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Frat rock is a subgenre of rock and roll / roots rock. Frat rock is generally characterized as very upbeat yet raw "party" music. The genre is named after the fact that many of these bands played predominantly at fraternity houses during the genre's heyday in the 1960s. The movie Animal House played numerous selections of this style of music during the film.

Examples of this style of music include the song "Louie Louie", which was done by Paul Revere and the Raiders and The Kingsmen, and "Double Shot of my Baby's Love" by The Swingin' Medallions.

Frat rock is considered an important influence and precursor to garage rock and punk rock.

[edit] List of frat rock bands

Note that not all of these bands are strictly frat rock. Many bands fit into multiple categories; for example, The Isley Brothers can also be considered funk, ? & the Mysterians can be considered proto-punk, and Cannibal & the Headhunters can be considered brown-eyed soul. Also note that there is a considerable overlap of garage rock and surf rock bands with frat rock bands.

• ? & the Mysterians
• The Blendells
• Cannibal & the Headhunters
• The Champs
• The Contours
• The Fireballs
• The Gentrys
• The Human Beinz
• The Isley Brothers
• The Kingsmen
• The Knickerbockers
• Music Explosion
• Paul Revere and the Raiders
• Mitch Ryder
• Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs
• The Shadows
• The Sonics
• The Surfaris
• The Swingin' Medallions
• Thee Midniters
• Tommy James & the Shondells
• The Trashmen
• The Troggs
• The Ventures
• The Wailers
• The Wilde Knights