O nga roopu katoa i puta i muri tonu mai i te punk rock i te mutunga o te tekau tau 70, he iti noa iho te ahua pakeke me te rongonui penei i a The Cure. Na te kaha o te mahi a te kaiwaiata me te kaiwaiata a Robert Smith (i whanau i te Paenga-raa 21, 1959), ka rongonui te roopu mo a raatau mahi puhoi, pouri me te ahua pouri. I te timatanga, i whakatangihia e te Cure etahi atu waiata pop-ki-te-whenua, […]

I whakaturia i te tau 1993 i Cleveland, Ohio, kua hanga e Mushroomhead he mahi angitū i raro i te whenua na te kaha o te oro toi, te whakaaturanga atamira tapere, me te ahua ahurei o nga mema. He aha te nui o te kaha o te roopu waiata rock ka taea te whakaahua penei: “I whakatangihia ta matou whakaaturanga tuatahi i te Hatarei,” e kii ana te kaiwhakarewa me te kaiwhakatangi puoro a Skinny, “na roto i te […]

I etahi wa i te timatanga o te rautau 21, ka nui noa atu a Radiohead i te roopu roopu: i noho hei turanga mo nga mea katoa e mataku ana, e whakahihiri ana i te toka. I tino riro i a raua te torona mai i a David Bowie, Pink Floyd me Talking Heads. Ko te roopu whakamutunga i hoatu ki a Radiohead to raatau ingoa, he riipene mai i te album 1986 […]

Ko T-Pain he kaiwaiata Amerika, he kaiwaiata, he kaitito waiata, he kaihanga rongonui mo ana pukapuka penei i a Epiphany me RevolveR. I whanau me te whakatipu i Tallahassee, Florida. I whakaatu a T-Pain i te hiahia ki te waiata i a ia e tamariki ana. I whakamohio tuatahitia ia ki te waiata pono i te wa i timata ai tetahi o ona hoa whanau ki te kawe ia ia ki tana […]

Ko Bob Dylan tetahi o nga tino tangata o te waiata pop i te United States. Ehara i te mea he kaiwaiata, he kaitito waiata, engari he kaitoi, he kaituhi, he kaiwhakaari kiriata hoki. I huaina te kaitoi ko te "reo o te reanga." Koia pea te take karekau ia e hono i tona ingoa ki nga waiata o tetahi reanga. I pakaru ki roto i nga waiata a te iwi i nga tau 1960, ka whai ia ki te […]

Ko John Roger Stevens, e mohiotia ana ko John Legend, he kaiwaiata-waiata me te kaiwaiata o Amerika. He tino rongonui ia mo ana pukapuka penei i te Once Again me te pouri me te Maama. Fanauhia i Springfield, Ohio, i te mau Hau Amui no Marite, ua faaite oia i to ’na anaanatae rahi i te upaupa mai to ’na apîraa mai â. Ua haamata oia i te ha‘uti no ta’na pŭpŭ himene i […]