Editing Music of India (section)

====Rock and metal music====

=====Indian rock=====
{{Main|Indian rock}}
[[File:Nicotine Metal Band Indore.jpg|thumb|[[Nicotine (band)|Nicotine]] playing at 'Pedal to the Metal', TDS, Indore, India in 2014. The band is known for being the pioneer of [[metal music]] in [[Central India]].]]

The rock music scene in India is small compared to the filmi or fusion musicality scenes. Rock music in India has its origins in the 1960s when international stars such as [[the Beatles]] visited India and brought their music with them. These artists' collaboration with Indian musicians such as [[Ravi Shankar]] and [[Zakir Hussain (musician)|Zakir Hussain]] have led to the development of [[raga rock]]. International shortwave radio stations such as The Voice of America, BBC, and Radio Ceylon played a major part in bringing Western pop, folk, and rock music to the masses. Indian rock bands began to gain prominence only much later, around the late 1980s.

It was around this time that the rock band [[Indus Creed]] formerly known as The Rock Machine got itself noticed on the international stage with hits like ''Rock N Roll Renegade''. Other bands quickly followed. With the introduction of MTV in the early 1990s, Indians began to be exposed to various forms of rock such as grunge and speed metal, impacting the national scene. The cities of the North Eastern Region, mainly Guwahati and [[Shillong]], [[Kolkata]], [[Delhi]], [[Mumbai]] and [[Bangalore]] have emerged as major melting pots for rock and metal enthusiasts. Bangalore has been the hub for rock and metal movement in India. Some prominent bands include [[Nicotine (band)|Nicotine]], [[Voodoo Child (band)|Voodoo Child]], [[Indian Ocean (band)|Indian Ocean]], [[Kryptos (band)|Kryptos]], [[Thermal and a Quarter]], [[Demonic Resurrection]], [[Motherjane]], [[Avial (band)|Avial]], [[Bloodywood]] and [[Parikrama (band)|Parikrama]]. Rock-specific labels such as DogmaTone Records and [[Eastern Fare Music Foundation]] have since emerged, supporting Indian rock acts.

From Central India, [[Nicotine (band)|Nicotine]], an Indore-based metal band, has been credited with pioneering [[metal music]] in the region.

=====Raga rock=====
{{Main|Raga rock}}
{{See also|Psychedelic rock}}

Raga rock is rock or pop music with a heavy Indian influence, either in its construction, its timbre, or its use of instrumentation, such as the sitar and tabla. Raga and other forms of classical Indian music began to influence many rock groups during the 1960s; most famously [[the Beatles]]. The first traces of "raga rock" can be heard on songs such as "[[See My Friends]]" by [[the Kinks]] and [[the Yardbirds]]' "[[Heart Full of Soul]]", released the previous month, featured a sitar-like riff by guitarist [[Jeff Beck]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Miller, Andy.|page=3|year=2003|title=The Kinks are the Village Green Preservation Society (33⅓ series)|publisher=Continuum International Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-8264-1498-4}}</ref><ref name="bellman">{{cite book|author=Bellman, Jonathan.|page=297|year=1997|title=The Exotic in Western Music|publisher=Northeastern|isbn=978-1-55553-319-9}}</ref> The Beatles song "[[Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)]]", which first appeared on the band's 1965 album [[Rubber Soul]], was the first western pop song to actually incorporate the sitar (played by lead guitarist [[George Harrison]]).<ref name="bellman"/><ref>{{cite book|author=Lewisohn, Mark.|author-link=Mark Lewisohn|page=63|year=1989|title=The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions|publisher=The Hamlyn Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-600-55784-5}}</ref> [[The Byrds]]' March 1966 single "[[Eight Miles High]]" and its B-side "[[Why (The Byrds song)|Why]]" were also influential in originating the musical subgenre. Indeed, the term "raga rock" was coined by The Byrds' publicist in the press releases for the single and was first used in print by journalist Sally Kempton in her review of "Eight Miles High" for [[The Village Voice]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Bellman, Jonathan.|page=351|year=1997|title=The Exotic in Western Music|publisher=Northeastern Publishing|isbn=978-1-55553-319-9}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Hjort, Christopher.|page=88|year=2008|title=So You Want To Be A Rock 'n' Roll Star: The Byrds Day-By-Day (1965–1973)|publisher=Jawbone Press|isbn=978-1-906002-15-2}}</ref> George Harrison's interest in Indian music, popularised the genre in the mid-1960s with songs such as "[[Love You To]]", "[[Tomorrow Never Knows]]" (credited to [[Lennon-McCartney]]), "[[Within You Without You]]" and "[[The Inner Light (song)|The Inner Light]]".<ref>{{cite book|author=Lavezzoli, Peter.|page=293|year=2007|title=The Dawn of Indian music in the West|publisher=Continuum International Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-8264-2819-6}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Lavezzoli, Peter.|page=175|year=2007|title=The Dawn of Indian music in the West|publisher=Continuum International Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-8264-2819-6}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Pedler|first=Dominic|page=524|title=The Songwriting Secrets of the Beatles|publisher=Omnibus Press|location=London|year=2003|isbn=978-0-7119-8167-6}}</ref> The rock acts of the sixties both in turn influenced British and American groups and Indian acts to develop a later form of [[Indian rock]].