Genre terms and the ones who introduced them

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The techno thread gave me an idea to start a somewhat broader thread about genre terms and who invented them

For instance, the term "Powerpop" was originally used by Pete Townshend, describing the music of The Who. And "Rock'n'roll" was Alan Freed's term wasn't it?

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Sunday, 17 October 2004 22:26 (twenty-one years ago)

micro house - philip sherburne
post-rock - reynolds

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Sunday, 17 October 2004 22:32 (twenty-one years ago)

trip-hop was from a review of DJ Shadow's "In-Flux" single (or else it was "What Does Your Soul Look Like?")

― Mike Ouderkirk (Mike Ouderkirk), Sunday, 17 October 2004 22:37 (twenty-one years ago)

wasn't it some Mixmag guy who came with trip-hop, no?

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Sunday, 17 October 2004 22:39 (twenty-one years ago)

("up" ...maybe optional ;)

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Sunday, 17 October 2004 22:43 (twenty-one years ago)

As I just wrote on the techno thread, that genre name (but not the term itself, obv.) comes from Juan Atkins track "Techno Music".

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Sunday, 17 October 2004 22:46 (twenty-one years ago)

does "pigfuck" count? (xgau)

― naturemorte, Sunday, 17 October 2004 22:50 (twenty-one years ago)

heavy metal - william s burroughs
punk - legs mcneil? or was it dave marsh?

― autovac (autovac), Sunday, 17 October 2004 23:59 (twenty-one years ago)

Don't Suicide take credit for punk too, from one of their 1971 concert posters?

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Monday, 18 October 2004 00:30 (twenty-one years ago)

'punk' was used in the 60s too

― the surface noise (slight return) (electricsound), Monday, 18 October 2004 00:37 (twenty-one years ago)

in reference to a style of music?

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Monday, 18 October 2004 00:42 (twenty-one years ago)

Britpop was invented by some UK music mag in 1995. Don't remember whether it was NME or Melody Maker.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Monday, 18 October 2004 09:16 (twenty-one years ago)

The term "hip hop" was coined by old school MC/DJ Kevin Smith aka the REAL Lovebug Starski.

― lovebug starski (lovebug starski), Monday, 18 October 2004 09:54 (twenty-one years ago)

Didn't Andy Ross claim to invent the term "shoegazer" (as a disparraging term for what Blur weren't)?

― Danger Whore (kate), Monday, 18 October 2004 09:59 (twenty-one years ago)

minimalism - michael nyman, or so he'd have us believe.

though if he hadn't, someone else surely would have.

― Captain Sleep (Captain Sleep), Monday, 18 October 2004 10:01 (twenty-one years ago)

Oi! - Garry Bushell.

The twat.

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Monday, 18 October 2004 10:42 (twenty-one years ago)

Didn't Andy Ross claim to invent the term "shoegazer" (as a disparraging term for what Blur weren't)?

I thought it was one of Lush or Moose or someone when they had to learn a bunch of lyrics and had then taped onstage next to his feet, and so kept looking down in the direction of his shoes

― DJ Mencap0))), Monday, 18 October 2004 10:56 (twenty-one years ago)

Ross claimed to invent the term, not the act itself.

― Danger Whore (kate), Monday, 18 October 2004 10:56 (twenty-one years ago)

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