Reggae Rock

Reggae rock is a style of Rock which incorporates the offbeat rhythms and staccato "skank" guitar of Reggae into an electric rock band format. The genre may also draw on earlier sounds in Jamaican Music like the brass of Ska and the steadier grooves of Rocksteady, but remains predominantly influenced by styles of reggae like Pop Reggae and Roots Reggae. Later evolutions of reggae rock incorporate heavier influences from Punk Rock (sometimes known as "reggae punk") and related genres, diverging further from reggae's Jamaican roots while retaining prominent compositional elements of the style. The reggae rock sound can be traced back to singles by established rock artists like Led Zeppelin's "D'yer Mak'er" in 1973 and Eric Clapton's 1974 The Wailers cover "I Shot the Sheriff" that built on the foundation of Funk Rock with reggae rhythms. The genre grew more distinctive in the late 1970s with the onset of influences from New Wave's eclectic rhythmic tendencies and Post-Punk's emphasis on groove, and was paralleled by the 2 Tone ska revival which it sometimes overlapped with. This style found popularity with groups like The Police and The Clash in the UK, and Australia's Men at Work followed in the early 1980s with the single "Down Under" which topped charts around the globe.