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Haitian rock, orrock kreyòl, started asrock n roll inHaiti in the early 1960s. It was played by rock bands calledyeye bands. The nameyeye derives from theBeatles lyrical verse, "yeah, yeah, yeah", which took off in theUnited States and was listened to by upper class Haitian families who had access to the radio. Young Haitians formed small electric guitar-based bands. Theseyeye rock bands were short-lived, as the addition ofcompas to their repertoires resulted in a sound was calledmini-jazz, ormini-djaz inHaitian Creole.[1]
Today,Rock Kreyòl is analternative rock music with a blend of Caribbean flavor that was first introduced toHaiti by Yohann Doré. Although there has been a rock influence in the modern Haitian genremizik rasin, which fuses Vodou elements with traditionalrock n roll, rock kreyòl maintains the rock form with subtle native elements from Haiti.[2]
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