Noise rock

Noise rock (sometimes called noise punk) is a music genre that uses elements of noise and experimental rock^[1] Artists in the genre usually use electric guitars to get a lot of distortion in their music. Sometimes, they will also use electronic instruments to add percussion or to add to their overall songs.^[2]

Noise rock
Stylistic origins	Punk rock
Cultural origins	1960s-1980s New York City, United States
Derivative forms	Grunge

History

The Velvet Underground is considered the band that made the first noise rock album.

Although noise rock has existed before the coinage of the term "noise rock", the term was first used to describe punk groups in the 1980s that used an increased usage of abrasiveness in their music.^[3] One of the first noise rock albums is considered to be White Light/White Heat by The Velvet Underground in 1968.^[4]