13 thinkers, books, and ideas connected to this field.
Queen's 1976 album notable for beginning and ending with a version of the Shepard tone.
A song from Robert Wyatt's 1974 album 'Rock Bottom' that features a descending Shepard tone.
Australian hard rock band formed in Sydney in 1973 — who created the most consistent and commercially successful hard rock catalog in history — through deliberate resistance to musical trend-chasing and absolute commitment to a defined sonic identity.
American rock band from Boston who were one of the best-selling rock bands of the 1970s — experienced commercial decline in the early 1980s — and were resurrected by their collaboration with Run-DMC on Walk This Way (1986), introducing them to a new generation.
American pop-punk band from San Diego whose late-1990s/early-2000s albums (Enema of the State, Take Off Your Pants and Jacket) defined a generation of American suburban teenage experience and helped establish pop-punk as a mainstream genre.
A 23-minute composition by Pink Floyd from the 1971 album 'Meddle', notable for ending with a Shepard tone implying endless ascent.
Australian-American bassist and co-founder of Red Hot Chili Peppers who is widely considered the most influential rock bassist of his generation — known for his slap bass technique and the funk-rock playing that defines the Chili Peppers' sound.
American metalcore band from Michigan whose Trauma album — addressing vocalist Brian Burkheiser's depression and anxiety — became one of the most commercially successful metalcore albums while bringing mental health themes to the genre's mainstream.
Pink Floyd are a British rock band known for 'The Dark Side of the Moon', 'Wish You Were Here', and 'The Wall'.
Queen are a British rock band led by Freddie Mercury whose 1976 album 'A Day at the Races' contains a Shepard tone.
American rock band from Los Angeles who created Blood Sugar Sex Magik with Rick Rubin in 1991 — the album that broke them commercially and established their defining aesthetic — making them one of the most successful rock bands of the 1990s and 2000s.
The Rolling Stones' 1981 hard rock single from the album Tattoo You, one of the band's best-known songs and a perennial arena-opening track.
American rock musician and songwriter who led Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers — producing a string of classic rock anthems over four decades — and whose Wildflowers album (produced by Rick Rubin in 1994) represented his most personal artistic statement.