Wizard Rock
Wizard rock (dt. Wizard rock ), also briefly Wrock ([ rɒk ]), is a thematic sub-genre of rock music that originated in the world of Harry Potter novels by JK Rowling has. It was created in the United States in 2002 . The genre founder and best known representative is the American band Harry and the Potters . Since then, many other music groups and solo artists have developed from the Harry Potter fan scene.
Trademark
Wizard rock songs revolve in their lyrics around the fictional world of the magic student Harry Potter and related topics. Often it is about certain characters, but also theories, opinions, personal experiences with the books, author JK Rowling or the Harry Potter world in general. Bands with the name of a character in the title often write their songs from this character's perspective, so that different bands often use different musical styles and different attitudes can be recognized from the lyrics. There are no genre-typical instruments, but many artists use acoustic guitars , electric guitars , bass guitars , drums and keyboards or piano are also common . Very often, artists wear Harry Potter costumes such as Hogwarts uniforms for their performances and adapt their performances to the fictional world. Most wizard rock bands operate exclusively in this genre.
Wizard Rock has many parallels to film music , and sometimes it is attributed to it.
history
Widely considered the first Harry Potter-related song to be Ode to Harry by the American pop punk band Switchblade Kittens from 2000 , it was written from the perspective of Ginny Weasley . In 2002, the two brothers Joe and Paul DeGeorge formed the band Harry and the Potters in Massachusetts and began as the first interpreter to make exclusively Harry Potter music. Starting in 2005, further bands formed in the United States after the DeGeorges had gained popularity.
In April 2005, Matt Maggiacomo invited Harry and the Potters to a Harry Potter show in his Rhode Island apartment . There the band Draco and the Malfoys played for the first time , consisting of the brothers Brian Ross and Bradley Mehlenbacher, who they founded as a parody of Harry and the Potters (in the novels Draco Malfoy is Harry Potter's archenemy). Maggiacamo also founded the band The Whomping Willows for the occasion. Through several larger concerts and events, the genre became increasingly popular, and more artists began to manifest themselves. In 2008 a documentary about Wizard Rock entitled "The Wizard Rockumentary" was published, in which various bands and fans are interviewed.
Harry and the Potters , Draco and the Malfoys and The Whomping Willows are still some of the most prominent wizard rock artists. Other notable bands and solo artists are The Remus Lupins , The Parselmouths , Ministry of Magic , RiddleTM , Tonks & the Aurors , Swish and Flick , The Mudbloods , The Moaning Myrtles , Gred and Forge , Justin Finch-Fletchley and the Sugar Quills or Hank Green .
distribution
Although Wizard Rock's popularity peaked around 2007-2010, and the UK is actually the birthplace of Harry Potter, most of the artists in the genre come from the United States. RiddleTM is the best known British wizard rock band, there are also several representatives in Canada . Individual performers also come from Belgium, Brazil, France, the Netherlands and Sweden. Highlights and main events of the music genres are fan conventions such as the annual LeakyCon , the largest Harry Potter convention, and its own festivals. The largest such is the three- to four-day, every year from 2007 to 2011 and 2013 in the State of Missouri discharged Wrockstock whose name at the famous Woodstock Festival is ajar. The Wrockstock was brought into being by the non-profit organization Harry Potter Alliance , but private individuals and Harry Potter fansites such as Mugglenet.com or the Leaky Cauldron also set up events or have artists perform at their events. With the exception of Harry and the Potters, wizard rock music groups seldom give their own concerts due to the low attendance figures. In 2007, however, up to 20,000 spectators came to a “HatP” concert for the publication of the last Harry Potter novel Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows .
The Wizrocklopedia lists a total of 771 Wizard Rock bands on its website (as of September 2017).
Web links
- Wizard rock playlist on YouTube with over 250 entries
- Entry on Wizard Rock in the Harry Potter Wiki (English)
- Wrocklopedia , the Wizard Rock Wiki
- Presentation of 17 Wizard rock bands on MTV , July 22, 2015
- Article about Wizard Rock on Mashable November 20, 2016
Individual evidence
- ^ Shaun Brady: Yule Ball rolls into Philly , The Philadelphia Daily News . November 28, 2006. Retrieved February 27, 2007.
- ↑ Rachel Humphries: Harry Potter 'Wrockers' Conjure Musical Magic , ABC News . July 13, 2007. Retrieved July 31, 2007.
- ↑ Joshua Zumbrun: Wizard Rock Has Fans in Hogwarts Heaven (newspaper), The Washington Post. July 8, 2007. Retrieved August 6, 2007.
- ↑ Lacey Rose: Wizard Rock , Forbes . July 13, 2005. Retrieved January 26, 2007.
- ↑ Harry Potter 'Wrockers' Conjure Musical Magic , ABC News , July 13, 2007.
- ↑ wizardrockumentary.com ( Memento of the original from April 1, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Documentation website
- ^ Lev Grossman: The Boy Who Rocked . In: Time , July 20, 2009. Retrieved July 16, 2009.
- ↑ "Wrockstock Festival Dates Announced". WIRED , August 11, 2009.
- ↑ Rebecca Traister: Potterpalooza , Salon.com. June 1, 2007. Retrieved August 9, 2007.
- ↑ wrocklopedia.com , listing of bands
