Gated reverb drums (courtesy of Phil Collins/Hugh Padgham), chorus-drenched clean guitars, and layered vocal harmonies. It is the sound of excess.
Rock also flirted with pop and electronic sounds, seen in the success of The Police and U2 , who brought a more atmospheric, cerebral edge to the genre. The 1990s: The Grunge Shift and Alt-Rock Classic Rock 70s 80s 90s 2019
For the fan searching for the year was less about new releases and more about a renaissance. It was a year of legacy tours, box-set reissues, and the final recognition that the "Classic Rock" label had officially stretched to include the angst-ridden flannel of the early 90s. In 2019, the genre wasn't dying; it was crystallizing into the definitive American songbook of the electric guitar. Gated reverb drums (courtesy of Phil Collins/Hugh Padgham),