Beyond The Grateful Dead: 5 rock bands that are part of TikTok [LISTA]

The Grateful Dead is the latest rock band to join TikTok, with their first video posted last week. With the arrival of the video platform, other rock bands like ghost, Led Zeppelin and more also decided to be part of the community that transformed the music industry.

According to a press release, the TikTok account of The Grateful Dead “will serve as an outlet to celebrate the decades of music, generations of communities and the infinite variety of creativity that has woven the band and its fans into each new era of world counterculture and consciousness.”

The band’s first video on the platform was a 30-second compilation of archival concert footage, artwork, interviews and more, from the late ’60s to their final shows in 1995. ‘St. Stephen’from a remastered 1969 live recording at San Francisco’s Fillmore West.

In the videos posted since then, there are more clips of interviews, snippets of tracks and live performances. Check out the first publication of The Grateful Dead at the TikTok below:

@gratefuldead

Once in a while you get shown the light, in the strangest of places if you look at it right ⚡️💀🌹

♬St. Stephen (Live at the Fillmore West San Francisco, 1969) [2001 Remaster] – Grateful Dead

In addition to reversing the natural order of releases already known to rock artists, the app also surprised groups like metallica, pink Floyd It is Red Hot Chili Peppers by presenting curiosities and successful singles from other generations to today’s young people – in an unpretentious way and far from prejudice.

Thinking about it, the Rolling Stone Brazil listed five classic rock bands that adhered to the use of the TikTok as a strategy to leverage the group in the new generations. Check out:

The Beatles

@thebeatles The Beatles. Now on TikTok. #TheBeatles#LetItBe♬ Get Back – 2021 Mix – The Beatles

Created in 2021, the profile of Beatles at the TikTok rescues scenes from the documentary of disney+, The Beatles: Get Back (2021), in addition to showing exclusive content from the Fab Four such as photos, unpublished animations and more.

Led Zeppelin

@ledzeppelin Led Zeppelin x TikTok #ledzeppelin#rocktober#classicrock♬ Immigrant Song (Remaster) – Led Zeppelin

In addition to the complete discography of the band available for users to use as a soundtrack for their posts, Led Zeppelin also posts artwork, lost files from live performances, and much more to the social network.

pink Floyd

@pinkfloyd ‘There’s nothing plastic about it, you know, there’s nothing contrived about it. And I think that’s what has given it, or maybe one of the things, that’s given its longevity.’ #PinkFloyd#fyp#TDSOTM50#TDSOTM#Eclipse♬ Eclipse – Pink Floyd

In less than two hours after creating the profile on TikTokO pink Floyd amassed over 7,500 followers. In addition to curiosities about the songs already known by the public, the members show images and footage from the period when the band was still active, as well as videos made by fans.

ghost

@thebandghost [MESSAGE FROM THE CLERGY] We wish to inform you the love inside, you take it with you…Happy Valentine’s Day. #valentinesday#LoveSongCovers#CoversForLovers#GalentinesDay♬ original sound – thebandghost

ghost joined the tiktok on Valentine’s Day this year, on February 14th. With the background soundtrack “Unchainted Melody”in Elvis Presleythe band shows special actions and videos with the storytelling that all fans know: full of moments with the Nameless Ghoulsas members of the ghost.

Slipknot

@slipknot Enjoy at your own risk. ‘The End, So Far’ is out now. #slipknot#theendsofar♬ Yen – Slipknot

The heavy metal band shows excerpts from concerts, promotional videos of the members, as well as curiosities about the latest album The End, So Far (2022), which brought the Slipknot to Brazil last year for the first edition of the knotfest.