Space rock

Space rock is a subgenre of rock music. The term originally referred to a group of early mostly British 1970s progressive rock and psychedelic bands such as Hawkwind and Pink Floyd.^[1] The music is characterised by slow, lengthy instrumental passages dominated by synthesisers, experimental guitar work and science fiction lyrical themes. Later the words were changed to mean a series of late 1980s British alternative rock bands that drew from earlier influences to create a more melodic but still ambient form of pop music.^[2]

Space rock
Stylistic origins	Progressive rock, psychedelic rock, electronic music
Cultural origins	Late 1960s, England
Typical instruments	guitar, synthesiser, bass guitar, drums, vocals
Derivative forms	Noise pop
Subgenres
Neo-psychedelia, post-rock, shoegazing
Fusion genres
Dream pop, stoner rock, ambient music
Other topics
Jam band

References

1. Richie Unterberger, Pink Floyd biography Allmusic
2. Space Rock, Allmusic