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1253:Post-punk
1218:Ukrainian
1198:Slovenian
1168:Norwegian
1138:Icelandic
1133:Hungarian
1096:Nederbeat
1011:Uruguayan
996:Colombian
969:Brazilian
964:Argentine
926:Dominican
867:Sufi rock
857:Post-rock
852:Math rock
826:Trop rock
776:Dream pop
771:Deathrock
740:Soft rock
730:Punk rock
715:Power pop
710:Post-punk
685:Glam rock
680:Funk rock
670:Cock rock
634:Soft rock
619:Raga rock
594:Krautrock
589:Jazz rock
574:Hard rock
564:Folk rock
429:Genres by
398:Rock band
148:In 2000,
67:pop music
35:trop rock
1692:Category
1379:Nepalese
1350:Japanese
1306:Filipino
1276:Armenian
1248:New wave
1226:Art rock
1183:Romanian
1108:Estonian
1091:Indorock
1076:Croatian
1032:Albanian
1006:Peruvian
911:Canadian
899:American
816:Shoegaze
806:Rap rock
700:New wave
504:Art rock
461:Pop rock
418:Drum kit
388:Backbeat
164:See also
110:marimbas
84:and his
1628:Motorik
1611:Related
1523:Culture
1520:History
1446:Oceania
1437:Zambian
1427:Angolan
1411:Turkish
1396:Russian
1345:Israeli
1340:Iranian
1323:Bengali
1311:Bisrock
1301:Chinese
1208:Swedish
1203:Spanish
1193:Serbian
1188:Russian
1153:Latvian
1148:Italian
1113:Finnish
1062:Britpop
1052:British
1047:Bosnian
1042:Belgian
991:Chilean
936:Mexican
931:Haitian
842:Britpop
471:British
74:Florida
59:calypso
51:country
1704:Portal
1420:Africa
1362:Korean
1318:Indian
1173:Polish
1123:German
1118:French
1081:Danish
1025:Europe
791:Grunge
202:Events
136:, and
106:congas
65:, and
63:zydeco
47:reggae
1213:Swiss
1143:Irish
1128:Greek
1101:Ultra
1086:Dutch
921:Cuban
835:1990s
786:Grebo
759:1980s
658:1970s
492:1960s
444:1950s
1553:Jazz
1406:Thai
1389:Sufi
1328:Raga
1269:Asia
1258:Punk
333:2014
279:2014
254:2019
231:2019
150:WBWC
55:folk
43:rock
847:Emo
584:Jam
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