A lot of depressing stereotypes have emerged around rock music. A huge number of psychiatrists, various experts in the field of medicine and especially religion believe that rock music adversely affects the body. At the same time, there is not a single clear confirmation of this widespread belief.
All evil from hard rock?
Rock music is usually compared with classical music, building all sorts of theories on the difference in the perception of these directions. Classical music is considered a kind of panacea, a variety of studies extol its healing properties, while most of the data from these studies do not look very convincing.
For some reason, many researchers believe that any "guinea pig" does not have its own musical habits, representing either a spherical horse in a vacuum, or just a blank slate. Of course, a person who, in principle, does not like hard rock or rock 'n' roll, from half an hour of violent listening to this music can show an amazing bouquet of symptoms, including a nervous tic. Especially if such experiments are carried out on it regularly. By the way, this situation can be turned one hundred and eighty degrees - a person who cannot stand Tchaikovsky or Schubert can experience exactly the same range of unpleasant sensations from forcibly listening to classics. But such studies are either not carried out, or their results are not published anywhere.
Any kind of rhythmic music can cause a slight increase in heart rate.
Health and rhythm
The second significant drawback of the theory of the destructive influence of rock music is the non-obvious sample of test pieces. The most delicate waltzes and pleasant sonatas are usually chosen from the classical repertoire, and the most difficult and extreme pieces are taken from hard rock. Of course, in this case, stereotypes about the angelic, spiritual influence of the classics and the destructive effect of harsh rock begin to work. Meanwhile, even for a relatively neutral-minded person who does not give preference to classics or hard rock, some works by Wagner, Paganini or Schnittke can cause a number of unpleasant sensations up to sharp attacks of paranoia. Many lyrical rock ballads, on the other hand, can cheer you up, promote relaxation, and calm your nerves. In addition, and this fact is completely ignored by most researchers, there are many rock bands that have collaborated with classical orchestras, recording whole albums with them. One of the first were The Beatles, who recorded the album Sgt Pepper's Lonely Heart Club Band with an academic orchestra, followed by Deep Purple, Queen, Metallica and others.
Loud music can cause headaches. This applies to both rock ballads and opera arias.
Such "distortions" discredit all the results obtained. The conclusions drawn from experiments with prejudiced people turn out to be unreliable. Experiments carried out on animals do not confirm the conclusions about the negative impact of rock music on living organisms. A Scottish farmer, for example, found that his cows like Duran Duran's music the most, and that modern pop music is extremely depressing to them.
