Rock & Roll Episode Guide

Episode Guide

• Season 1 Episode 15: Blues in Technicolor

  Psychedelic music ushers in musical experimentation and diversity.

• Season 1 Episode 14: Crossroads

  British rock groups; the emergence of Jimi Hendrix.

• Season 1 Episode 13: The Perfect Beat

  Rap artists create a new kind of music.

• Season 1 Episode 12: Punk

  The cynical inner-city punk spirit.

• Season 1 Episode 11: Make It Funky

  Soul reflects the realities of black life.

• Season 1 Episode 10: The Wild Side

  Alice Cooper, Iggy Pop and others pioneer an outrageous world of rock 'n' roll theater.

• Season 1 Episode 9: In the Groove

  Record producers craft highly textured songs.

• Season 1 Episode 8: Renegades

  Rock 'n' roll emerges from U.S. traditions of rhythm and blues, country, gospel and jazz.

• Season 1 Episode 7: Respect

  Motown Records transforms gospel sound into a sensation.

• Season 1 Episode 6: Shakespeares in the Alley

  Bob Dylan and the Beatles influence popular music.

• Season 1 Episode 5: Punk/The Perfect Beat

  The cynical inner-city punk spirit; rap artists create a new kind of music.

• Season 1 Episode 4: The Wild Side/Make It Funky

  Alice Cooper, Iggy Pop and others pioneer an outrageous world of rock 'n' roll theater; soul reflects realities of black life.

• Season 1 Episode 3: Crossroads/Blues in Technicolor

  British rock groups; the emergence of Jimi Hendrix; psychedelic music ushers in musical experimentation and eclecticism.

• Season 1 Episode 2: Shakespeares in the Alley/Respect

  Bob Dylan and the Beatles influence popular music; Motown Records transforms gospel sound into a sensation.

• Season 1 Episode 1: Renegades/In the Groove

  Rock 'n' roll emerges from U.S. traditions of rhythm and blues, country, gospel and jazz; record producers craft highly textured songs.