Rock music in Angola, also calledAngorock, is a musical genre and scene that emerged in Angola between the late 1960s and mid-1970s.[1] It has been described as an early fusion ofpsychedelic rock,zamrock,rock-rumba,soukous, andprotest music, with Angolan rhythms such assemba andAngolan rumba.[2]
The pioneering angorockbands were Vum Vum, Acromaníacos, Mutantes, Quinta-Feira, Ventos do Leste, Calhamback Band andNeblina.[3]
Rock music inAngola is promoted through a radio program called "Volume 10" (Rádio FM/Rádio Escola), that broadcasts every Saturday between 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM.
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