Roccdrēam (Niwenglisc: Rock music) is ān cynn ealdorlic drēam. Sē drēam of roccdrēam wearþ ġenēoded under and æfter þām 1960um on þǣre Geanedan Rīcu America und Ġeānod Cynerīċe. Sē ēaðmōde þēod þe gesamnode þone roccdrēam wearþ on þām 1940um and 1950um mid þǣre ārǣrstōwe of rocc and hrēowan. Rocc and hrēowan ūtēodon of blǣwdrēam and eorþedrēame. Roccdrēam is ġeþēod to sumum ōðrum cynnum swā swā blǣwdrēam and folcdrēam. Sēo hafað hrēowness from gīeþswenge, ēadigdrēam, and ōðrum sangum.
Geþēodlīce, roccdrēam brūcaþ for þǣre mostan brynefyrngitāre be ǣrende þǣre roccbendes mid neorhgitāre and tymbrecyrre. Roccdrēam is ġeþēodbendum līce. Līc geþēoddrēame, roccdrēam lēoð bēoþ for þǣre mǣstan dǣle be lēodfruman. Hī magon eac hafaþ sōcīel oððe sōcīal þēawas, hū, rocc fōcaþ on sanglīcre cræft, līfendlicum weorcingum, and hit ġeþēode to bēon rēalra þonne pop sang.
Be þǣre lastan 1960um, ǣnige dǣlas of differentum roccsangere cynnunge wǣron ǣtǣgan. Þās ġeīncludon mengan swā swā blǣwrocc, flocrocc, eorþerocc, and gīeþswengrocc. Of þissum formum, sēo ġecyndcund drēam wearþ ġenēoded sāwolcynnigrocc. Nīwe cynnunge þe cwōman fram þissum gesceadum ġeīncludon fremmingroc, glǣmrocc and hēahmǣtall. Fremmingroc ġenēode þā sang on ēartlīcre ǣrung. Glǣmrocc fōcaþ on geswincnesse and hwæt þū miht gesēon. Hēahmǣtall fōcaþ on hlūdnesse, mǣgan and hrædnesse. Puncrocc wearþ māre lēod forþ on þǣre ōðerre hǣlfe þāra 1970um. Hē wearþ byrnede fram ōðrum cynnum rocc, swā swā gesceadumcynn. Puncrocc is hlūde cynn rocc sang mid þēodlicum and sōcīal gewrēaðungum. Punc ġetēah oðre benēoþ-gennra cynnunga to cwōman of into þā 1980um, ġeīncludon Nīwung, æfter-punc and endeleofa þāre ārfæstlīc sang cyningdom. Fram þām 1990um, endeleofroc wearþ þā mǣste ġetēoðung þāre cynnung. Hē bræc þurh into þā mǣreste gemǣlondisse fram grundlynnan, brytopop, and indīgroc. Māra ġemengan of benēoþ-gennrum ġenǣrum sind sīð ġecyrred. Þā ġeīncludon populgegong, raprocc, and rapmǣtall, swā swā bewust cēasunga to revisit rocces sīþ, ġeīncludon ġārdrocc/æfter-punc and sangcynna ǣfterlyftas at þǣre nīwan miellenwucce.
Rocc sang hafaþ eac gefultumod þā lāre and sōcīale andweardness. Þis lǣdde to grēat sub-gēara þāra Mōda and hreccera on þǣre Ēaland and þā "hippie" þēaw þe sprang ūt fram SǣnFrancisco on þǣre Geanedan Rīcu in þām 1960um. Gelīċlīce, 1970um punc þēaw dyde þā gōþ and ēmo undergēara. Rocc sang hafaþ þā līce folctrod onwið and sōcīal hrædungum. Hē lǣdde to ġeōcor andfǣstan wēodum ǣtƿīċ þās Mōdas and hrecceras on þā 1960um. Rocc sang hafaþ þā īe folc lāre swā swā þā protest sang. Rocc sang hafaþ bēon ācweornung mid poliglicum ǣrendwiðungum. Hē hafaþ eac ġedōn þā sōcīale andweardness tō hrace, gecyn and druncu gewīs. Hē is oft gesēon swā ān wend of geoguð onǣlwiendlic of ealdian ceapianisum and gemǣðlīcnys.