled as Classic Rock, meanwhile some skateboarder changes the shape of his jeans and Metal has a new sub genre.

It's unhelpful, indulgent and reduces music to fashion and marketing.
"Classic Rock' is a radio format.

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Classic rock is a radio format which developed from the album-oriented rock (AOR) format in the early 1980s. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classic_rock
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