Brazilian rock
| Brazilian rock | |
|---|---|
| Stylistic origins | Rock, rock and roll, blues, Brazilian folk music |
| Cultural origins | Brazil in the late 1950s; fusion genres from the late 1960s |
| Derivative forms | Tropicália |
| Subgenres | |
| Brazilian thrash metal | |
| Fusion genres | |
| Samba rock, Forrocore, Mangue Beat, Rock Rural. | |
| Regional scenes | |
| Brasília (1980-1996) | |
Brazilian rock refers to rock music produced in Brazil and usually sung in Portuguese. In the 1960s, it was known as iê-iê-iê, the Portuguese transcription of the line "Yeah, yeah, yeah" from the Beatles song "She Loves You".