Trying to trace the exact moment in which a musical genre was born is an impossible task. However, Keith Richards shared his theory about when rock emerged. In an interview with Rolling Stone, the guitarist He assured that the birth of the genre was in 1956, the year he was 13. However, her love for rock grew as time went by.
“When I was 15, rock ‘n’ roll was something completely new,” he recalled in a 1987 interview. “We were very aware that we were in a new era. Completely. It was almost like before Christ and after Christ, and 1956 was year one”.
“Suddenly, there was a reason to be here, besides knowing that you were going to have to work and drag your butt to school every day. Suddenly, everything became clearer, a glorious Technicolor.”
On the other hand, the violator of The Rolling Stones reflected on the great impact that the first releases of the genre had on the global music community. “It was an international explosion. Just a few damn records from some guys in Memphis and Macon and places like that. But they really had an effect. “It’s absolutely amazing.”
